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items Books I loved that will having you crying big, fat, ugly tears.
It has been nearly 20 years since I first read this book and, honestly, I still get emotional when I think about the beauty of this story. It broke my heart and then healed it all within the space of 144,000 heavy words, 550 fragile pages, 88 touchin...
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I died a hundred deaths and shed a thousand tears while reading this book. It feels as if I have never truly known grief until picking this up. I am at a complete loss, in a devastatingly beautiful way; but how comforting it is to know that a story a...
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
I think this is honestly the best book about grief and coping that I have ever read. It was a wonderfully imaginative and truly insightful story. I love how it expressed such a tender subject in a really wild, but gentle, way. I can't believe such a ...
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
I am at a loss for words at the beauty of this book. I don't think I have ever read anything as gorgeous as this and nothing I write will even come close to describing its loveliness. Truly, a touching masterpiece. And I will forever be singing its p...
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
No words can describe the heaviness I felt in my heart after reading this. I will never re-read this as it is too emotionally devastating (I genuinely can't remember the last time a book made me cry so much), but I know it is a story that will stay w...
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
This is such a bittersweet story. It's a tenderly told coming-of-age tale about a girl who finds herself after losing someone very important to her. It's a story of first loves, sisterly bonds, hard truths, and developing acceptance. I honestly can't...
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
This is the kind of story that gently touches you and the feeling spreads right to your very core. It's a story of loss and new opportunities, of the homes that create us and that distant places that refine us, of peaceful waters and contentious anxi...
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
I saw the movie before I read this and I honestly don't think it mattered. A story like this will touch you regardless of the medium in which you experience it. Very sweet, very touching, very brave.
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
This was a story of love, and loss, of grief, and hope, and all the infinities in between. Words are incapable of expressing how tender and open my heart felt after reading this. It taught me what it meant to truly empathise with others. It taught me...
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
I picked this up because I absolutely adore the film. This is just as cute, just as touching, and just as heartwarming.
PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
That is a story that demands to be felt. It's a kind of rawness and pure vulnerability that makes you take a step back and examine your own heart. And it's safe to say this book still as mine, in its entirety.
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
I knew this was going to be a 5 star read within the first couple of chapters, but the absolute magnitude of this story is truly astonishing. And I find it difficult to adequately describe the raw sincerity and intense emotional pull of this book. I ...
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
I actually read this when I was quite young (pre-teen probably), so the foundation of this story, the fragility and meaning of life, really struck me.
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
This is a story that will always have a special place in my heart. It's one of the only books that has ever made me re-evaluate my beliefs on faith, it helped me further realise the impact and importance of the connection between humans and animals, ...
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The only non-fiction book on this list because it poses and examines some good questions, like “What wisdom would you impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?” and "If you were gone tomorrow, what would you want your legacy to be?”
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Not a sad book (or series), but the exceptional characterization and growth makes one scene in this book beyond heartbreaking. I sobbed.
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo