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45 Books for When You Just Need a Good Cry

Some of these books will make you cry, some of these books will tear your soul to pieces. But sometimes that's just what you need from a book.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
1
Louis De Bernieres
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
2
Markus Zusak
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (Louis De Bernières)
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
3
Louis De Bernières
Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech)
Walk Two Moons
4
Sharon Creech
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
5
Khaled Hosseini
This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
6
Junot Díaz
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
7
Arundhati Roy
Of Love and Other Demons (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Of Love and Other Demons
8
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
9
Ian McEwan
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
10
Anne Frank
If This Is a Man - Primo Levi
If This Is a Man - Primo Levi
11
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
12
Khalid Hosseini
Birds Without Wings (Louis De Bernieres)
Birds Without Wings
13
Louis De Bernieres
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
14
Stephen Chbosky
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
15
Victor Hugo
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
16
Sara Gruen
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
17
Alice Walker
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
18
Maya Angelou
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
20
Richard Adams
One Day (David Nicholls)
One Day
21
David Nicholls
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
22
Thomas Hardy
Dr Zivago
Dr Zivago
23
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON Daniel Keyes
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON Daniel Keyes
24
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
25
Jack London
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
26
Milan Kundera
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
27
Helen MacDonald
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
28
Anna Sewell
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
29
Jeffrey Eugenides
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
30
Gabriel García Márquez
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
31
Celeste Ng
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
32
Joan Didion
The Bridegroom (Ha Jin)
The Bridegroom
33
Ha Jin
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
34
Sebastian Faulks
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
35
Alice Sebold
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
36
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
37
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
38
Anthony Doerr
My Sisters Keeper (Jodie Picoult)
My Sisters Keeper
39
Jodie Picoult
Tiny Beautiful Things (Cheryl Strayed)
Tiny Beautiful Things
40
Cheryl Strayed
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