Book Lists
As someone who is often described as stoic and emotionless, I sometimes like to surprise people by telling them about reading a book that made me cry. My students have an especially difficult time believing this, even though I have felt myself start to get choked up on several occasions while reading to them. But in all honesty, I love when books make me cry, and I frequently ask people for recommendations of tearjerkers. So, just in case there are other weirdos out there who are in need of a good cry – and in honor of my most recent re-read of Firefly Lane – I thought I would provide you with a list of some of the books that have made me cry the hardest over the years.
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Unbecoming by Jenny Downham If I Stay by Gayle Forman How to Make Friends With the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Bang by Barry Lyga The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Atonement by Ian McEwan The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Wonder by R.J. Palacio Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera Winger by Andrew Smith All the Rage by Courtney Summers Before Green Gables by Budgie Wilson Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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