Sad But True Books

Showing 1-50 of 192
Little Monsters Little Monsters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.92 — 18,466 ratings — published 2017
Rate this book
Clear rating
Alex–The Life of a Child: A Father Recalls His Daughter's Courageous Struggle with Cystic Fibrosis Alex–The Life of a Child: A Father Recalls His Daughter's Courageous Struggle with Cystic Fibrosis (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,795 ratings — published 1983
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,128,065 ratings — published 1947
Rate this book
Clear rating
Chain-Gang All-Stars Chain-Gang All-Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.12 — 87,134 ratings — published 2023
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.49 — 32,873 ratings — published 2020
Rate this book
Clear rating
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Smooth-talking Cannibal (Murder Files) Jeffrey Dahmer: The Smooth-talking Cannibal (Murder Files)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.38 — 80 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.14 — 44,982 ratings — published 2016
Rate this book
Clear rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
Flowers for Algernon Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.23 — 778,286 ratings — published 1966
Rate this book
Clear rating
Inside the Third Reich Inside the Third Reich (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.10 — 14,243 ratings — published 1969
Rate this book
Clear rating
Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.06 — 603 ratings — published
Rate this book
Clear rating
Into the Wild Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,178,357 ratings — published 1996
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,379,348 ratings — published 1915
Rate this book
Clear rating
Blood Red Lines: How Nativism Fuels the Right Blood Red Lines: How Nativism Fuels the Right (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.13 — 85 ratings — published
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.06 — 439,473 ratings — published 2016
Rate this book
Clear rating
Diario de un Resurreccionista. Una historia secreta e ilustrada de los ladrones de cuerpos y los anatomistas Diario de un Resurreccionista. Una historia secreta e ilustrada de los ladrones de cuerpos y los anatomistas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.92 — 101 ratings — published 1896
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Boy on the Wooden Box The Boy on the Wooden Box (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.38 — 29,449 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,813,864 ratings — published 1925
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle, #1) The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.95 — 45,830 ratings — published 2017
Rate this book
Clear rating
Traitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump Traitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.97 — 239 ratings — published 2020
Rate this book
Clear rating
Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul: Real Stories by Real Teens(Chicken Soup for the Soul) Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul: Real Stories by Real Teens(Chicken Soup for the Soul)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.81 — 465 ratings — published 2007
Rate this book
Clear rating
A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America / The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America / The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.80 — 35 ratings — published
Rate this book
Clear rating
Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,485 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.64 — 1,997,813 ratings — published 2015
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,370,202 ratings — published 1985
Rate this book
Clear rating
Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.83 — 605,074 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Enchanted The Enchanted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.95 — 21,087 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,643,834 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,347,300 ratings — published 1956
Rate this book
Clear rating
Hana's Suitcase Hana's Suitcase (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.20 — 10,032 ratings — published 2002
Rate this book
Clear rating
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.35 — 156,795 ratings — published 1972
Rate this book
Clear rating
Ring of Bright Water (Ring of Bright Water, #1) Ring of Bright Water (Ring of Bright Water, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,410 ratings — published 1960
Rate this book
Clear rating
Damaged Damaged (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.28 — 19,147 ratings — published 2007
Rate this book
Clear rating
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine (Holt Paperback) Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine (Holt Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.02 — 625 ratings — published 1996
Rate this book
Clear rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Understatement of the Year (The Ivy Years, #3) The Understatement of the Year (The Ivy Years, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.07 — 21,175 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
End of the Innocence (Tales from Foster High, #2) End of the Innocence (Tales from Foster High, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,168 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
Fear: Trump in the White House Fear: Trump in the White House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.87 — 65,119 ratings — published 2018
Rate this book
Clear rating
Nobody Is Ever Missing Nobody Is Ever Missing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.28 — 7,319 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Property The Property (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,698 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
L'Apocalypse selon Magda L'Apocalypse selon Magda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.64 — 276 ratings — published
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,972,740 ratings — published 1999
Rate this book
Clear rating
Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.37 — 76,442 ratings — published 1978
Rate this book
Clear rating
El invierno del dibujante El invierno del dibujante (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,268 ratings — published 2010
Rate this book
Clear rating
Im Himmel ist Jahrmarkt Im Himmel ist Jahrmarkt (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.81 — 94 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.24 — 834 ratings — published 2003
Rate this book
Clear rating
We Come Apart We Come Apart (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.63 — 3,925 ratings — published 2017
Rate this book
Clear rating
La casa La casa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 4.45 — 8,201 ratings — published 2015
Rate this book
Clear rating
Before I Die Before I Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.81 — 57,869 ratings — published 2007
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Silent Twins The Silent Twins (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sad-but-true)
avg rating 3.61 — 3,060 ratings — published 1986
Rate this book
Clear rating


Chloe Gong
“Nothing in this world is complicated, only misunderstood.”
Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

MCM
“Every choice has a consequence, every consequence another choice. Little agonies waiting to be embraced. Only the moment before the choice really weighs anything. Very heavy moments, exploding into nothing.”
MCM

More quotes...