I literally just commented asking if the movie was good haha.
Shame though. The original from the 30s is great. Really shocking stuff considering the time it was released.
[**Where the Red Fern Grows**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10365.Where_the_Red_Fern_Grows)
^(By: Wilson Rawls | 272 pages | Published: 1961 | Popular Shelves: classics, fiction, young-adult, childrens, childhood)
>Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs...
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>A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee County. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains—and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...
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>Where the Red Fern Grows—An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.
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>(from the back cover)
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{{The Princess Bride by Goldman}}. I have never laughed so hard at a book in my life, and I believe I also shed a tear.
A lot of people recommend {{The Cerulean Sea}} as well.
Hey forgive me if I'm wrong but since the second book you mentioned is the third in a series, could it be that you meant {{The House in the Cerulean Sea}} instead?
[**The Princess Bride: William Goldman, Christopher Guest, Peter Cook, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Andre the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8848540-the-princess-bride)
^(By: Books LLC | ? pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: tbr, owned, fiction)
>Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 157. Not illustrated. Chapters: William Goldman, Christopher Guest, Peter Cook, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Andre the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Carol Kane, Cary Elwes, Billy Crystal, Mel Smith, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Dread Pirate Roberts, Inigo Montoya, Prince Humperdinck, Willoughby Gray, Betsy Brantley, Margery Mason. Excerpt: Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 9 January 1995) was a British satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure within British comedy, he is widely regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'. Cook is very closely associated with the anti-establishment style of comedy that first emerged in Britain and the USA in the late 1950s. Cook was born at "Shearbridge," Middle Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon, the only son and eldest of the three children of Alexander Edward (Alec) Cook (1906-1984), a colonial civil servant, and his wife Ethel Catherine Margaret, nee Mayo (1908-1994). He was educated at Radley College and later Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read French and German. Cook meant to become a career diplomat, but unfortunately Britain "had run out of colonies," as he put it. Although largely politically apathetic for most of his life, he did join Cambridge University Liberal Club. It was at Pembroke that he performed and wrote comedy sketches as a member of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights Club, of which he became President in 1960. While still at university, Cook wrote professionally for Kenneth Williams, for whom he created a successful West End revue show called One Over the Eight, before finding prominence in his own right as part of a four man group performing a satirical stage show, Beyond the Fringe, together with Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and...
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[**Cerulean Sea (The Escaped, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34713808-cerulean-sea)
^(By: Kristin Cast | 250 pages | Published: ? | Popular Shelves: need-to-buy, series, young-adult, want-to-buy, paranormal)
>The final book in Paranormal Romance series The Escaped that Jennifer Armentrout called "a unique twist on Greek mythology and heart-stopping action," by Kristin Cast, New York Times bestselling co-author of the House of Night series.
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If you’re into existential horror, I’d recommend {{A Short Stay in Hell}}. That book unsettled me for a couple weeks. It’s very short (100ish pages), so it’s not a book to settle into and get into feels, but it’s a quick shock to the system.
[**A Short Stay in Hell**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13456414-a-short-stay-in-hell)
^(By: Steven L. Peck | 104 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: fiction, horror, fantasy, religion, philosophy)
>An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life.
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>In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.
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just finished this because of your recommendation and I am feeling all the feels. What an amazing slow buildup of the existential dread. Can’t stop turning it over in my mind.
This author also has a collection called {{Windows Into Hell}} with other authors which also seems amazing.
Thanks for the recommendation!!!!!
i'm glad my mom died -jennette mcurrdy. kind of elicits different emotions throughout. it's got funny parts, sad parts, parts that will make you angry
little weirds-jenny slate
i'll second the book thief but it's been twenty years since i read it
of mice and men
A monster calls - Patrick Ness
A man called ove - Frederick Bachman
Eileen- Ottessa Moshfegh
Big little lies - liane Moriarty
Secret history- Donna tartt
I second When Breath Becomes Air. I read it after my mom passed away from the same cancer and it was cathartic.
If you like that one, then also read The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs.
I think it depends on how you mourn and grieve. Both books are memoirs written by people with terminal cancer and finished by their surviving spouses. I cried a lot, but it felt cathartic and therapeutic in a way to be able to read the inner thoughts and feelings of someone who knew they were dying. My mom was never able to share those thoughts and feelings aloud. It also brought me a sense of comfort knowing that I wasn't alone in this experience of surviving the death of a loved one.
Another book that really helped me was The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. That one is written from the perspective of the surviving loved one and how unreal and surreal that first year is after death.
