Sobbed as a preteen. Read it again as an adult decades later. Sobbed again. Just a heartbreaking story of the power of young friendship and the devastation of losing it. Not many stories one revisits continue to convey so much emotional power." Haig is also the author of The Midnight Library– another one of those sad books that make you cry – or break your heart – but also uplifts and teaches you more about living. Israeli American, queer, chronically ill, and forever reading, Ilana Masad is a book critic and fiction writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, Tin House, McSweeney's, Joyland Magazine, and more. She is the founder and host of The Other Stories, a podcast that features new, emerging, and established fiction writers. Jordison, Sam (12 December 2012). "Darkness in literature: Sad Book by Michael Rosen". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 June 2015. Sarah’s Key is one of those absolutely heartbreaking WWII novels that remind you of how many were robbed of their innocence.

Together, they create Terabithia, a mythical kingdom in the forest where they rule as king and queen and can forget about their hardships. BuzzFeed Bring Me Obsessed with travel? Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with Bring Me!But remember, just because something is sad doesn’t make it bad. Life itself is not always happy, and coming to grips with loss and grief in the context of a book can actually be cathartic. Beautifully Written Sad Books For a Good Cry The best authors are able to stir up your emotions. They can use the scenes in the story to make you laugh, but they can also make you cry. It may be a story of a lost love, or grief from the death of a loved one, or the moral downfall of a previously-loved heroine. Why Do People Read Sad Books? A net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain plans to use his Infernal Devices, an army of pitiless automatons, to destroy the Shadowhunters. He needs only one last item to complete his plan: he needs Tessa Gray.Charlotte Branwell, head of the London Institute, is desperate to find Mortmain before he strikes. But when Mortmain abducts Tessa, the boys who lay equal claim to her heart, Will and Jem, will do anything to save her. Partial to Bitcoin? You can beam some bit-love my way: 197usDS6AsL9wDKxtGM6xaWjmR5ejgqem7 CANCEL MONTHLY SUPPORT

Ultimately, a glass of spilled milk results in Brook confiding in her boyfriend’s mother and eventually going to counseling. Brooke Nolan bravely and anonymously dials social services for help with the physical and sexual abuse happening in her home at the hands of her father. Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of “autotheory” offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author’s relationship with the artist Harry Dodge. This story, which includes Nelson’s account of falling in love with Dodge, who is fluidly gendered, as well as her journey to and through a pregnancy, offers a firsthand account of the complexities and joys of (queer) family-making. Alice is an American mother struggling with both a special needs and a gifted child. She heads to Poland after her grandmother has suffered a stroke.There are countless World War 2-based books that will make you cry and yearn for a history not so unjust. I’m Christine, The Uncorked Librarian. I have a Master’s of Library and Information Science, travel the world, and am an avid reader.

He chronicles the horrific and terrorizing details that he and others endured, while also philosophizing the Holocaust.

a b c Bradbury, Lorna (30 Jan 2005). " 'Sometimes sad is very big. All over me' ". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 29 June 2015.