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Books That Made You Cry (Reddit 2025)

In February 2025, on the Reddit sub r/suggestmeabook someone posted a call for "What book has Made you cry? I'm looking for something to read. I don't usually read, but to encourage myself to do so, I need a good story that will make me shed a few tears. Any recommendations you can give me?"
And the sub provided. This is a list of the responses- deduped. The variety of opinions and recommendations is what makes this a great list.
I did not include books: where someone said "anything by" a specific author; an entire series; or an author was not given and I could not reasonably verify.
If I missed anything else, I apologize, I'm human and I make mistakes and things could have been added since I looked at the list.
I see many new books to add to my list! Enjoy!
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Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
2
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
3
They Both Die at the End (Adam Silvera)
They Both Die at the End (Adam Silvera)
4
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
5
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
6
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
7
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
8
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
9
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
10
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
11
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
12
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
13
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
14
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
15
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
16
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
17
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
18
We All Want Impossible Things (Catherine Newman)
We All Want Impossible Things (Catherine Newman)
19
P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
20
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
21
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
22
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
23
Blue Sisters (Coco Mellors)
Blue Sisters (Coco Mellors)
24
Cleopatra and Frankenstein (Coco Mellors)
Cleopatra and Frankenstein (Coco Mellors)
25
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
26
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
27
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory (Corey White)
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory (Corey White)
28
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
29
The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
30
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
31
A Boy Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Boy Called It (Dave Pelzer)
32
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
33
Everyday (David Levithan)
Everyday (David Levithan)
34
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
35
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
36
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
37
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
38
The Choice (Edith Eger)
The Choice (Edith Eger)
39
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night (Elie Wiesel)
40
The Speed of Dark (Elizabeth Moon)
The Speed of Dark (Elizabeth Moon)
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