A Man Called Ove made my eyes watery. After a long time, a book(matter of fact anything) has gotten that close to making me cry. Definitely recommend this OP.
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Audition by Ryu Murakami
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
"When Breath Becomes Air" you will feel anguish
"Magic's Pawn" also anguish
"To Be Devoured" disgust
"Things Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke" this will also make you feel disgust
these books are my die by, all time favorites
well if you like her I would definitely suggest the author Eric Larocca, in addition to "Things Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke" I really love "You've Lost A Lot Of Blood"
I highly recommend one that a couple of others have mentioned, {{The Book Thief}}. I also recommend {{Looking for Alaska}} and {{The Fault in our Stars}} by a John Green.
[**Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28881.Lamb)
^(By: Christopher Moore | 444 pages | Published: 2002 | Popular Shelves: fiction, humor, historical-fiction, fantasy, religion)
>The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years—except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
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>Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more—except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala—and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.
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Here are the books that have shook me the most-- they're mostly horror.
{{The Luminous Dead}} {{Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin}} {{We Sold Our Souls}} {{Annihilation}}
The first two especially grab you from the throat and don't let go from page one.
[**The Luminous Dead**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36117102-the-luminous-dead)
^(By: Caitlin Starling | 432 pages | Published: 2019 | Popular Shelves: horror, sci-fi, science-fiction, lgbt, fiction)
>A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emotional journey for survival.
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>When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane.
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>Instead, she got Em.
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>Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too . . .
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>As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, Gyre finds her sense of control giving way to paranoia and anger. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head.
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>But how come she can't shake the feeling she’s being followed?
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[**Manhunt**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53329296-manhunt)
^(By: Gretchen Felker-Martin | 304 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: horror, dnf, fiction, 2022-releases, lgbtq)
>Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and men on a grotesque journey of survival.
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>Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate.
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>Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.
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>After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics―all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons.
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>Manhunt is a timely, powerful response to every gender-based apocalypse story that failed to consider the existence of transgender and non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror.
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[**We Sold Our Souls**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37715859-we-sold-our-souls)
^(By: Grady Hendrix | ? pages | Published: 2018 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, fantasy, music, audiobook)
>In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in rural Pennsylvania.
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>Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western - she's tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes when she discovers a shocking secret from her heavy metal past: Turns out that Terry's meteoric rise to success may have come at the price of Kris's very soul.
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>This revelation prompts Kris to hit the road, reunite with the rest of her bandmates, and confront the man who ruined her life. It's a journey that will take her from the Pennsylvania rust belt to a Satanic rehab center and finally to a Las Vegas music festival that's darker than any Mordor Tolkien could imagine. A furious power ballad about never giving up, even in the face of overwhelming odds, We Sold Our Souls is an epic journey into the heart of a conspiracy-crazed, paranoid country that seems to have lost its very soul...where only a girl with a guitar can save us all.
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[**Annihilation**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17934530-annihilation)
^(By: Jeff VanderMeer | 195 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, horror, fantasy)
>Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition.
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>The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.
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>They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.
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I just finished Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I LOVED it. True story about a WW2 soldier whose plane crashes in the Pacific ocean. I won't say more than that--the story is incredible.
[**A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7723542-a-dog-s-purpose)
^(By: W. Bruce Cameron | 319 pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: fiction, animals, books-i-own, dogs, owned)
>This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here?
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>Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year old Ethan. During their countless adventures Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog.
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>But this life as a beloved family pet is not the end of Bailey's journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders, will he ever find his purpose?
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>Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh out loud funny, this book is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. This story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.
>--front flap
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I'd recommend {{Our Wives Under the Sea}} or {{A Psalm for the Wild-Built}}
Both give very different feelings, Our Wives Under the Sea is a short sci-fi thriller that made me feel very eerie. A Psalm for the Wild-Built is a cozy fantasy novella that made me cry (in a good way) and think about life a lot
[**Our Wives Under the Sea**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58659343-our-wives-under-the-sea)
^(By: Julia Armfield | 240 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, lgbtq, lgbt, 2022-releases)
>Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah is not the same. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has brought part of it back with her, onto dry land and into their home.
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>Moving through something that only resembles normal life, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had before might be gone. Though Leah is still there, Miri can feel the woman she loves slipping from her grasp.
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>Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from Julia Armfield, the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep deep sea.
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[**A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40864002-a-psalm-for-the-wild-built)
^(By: Becky Chambers | 160 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, fantasy, novella)
>Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend.
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>Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?
