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Favourite books with a sad ending?

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fifteenmillionmerits · 09/06/2021 11:39

Mine are:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Z for Zachariah by Robert C O'Brien
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor

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DoctorMarten · 09/06/2021 13:54

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

giletrouge · 09/06/2021 13:52

Stoner by John Williams

bumperthumper · 09/06/2021 13:46

A Thousand Splendid Suns......a real tearjerker.

Snugglepumpkin · 09/06/2021 13:43

Almost forgot.

End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad.

LBOCS2 · 09/06/2021 13:35

The Time Traveler's Wife. It's my go-to when I need a bit of a sob.

Or the later Harry Potter books 😁

bunhead34 · 09/06/2021 13:32

A little life, can't remember the author!

LtGreggs · 09/06/2021 13:28

Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy

SorrelForbes · 09/06/2021 13:27

Requiem For A Wren - Nevil Shute

Snugglepumpkin · 09/06/2021 13:17

Assassins Fate by Robin Hobb.
You really need to read the other 15 books in the series first though.

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay.

Allmyarseandpeggymartin · 09/06/2021 12:06

One Day by David Nicholls

Ipanemama · 09/06/2021 12:04

All the light we cannot see

3ormorecharacters · 09/06/2021 12:02

The Amber Spyglass in the His Dark Materials trilogy

Sunnidayz · 09/06/2021 12:00

Charlotte's Web. Although someone had ripped out the last few pages of the copy I read!

Helmetbymidnight · 09/06/2021 11:59

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner. YA perfection.

Fernie6491 · 09/06/2021 11:55

Mine would be 84 Charing Cross Road.

tillytoodles1 · 09/06/2021 11:54

You Before Me.

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