looking for some books with suicide and sad story so any suggestions plz
looking for some books with suicide and sad story so any suggestions plz
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looking for some books with suicide and sad story so any suggestions plz
That’s what I want to read too.
Jodi Piccoult “The Pact” is a great one. Ellen Hopkins is really good. I just finished the Patience series by Beth Fahlbaum and the Breathing series by Rebecca Donovan. All of them will rip your heart out. It took me probably a week before I could pick up a new book after the Breathing series.
For someone who hasn’t read any of those which would you recommend?
13 reasons why
All the bright places, my heart and other blackholes 🙂 Looking for more replies 🙂
The storyteller by Antonia Michaelis.
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
I Was Here, by Gayle Forman
Book thief
All the bright places, cried my way trough that book
No suicide but A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is pretty sad x
13 reasons why
By the time you read this I’ll be dead
Both good reads but I liked “By the time you read this I’ll be dead” better
Who is the second one by? I cant find it anywhere xx
Julie Anne Peters
I Was Here by Gayle Forman. I cannot recommend that book enough. One of my very favorites.
the pact
By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
The Last Time We Say Goodby, I Was Here, 13 reasons why, Me Before You, This Is Where It Ends, If I Stay, Ruin, Making Faces, Ugly Love, We Were Liars, Speak, Bridge to Terabithia, Blink Once, P.S.: I Love You
Now most of these are sad through the whole story, just some have sort of happy ending. If you want more of those, I can write more. It’s sort of one of my favourite genres
i guess i can’t thank u enough in fact i’m a big fan of dark concept so i’ll definitely read these books
why do you wanna read books on suicide? now i”m scared
Not sure about the poster, but I like to read books about sad things when I am sad. It is a comfort to me to know that other people are struggling too, even if they’re fictional.
okay now i get it
i wanna do that because honestly my life right now is suck so i thought by reading a sad books i can just feel better a little bit anyway we have something in common Suicide and maybe i just wanna learn from their experiences it gives me hope ……….hope that was convincing enough
By your answer here, Room is going to give you hope…I wish I had my book done, so you could have that one too! It deals with hope within those things . Take care
@Rihab well I hope you get to feeling better
I’m pretty sure as all of us are lovers of books, we love all emotions and have compassion. We are here for you, @Rihab
@Karen yeah me too i’m not a weak girl but i don’t know what the hell is happening to me these days ….
@Rihab Depression has nothing to do with weakness. Some of the toughest people I know are dealing with depression. I hope that you’ll get better. <3
@Rihab if you want someone to talk to, message me. I’m no one special but I’m an excellent listener! ❤❤
A Little Life, the sadest book I have ever read…
That book broke me!! It has beautiful writing but is so sad.
I felt bereft at the end x
Gonna have to put this on my to read list!
Before I Fall
The Virgin Brides
Isn’t one by Paolo Coelho about a reluctant suicide?
I think you mean Veronica decides to die
I was here
Story of life and facing death. Very harrowing
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. I’m just about to finish it. In the beginning I thought that it was odd, but it managed to deliver a heart-wrenching story that changed me. I whole heartedly recommend it even though the style is different to many other books.
A purpose driven life is a good book to read if your feeling down . It helped me in so many ways
The bell jar
Willow by Julia Hoban
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
By The Time You Read This I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Lucky &
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Tuesdays with Morrie &
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Is the third one really good ?
@Bethany I thought it was really good! I read it a few years ago. It basically follows the story of this guy who is struggling with stress and depression so he admits himself into the psych ward of a hospital.
Okay, wow intense. I love intense reads
My life
Girl In Pieces.
Virgin suicides
Fits the bill perfectly
Everything falls apart
https://m.harpercollins.com/9780060174903/the-bell-jar
Playground by Lars Kepler
All the bright places! Read it all in one sitting. Couldn’t put it down.
The Pact by Jodi Piccoult
Hi Rihab
If you want to read the most accessible non fiction book about suicide – which takes into account the authors own experiences – ( he shared a house with Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath – but unsuccessfully tried to commit suicide at a time when it was illegal to do so!!!!!)
Then I recommend ‘ The Savage God ‘ by A Alvarez – it looks at the history of suicide and societies/ religious views as well as the cultural exploration if suicide.
It’s a very absorbing read full of information and insight – worth reading alongside a work of fiction.
Mal
My heart and other black holes!
The memory of light by Francisco x. Stork
The life and death of sophie stark. Just finished it today!
It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Prozac Nation, Bell Jar, A Man Called Ove, My Mad Fat Diary 1 and 2 (especially 2). Also, I think that you should seek help if you’re feeling depressed and cannot see a way out of this life.
I found ‘Fans Of The Impossible Life’ quite sad. Not tear jerking, but sad. It’s also represents about depression well.
By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Suicides by Guy de Maupassant is an oldie but a goodie. It describes the mindset behind a person’s decision to commit suicide.
Wintergirls, Girl in Pieces, Thirteen Reasons Why, Go Ask Alice, The Bell Jar
13 Reasons Why and Playlist for the Dead are both YA books about suicide. I’m also writing my own at the moment which you can find out more about here: https://writerpoetstoryteller.tumblr.com/
great
A Little Life by Hanna Yannigahara it’s a very true picture of trauma, it’s sad but I think ultimately uplifting.
The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lyndsey Lee Johnson. This ones great because you get to know all sides to the story and see that everyone has their own issues.
The problem with forever I cried for
Days not so much suicide related but around the same topic
The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel is pretty good
-Oryx and crake by Margret Atwood. (I thought is was a downer anyway.)
-By the time you read I’ll be dead by Julie Anne Peters. (Suicide and depression.)
Go ask Alice by anonymous
I can’t remember if she actually commits suicide, but cut by Patricia McCormick
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven!
My heart and other black holes
The last time we say goodbye by cynthia hand, i was here by gayle forman, the view on the way down by rebecca wait, falling into place by amy zhang
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A World Without You by Beth Revis
Veronika decides to die
Yes that was the Coelho I was think of 🙂
Dear Nobody is a true story by Mary Rose. It’s her diary, published, which is primarily about her depression
I know this much is true by Wally lamb
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4604185-suicide
This is a good one. He turned in the manuscript then commuted suicide shortly after
All the bright places, My heart and other black holes, The last time we say goodbye, Playlist for the dead, Love letters to the dead and ofcourse TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY!!!!!!!!
Has anyone suggested A Little Life?
13 reasons why
I was going to ask the same
Undone by cat Clarke
13 reasons why.
Veronika decides to die. Paulo Coelho
I guess having reached 60 lately and having lost friends and close family to suicide over the years I do understand the fascination with suicide amongst people especially the young – I was young once and could get excited by Camus’s quote – I paraphrase ‘ The only choice man has is whether to commit suicide or not ‘ now that might be intellectually exciting to an existentially inclined teenager with his head up his/ her a**** but to a kid at home being raped or abused by a family member or a kid being mentally tortured at school or on the Internet by the Pack – then the choice of suicide looks like a welcome way – why else would a 15 year old boy /girl hang themselves when they have the whole world ahead of them??????!! ”
So my comment is that ok this is an issue too look at but definitely not treat in a romantic way – believe me from experience the devastation a family suicide brings you never forget – so I would like to see as much effort going into books that try to dissuade any person who goes down this road – this cul de sac that leads nowhere but to death and untold misery for others touched by this tragedy –
Give me life affirming books – books that make life worth living – that make me want to get out of bed in the morning.
If not then give me dear friends and a loving family – helplines and angels who give up their time to talk to people in real despair – fascinating subject suicide but in life / reality a sad / dreadful consequence for all to live with. Love to you all Mal xx
Yes my brother killed him self April 2016 and one of my best friends did it may 2017 and I’m changed forever
Hi Karen I lost a niece in her twenties and a sister from an alcoholism related action that led to her death – it was a form of suicide,
We are all scarred for life I’m sorry to hear of your brother’s death. Tragic for you all. So sorry. Malx
@Malcolm same to you thanks so much
The pact Jodi picoult
My heart and other black holes
Yes me too
If you’re also looking for sad/tragic stories that deal with serious matters, pretty much anything by Ellen Hopkins (I personally loved Identical)
13 reasons why by Jay Asher
It Ends With Us (U should read this book)
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Best book ever!
All the bright places by Jennifer Niven (don’t get fooled by the title)