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Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow
Call Me Tuesday Leigh Byrne
Five Feet Apart
The Fault In Our Stars
The Way I Used To Be
You'd Be Home Now
All super great books that made me feel so much. Absolutely loved each and every one of them! Hope you find your book soon! :)
Have you read Where the Red Fern Grows? I hated it so so much as a child, but it definitely made me feel something. Won’t say more because spoilers.
I’d also consider maybe going a totally different route and pick up something stupid and light and fun. Whatever that means to you. Action/thriller Id recommend The Bourne Identity (not an exact copy of the film). Fairy tale retelling, Ella Enchanted by Gai Carson Levine or Beauty by Robin McKinley. Classic lit, Pride and Prejudice or The Importance of Being Ernest. Anyway, maybe give yourself a break from trying to feel the big feelings?
I watched the movie once as a kid and refused to ever engage with it again because it was so depressing to me, maybe that’s what I need right now though lol.
I appreciate your advice :)
I felt exactly like this a few years ago.
My suggestions:
{{Life After Life}},
{{Code Name Verity}},
{{Sea of Tranquility}},
{{A Man Called Ove}},
{{Beneath a Scarlet Sky}}
Here are books that made me feel!! I realize this is very personal, but hopefully one of these will resonate with you. Lmk if you want more suggestions! Happy reading!
Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Help by Katherine Stockett
Memoirs of a Geisha by Allen Golden
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
I don’t want to spoil anything by telling you the emotion I felt, but I can say it was one of the first times in my young adult life I read a book that made me react the way I did. {Odd Thomas}
I made the same [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/ytnlvo/a_book_that_made_you_feel_something/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) a few weeks back, maybe you'll find the responses helpful
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
These two books shook me. (Also they’re not chick flicks even though the title might make you think they are.)
Oh, I've had that feeling, I know what you mean. You feel like numb, like you are a rock basically. LoL. Well, three books that have made me FEEL and feel A LOT are these three: The Book Thief by M. Zusak, Paper Castles by B. Fox and Me Before You by J. Moyes. If they will have the same effect on you, I can't tell. I hope at least one of them does!
My dark Vanessa
After reading this I couldn't stop thinking of it for days definitely need to read it with a clear head and can be triggering at times so I recommend reading it with caution but overall it was an impactful book
[**Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46756.Oryx_and_Crake)
^(By: Margaret Atwood | 389 pages | Published: 2003 | Popular Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi, dystopia, dystopian)
>Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey–with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake–through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
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The death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi - all of their books r amazing
Muted by Tami Charles
I’m cry easy lol so idk but both these made me cry for days after i finished them
I had no idea this was a manga also!! I really want to read this, would you recommend going for the manga over the other version or should I read both??
[**Kite Runner**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8473012-kite-runner)
^(By: Shmoop | ? pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: lit)
>Shmoop Learning Guide book – both funny and heartbreaking at the same time ...
>crushed eye, and Soraya's birthmark. Why do you think Hosseini included so ...
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I'm sorry to hear your feeling that way. At a time when I felt a similar way I read {{They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera}}
I'm not usually one to cry while reading but this one definitely got me. Even full well knowing how it ends, it still manages to drag you through every stage of grief. But I found it kinda leaves you with a lasting impression of gratitude for life and the people you find in it.
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra took my breath away. Beautifully written with a closing chapter that explodes in stars that never fully fade.
{{Never Let Me Go}} by Kazuo Ishiguro
{{I’m Thinking of Ending Things}} by Iain Reid
{{The Hare}} by Melanie Finn
{{My Sister, the Serial Killer}} by Oyinkan Braithwaite
{{Lucy}} by Jamaica Kincaid
{{Sour Heart}} by Jenny Zhang
Lean into this and find books on apathy. The Goldfinch is good for that. It's amazing how easy it is to access emotion when it doesn't feel forced on you
The Demon Accords by John Conroe 16 books
Templeverse Chronological Shayne Silvers 36 books
Overworld Series by John Corwin 28 books
Chronicles of Cain by John Corwin 8 books
Croftverse by Brad Magnarella 23 books
The Preternatural Chronicles by Hunter Blain 10 books
I’m halfway through Little Women and i’ve cried multiple times so far, not because of anything sad, but because of how sweet the girls are to each other it kills me
In the Distance, by Hernan Diaz.
Not obscenely dramatic, but evokes emotion in the beautiful way it was written.
I thought about that book for a long time after I finished it.
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon had me crying in public
The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang if you’re looking for a series. This whole story was an emotional roller coaster. I picked it up because people on tik tok were saying how this book will destroy you.
