I feel like there was a thread like this before, but I can't find it.

Books that made you cry?
Books that made ME cry:

Where the Red Fern Grows- before I read this I thought only movies and the occasional song could make me cry.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being- More dying dogs. Our dog had just died of cancer like the one in this book. So a lot of people on the nyc subways got to see me cry.
Return of the King- I don't know I don't know.
Inheritance of Loss- even though I didn't really like the book and assumed I didn't like the characters. I guess I liked the cook.

Sappysappysap.

I think there may be others.

girl with a pearl earring - there is this one scene where he walks in and sees her hair - gets me EVERYTIME. probably the most brilliant and most sad scene ever (you will only get this if your either read the book or at least the scene, it's impossible to describe)

another book was a german one called "you can't see tears in the rain". it's about this young guy who falls in love with a heroin addict. the addict tries to quit but can't and in the end he dies. i don't think it is available in any other language than german though

harry potter when dumbledore died.

umm those are the ones that come to my mind, there might be more...

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is that a really nice german way of saying shut up?

book of illusions paul auster. alkmost. tears of rage as well as sadness. rage at the author

the quiet violence of dreams - k. sello duiker

omg

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you'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking

The last one to make me properly cry was actually a short story in a book and it was the first time I had ever cried to a short story. It was an Ali Smith story I need to find out the title of this story because it's incredibly beautiful. I was crying for a long time after reading it.

Madame Bovary.

ah same, my eyes weld up and was temporary blinded by tears .. never had that happen before.

the talisman
the stand
the perks of being a wallflower
sati

those were the first that sprang to mind. i know there are more.

in grade 5 our teacher read this to the class (becuase apparently 5th graders cant read in ohio) and i cried like a bitch

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my heart isn't black, it's just dirty from the floors

the last dark tower book.


SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!!!











when jake died and then poor little oy. it was too much for me.

That's a pretty awful book to read to a bunch of 5th graders in a classroom. I mean tears are bound to happen, and then it's the end of your social life.

I forgot about A Farewell to Arms. Lordy.

The Bell Jar

Just the part where she is in the hospital and the women next to her asks to close the curtains. I don't know why I just got like all teary.

Bridge To Terrabithia , I was in 5th grade. Oh tear.

Author ?

Im really intrested and if it only comes in German then I'll pass it along to my best freind.

I have never actually cried but the closest I ever got was in The Time Traveler's Wife.

Of Mice and Men is the first that came to mind

I remember crying pretty hard when I read Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood when I was twelve. I don't really remember the story though. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lord of The Flies (REALLY hard in *cough* chapter nine, especially)

I've cried while reading alot of books, come to think of it. I'll think of more later, as always.

On that note, my chemistry textbook this year....

*breaks down in tears*

Markus Pingel is the name of the author.
the german titel is "im regen kann man keine tränen sehen"
i really liked the book a lot and i can only recommend it

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is that a really nice german way of saying shut up?

where the red fern grows was the first one that came to mind
the stand
the talisman
bridge to terabithia
the giving tree (way to go shel silverstein)
exquisite corpse (someone dies who i felt shouldnt have. i was bawling)
the heart is deceitful above all things (i didnt even get ten pages into it. i put it down while bawling my eyes out)
geek love
blood and guts in high school
cordoroy (yes that picture book)

really i cry alot. im very affected by words.

oh! plays
marie and bruce by wallace shawn is awful for me. its supposed to be funnny/brutal but its just very very very sad for me

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the cave mouth shines
by pure force of will
i look down on the world
from the top of this lonesome hill
and you can run, and run some more
from here all the way to singapore
but i will carry you home in my teeth
-mountain goats

Testement of Youth
has to be the most upsetting book I have ever read

Anne of Green Gables.

When Matthew dies... ohhhhh, the agony....