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I don't know about others but for me the most emotional books are those that really end up staying with me and are almost always 5 star reads for me. I'm always looking for a good tear-jerker. So what books have made you cry?

Real stories of animals and how they saved lives etc. Dean Koontz has 2 out now. There was one about a library cat. Oh, and the refuge for animals near their time. A few ladies would take them in and care for them. I bawled like a baby. Not sure I can do those much anymore!

The Carpenter's Pencil
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

These are two short wonderfully touching reads.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix <3

'Of mice and men'.
Also, if you've followed the Harry Potter universe - the last book, 'Harry Potter and the deathly hallows' will really get to you (sure got me).

I've yet to. I'm super excited. I need to get that one :)

I've not yet experience emotional issues since the day i started reading my first picture book.Though i usually shed some tears when a book of a moving story had been turned into a movie(Exp: )

The first book that made me cry was - 'The last song' by Nicolas Sparks! I couldn't believe it at the time because I don't easily shed tears but it really got me crying.

Jojo Moyes books tend to make me cry. Me Before You was probably the worst (tears wise).

The First Last Kiss by Ali Harris is probably my most recent tear jerker. One to be read in the privacy of your own home :-)

Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary, Ordinary Woman made me cry...a lot. The tears were needed and it inspired some happy changes in my life, so it was worth my sob fest.

Allegiant,The fault in our stars

Believe it or not, Cujo is one of the saddest books I've read (that ending made my sob)

I cried almost every chapter of The Lovely Bones

A Boy's Life has an extremely sad scene, as did Lonesome Dove

The Loveliest Dead by Ray Garton made me sob at the end

The Lovely Bones
Still Alice
Three Wishes
The Legend of Lavan Firestorm. I really liked this book, but then the hero dies. WAAAHHH. It was a shocker.
Oh, and The Never Ending Story. When the horse dies. SOB!
Also Spellfall and Into the Land of the Unicorns. They had very emotionally wrenching endings.

Does crying at "The Prince's Tale" Chapter in Harry Potter 7 count?

I finished Me Before You last night and my eyes are all red and puffy today. I'm going to need a few days to deal with this one lol.
Others that have made me cry are The Book Thief, The Notebook, and The Light Between Oceans

One Door Away from Heaven

The only book where i couldn't stop my tears is

If you can include comics, then I tried innumerable no. of times while reading Manga:Naruto and One Piece

The only book that immediately comes to mind is Message in a Bottle and I think the only reason is because when I was reading and crying I was on a train on my way back from school. Lady sitting next to me asked me if I was okay.

The very first book that made me cry was Little Women (view spoiler)[ I think I was in my early teens when I read this book and when Beth died I was devastated. Even though, looking back and having read it a couple times since, it blindsided me. (hide spoiler)]

My Sister's Keeper - Oh my goodness. Talk about being blindsided by an ending.... I know now to always have tissues with me when I read her.

Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me - I love love love dogs, and who wouldn't' love the little cutie on the cover of this book? (view spoiler)[ I started reading it and was absolutely hooked by the time I realized it was about the author who is training his dog as a hospice volunteer. Meanwhile, my cousin had just passed away from a 2 year long battle w/ CA. The book was very good, but it tore my heart out. (hide spoiler)]

Winter Garden - My mom & I are besties, but when I was growing up I would go for months without saying a word to her, and we lived in the same house. I am also great friends w/ my sister, but I'll admit I have a little baggage from childhood due to Mom going easier on her than me. The present time story line really hit close to home for me b/c it touches on mother/daughter, sister/sister relationships. The 2nd storyline, the seige of Lenningrad in WWII.... I can't even imagine.....

Redeeming Love - I love this book, man how I love this book. The life this woman had, and how she was able to rebuild herself with her faith.. I don't normally read anything with religious themes or tones to them, but this book really hooked me.

These books didn't just make me cry... I had a sob-fest while reading them...

I love books that make me cry or laugh out loud, so I'll be going back and shelving some of these books.

