Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by The Broke and The Bookish, which allows bloggers to share lists of some of our favorite (and not-so favorite) things. This week we’ll be highlighting the top ten books that made us cry! I am not usually a crier, and it takes something really emotional to jerk my heartstrings into phoning it in to my tear ducts! I think this list was difficult for me, because I have so few books that really affect me that way. But the ones that have are beautiful and definitely need to be shared with more people. Some of them are pretty famous though (which is for good reason). I hope you guys check them out and love them just as much as I do!
As always, happy Tuesday and have fun everyone! Also, MAKE SURE TO LEAVE A LINK TO YOUR POSTS SO I CAN VISIT YOU GUYS TOO!!! Without further adieu, the books (it's always all about the books)! :) All of the books are linked to their Goodreads pages.
Top Ten Books That Made Me Cry
- A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks: Back when he'd only written a couple of books and this was such a thing among all the girls in my middle school! Oh God, did I ever bawl like a baby at the ending!
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick: This was a very personal read for me and I can't exactly divulge why (as it's a really big spoiler), but I was bawling my eyes out by the time the book ended. It seriously wrecked me for days.
- Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery: Seriously, when Gilbert is ill and Anne is regretting their estrangement I was choking back sobs (all the times I've read it; which is many!). Poor Anne and Gil, almost losing their chance at true happiness!
- Christy by Catherine Marshall: Ohmigod! Fairlight! And anything Miss Alice ever says, along with all those poor and proud kids. I absolutely adore this book, but it always mists me over.
- The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder: This book is to me what The Fault In Our Stars seems to be to everyone else in the book world, on the internet and in the YA circles in general. It's a cancer story, but it's so much more than that.
6. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell: This made me cry as much for Eleanor and Park's ill-fated,
beautiful first love as it did for Eleanor's life in general. By the ending I was in love with both of them.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The others got to me, sure, but even when the big WTF
happened at the end of HBP, I didn't cry. This one though, was nonstop! Hedwig, George's ear,
Remus, Tonks, Fred, and also the Ron reunuion, etc. SO MANY FEELS (which the epilogue
promptly RUINED)!
8. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares: Maybe because it was the last one in the series. Or
maybe because there was a character death that was strategically planned to make the tears gush.
Also, Bee goes through the most it seems like, and she's my absolute favorite of them all. Insta-tears.
9. Ordinary People by Judith Guest: It's about the distinegration of a family after the death of their oldest son. It's a sad and depressing book to begin with, but when Conrad finally lets loose in his shrink's office my floodgates open.
10. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt: Considering the whole theme is choosing between living
forever or just one lifetime, tears aren't surprising. But at the end, when we find out Winnie's choice,
I always feel weepy.
Honorable Mentions
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