245 books
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122 voters
Sadness Books
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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,838,494 ratings — published 2012
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.27 — 986,536 ratings — published 2015
When Sadness is at Your Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.39 — 3,432 ratings — published 2018
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.11 — 640,209 ratings — published 2015
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,119,220 ratings — published 2011
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,051,023 ratings — published 1999
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,776,320 ratings — published 2005
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.75 — 897,659 ratings — published 2017
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,776,471 ratings — published 2016
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,461,185 ratings — published 2014
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,286,970 ratings — published 1963
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.78 — 621,907 ratings — published 2013
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,917,037 ratings — published 1937
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.34 — 295,342 ratings — published 2011
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.83 — 622,955 ratings — published 2014
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,262,153 ratings — published 2012
Michael Rosen's Sad Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,517 ratings — published 2004
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,834,819 ratings — published 2012
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,275,946 ratings — published 2012
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.06 — 600,302 ratings — published 1977
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,597,626 ratings — published 2020
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,331,113 ratings — published 2017
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,793,416 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,951,887 ratings — published 2005
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,287,670 ratings — published 2004
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.91 — 977,149 ratings — published 2009
A Shelter for Sadness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.36 — 745 ratings — published 2021
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.61 — 183,291 ratings — published 2021
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.14 — 248,050 ratings — published 2016
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,576,532 ratings — published 2003
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.23 — 563,390 ratings — published 2008
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.85 — 896,945 ratings — published 2005
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.03 — 481,741 ratings — published 2016
Maybe Tomorrow? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,017 ratings — published 2019
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.98 — 759,090 ratings — published 1987
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.93 — 282,831 ratings — published 2016
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.16 — 995,266 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,034,278 ratings — published 2007
The Things We Leave Unfinished (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.31 — 507,570 ratings — published 2021
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,437,814 ratings — published 2022
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,748,472 ratings — published 2018
What's the Matter, Marlo? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.96 — 262 ratings — published 2021
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.56 — 797,262 ratings — published 2016
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.00 — 434,167 ratings — published 2019
The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.59 — 9,601 ratings — published 2018
I'm Sad (I'm Bored, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.10 — 933 ratings — published 2018
Milk and honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.95 — 830,805 ratings — published 2014
The Red Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.50 — 6,742 ratings — published 2001
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.93 — 316,270 ratings — published 2005
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,046,414 ratings — published 2014
“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”
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“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












