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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,861,340 ratings — published 2012
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.27 — 998,465 ratings — published 2015
When Sadness is at Your Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.39 — 3,449 ratings — published 2018
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.11 — 642,135 ratings — published 2015
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,149,981 ratings — published 2011
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,062,686 ratings — published 1999
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,781,670 ratings — published 2005
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.75 — 903,237 ratings — published 2017
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,806,074 ratings — published 2016
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,473,226 ratings — published 2014
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,300,751 ratings — published 1963
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.78 — 628,876 ratings — published 2013
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,934,359 ratings — published 1937
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.34 — 296,279 ratings — published 2011
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.83 — 625,118 ratings — published 2014
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,271,419 ratings — published 2012
Michael Rosen's Sad Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,532 ratings — published 2004
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,841,120 ratings — published 2012
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,278,987 ratings — published 2012
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.06 — 601,975 ratings — published 1977
A Shelter for Sadness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.35 — 751 ratings — published 2021
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,612,687 ratings — published 2020
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,384,957 ratings — published 2017
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,806,430 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,965,473 ratings — published 2005
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,289,728 ratings — published 2004
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.91 — 978,686 ratings — published 2009
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.61 — 184,792 ratings — published 2021
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.14 — 251,648 ratings — published 2016
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,593,777 ratings — published 2003
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.23 — 565,178 ratings — published 2008
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.85 — 905,358 ratings — published 2005
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.03 — 485,909 ratings — published 2016
Maybe Tomorrow? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,018 ratings — published 2019
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.98 — 765,660 ratings — published 1987
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.93 — 285,753 ratings — published 2016
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,000,556 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,035,990 ratings — published 2007
The Things We Leave Unfinished (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.31 — 519,997 ratings — published 2021
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,452,257 ratings — published 2022
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,772,060 ratings — published 2018
What's the Matter, Marlo? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.96 — 261 ratings — published 2021
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.56 — 802,762 ratings — published 2016
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.99 — 438,971 ratings — published 2019
The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.59 — 9,661 ratings — published 2018
I'm Sad (I'm Bored, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.10 — 931 ratings — published 2018
Milk and honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.95 — 835,264 ratings — published 2014
The Red Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.50 — 6,753 ratings — published 2001
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 3.93 — 319,219 ratings — published 2005
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as sadness)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,058,463 ratings — published 2014
“Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
