Saddest books you've read?

[sweet juicy]

I am newbie here,nice to meet you all!

 

[recklessdreamer]

non fiction would be a boy called it
fiction would be the series that includes Thorn in my Heart by Higgs

 

[JCFantasy23]

Cujo - the ending was sob-inducing
The Lovely Bones - I think I grew teary eyed every chapter
This Boy's Life by Robert McCammon - a very sad scene in the book

 

[TwistTim]

The Road by Cormac Mcarthy
I can only read a few pages at a time of this light work... sheesh.. depression city... wouldn't say it's the saddest because it's just fresh in my mind.. but it is near the top of the short list... more later on.

 

[TwistTim]

Much can depend on how you view a book. Some of Heinleins stuff is pretty sad. 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' often impacts me. Rather strange as a 12 year old girl dies and I feel nothing, but I 'morn' the death of a non-human.

I find 'Brave New World' much sadder than 1984. Like many books 'Brave New World' gets its title from a line of dialog in the book. Something like 'What a brave new world with such beautiful people in it'. To me the fall from such hope is much sadder than the grim world of 1984.

Actually that's from Miranda in the Tempest "O! Brave New World with such wonders in it" and yes that is a sad book, and would ave to agree on Flowers For Algernon (read it at home/work and did cry)

 

[yatcup]

• Where the Red Fern Grows *sniff*
• Lord Foul's Bane - maybe not sad, but definitely depressing!
• Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb - depressing!
• The War Prayer - Mark Twain

 

[starbuck55]

double vote for "Where the red fern grows". Never trusted my teachers after making me read that one.

And 'Bridge to Tarabithia"

 

[yatcup]

Starbuck55 - YOU KNOW? we read it in 6th grade. I thought I was dying! *LOL* Years later I watched the movie and wow.... brutal! ugh!

 

[Christine Joel]

'Love in the time of Cholera' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez..Wonderful book,wonderfully sad..

 

[Singermom]

This Boy's Life by Robert McCammon - a very sad scene in the book

Finally! Someone else who has heard of Robert McCammon, who is my husband's all-time favorite author!

Aaaaanyway...back to the topic...

I'm a natural cry-er - cry at the drop of a hat - so the list is too long to post. However, the first book that came to my mind was "Seeds of Yesterday" by V.C. Andrews. It's the 4th book of the Dollanganger series. The end of it brings me to tears E-V-E-R-Y time I read it...and I'm talking REAL tears, not just feeling sad.

 

[MercyGrace]

I hadn't thought about Flowers for Algernon for a long time. It is really sad.

As a child, I found both Tuck Everlasting and Bridge to Terebithia sad. And The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis usually makes me cry! But then again, so does I'll Love You Forever by Robert Munsch!

 

[hana14]

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry. So depressing! Kite Runner was sad too

 

[markbyrne24]

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold according to me.