51 books
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3 voters
Sad Ending Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,196
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,813,597 ratings — published 2012
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.75 — 891,488 ratings — published 2017
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,092,280 ratings — published 2011
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.78 — 614,031 ratings — published 2013
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 23 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,155,788 ratings — published 2013
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,827,874 ratings — published 2012
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.03 — 477,153 ratings — published 2016
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,446,843 ratings — published 2014
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.11 — 637,919 ratings — published 2015
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.08 — 270,735 ratings — published 2016
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,899,835 ratings — published 1937
Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)
by (shelved 11 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.11 — 329,154 ratings — published 2024
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,936,889 ratings — published 2005
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.16 — 989,413 ratings — published 2006
Full Tilt (Full Tilt, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.36 — 41,149 ratings — published 2016
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,770,399 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,724,526 ratings — published 2005
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,862,452 ratings — published 1590
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,599 ratings — published 2010
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,654,137 ratings — published 1967
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.48 — 521,225 ratings — published 2022
Prodigy (Legend, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.22 — 284,718 ratings — published 2013
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,032,153 ratings — published 2007
Stolen (Stolen, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.89 — 87,608 ratings — published 2009
Autumn in Paris (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 13,547 ratings — published 2007
If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.85 — 207,099 ratings — published 2024
The First to Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #0)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.00 — 127,007 ratings — published 2022
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.61 — 181,447 ratings — published 2021
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,268,363 ratings — published 2015
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,273,093 ratings — published 2017
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,743,641 ratings — published 2016
Before I Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.88 — 347,731 ratings — published 2010
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,208,567 ratings — published 2025
Where the Dark Stands Still (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.03 — 32,442 ratings — published 2024
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,940,496 ratings — published 2018
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,958,564 ratings — published 1818
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.56 — 791,127 ratings — published 2016
The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,280,321 ratings — published 2014
Bright Side (Bright Side, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.28 — 63,381 ratings — published 2014
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,633,703 ratings — published 1948
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,272,275 ratings — published 2012
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.85 — 887,963 ratings — published 2005
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.06 — 598,140 ratings — published 1977
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,870,050 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,282,898 ratings — published 2000
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,861,481 ratings — published 1993
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,270,222 ratings — published 1947
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Twilight Saga, #3.5)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 3.52 — 246,377 ratings — published 2009
Sunshine Becomes You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.11 — 10,392 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as sad-ending)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,258,147 ratings — published 2009
“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
“And of the Witch? In the life of a Witch, there is no after, in the ever after of a Witch, there is no happily; In the story of a Witch, there is no afterword.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West