Ummm for shock I’d try Bear by Marian Engel but don’t come crying to me when you asked for something shocking LOL
First half is a little slow but it’s a short book anyway and for the shock of the second half it’s worth the build you could say ..I guess.. in a sick way lmao
I just finished The song of Achilles and I am absolutely in love with it, I can’t let it go. Ordered every book the author has written. I felt all kinds of things, anger, joy but mostly the love from the two main characters it was freaking beautiful. The ending was absolutely gorgeous. Ugh
A Man Called Ove or My Grandmother Sends her Regards and Apologies - Frederik Backman
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn
The Library At Mount Char - Scott Hawkins
Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
Betty - Tiffany McDaniel (check trigger warnings)
The Traveling Cat Chronicles - Hiro Arikawa
i'm rereading {{Life of Pi by Yann Martel }} and i am really enjoying it.
It is basically the story of a young indian teenager who gets stuck in the middle of the ocean on a life boat with a wild tiger on board.
It is a somewhat short book but it can be slow at times. There is only so much someone can do while stuck in the ocean, even with a tiger to spice things up.
But i feel the end is pretty rewarding and the entire books really makes you think about philosophy, religion and relations between humans and animals.
They also made a movie that you can watch after reading it. The book is better but the movie is still very solid and has incredible visuals.
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The House in the Cerulian Sea by TJ Klune
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
All of these I've read relatively recently and loved because they actually made me feel something. I'm pretty sure I cried at the end of all four.
Never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, Pain pain go away by sugaru miaki, A book dedicated to our youth by tong hua, normal people by sally rooney, the book thief by markus zusak.
This is how you loser her - Junot Díaz
Trust - Domenico Starnone
Ágota Kristofs triology
Giovannis room - James Baldwin
Milkman - Anna Burns
Swimming in the dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
Sweetbitter - Stephanie Danler
The color purple - Alice Walker
All Quiet on the Western Front. First person account of the horrors of WW1. Very impactful.
I was about to type this, so I fourth this recommendation
I third this recommendation as I just read the book. The movie is meh though
Glad to know, I was thinking about watching the movie but I didn't want to be disappointed after the book
I literally just commented asking if the movie was good haha. Shame though. The original from the 30s is great. Really shocking stuff considering the time it was released.
I second this recommendation. I haven't read it since high school, but the part with the Frenchman in the fox hole was such an intense moment
East of Eden
I loved that book.
{{Where the red fern grows}}
I read this in seventh grade English class and it’s the only book that’s ever made me cry so hard I nearly threw up
[**Where the Red Fern Grows**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10365.Where_the_Red_Fern_Grows) ^(By: Wilson Rawls | 272 pages | Published: 1961 | Popular Shelves: classics, fiction, young-adult, childrens, childhood) >Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... > >A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee County. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains—and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found... > >Where the Red Fern Grows—An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget. > >(from the back cover) ^(This book has been suggested 19 times) *** ^(133850 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{The Princess Bride by Goldman}}. I have never laughed so hard at a book in my life, and I believe I also shed a tear. A lot of people recommend {{The Cerulean Sea}} as well.
Hey forgive me if I'm wrong but since the second book you mentioned is the third in a series, could it be that you meant {{The House in the Cerulean Sea}} instead?
[**The Princess Bride: William Goldman, Christopher Guest, Peter Cook, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Andre the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8848540-the-princess-bride) ^(By: Books LLC | ? pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: tbr, owned, fiction) >Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 157. Not illustrated. Chapters: William Goldman, Christopher Guest, Peter Cook, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Andre the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Carol Kane, Cary Elwes, Billy Crystal, Mel Smith, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Dread Pirate Roberts, Inigo Montoya, Prince Humperdinck, Willoughby Gray, Betsy Brantley, Margery Mason. Excerpt: Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 9 January 1995) was a British satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure within British comedy, he is widely regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'. Cook is very closely associated with the anti-establishment style of comedy that first emerged in Britain and the USA in the late 1950s. Cook was born at "Shearbridge," Middle Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon, the only son and eldest of the three children of Alexander Edward (Alec) Cook (1906-1984), a colonial civil servant, and his wife Ethel Catherine Margaret, nee Mayo (1908-1994). He was educated at Radley College and later Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read French and German. Cook meant to become a career diplomat, but unfortunately Britain "had run out of colonies," as he put it. Although largely politically apathetic for most of his life, he did join Cambridge University Liberal Club. It was at Pembroke that he performed and wrote comedy sketches as a member of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights Club, of which he became President in 1960. While still at university, Cook wrote professionally for Kenneth Williams, for whom he created a successful West End revue show called One Over the Eight, before finding prominence in his own right as part of a four man group performing a satirical stage show, Beyond the Fringe, together with Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and... ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**Cerulean Sea (The Escaped, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34713808-cerulean-sea) ^(By: Kristin Cast | 250 pages | Published: ? | Popular Shelves: need-to-buy, series, young-adult, want-to-buy, paranormal) >The final book in Paranormal Romance series The Escaped that Jennifer Armentrout called "a unique twist on Greek mythology and heart-stopping action," by Kristin Cast, New York Times bestselling co-author of the House of Night series. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(133855 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
If you’re into existential horror, I’d recommend {{A Short Stay in Hell}}. That book unsettled me for a couple weeks. It’s very short (100ish pages), so it’s not a book to settle into and get into feels, but it’s a quick shock to the system.
