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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,907,922 ratings — published 2012
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.75 — 914,364 ratings — published 2017
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,211,097 ratings — published 2011
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.78 — 641,879 ratings — published 2013
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 23 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,170,430 ratings — published 2013
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,854,196 ratings — published 2012
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.03 — 493,220 ratings — published 2016
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.11 — 646,100 ratings — published 2015
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,493,615 ratings — published 2014
Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)
by (shelved 12 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.10 — 349,138 ratings — published 2024
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.08 — 285,491 ratings — published 2016
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,971,658 ratings — published 1937
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,994,871 ratings — published 2005
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,900,829 ratings — published 1590
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,011,710 ratings — published 2006
Full Tilt (Full Tilt, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.36 — 43,184 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,802,405 ratings — published 2005
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.95 — 77,037 ratings — published 2010
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,702,388 ratings — published 1967
If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.85 — 222,295 ratings — published 2024
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.48 — 567,344 ratings — published 2022
The First to Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #0)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.00 — 130,565 ratings — published 2022
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,793,344 ratings — published 2005
Prodigy (Legend, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.21 — 287,870 ratings — published 2013
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,039,652 ratings — published 2007
Stolen (Stolen, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.89 — 88,189 ratings — published 2009
Autumn in Paris (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 13,664 ratings — published 2007
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.61 — 187,722 ratings — published 2021
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,423,172 ratings — published 2015
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,864,772 ratings — published 2016
The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,391,750 ratings — published 2014
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,954,806 ratings — published 2003
Sunshine Becomes You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,460 ratings — published 2012
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,903,637 ratings — published 2010
Before I Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.88 — 349,128 ratings — published 2010
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,369,901 ratings — published 2025
Where the Dark Stands Still (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.03 — 34,876 ratings — published 2024
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.44 — 766,012 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,021,075 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,487,816 ratings — published 2017
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,029,503 ratings — published 1818
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.56 — 814,442 ratings — published 2016
Bright Side (Bright Side, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.28 — 64,355 ratings — published 2014
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,813,918 ratings — published 1949
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,286,566 ratings — published 2012
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.85 — 923,605 ratings — published 2005
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.07 — 606,152 ratings — published 1977
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,382,497 ratings — published 2000
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,917,787 ratings — published 1993
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,353,020 ratings — published 1947
“Mostly because Lydia said after a long silence, "Holy shit. We are living in a Nicholas Sparks novel."
"Exactly," she said from between her knees. "And I'm so not okay with that.”
― Never Sweeter
"Exactly," she said from between her knees. "And I'm so not okay with that.”
― Never Sweeter
“There is a sad end I used to live
even before I knew
this is how I was meant to begin.”
― Unexpressed Feelings
even before I knew
this is how I was meant to begin.”
― Unexpressed Feelings