Need a good sad, teen or adult book to read.
2007-06-07 06:03:24 · 16 answers · asked by Katie C. 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
When I read "Wasteland" by Francesca Lia Block, it made me cry. It's about a teenage girl whose older brother commits suicide. Her search for answers as to why the suicide happened is very touching. It's a rather short book but it's very compelling.
Good luck and happy, er I mean sad, reading. :-(
2007-06-07 07:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by Bookworm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saddest book I ever read was When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase. It is usually in the psychology section of book stores and tells the true story of Truddi Chase's life of abuse and subsequent multiple personality disorder. A close second and third would be A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer and Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Get your box of Kleenex ready.
Hope this helps,
Channa
2007-06-07 15:38:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Mutual Friend, A Tale of Two Cities, or The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens. All of these end in a "satisfying" manner, and you could say that OMF and TOCS end happily, though there are still sad aspects. If you're looking for something that is all sad, though, ATOTC is probably the best choice, because the other two have quite a bit of humor in them as well.
2007-06-07 14:06:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kite Runner - VERY sad, I cried a lot and I gave it to my husband to read and he "teared a little":)
19 Minutes - very good book and very sad
The Great Gatsby - that book will always hold a special place in my heart, I read this book and cried like a baby...
2007-06-07 15:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mary Kay Rep 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson.
The story will make you happy, mad, and every other emotion inbetween and if the ending doesn't make you cry you are heartless!! My copy of the book has went through everyone I know and all loved it so much that they read it in one day...just couldn't put it down. I have read it at least 4 times!!!! Hope you enjoy!@!
2007-06-07 14:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by Angela M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Green Mansions" by W.H. Hudson. I picked it up late one night and started two read. Two things happened...
a) I got no sleep that night
b) The book was so sad that I wanted to cry
Being the manly man that I am, though, I picked up Sports Illustrated immediately after I finished the book and read a blow by blow of the latest Mike Tyson fight...it was less than a paragraph.
2007-06-07 13:28:05 · answer #6 · answered by Maddog Salamander 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are a couple:
"Talk Before Sleep"- by Elizabeth Berg
"Love Story"- Erich Segal
"The Notebook"- Nicholas Sparks
2007-06-07 13:16:11 · answer #7 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dogs of Babel, Carolyn Parkhurst
This is one of the most intensely sad books I've ever read. It haunted me for days.
2007-06-07 14:27:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The author of Flowers for Algernon is Daniel Keyes. I am partial to Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton. Not only did I cry when ever I read it, I cried when I read it to my kids... then my husband took over reading (when I was crying too hard), and HE started crying!
2007-06-07 13:54:36 · answer #9 · answered by kt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of Nicholas Spark's books are tearjerkers... =)
Try Danielle Steel's "Kaleidoscope" and "No Greater Love".
Read it when I was like 11 years old and I was up the whole night crying.
2007-06-08 22:14:57 · answer #10 · answered by alemac_0820 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