The fault in our stars and kite runner

Kvothes story when he was a kid in The Name Of The Wind

Khaled Hosseini's works are all too real to imagine up for a single being and they nearly always make me break down into tears. I most recently read Jay Bell's Something Like Summer and Jennifer Niven's All The Bright Places.. Tear jerker, both of these books are!

All the Harry Potter books, especially the last 3, The Lunar Chronicles, The Fault in Our Stars......probably every book I've ever read. I can get emotional pretty easily lol.

Sundays at Tiffany's

I don't really feel a lot of emotion while reading books, usually...unless it inspires great feelings of awe within me. That said though, I cried at Marley and Me - so much that even though I own the book, it's too much to put myself through to read it again; so I've only read it once. When the movie adaptation came out, my mom really wanted to see it, and the critics called it "a heartwarming story of love". More like a "heart wrenching, heartbreaking story of love"! The ending scenes (I won't give it away completely) were so sad they had me sobbing. Literally: sobbing, and sniffling all over the place.
Also, TFiOS, most definitely makes me tear up. I've heard the movie version was also sad (can't bring myself to watch it, as I'm a huge fan of John Green...and I fear that it won't live up to the book, like 90% of movie adaptations.) but the book...oh man. I re-read it every now and then, and I always cry; from about the time Hazel rescues Gus at the gas station, all the way to the end.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Fault In Our Stars
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Where the Red Fern Grows

The Fault In Our Stars
The Ring
Mockingjay
The Time Traveler's Wife

The Fault in our Stars . The embarrassing part? I was in a metro station. Try competing with that (-_-). I just couldn't stop and all people were like 'what's wrong with you dude?'

I just finished The Book Thief, my review - I used about 1/2 box of tissues

Melissa, i think you will be very surprised at the adaptation of the fault in our stars since john green was actually present during the whole movie and gave tips and everything

The last book that made me cry was . It was a simply beautiful and heartbreaking book.

Gone with the Wind. It is very difficult to control my emotions when a very strong character in a story breaks down or worse dies... here when Rhett Butler breaks down. I did not realize I was crying until I put down the the book.

Definitely The Fault in Our Stars

The Heir

Insomnia, The Green Mile, and Doctor Sleep

The Time Travelers Wife
Me before you
The fault in our stars

I was weeping whilst reading The Time Travelers Wife!

None so far that made me cry.

I must admit my heart has hardend over the years when it comes to books. By the time I actually found an intrest in sad books or books about disasters, I had read so much that it didn't really affect me when a character suffered or even croaked (there are many acceptions to this though).

Overall, I do feel with real emotions while reading, but I'm just not one for waterworks.

Emma wrote: "The Time Travelers Wife
Me before you
The fault in our stars

I was weeping whilst reading The Time Travelers Wife!"

I've read the time Traveler's Wife 3 times now at least. the emotion in that novel never grows old. what's more, I'm half in love with Henry myself. :)

Yes, loved it. Can't wait for the movie. The trailer looks amazing!

I absolutely loved "Me Before You"! I was just at the bookstore yesterday and saw its sequel, "After You" on the shelf...but I'm hesitant because I actually thought the ending, even though it was pretty bittersweet, was solid.

Doesn't strike me as the kind of book that needs a sequel.
I'm also excited for the movie version!!

Melissa wrote: "I absolutely loved "Me Before You"! I was just at the bookstore yesterday and saw its sequel, "After You" on the shelf...but I'm hesitant because I actually thought the ending, even though it was p..."

I don't plan on reading the sequel either I thought the ending was perfect, no need for a sequel.

Three books made me cry a lot.

The Fault in Our Stars
Sold
Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary, Ordinary Woman

I liked reading them but I cry a lot on these books.

the books that made me cry are
revolution2020
your life is mine now

The book that made me cry was The Host.

Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary, Ordinary Woman
A Little Life
The Help
Still Alice

These four made me cry and think. I highly recommend all four.

The Kite Runner
I highly recommend it to everyone

I just finished reading . That book made me cry. It was heartbreaking beautiful. Those are the words I'm using to describe it. Another book I read this year that made me cry was .

I have a question has anyone ever shred tears of joy over something that happened in a book they're reading?