Sophie’s Choice! Not only did I cry, I went into my sleeping daughter”s room, she was four at the the time, at one in the morning and held her close as I cried. OMG. I will never forget that. And when I went to see the movie with my mother and sister, I cried the first time I saw Sophie’s sadness. They kept asking me why I was crying. Since I had read the book, I answered, ” You’ll see why.”
Most recently, Elevation by Stephen King. Notable just because SK doesn’t usually draw out all the feels. Before that The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood.
Also, Henry’s Sister’s by Cathy Lamb. I started reading it late one night. Really boring start. I wanted to give up but I didn’t want to get out of my warm, comfy bed to get another book so I kept reading. Ended up really liking it. Funny and sad.
Our Souls at Night by Kent haruf. Wonderful film too starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. The boy in the striped pyjamas. Bridges of Madison County. Brokeback Mountain.
The boys Triumph over Adversity by Sir Martin Gilbert. A true account of the 732 youths that survived the Holocaust and came to Great Britain after the War. They wanted to bring 1000 youths but could only Find 732 of which only 60 were girls. Amazing stories of young teenagers and how they survived, just a miracle.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Sophie’s Choice! Not only did I cry, I went into my sleeping daughter”s room, she was four at the the time, at one in the morning and held her close as I cried. OMG. I will never forget that. And when I went to see the movie with my mother and sister, I cried the first time I saw Sophie’s sadness. They kept asking me why I was crying. Since I had read the book, I answered, ” You’ll see why.”
Elizabeth Noble – Things to Tell my Daughters and Jo Jo Moyes – Me Before You
Angela’s Ashes
A pop up book that poked me in the eye.
Mischling by Affinity Konar
The five people you meet in heaven
The nightingale
My Sergei
The Lovely Bones
Sarah’s Key ????
The Nightingale
Two that spring to mind are “Goodnight Mister Tom” which I first read when I was 13 and “Angela’s Ashes”. Both made me ugly cry.
Dark Secrets
Most recently, The Nightingale
Big fish
Wonder
Recently??? Worst Journey in the world by Cherry Garrad
The Nightingale, Firefly Lane, 3 Things About Elsie and How To Be Happy.
The Road.
A Little Life. I didn’t just cry, I fell apart.
This whole book is so sad. It is great but I would never read it again.
Me too. ?
The Joy Luck Club
The Help
Most recently, The Great Alone
The storyteller
Sarah’s Key AND When Breath Becomes Air
@Rachel yes to both of these. Big tears
Me before you
a million little pieces and its sequel my friend leonard both by frey
A Dog’s Purpose
A Dog’s Journey
Allegiant (last book in divergent series)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (first book in Chaos Walking Trilogy)
Nineteen Minutes, My Sister’s Keeper, and the Alice Network
The kite runner
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
The nightingale
The girl and her Ren by @Pepper
Most recently, Elevation by Stephen King. Notable just because SK doesn’t usually draw out all the feels. Before that The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood.
The Book Thief. Brilliant, but I needed the box of Kleenex nearby!
Boy in the striped pajamas..
Kim kharsdian ugly cry
Made me unhappy
Bear Town
Lonesome Dove, and several hundred others. Of course, I have been known to cry at pet food commercials.
The last song and Little Women. Even when I reread them now I bawl!
Little Woman was my favorite book as a child.
Still Alice, Firefly Lane
One day David Nichols
Goodnight Mister Tom
Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
There has only been one so far that I can remember, The Toymakers. I cried real tears of pain.
“Lenny’s Book of Everything”, by Karen Foxlee. I very rarely cry when reading, but I certainly did with this book.
Me Before You…
Walk to Remember
The movie too
Firefly Lane
Danielle Steele’s The Gift. Cried for at least 10 pages
Also, Henry’s Sister’s by Cathy Lamb. I started reading it late one night. Really boring start. I wanted to give up but I didn’t want to get out of my warm, comfy bed to get another book so I kept reading. Ended up really liking it. Funny and sad.
I loved that book ❤️
Uncle Toms Cabin. It made me cry deep soul tears. I will never in my life comprehend a mans power to inflict evil upon another. Rips me to shreds.
If you haven’t read it…read it.
Jessica. Bryce Courtney
The notebook, dragonfly in amber
The Nightingale
‘Love Story’ by Erich Segal
‘My Sister’s Keeper’ by Jodi Picoult
Me Before You
Marley and Me, sobbing uncontrollably for the last few chapters
The Horse Whisperer. There have been others too, but that made me blub
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Me Before You.
Nm. It wasnt Danielle Steele’s The Gift that made me cry. It was Danielle Steele’s Fine things that made me cry.
Ugly Love by Hoover Colleen
The Book Thief
My sisters keeper
The Birth of Venus
The Shack
Fearless
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and The Lovely Bones.
PS I love you
A Little Life. Beautiful and saddest book I’ve ever read.
@Denise -did it take a bit to get into it?
Janice Schreier not for me. I was captivated by each character, and to my recollection, this was shown in the first few chapters.
Nicholas Sparks- The Choice and Two by Two. Definitely have some tissues handy ?
The outsiders. Every time.
Thanks everyone! I’m adding them to my “to read” list?
Sofie’s choice, gone with the wind, the tornbirds, still Alice,
Our Souls at Night by Kent haruf. Wonderful film too starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. The boy in the striped pyjamas. Bridges of Madison County. Brokeback Mountain.
The Dark Tower.
Bright Side by Kim Holden
I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios.. I cried so hard ? ?
The notebook
Sarah’s Key.
Cal
The Notebook and Firefly Lane.
The giving tree.
The Winter Garden
The Lovely Bones.
A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
@Jis oh, thank you. I just put this on my reading list. I just finished The Kite Runner by him. Wonderful.
@Gloria you should also read And the mountains echoed,Sea prayer by the same author
Jis Maria they are the next ones on my “want to read list”. Thank you!! ?❤️I think these next three might complete my collection by him?
PS I Love You
A Man called Ove
We need to talk about Kevin
Me before you ????
@Keely the movie was an ugly cry, sob in the theater affair for me!
A Little Life
My sister’s keeper & One day
The Art of Racing in the @Heather
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince… Oh!! And Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The Time Traveler’s Wife.
Unbroken!
Marley and Me ?
Me before you
The boys Triumph over Adversity by Sir Martin Gilbert. A true account of the 732 youths that survived the Holocaust and came to Great Britain after the War. They wanted to bring 1000 youths but could only Find 732 of which only 60 were girls. Amazing stories of young teenagers and how they survived, just a miracle.
Me Before You
The 5 people you meet in heaven xx
Shadow. I was upset for weeks
Firefly Lane
It ends with us by Colleen Hoover
Bright Side by Kim Holden