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.

Very rare for me to cry at a book but alot of the ones already mentioned have either made me cry or made me feel very emotional are mentioned, not mentioned so far, what I loved by Siri Hustvedt

There are a couple of books by Doreen Tovey that have had me sobbing. She wrote about life with her Siamese cats. Black Beauty has me crying every time when Ginger dies.

Quite a few of the books mentioned had me sobbing, especially, Room, A Thousand Splendid Suns, P. S. I love you and Lovely Bones.

The most heartbreaking book I've read has to be Not Without My Daughter. I cried the whole way through :(

Ohhh, Chrissy, I love Not Without My Daughter. Have read it several times.

@Papergirl1968 it is one of my favourite books. Not sure I'd be able to read it again though, it had me in a mess.

I googled last night and discovered the husband and daughter had written their own books too. Might have to get the daughter’s.

I knew the daughter had one, I think Betty does too, but it's not based on her life. I'll have a look later and put them all on my wishlist.

Bridge of Clay captivated me.
Loved Eleanor Oliphont.

Spelt Eleanor’s name incorrectly - sorry.

Goodbye mog always gets me, everytime lol.

The notebook by Nicholas Sparks. It’s gets me crying that deep crying from your gut where you can’t breathe.

I’m sure there are a few more that I can’t think of

A Little Life for me too.

I've got 100 pages left to read and it's been heart breaking. 😓

Utterly unputdownable and unforgettable.

As soon as I saw the thread title, I thought of Jude the Obscure. Oh God, that book 😢.

Never Let Me Go - yup.

One Day - yup, and an audible gasp.

I'm currently listening to Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, and had to do a lot of blinking while walking through the centre of town and hearing a sad bit 😂.

I've recently finished Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay and it definitely broke my heart on a few occasions.

Light between the Oceans, The Nightingale, The Winter Garden and The Silent Hours all of these books left me an emotional wreck, definitely recommend them all

"Under The Jewelled Sky" by Alison McQueen. Beautiful and utterly heartbreaking.

The Bridges of Madison County.
I was sitting on a park bench when I finished it and couldn't stop blubbing for about half an hour.

Gone With the Wind.

"Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson. I read it in fifth grade and still think about it to this day.

Oh my, this lovely Michael Foreman book about a girl who helps a gardener, until one day he isn't there anymore - I can't get to the end. My DC choose it on purpose to watch the results!

The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
The Lovely Bones - Alice S

oh I'd forgotten about The Bridges of Madison County, what a beautiful story and so well written.

A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Light Between Oceans, All The Light We Cannot See, The Heart's Invisible Furies and Blackbird (by Jennifer Lauck) - all made me cry.

Dragon Seed by Pearl Buck - a fictional account of the Japanese in China - so moving. She is famous for "The Good Earth" but her biography of her father "fighting Angel" is also extraordinary.