Books that break your heart

[Moominfan]

Colson whitehead under ground railroad. He brought out another book knickel boys and I just can't bring myself to read it.

Room- I started it and just knew I'd be thoroughly depressed by this book so shelved it.

[BlackSwanGreen]

Tess of the d'Urbevilles
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Love a good weep over a book!

[LittleTopic]

Dani Atkins’ books. Made the mistake of reading one whilst DH was in hospital. Cried for half the day.

[rhowton]

My sisters keeper... gets me every time

[Pieceofpurplesky]

I have just read Cilka's Journey and sobbed nearly all the way through.

Jostein Garder's Through a Glass Darkly broke me and I was on a plane reading it.

Adolphus Tips makes me cry and Goodnight Mr Tom when he calls him dad

[NoShitHemlock]

One Child by Torey Hayden. I own all of her older books but haven't been able to read them since DD13 was born. Utterly heartbreaking stories.

And I managed to finish Room OP, and I was ugly crying by the end.

[beckyvardy]

The lovely bones.

The host by Stephanie Meyer

One day

[chipsychopsy]

The Lovely Bones made me cry. I read it in coffee shops and on public transport and had 2 or 3 people approach me to tell me how they were emotionally affected by it too.

[Moominfan]

Why is it they're such good books though! I loved A Thousand Splendid Suns and kite runner. He's such a fantastic writer but both such harrowing reads

[Moominfan]

Goodnight Mr Tom

Anything with animals just gets me

[AnyFucker]

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[ChelseaCat]

I know it splits opinions but A Little Life 💔

[Ginfordinner]

Of Mice and Men

[Ohffs66]

A Little Life for me too. I spent one Sunday afternoon sobbing my heart out, when DH came upstairs and found me he seriously thought someone had died I was in such a state. That book totally floored me, I couldn't read for weeks after.

[LobsterQuadrille2]

Jude The Obscure.

[Tinkhasflown]

I totally agree with The Lovely Bones and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

[Saucery]

A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness
The Death House, Sarah Pinborough
They Both Die In The End (couldn’t even get to the end of this one!).

[AndNoneForGretchenWieners]

The Fault In Our Stars - I can't read it any more because I ugly cry.

I'm currently reading Love, Interrupted by Simon Thomas, it's the story of his widowhood. I recognise so much of his pain so it is a hard read, but good knowing I'm not alone.

I find Captain Corelli's Mandolin unreadable so couldn't say if it breaks your heart

[OutwiththeOutCrowd]

Flowers for Algernon breaks my heart every time I read it.

[adaline]

The Road.

[Cheeseboardcriminal]

Goodnight Mr Tom had been my favourite book since I was a child and I cried every time.

The green mile and My sister's keeper had me sobbing.

The Maze Runner, the last one in the series was awful.

[Asterisktheknackered]

The hand that first help mine

[Asterisktheknackered]

*held

[JayeAshe]

A Prayer for Owen Meany

Also Jude the Obscure
... because we are too many ... 《wail , sob》

The Time Traveller's Wife

[Looobyloo]

The last last days of Rabbit Hayes.

[TidaQuel]

A monster calls, had me sobbing