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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
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Tim O'Brien
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
2
Alice Munro
Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Order of the Phoenix
3
J.K. Rowling
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
5
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
6
Hanya Yanagihara
Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
7
Maggie Nelson
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
9
Philip Roth
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
10
William Shakespeare
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
11
William Faulkner
Battleborn (Claire Vaye Watkins)
Battleborn
12
Claire Vaye Watkins
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
13
James Baldwin
The Visiting Privilege (Joy Williams)
The Visiting Privilege
14
Joy Williams
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
15
Jonathan Franzen
The Sorrows of War (Bao Ninh)
The Sorrows of War
16
Bao Ninh
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
17
Paul Kalanithi
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
18
Djuna Barnes
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
19
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
20
Thomas Hardy
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
21
Jesmyn Ward
Wave
Wave
22
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