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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 220 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,886,091 ratings — published 2012
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 198 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,836,408 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,183,980 ratings — published 2011
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 164 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,012,309 ratings — published 2015
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 127 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,980,594 ratings — published 2005
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,848,131 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,613,419 ratings — published 2003
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 114 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,411,604 ratings — published 2014
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,820,847 ratings — published 2007
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.78 — 635,680 ratings — published 2013
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.03 — 489,644 ratings — published 2016
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,440,227 ratings — published 2017
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.11 — 644,168 ratings — published 2015
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.22 — 704,166 ratings — published 2012
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.75 — 908,892 ratings — published 2017
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.34 — 297,383 ratings — published 2011
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.16 — 718,766 ratings — published 2014
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 70 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,315,121 ratings — published 2025
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 70 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,877,120 ratings — published 2010
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,386,342 ratings — published 2015
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.91 — 980,517 ratings — published 2009
Reminders of Him (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,855,839 ratings — published 2022
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,484,376 ratings — published 2014
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,074,482 ratings — published 1999
The Last Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.47 — 728,230 ratings — published 2019
All Your Perfects (Hopeless, #3)
by (shelved 60 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.99 — 726,804 ratings — published 2018
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.14 — 254,798 ratings — published 2016
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,787,461 ratings — published 2005
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,282,558 ratings — published 2012
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by (shelved 56 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.55 — 486,614 ratings — published 2013
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,629,641 ratings — published 2020
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.08 — 282,396 ratings — published 2016
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 54 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,166,667 ratings — published 2013
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,900 ratings — published 2010
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 52 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.56 — 808,822 ratings — published 2016
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,625,499 ratings — published 2022
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.93 — 288,712 ratings — published 2016
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.61 — 186,249 ratings — published 2021
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,333,865 ratings — published 1947
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.44 — 743,237 ratings — published 2018
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,043,901 ratings — published 2017
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,006,583 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,037,910 ratings — published 2007
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,953,897 ratings — published 1937
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.85 — 914,781 ratings — published 2005
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,001,464 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 45 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,234,640 ratings — published 2007
Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.51 — 569,999 ratings — published 2018
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,071,542 ratings — published 2014
Making Faces (ebook)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.29 — 82,573 ratings — published 2013
“Who said 'please' that made you hate the word so much?"
Andrew gazed at him in silence for a minute. "I did.”
― The King's Men
Andrew gazed at him in silence for a minute. "I did.”
― The King's Men
“God Layken. How do you do it? she says. She blows her nose and grabs another tissue out of the box. How do I do what? I sniff as I continue to wipe the tears from my eyes. How do you not fall in love with him? The tears begin flowing just as quickly as they had ceased. I grab yet another tissue. I don't not fall in love with him. I don't not fall in love with him a lot!”
― Slammed
― Slammed
