Ever read a book that made you cry? (cover, notebook, comic)

[skel1977]

Where the Red Fern Grows

[Pickled.Leprechaun]

The Book Thief. It's a thrilling novel. If you ever get a chance to read it, DON'T hesitate and do so !

[Mightyqueen801]

When I was a kid, I remember having to hold back the tears while reading the chapter called "The Valley of the Shadow" in Little Women, when Beth dies.

I can still recite most of that scene by heart.

[annika08]

A Cambodian Odyssey by Haing Ngor-an account of one mans survival of the Khmer Rouge/Pol Pot regime. The movie "The Killing Fields" was based on it, though not nearly as horrific and heartbreaking as the book.

Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn-this in-depth study of the Soviet forced labor camps and secret police was absolutely terrifying to me.

[phonelady61]

a bright lie by lee something sorry forgot the author s name .

[BlueWillowPlate]

Many.

I'll just list three:

Angela's Ashes
The Color of Water
The Power of One

[TeaJay]

I know there have been a few- but at the moment the only one I can remember is One True Thing by Anna Quindlen.

My husband cried when he read the last Harry Potter book.

[jacq63]

The Bomber Boys by Travis L Ayres. It reads a little like an adventure novel, but is a collection of true accounts of the B-17 crews in actioin during WW2. Harrowing but human.

[TKramar]

The Great Gatsby, among other supposed classics of literature.

Bored me to tears.

[FlightAttendant]

1000 Splendid Suns did it for me too. What a fabulous book. Yes, it made me cry more than once, but the book was so well written and the story so compelling that I didn't mind the tears. For those of you who have not read it, I heartily recommend it.