Comments on: The Saddest Books

By: Marku

Marku — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:18:27 +0000

Some lovely choices but my vote has to be either ‘Never let me go’ by Kasuo Ishiguro. The saddest book ever.

Or ‘The Dream Of the Red Chamber’ (Story of the Stone) By Cao Xuequin.

By: André

André — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:09:04 +0000

Here are a few more that I was surprised weren’t on the list…

My Happy Life – Lydia Millet
Dear Jack – Tammi Sauer
Ride the Wind – Lucia St Clair Robson
Dear John – Nicholas Sparks
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas – James Patterson
Hit and Run – Lurlene McDaniel
Always and Forever – Lurlene McDaniel

By: Caelan Louizos

Caelan Louizos — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:49:50 +0000

I am seriously suprised that no one has said “The boy in the Striped Pyjamas” I felt like my heart had turned to dust when i read that book and saw that movie.Also it may not be very sad but “Twilight,New Moon,Eclipse,Breaking Dawn” are very emotional. It may be very classic………”The Diary of Anne Frank”

By: Mark Lee

Mark Lee — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:36:29 +0000

“I Am the Cheese” by Robert Comier. An engrossing mystery novel told from the first-person perspective of a boy riding on his bike to deliver a package to his father.
It is a mystery for teens, but the ending just shocked me…while I’ve read “Of Mice and Men”, “Lord of the Flies”, “Night”, and “All Quiet on the Western Front”, I seriously don’t think I’ve ever read such a book with such a thoroughly hopeless ending before.

It is a great practice in creative writing, though, so I used it to tutor an 8th-grader recently.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:56:06 +0000

Tender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tom’s Midnight Garden – Philippa Pearce

Everybody Was So Young – Amanda Vaill

If This Is a Man – Primo Levi

Fugitive Pieces – Anne Michaels

Peter Pan – J. M. Barrie

The Beast in the Jungle – Henry James

By: ben

ben — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:47:15 +0000

“Jennie” by Douglas Preston. Yes, that guy who works with Lincoln Child. Trust me, Jennie will leave wrung out.

jb says: Thanks, Ben. This is getting to be quite a list now.

By: Donald

Donald — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:56:42 +0000

HISTORY: A NOVEL by the Italian writer Elsa Morante made me weep harder than any other book I’ve read. It makes you really feel the tragedy of history and you end up feeling like you’re crying for all of humanity.

jb says: OK, Donald. I’ll go seek it out. Could use a good cry just now.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:27:12 +0000

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck