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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 992 times as sad)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,645,577 ratings — published 2012
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 820 times as sad)
avg rating 4.28 — 895,273 ratings — published 2015
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 727 times as sad)
avg rating 3.79 — 560,729 ratings — published 2013
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 688 times as sad)
avg rating 3.75 — 854,053 ratings — published 2017
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 661 times as sad)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,924,425 ratings — published 2011
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 530 times as sad)
avg rating 3.94 — 259,831 ratings — published 2016
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 528 times as sad)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,837,932 ratings — published 2005
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 525 times as sad)
avg rating 4.04 — 445,752 ratings — published 2016
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 518 times as sad)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,500,866 ratings — published 2016
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 506 times as sad)
avg rating 4.11 — 621,905 ratings — published 2015
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 449 times as sad)
avg rating 3.61 — 170,004 ratings — published 2021
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 441 times as sad)
avg rating 4.14 — 219,484 ratings — published 2016
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 363 times as sad)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,780,969 ratings — published 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 335 times as sad)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,973,472 ratings — published 1999
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 331 times as sad)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,361,135 ratings — published 2014
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 327 times as sad)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,964,020 ratings — published 2017
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as sad)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,445,971 ratings — published 2003
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 319 times as sad)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,019,471 ratings — published 2007
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 295 times as sad)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,731,550 ratings — published 2005
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 279 times as sad)
avg rating 3.91 — 961,380 ratings — published 2009
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 273 times as sad)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,709,330 ratings — published 2007
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 244 times as sad)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,258,051 ratings — published 2014
If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me, #2)
by (shelved 231 times as sad)
avg rating 3.86 — 177,945 ratings — published 2024
Archer's Voice (ebook)
by (shelved 220 times as sad)
avg rating 4.17 — 656,566 ratings — published 2014
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 217 times as sad)
avg rating 4.16 — 950,897 ratings — published 2006
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as sad)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,188,124 ratings — published 1963
I Fell in Love With Hope (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as sad)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,240 ratings — published 2022
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as sad)
avg rating 4.35 — 287,262 ratings — published 2011
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as sad)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,790,399 ratings — published 1937
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 199 times as sad)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,450,770 ratings — published 2002
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 194 times as sad)
avg rating 4.06 — 584,746 ratings — published 1977
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as sad)
avg rating 4.23 — 778,804 ratings — published 1966
Five Feet Apart (ebook)
by (shelved 191 times as sad)
avg rating 4.18 — 254,535 ratings — published 2018
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 191 times as sad)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,656,578 ratings — published 2010
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 189 times as sad)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,938,078 ratings — published 2014
Reminders of Him (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 188 times as sad)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,549,538 ratings — published 2022
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as sad)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,129,719 ratings — published 1947
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 184 times as sad)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,449,488 ratings — published 2020
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as sad)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,269,412 ratings — published 2004
Every Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 182 times as sad)
avg rating 4.21 — 124,946 ratings — published 2015
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 181 times as sad)
avg rating 4.64 — 2,001,225 ratings — published 2015
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 174 times as sad)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,404,766 ratings — published 2022
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as sad)
avg rating 4.10 — 413,094 ratings — published 2020
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 169 times as sad)
avg rating 4.02 — 389,983 ratings — published 2019
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 168 times as sad)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,814,540 ratings — published 2018
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as sad)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,188,827 ratings — published 2012
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 161 times as sad)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,739,052 ratings — published 2008
The Things We Leave Unfinished (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as sad)
avg rating 4.31 — 396,909 ratings — published 2021
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as sad)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,567,266 ratings — published 1967
“there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.”
― The History of Love
― The History of Love
“I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
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