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Saddest Books of All Time

Set down a box of tissues, because this list is packed with books that had either sad endings or had your eyes watering the whole way. If there's an upsetting book that isn't on this list, you're welcome to go onto the comments and make more requests.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
2
John Steinbeck
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
3
Daniel Keyes
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
4
Wilson Rawls
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
6
Hanya Yanagihara
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
7
Khalid Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
8
Khaled Hosseini
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
9
Cormac McCarthy
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
10
Ian McEwan
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
11
Rohinton Mistry
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
12
Frank McCourt
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
13
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
14
Thomas Hardy
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
15
John Boyne
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
17
Markus Zusak
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
18
John Green
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
19
S.E. Hinton
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
20
Audrey Niffenegger
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
21
Elie Wiesel
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
22
Fred Gipson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
23
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
24
Stephen King
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Chocolate War
25
Robert Cormier
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
26
Maya Angelou
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
27
Mark Haddon
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
28
Vladimir Nabokov
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
29
Laurie Halse Anderson
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
30
Erich Maria Remarque
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
31
Carson McCullers
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
32
Yann Martel
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
33
Tim O'Brien
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
34
Emily Brontë
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
36
Ken Kesey
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
37
Chinua Achebe
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
38
Anne Frank
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
39
Gabriel García Marquez
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
40
Victor Hugo
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