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The 101 Most Heartbreaking Novels Ever Written According to Ranker - Page 2

"This list is about the most heartbreaking novels ever written; it answers the question, 'What are the saddest books of all time?' If you've ever read one of these tear-jerkers, you know that these sad stories will tug on your heart strings in a way that no other novel can. The best sad stories like this will warm even the coldest of hearts! We've all felt the pain of loss, the agony of heartbreak and the joy of falling in love: we all relate to sad stories. These stories mold us into who we are and show us where we came from. Most importantly, these novels teach us that we're not as different as we may think." - ranker.com
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The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
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The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
43
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
44
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
45
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
46
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
47
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
48
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
49
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
50
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
51
Love Story (Erich Segal)
Love Story (Erich Segal)
52
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
53
If I Stay (Gayle Forman)
If I Stay (Gayle Forman)
54
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
55
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
56
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
57
The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
The Yearling (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
58
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
59
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
60
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
61
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (Herman Melville)
62
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
63
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
64
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
65
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
66
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
67
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
68
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
69
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
70
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
71
I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
72
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
73
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
74
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
75
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
76
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
77
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
78
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
79
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
80
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
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