What are some books that made you cry? (1 Viewer)

[GH0ST]

‘Where The Red Fern Grows’

‘Our Town’

‘Old Yeller’

Those are my top three. These three books made me ugly cry for weeks.

(I included links to Amazon if anyone wishes to buy them or look at them)

 

[athenarose]

Obasan

 

[GH0ST]

Obasan

Holy crap, I just read the summary on Wikipedia, I’m definitely putting this on my reading list!

 

[SirPandalot]

Harry Potter when Dobbie dies. I was so pissed ...

5 people you meet in heaven
Tuesdays with Morrie

 

[athenarose]

Holy crap, I just read the summary on Wikipedia, I’m definitely putting this on my reading list!

It was the ONLY assigned reading for English class I loved, and it made me cry so much

 

[RockyGoose]

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa made me actually cry.
It is very seldom that a book makes me actually shed tears.

 

[GH0ST]

It was the ONLY assigned reading for English class I loved, and it made me cry so much

I’ll definitely check it out when I can!

 

[Magician]

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

 

[GH0ST]

Harry Potter when Dobbie dies. I was so pissed ...

5 people you meet in heaven
Tuesdays with Morrie

Omg- when Dobbie died- that was heartbreaking!


I’ll put those two books on my reading list! :)

 

[GH0ST]

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa made me actually cry.
It is very seldom that a book makes me actually shed tears.

This seems like a neat book! I’ll have to check it out!

 

[GH0ST]

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

This sounds like a really good book!

 

[Ahsoka]

I second Old Yeller and Where The Red Fern grows. Also probably Night by Elie Wiesel. I don’t remember crying for certain but I probably did.

 

[Day]

@Wingfrost any Warriors death

 

[centen]

Most recently, Project Hail Mary. It had me emotionally distressed over a sentient rock. I love him so much.

 

[AllTimeChiara]

why would you want to read a book that makes you cry? I'm curious, bc whenever I want to read, I want to feel good about what I'm reading, not cry!

 

[centen]

why would you want to read a book that makes you cry? I'm curious, bc whenever I want to read, I want to feel good about what I'm reading, not cry!

I don't know quite how to describe it, but there's something very powerful about an art that pulls you so much into their world and into the characters' struggles that you can't help but deeply empathize with it.

Especially since I read a lot (I've finished 33 books already this year), I come across way more books that try to shortcut that emotional engagement than ones that manage make it feel like a true natural end result of the characters' decisions, actions, and values. I'd have to wrack my mind really hard to think of one before Project Hail Mary that moved me that much.

 

[Ahsoka]

@Wingfrost any Warriors death

What about Tigerstar?

 

[Day]

What about Tigerstar?

Screw that mans

 

[GH0ST]

why would you want to read a book that makes you cry? I'm curious, bc whenever I want to read, I want to feel good about what I'm reading, not cry!

sometimes I don’t even know a book is sad till o get to the sad part- I should probably look some books up, if they seem sad Lol.

 

[RandAlThor]

Big Sam and Little Anne forever!!
That book i do not think i ever reached into something for a shinny with out thinking about it.

old yeller ofc.

Actually there are many, i read alot and tend to really get involved.

I was reading in a restaurant once. A couple came up to me later and said that just watching me read made them want to know what book it was.