I need a feel good book that will make me cry, but in a good way. Any suggestions?
I need a feel good book that will make me cry, but in a good way. Any suggestions?
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I need a feel good book that will make me cry, but in a good way. Any suggestions?
Highly recommend The ghosts and Jamal by Bridget Blankley. It’s a children’s book but I felt it was more than that and cried buckets…
On a serious note few must read classics.
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe.
Letters to an unborn child by Orianna Fallacci (if you can find it as it’s not on reprint in English).
If you are looking for a light read I would go for any book by Victoria Hislop. My favourite of hers is Cartes Postales from Greece. But if you are looking to cry your best bet is The Island.
The Familiars by Stacey Halls is rather good. And lastly The Finding by Bridget Collins.
The kite runner and A thousand splendid suns all by khaled Hussein
@Atamale those are two of my all time favorites, loved A Thousand Splendid Suns! Good suggestions!
You could also try A message from Nam and Remembrance by Danielle Steele
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. It made me laugh and cry and sob (in a good way) by the end.
Michael Ondaatje novels are wonderful.
The glass Castle ?
CIty of Thieves by David benioff -the story of two little boys in war torn St. petersburg . On a mission . Benioff, btw, is a writer for Game of Thrones.
How about some Fannie Flagg
This is How it Always Is
White nights by Fiodor Dostoievsky.
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks.
@Angela My favorite book heart wrenching
I don’t like soppy stuff much but this book made me burst into tears.
Any book, by Marian Keyes. They are sad, funny, and informative,
Brightside
Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radich.
REALLY enjoyed this one … I’d read it again?
Karen, I don’t think there is a woman out there who won’t relate to at least one of the characters…I related to several during different times. And no, I no longer save the black bra for a ‘special occasion’! ?
On Turpentine Lane by Elinor Lipman
Romantic comedy ?
Five Feet Apart. Just Sam by Kristy Brown if allowed to suggest my own. ?
Before We Were Yours
@Lyn Loved that book!
Me before you series, The driving bell and the butterfly
@Leisa I love me before you!!!
The fault in our stars
yes yes yeeees plz…..THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Most of Cathy Glass books have me in tears She is a foster mother and they are all her experiences.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
84 Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
@Jennie I loved this book!
@Wendy did you read Duchess of Bloomsbury Street or Q’s Legacy also by Helene Hanff?
@Jennie no but now they are on my to find list!
I really enjoyed them. If you enjoyed 84 Charring Cross road you will like them. Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is her journal of her trip to England. It SO makes me want to go to England!
Rhanna by Christine Marion Fraser
Kailyne’s Korner. (Full disclosure…I wrote it.) I wrote it after dealing with the loss of my mom, brothers, and others. This story is about 3 women of different ages and backgrounds who have suffered losses of varying degrees. They form a friendship and work through confusion and grief, You can read some reviews at Amazon.
Jenny Colgan and Jojo Moyes books
Loved Colgan’s “Little Bookshop on the Corner”
Wonder
The last Noel.
Wonder
Any books about dogs ?
Yes on The Notebook & A Man Called Ove. Also A Walk to Remember, The Bridges of Madison County & Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas which is James Patterson, believe it or not! Reads more like Nicholas Sparks. Oh, & N Sparks’ The Guardian!
Winter Garden Kristen Hannah !!! Excellent Book!!! So good. I cried laughed and wished I was apart of the family!!!
The light between oceans by M.L Stedman
Try my book please …. The Leap … it’s on Amazon
Someone like you -Sarah Dessen it’s a quick easy read but it made me cry happy tears toward the end. Also I just love the Sisterhood of the Travel Pants books but don’t read the 5th one unless you want to cry sad tears
Eleanor Oliphant is Perfectly Fine. Good ending cry for me, but also felt good about doing so.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
@Betty I loved that book too, good suggestion!
@Irene I have read all his novels and they have all been 5 stars for me. ?
A Man Called Ove
Yes a beautiful story!
Agree, it was a wonderful book.
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
The Story of Arthur Truluv
The fall of marigolds
A Man Called Ove.
@Ann I loved A Man Called Ove!
https://www.jhsiess.com/2019/02/28/book-review-molokai/
https://www.jhsiess.com/2019/03/04/book-review-daughter-of-molokai/
@Janie I looked into this website & want to say “THANK YOU”! I am a huge reader & know I will enjoy this so thanks
@Irene ❤
The Nightingale
A Walk To Remember. Nicholas Sparks. Finished the book, walked downstairs to the basement, cried my eyes out.
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson.
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
@Sarah I have that book, got to move it to the top of my stack
@Rachael For One More Day by Mitch Albom
‘A Man Named Ovi’
Five feet apart
The Last Letter, by ? Yarros, Don’t know how much of a good way it is.
A Man Called Ove, Ky Grandmother asked me to tell you shes sorry
me before you and i cannot stresss this enough me before you crushed my heart
Candles on Bay Street.
Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole
The diary of ann frank. It made me cry.
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
@Rachael, could you list some genres you like, or other titles/authors you especially enjoy? It’d make it easier to suggest something that would be your type of read.
Across Five Aprils – it follows a family during the civil war – can be considered a youth book
@Amelia Really good book.
Just put this on my ‘list’ on amazon.
How to be happy- brilliant!
Iris and Still Alice.
Read anything by Cathy Lamb
The Nightingale
Yes! But it is intense ?
Joni by Joni Erikson Tada
Here’s a fun, sexy, read for you…
Break Free available on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLLCWQQ
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson is a definite cry.
Forty rules of love by Elif Shafak
@Lisa
‘Waiting for White Horses’
by Nathan Jorgenson
The shack is a great book to read.
Where the Crawdads sing
Before We Were Yours
I started Emily giffen something borrowed series. I absolutely love something blue, the second book. I cried bc of how happy I was.
Fine Balance novel by Rohinton Mistry, one of my favorites