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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
1
Abraham Verghese
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water
2
Abraham Verghese
They Both Die at the End (Adam Silvera)
They Both Die at the End
3
Adam Silvera
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
4
Amy Tan
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
5
André Aciman
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
6
Andre Dubus III
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
Mayflies
7
Andrew O'Hagan
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
8
Anita Diamant
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
Hello Beautiful
9
Ann Napolitano
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
10
Anna Sewell
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
11
Anthony Doerr
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
12
Art Spiegelman
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
13
Arundhati Roy
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
14
Audrey Niffenegger
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
15
Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
16
Barbara Kingsolver
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
17
Betty Smith
We All Want Impossible Things (Catherine Newman)
We All Want Impossible Things
18
Catherine Newman
P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
P.S. I Love You
19
Cecelia Ahern
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name
20
Chanel Miller
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
21
Charles Dickens
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
22
Cho Nam-Joo
Blue Sisters (Coco Mellors)
Blue Sisters
23
Coco Mellors
Cleopatra and Frankenstein (Coco Mellors)
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
24
Coco Mellors
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us
25
Colleen Hoover
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
26
Colson Whitehead
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory (Corey White)
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory
27
Corey White
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
28
Cormac McCarthy
The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
The Fall of Hyperion
29
Dan Simmons
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
30
Daniel Keyes
A Boy Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Boy Called It
31
Dave Pelzer
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
32
David Grann
Everyday (David Levithan)
Everyday
33
David Levithan
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
34
David Wroblewski
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
35
Delia Owens
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
36
Denis Johnson
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
37
Dorothy Allison
The Choice (Edith Eger)
The Choice
38
Edith Eger
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
39
Elie Wiesel
The Speed of Dark (Elizabeth Moon)
The Speed of Dark
40
Elizabeth Moon
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