Fancy a Cry?: Books with the Saddest Endings

Books just about guaranteed to leave you in tears.
Updated October 2, 2022
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The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Paper Book
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Paper Book
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
Paper Book
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
Paper Book
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
Paper Book
Eleanor and Park
Rainbow Rowell
Paper Book
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
Paper Book
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Paper Book
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Paper Book
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Paper Book
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Paper Book
The End of the Affair
Graham Greene
Paper Book
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
John Grogan
Paper Book
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner
Paper Book
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Paper Book
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
Paper Book
Sarah's Key
Tatiana de Rosnay
Paper Book
My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult
Paper Book
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Paper Book

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