What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bridge to Terabithia
Velveteen Rabbit

Wow - yeah. I hadn't considered young adult, but this is spot on.

Also - She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb.

Tuck Everlasting

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Anonymous wrote:Me Before You. It had me sobbing at the end and I think of myself as very cold-hearted and jaded.

This book pissed me off. It basically made the argument that if you are severally handicapped, there is nothing to live for.

Hated hated hated it.

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The Road (fiction)
Kaffir Boy (non-fiction)

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Eleni

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+1 velveteen rabbit

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Am I Still a Sister?

Written by a girl about the loss of her little brother to cancer.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm shocked no one mentioned Sophie's Choice yet. That book had me weeping on the metro like a baby.

Came here to post this one. I think one problem is that its been spoiled for so many people, it loses some of the impact.
And if you don't know what I'm talking about, go read this book RIGHT NOW (and don't tell anyone you're doing it until you're done.)

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The Book Thief

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Tuesday’s with Morrie.

I had to read it for a school project & it was so heartbreaking to read.

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Anonymous wrote:Am I Still a Sister?

Written by a girl about the loss of her little brother to cancer.

Oh man I haven’t read this book but just hearing the title makes me tear up.

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Anonymous wrote:The first time I read “The Kite Runner”, I was on an airplane and had to go in the bathroom so I could cry. I was affected for weeks by that book. It was so good but really hit me hard.

Omg I’m pretty sure I was on a plane when I read this too! Also The Red Tent and The Book Thief. Why do I always finish sad books in public places.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Me Before You. It had me sobbing at the end and I think of myself as very cold-hearted and jaded.

This book pissed me off. It basically made the argument that if you are severally handicapped, there is nothing to live for.

Hated hated hated it.

I didnt like it either. I read it after reading one of her other books, the girl you left behind, which I loved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bridge to Terabithia
Velveteen Rabbit

Wow - yeah. I hadn't considered young adult, but this is spot on.

Also - She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb.

I left "She's Come Undone" in a hotel room in Dallas it was SO bad--I couldn't finish it. So depressing. Just bad book.

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"Indiscretion" by Charles Dubow is up there. Many other sadder ones already listed here, but "Indiscretion" will effing stay with you.

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Giovanni's Room.
The Sense of an Ending.
Agree with Atonement.