1. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini: This one is sad because the books ends with so much hope, but then in reality, the author committed suicide. So sad!
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2. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: This book always tugs at my heart strings. Atticus is trying to hard to be a good man and make sure right prevails, but he knows the entire time he's fighting a losing battle.
3. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: This book starts out and you know full well, it isn't going to end well.
4. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion: This woman wrote this book after her husband dies unexpectedly.
5. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank: Do I need to explain this one?
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling: It's not called the DEATHLY hallows for nothing.
7. Boy21 by Matthew Quick: The two main boys in the book both live rather tragic lives.
8. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green: Teenagers with cancer....there is no way this won't be sad.
9. Calico Joe by John Grisham: This book is about a wonderful, humble young baseball player who shocks the world with his sheer talent. But his fame is short lived, thanks to someone's jealousy.
10. Red Rain by R. L. Stine:This book is on here because it was terrible and frankly ruined my childhood a little bit. I loved Goosebumps, but were they as poorly executed as this book? I don't want to know!
It looks like TFioS and Deathly Hallows are going to be popular titles this week; the latter definitely ended up on my list, there was one particular chapter that caught me unawares with the tears...
ReplyDeleteNever Let Me Go was quite sad too...
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I typical handle characters dying well in books. But in the Deathly Hallows, there is one death that I thin was just the worst and am still pretty upset about that one. (FW....seriously still mad).
DeleteI have read only a few of these.. But I love your choice to put the Diary of Anne Frank on your list!
ReplyDeleteThe Diary of Anne Frank still gets too me this day just because it's real and not a fictional representation. It just makes me think about her as a person. It's just heartbreaking. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my list!
DeleteGreat list, I thought that It's Kind of a Funny Story, The Fault in Our Stars and The Diary of Anne Frank were all very good and sad books. I was really surprised to find out just about Ned Vizzini's death just like two minutes ago because I was on his Wikipedia page in like November and he was alive and I found out he co-wrote two episodes of my favorite currently airing tv series and he was still coming out with books and now he's dead which is of course very sad but I don't think his death takes away from the message of the book because depression is something that a lot of people live with and he seemed to be able to live with it for a decade and on Wikipedia at least it said he had a wife and a kid so even though he ended his life even after getting help at least he was able to live that much longer and have a life even if it ended too soon.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. Before I had heard of the book and author, I saw the movie. Its a go-to "having a bad day and need cheered up" movie. It has such a great message.
DeleteOh, I totally forgot how much Never Let Me Go made me cry. I read it on the coach journey from London to Newcastle and got lots of funny looks and tissues.
ReplyDeleteI never looked up what the book was about, I just grabbed it based on someone recommending it. About two chapters in, all I could think was "What have I gotten myself into?!"
DeleteI've had It's Kind Of A Funny Story on my TBR list for a while. I really need to get on with reading it. I've heard such wonderful things about it. It's so sad about the author committing suicide. :-(
ReplyDeleteI just finished it and loved it, but knowing he died, I just felt so sad reading it, even though it's a positive book.
DeleteNice List! At least you were able to come up with 10, LOL! I came up with only 5.... Check em out :)
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Thanks! I will!
DeleteI've been meaning to read Boy21 for awhile; I didn't know it was going to be sad!
ReplyDeleteIts a good read!
DeleteI have only seen the movie adaptation of It's Kind of a Funny Story and it made me tear up! How much more if it's the book? Deathly Hollows and TFIOS made me cry too! T_T
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I quite enjoyed the movie too!
DeleteExcellent choices! I haven't read It's Kind of a Funny Story, though I did see the movie. I was really really sad when I heard about the author's suicide.
ReplyDeleteThe book itself is not horribly sad, but it was on my TBR list up until the author died. Then I finally decided to read it. I kinda wish I had read it before he died. His death gave the book a whole new tone.
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