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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 223 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,913,099 ratings — published 2012
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 198 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,871,578 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 180 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,217,639 ratings — published 2011
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 166 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,027,657 ratings — published 2015
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 130 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,855,667 ratings — published 2012
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 128 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,998,429 ratings — published 2005
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,633,821 ratings — published 2003
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,837,019 ratings — published 2007
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 115 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,429,268 ratings — published 2014
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.78 — 643,552 ratings — published 2013
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 108 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.03 — 494,098 ratings — published 2016
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,499,883 ratings — published 2017
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.11 — 646,569 ratings — published 2015
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.75 — 915,745 ratings — published 2017
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.21 — 708,196 ratings — published 2012
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,099 ratings — published 2011
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.15 — 724,964 ratings — published 2014
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 77 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,395,416 ratings — published 2025
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 72 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,912,523 ratings — published 2010
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,433,061 ratings — published 2015
Reminders of Him (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,872,054 ratings — published 2022
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.91 — 982,623 ratings — published 2009
The Last Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.46 — 757,880 ratings — published 2019
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,495,976 ratings — published 2014
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,087,094 ratings — published 1999
All Your Perfects (Hopeless, #3)
by (shelved 60 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.98 — 730,091 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 — 258,331 ratings — published 2016
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,794,892 ratings — published 2005
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,287,496 ratings — published 2012
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.55 — 488,365 ratings — published 2013
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.08 — 286,294 ratings — published 2016
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,650,649 ratings — published 2020
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.44 — 771,804 ratings — published 2018
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.93 — 292,232 ratings — published 2016
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 53 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,171,405 ratings — published 2013
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.95 — 77,056 ratings — published 2010
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,649,009 ratings — published 2022
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.61 — 188,049 ratings — published 2021
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 52 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.56 — 815,846 ratings — published 2016
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,013,060 ratings — published 2006
Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.51 — 592,117 ratings — published 2018
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,357,419 ratings — published 1947
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,049,296 ratings — published 2017
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,976,470 ratings — published 1937
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,040,054 ratings — published 2007
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.85 — 925,908 ratings — published 2005
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,026,240 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 45 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,265,324 ratings — published 2007
If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 3.85 — 223,235 ratings — published 2024
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as heartbreaking)
avg rating 4.25 — 855,594 ratings — published 1966
“Do you think because you can’t see my scars that they don’t exist?...
Most People have their pain deep inside them, in places no one ever goes. Not until it’s too late.”
― Sins & Needles
Most People have their pain deep inside them, in places no one ever goes. Not until it’s too late.”
― Sins & Needles
“Please don't die," she whispered. "I don't think I can bury
you. I already buried everyone else."
"How can I die," Alexander said, his voice breaking, "when you
have poured your immortal blood into me?”
― The Bronze Horseman
you. I already buried everyone else."
"How can I die," Alexander said, his voice breaking, "when you
have poured your immortal blood into me?”
― The Bronze Horseman
