Note: I like books that make me cry. All of these are books I highly recommend.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
I think I cried when Beth died too.
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Nice picks! Can't say that I read any of these. It takes a lot to get me to cry in a book. It's usually due to a character death, aren't they all? I think I block out those books that made me cry as I am struggling to think of one!
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Of the books above I have read only “The Grapes of Wrath.” I don’t recall crying, but it left a great impression on me.
ReplyDeleteYes Where the Red Fern Grows was a big cry machine when I was young. And Remains of the Day when I was older. Good list. (Let me know if my comments did not come through for your Salon post. )
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DeleteThe only books I've read here are The Fault in Our Stars and Little Women. I need to read more by Kazuo Ishiguro!
ReplyDeleteHere is my TTT: https://thissideofstoryland.blogspot.com/2026/04/top-ten-tuesday-blue-book-covers.html
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry was a good read.
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Little Women makes me cry every time.
ReplyDeleteI just finished John Green's nonficiton about tuberculosis and wondered if I'd like his fiction. Would you recommend The Fault in Our Stars? Oh, The Remains of the Day was so sad. Quietly sad.
ReplyDeleteI loved The Fault in Our Stars.
DeleteThis is such a good Want-to-Cry list, I'm bookmarking it. 🩵
ReplyDeleteGreat list, Deb. Thank you so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how a book can give us a cathartic cry.
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I don't like books that make me cry.
ReplyDeleteWhere the Red Fern Grows is al all-time favorite and I always remember my tears everytime I read it.
ReplyDeleteOh yes. Lonesome Dove, Roll of Thunder, and Fault in our Stars were all tear-jerkers (and I love that, too).
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that Lonesome Dove put a tear…or two…in my eye.
ReplyDeleteIt's quite a list. I've read four and yes, they put a tear or two or more in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteActually, that is a great list. I’ve read around half of them, some recently, some not since childhood.
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DeleteI'm not a big crier when I read, but Lonesome Dove did tugged at my heartstrings... The Fault in Our Stars is another one that moved me. Put a lump in my throat, but I don't think I cried.
ReplyDeleteI've cried with a couple of these too!
ReplyDeleteI don't cry while reading much, but you picked some good books that definitely touch the heart. I haven't read all of these, but have enjoyed several of them. Nice list for April showers - by the way, we've had rain and it's been quite a bit. Good, but wish it wouldn't all come at once!
ReplyDeleteWhere the Red Fern Grows was one of the first books to ever make me cry as a young reader. I remember it so distinctly! The Fault in Our Stars also had me crying buckets, lol.
ReplyDeleteI've read most of the books on your list, most of them quite a long time ago, and I can't actually remember if I shed tears but I do know that I experienced sadness provoked by the plots.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I remember reading Where the Red Fern Grows to my son. We both dissolved in tears!
ReplyDeleteMy whole fifth grade class was in tears!
DeleteA good cry can be very cathartic! I've read most of these and definitely cried while reading some of them as well.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Great list Deb. I've only read 2 of these, but have a few on my TBR list. I like knowing that I might cry when I read a book, so I don't do it in public.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I haven't read any of these. I do like books that make you cry.
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