Books that made you cry?
2006-08-28 00:47:52 · 21 answers · asked by kayleigh1991 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr - True story about a Japanese girl dying of radiation sickness in Hiroshima. My 4th grade teacher cried when he read this to us. I read it again later in life to the same effect.
Where the Red Fern Grows - The first book that ever made me cry, even as a kid.
The Notebook - A novella that sets the stage for romantic tragedy and then walks you slowly through it.
The Time Traveller's Wife - One of the best books I've read in a long time, sad but satisfying ending.
2006-08-28 01:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by lightholder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not too many books have brought tears to my eyes (unless you count the ones that were just incredibly bad). but I've got to admit that Susan Kay's Phantom had me feeling like crying practically the whole time I was reading it. Fantastic book! Another book that just touched me and brought tears to my eyes was Sarah's Child by Linda Howard. Also, Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon. There have been a few others, but I can't think of the titles right at this moment. Flowers for Algernon was very moving
Now by crying i mean strong emotion and you cant prove it.
2006-08-28 07:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely a Tree Grows In Brooklyn. This is one of my all time favorite books. It is a story of struggle and triumph. Of rising from poverty to success and happiness. Also, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, and I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Oh and finally To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
2006-08-28 13:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an easy one. No one in world literature is more pessemistic than Thomas Hardy and both Tess of the Durbervilles and Jude the Obscure are very visceral books. My recommendation is to read Jude the Obscure if you want something that will make you cry and shake you to your bones. The incident that happens to Jude and Sue's children and Sue's religious conversion despite her sagacity to think out such issues in the earlier part of her life is so poignant
2006-08-28 09:19:49 · answer #4 · answered by Steven S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always cry when one of those poor human creatures in Dickens's novels (Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey & Son, Edwin Drood, etc.) dies - heartbreaking!
I second To Kill a Mocking Bird - I've read that book about 5 times - it still makes me cry - the moment Scout discovers Boo Radley.
2006-08-28 11:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last night
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Murder on the Rails
2006-08-28 09:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Time Traveler's Wife
2006-08-28 13:16:18 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bridge to Terabithia
Where the Red Fern Grows
Pollyana
2006-08-28 10:12:37 · answer #8 · answered by Lau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Private Peaceful" by Michael Morpurgo. Supposed to be an 'older childrens' book about World War 1, I only bought it because I liked the cover! But everyone should read it - it teaches us some good lessons about right and wrong etc, and I couldn't put it down. Broke my heart.
2006-08-28 08:56:35 · answer #9 · answered by mousepotato66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tale of Two Cities & Oliver Twist both by Charles Dickens
2006-08-28 07:51:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