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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 220 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,885,281 ratings — published 2012
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 198 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,835,439 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,182,988 ratings — published 2011
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 164 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,011,883 ratings — published 2015
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 127 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,980,083 ratings — published 2005
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,847,899 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,612,805 ratings — published 2003
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 114 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,411,128 ratings — published 2014
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,820,391 ratings — published 2007
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.78 — 635,468 ratings — published 2013
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.03 — 489,519 ratings — published 2016
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,438,413 ratings — published 2017
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.11 — 644,095 ratings — published 2015
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.22 — 704,056 ratings — published 2012
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.75 — 908,721 ratings — published 2017
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.34 — 297,341 ratings — published 2011
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.16 — 718,585 ratings — published 2014
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 70 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,313,663 ratings — published 2025
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 70 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,876,312 ratings — published 2010
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,384,902 ratings — published 2015
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.91 — 980,452 ratings — published 2009
Reminders of Him (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,855,383 ratings — published 2022
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,484,028 ratings — published 2014
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,074,119 ratings — published 1999
The Last Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.47 — 727,296 ratings — published 2019
All Your Perfects (Hopeless, #3)
by (shelved 60 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.99 — 726,709 ratings — published 2018
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.14 — 254,698 ratings — published 2016
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,787,288 ratings — published 2005
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,282,420 ratings — published 2012
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by (shelved 56 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.55 — 486,568 ratings — published 2013
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,629,072 ratings — published 2020
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.08 — 282,292 ratings — published 2016
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 54 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,166,546 ratings — published 2013
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,895 ratings — published 2010
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 52 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.56 — 808,618 ratings — published 2016
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,624,821 ratings — published 2022
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.93 — 288,621 ratings — published 2016
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.61 — 186,210 ratings — published 2021
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.44 — 742,412 ratings — published 2018
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,043,746 ratings — published 2017
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,006,409 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,037,864 ratings — published 2007
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,333,169 ratings — published 1947
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.85 — 914,470 ratings — published 2005
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,953,317 ratings — published 1937
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,000,857 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 45 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,233,953 ratings — published 2007
Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.51 — 569,388 ratings — published 2018
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,071,067 ratings — published 2014
Making Faces (ebook)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.29 — 82,565 ratings — published 2013
“I’m mistaken….
for thinking you were someone with a heart worth breaking.”
―
for thinking you were someone with a heart worth breaking.”
―
“I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
