# Really sad books.

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## Post 1 by faithful angel (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Tuesday, 09-Aug-2005 22:58:38

I just read Message In A Bottle, and I cried like a baby. What are some of the saddest books you have ever read?

## Post 2 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 10-Aug-2005 9:19:52

Black Beauty..Son of Black Beauty..A Crack in Forever and eh that's about it...

## Post 3 by faithful angel (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Wednesday, 10-Aug-2005 15:41:04

Thanks. I'll check those out.

## Post 4 by charisma (Here today, gone tomorrow.) on Wednesday, 10-Aug-2005 17:37:29

Well, I loved Message in a Bottle. One of the saddest books I've ever read is Message from Nam by Danielle Steel. Some of her books can be rather posh, and out there, but this one was, one of her best I think.
Hmm. Some other ones.
I'll have to think of some more.
The horse whisperer was both happy and sad. I loved that book too.

## Post 5 by faithful angel (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Wednesday, 10-Aug-2005 18:40:40

I have Message from Nam on my braille note. Neat!

## Post 6 by shelly and shiloh (Zone BBS Addict) on Thursday, 11-Aug-2005 11:59:09

how about the grapes of wrath that one was sad, little women, shiloh, the outsiders, black beauty, and i to have message from nam on my braille note quarty keyboard.
Xena

## Post 7 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Thursday, 11-Aug-2005 12:12:12

Message from Nam was harrowing...Hmmm Call of The Wild Jack London..the suffering and courage of Buck, the sled dog, really touched me..

## Post 8 by faithful angel (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Thursday, 11-Aug-2005 13:02:13

I like Jack London.

## Post 9 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Thursday, 11-Aug-2005 13:06:21

Hmm the film is extremely creepy he's keen on freezing people to death..

## Post 10 by Resonant (Find me alive.) on Thursday, 11-Aug-2005 14:45:26

The education of Little Tree, by Forest Carter, which is one of my favourite books ever but never fails to make me cry. And really recently, Fool's Fate, the third in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man series. Ouch! Ouchouchouchouch! but it hurts so good. They're my top two tear-jerkers.

## Post 11 by krisme (Ancient Zoner) on Sunday, 14-Aug-2005 0:57:50

Little Men, the sequel to Little Women, was pretty sad. definitly agree about Black Beauty, didn't know there was a sequel. And A Ring of Endless Light by Madeliene L'Engle.

## Post 12 by blink183 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Sunday, 14-Aug-2005 2:23:42

Most of John Irving's books are sad: A Prayer for Owen Meany and Cider House Rules. To Kill a Mockingbird, The Power of One and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings had sad moments. Also I thought The Color Purple by Alice Walker was sad too. What's your obsession with depressing stories?

## Post 13 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Thursday, 18-Aug-2005 10:41:30

THEY ARE FAR MORE MEANINGFUL and satisfying

## Post 14 by ArtRock1224 (move over school!) on Sunday, 28-Aug-2005 13:43:27

## Post 15 by Caitlin (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 29-Aug-2005 1:47:36

A Child Called It ... well, while sad, it was also very graphic, so don't read that if you don't liek that. Ditto One Child, one of my all-time favorites. I agree with lots of others here, although LittleWomen had a happy ending, it didh ave sad parts. Awesome book, that.

## Post 16 by Cousin Cap (Zone BBS Addict) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 3:58:04

Hmmm, there are tons of these, but the one that always comes to mind for me is "Where the Red Fern Grows." Also, "The Yearling", which is on a similar topic, just substitute a fawn for two hunting dogs. Then, if you'd like a little child abuse and depression along with that side of tears, read Keri Hulme's "The Bone People."

## Post 17 by Manwe (The Dark Lord) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 5:39:13

well definitely not the normal type of book you might asociate with this sort of topic but i think that the silmerilian is quite sad really. ok it's definitely fictional but if you read it it's full of sad stories and such.

## Post 18 by Cousin Cap (Zone BBS Addict) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 8:40:44

I'd say most of the books we're mensioning are fiction, no?

## Post 19 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Wednesday, 06-Feb-2008 0:37:06

How about this one! I was depressed throughout the whole thing! Yes, the Giver by Lois Lowry. Seriously, depressing, what those humans are doing to themselves.
Anne Frank by Anne Frank
To Kill A MockingBird by Harper Lee
Great Expectations by Charles dickens
Yeah, sad stories I can think of.

## Post 20 by Miss Prism (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Friday, 22-Feb-2008 2:38:02

Ooh, Where the Red Fern Grows --it was just cruel to be made to read that in school! You couldn't pay me to reread it. Anything in which a dog is harmed or killed makes me cry. I will avoid a book if I know something like that is part of the story, or I'll skip passages, as soon as I get a hint that violence may be ccoming.
I shouldn't have replied--I have no titles to add to this discussion. I must think...

