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Sad Books That Will Rip Your Soul to Pieces

There are some books that become renowned largely for their capacity to make people cry— just look at Jodi Picoult's entire career. People enjoy going into a sad book like it's some kind of a mountain to be climbed. We crave the emotional labor that comes with reading a book that is particularly difficult or sad. But what I also notice is the sense of camaraderie between readers that comes with a particularly trying text.
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The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
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Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
Alice Munro
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Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
Maggie Nelson
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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Battleborn (Claire Vaye Watkins)
Battleborn
Claire Vaye Watkins
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
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The Visiting Privilege (Joy Williams)
The Visiting Privilege
Joy Williams
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
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The Sorrows of War (Bao Ninh)
The Sorrows of War
Bao Ninh
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When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
18
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
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A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
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Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
Jesmyn Ward
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