Most people have sappy days. Most of my friends will tell me that they have days when all they want to do is switch on Netflix and find a movie that makes them cry. But, you know, sometimes the Internets are not working or all that blue light is making your eyes bleed. To remedy such crises, I have created this list as an alternative for people who would like to read a book that will make them cry. Some of them are romantic-sad, some of them are tragic-sad, some of them are beautiful-sad. And I guarantee that all of them are good as well as tear-jerking.
1. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - Whoa, whoa, wait. Is this really a YA romance in which the girl isn't gorgeous and flawless??? Yes. Yes it is. You're welcome.
2. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camillo - An arrogant porcelain rabbit doll is lost by a little girl and learns what love is by losing love, over and over again. This is the only book I ever seriously cried over.
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - I can't even tell you the most horrific part of this book. I'll just say that basically, it's about a German girl who rescues books from Nazi book-burnings during the Holocaust.
4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - I mean, durr :P
5. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson - A girl moves into a small town, beats all the boys in a race at recess, and creates an imaginary world for herself and a friend to inhabit in the woods. Sounds inoffensive enough, but it ends in rivers of tears.
6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - It looks like a children's book but this is NOT A CHILDREN'S BOOK! It's about the Holocaust and friendship. The last line will stay with you forever.
7. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt - Read if you want to know the heartbreaking consequences of drinking from a Fountain of Youth.
8. The Harry Potter books - They will leave you feeling like everyone you've ever loved is dead.
9. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - Grace would want this book to be here; she read all 1,037 pages of it in the fourth grade and still demands that her friends read it.
10. Every Day by David Levithan - A spirit-creature-thing who never spends more than a day in the same body falls in love with a human girl. Is a happy ending even possible here?
- Carly
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2. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camillo - An arrogant porcelain rabbit doll is lost by a little girl and learns what love is by losing love, over and over again. This is the only book I ever seriously cried over.
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - I can't even tell you the most horrific part of this book. I'll just say that basically, it's about a German girl who rescues books from Nazi book-burnings during the Holocaust.
4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - I mean, durr :P
5. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson - A girl moves into a small town, beats all the boys in a race at recess, and creates an imaginary world for herself and a friend to inhabit in the woods. Sounds inoffensive enough, but it ends in rivers of tears.
6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - It looks like a children's book but this is NOT A CHILDREN'S BOOK! It's about the Holocaust and friendship. The last line will stay with you forever.
7. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt - Read if you want to know the heartbreaking consequences of drinking from a Fountain of Youth.
8. The Harry Potter books - They will leave you feeling like everyone you've ever loved is dead.
9. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - Grace would want this book to be here; she read all 1,037 pages of it in the fourth grade and still demands that her friends read it.
10. Every Day by David Levithan - A spirit-creature-thing who never spends more than a day in the same body falls in love with a human girl. Is a happy ending even possible here?
- Carly
Awesome list. Gone with the wind may be too many pages for me!
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Hm..."The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is a lot shorter, you could try that one!
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