## Post 21 by Reyami (I've broken five thousand! any more awards going?) on Saturday, 23-Feb-2008 11:43:12

Messenger, the third book in the trilogy by Lois Lowry. Ugh, that one made me bawl my eyes out. A Summer to Die by said author is also very sad.

## Post 22 by Cousin Cap (Zone BBS Addict) on Saturday, 23-Feb-2008 13:58:17

On Lois Lowry: Which is the second book in that trilogy? I knew about Giver and Messenger, but there's yet another one?
On other bawl-worthy titles: T. H. White's The Once and Future King ends on one very sad, empty note for me.
Also, if you're looking for truly unfinished, despondant endings, read Notre Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo.

## Post 23 by Reyami (I've broken five thousand! any more awards going?) on Sunday, 24-Feb-2008 21:12:48

The second book in the trilogy is entitled Gathering Blue.

## Post 24 by shelly and shiloh (Zone BBS Addict) on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2008 12:12:12

oh i have a good one how about romeo and juliet and les miserables now that book was sad.
i didn't know there was a sequil to black beauty i'll get that one. yeah where the red fern grows make me cry as well poor dogs!
cujo was sad to because of how horrible a death the poor dog had!

## Post 25 by retrieverdog (when I'm in seventh hour, my work does show.) on Saturday, 03-May-2008 18:59:22

Definitely Where the Red Fern Grows! That book never fails to make me cry when I read it.
And also Walk Two Moons. I forgot who it's bye, but it's a great book and I remember it made me cry back when I was in sixth grade, so it probably would now. It takes quite a bit for a book to actually make me cry. I'll post back if I think of any others.

## Post 26 by krisme (Ancient Zoner) on Saturday, 03-May-2008 19:59:06

Seconding a post above about A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Color Purple. I read both of those recently and found them both quite sad. Almost cried at the end of Owen Meany, and I hardly ever cry while reading. Also, The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman. The book itself isn't really sad, just the part where Will and Lyra realize that they'll have to separate forever. Extremely sad.

## Post 27 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Sunday, 11-May-2008 22:00:49

Well, I don't cry while reading very often. But, the book that made me cry the most was The Darkest Child. Can't remember who wrote it, but it's a sad one. If you do decide to read it, let's just say, it ain't for kids, and it probably isn't suitable for young teens. It's in Web Braille, and I think Bookshare. Just look up The Darkest Child, and I'm sure you will find it.

## Post 28 by musicangel (Generic Zoner) on Thursday, 15-May-2008 17:25:48

The saddest book I have ever read is called "The Lovely bones" by Alice seabold it is about this girl she is about 15 and she was murderd and this story is told from her point of view, and it is just soo sad I do not want to give it away in case anyone is interested in checking it out.

## Post 29 by bozmagic (The rottie's your best friend if you want him/her to be, lol.) on Friday, 23-May-2008 4:33:34

Oo gosh! Quite a few books for me, White fang, by Jack London, comes top of the list, followed very closely, by Harry Potteer 6 and 7, that's The Half-blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows, um, parts of Good wives, sequel to Little Women, Etc Etc and the list goes on. I don't think the Sillmarillion's that sad really. I should know. I have the 10-tape unabridged version, also the 38-tape unabridged Lord Of The Rings. All of these books really can be real tearjerkers depending what state of mind you're in when you sit down and realy, read them, cover to cover without putting them down, lmfao.
Jen.

## Post 30 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Friday, 23-May-2008 16:22:18

I normally like books with happy endings, but I recently listened to Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson, which definitely did not have a happy ending.

## Post 31 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Friday, 23-May-2008 18:24:55

I agree with all the above, especially "the lovely bones" (loved that book).
The first book to make me cry as a kid was a world war ii thriller called "hull-down for action" by Armstrong Sperry.
I guess the saddest was "on the beach" by Nevil Shute. How can you beat the demise of the whole human race for a bummer.
Bob

## Post 32 by Colombian Coke (Veteran Zoner) on Saturday, 24-May-2008 0:22:52

Oh lord, Night, that was a verry depressing book, talked about the hollicost and how the jews died and all, I was depressed all day.

## Post 33 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2008 19:34:08

Oooooh, The Darkest Child was sad, another book that has a similar theme to that is called I Lock My Door Upon Myself, it's on Web Braille if you want to look it up since I can't remember the author. I also have to agree that the last Harry Potter book was sad, especially how Tonks and Lupin died and their baby lived on...That part definitely made me cry.

## Post 34 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Sunday, 20-Jul-2008 1:17:52

Never read I Lock My Door Upon Myself, but I will now. Thanks. Also try, Rocking The Babies, which is on Web Braille, and Three Little Words which is on Bookshare. Hope's Boy is similar to Three Little Words, and is alson on Bookshare.

## Post 35 by Reyami (I've broken five thousand! any more awards going?) on Sunday, 20-Jul-2008 5:02:50

I read night. finished it in about six straight hours of reading eighty-three Braile ages.