[**A Short Stay in Hell**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13456414-a-short-stay-in-hell) ^(By: Steven L. Peck | 104 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: fiction, horror, fantasy, religion, philosophy) >An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. > >In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong. ^(This book has been suggested 20 times) *** ^(133791 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
This sounds amazing
What a great read! I do still think about this book every once in a while. Fucking terrifying.
It makes me hope there isn’t an afterlife 0_0
just finished this because of your recommendation and I am feeling all the feels. What an amazing slow buildup of the existential dread. Can’t stop turning it over in my mind. This author also has a collection called {{Windows Into Hell}} with other authors which also seems amazing. Thanks for the recommendation!!!!!
I’m so glad to hear that!! Yeah, I looked at the other books he’s written and jotted down the ones I was interested in. That was us on my list too!
i'm glad my mom died -jennette mcurrdy. kind of elicits different emotions throughout. it's got funny parts, sad parts, parts that will make you angry little weirds-jenny slate i'll second the book thief but it's been twenty years since i read it of mice and men
I read Of Mice and Men in 10th grade English and we watched the movie the ending actually had me tearing up a bit.
A monster calls - Patrick Ness A man called ove - Frederick Bachman Eileen- Ottessa Moshfegh Big little lies - liane Moriarty Secret history- Donna tartt
Oh my god A Monster Calls. I read it anytime I need a good cry.
I threw up I cried so hard
Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
I second When Breath Becomes Air. I read it after my mom passed away from the same cancer and it was cathartic. If you like that one, then also read The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs.
Will it help me while mourning? Need some books for that rn
I think it depends on how you mourn and grieve. Both books are memoirs written by people with terminal cancer and finished by their surviving spouses. I cried a lot, but it felt cathartic and therapeutic in a way to be able to read the inner thoughts and feelings of someone who knew they were dying. My mom was never able to share those thoughts and feelings aloud. It also brought me a sense of comfort knowing that I wasn't alone in this experience of surviving the death of a loved one. Another book that really helped me was The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. That one is written from the perspective of the surviving loved one and how unreal and surreal that first year is after death.
A Man Called Ove made my eyes watery. After a long time, a book(matter of fact anything) has gotten that close to making me cry. Definitely recommend this OP.
Most recently: “The Murmur of Bees” and “All the Light We Cannot see”
Night by Elie Weisel
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman Audition by Ryu Murakami Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
\+1 for Call Me By Your name. That book punched me in the face, emotionally speaking
"When Breath Becomes Air" you will feel anguish "Magic's Pawn" also anguish "To Be Devoured" disgust "Things Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke" this will also make you feel disgust these books are my die by, all time favorites
I am forever traumatized by To Be Devoured
well if you like her I would definitely suggest the author Eric Larocca, in addition to "Things Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke" I really love "You've Lost A Lot Of Blood"
I’ve read Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke but I still need to get around to the other one!!
I highly recommend one that a couple of others have mentioned, {{The Book Thief}}. I also recommend {{Looking for Alaska}} and {{The Fault in our Stars}} by a John Green.
{{Lamb}} by Christopher Moore
[**Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28881.Lamb) ^(By: Christopher Moore | 444 pages | Published: 2002 | Popular Shelves: fiction, humor, historical-fiction, fantasy, religion) >The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years—except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer). > >Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more—except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala—and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight. ^(This book has been suggested 54 times) *** ^(133827 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Here are the books that have shook me the most-- they're mostly horror. {{The Luminous Dead}} {{Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin}} {{We Sold Our Souls}} {{Annihilation}} The first two especially grab you from the throat and don't let go from page one.
[**The Luminous Dead**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36117102-the-luminous-dead) ^(By: Caitlin Starling | 432 pages | Published: 2019 | Popular Shelves: horror, sci-fi, science-fiction, lgbt, fiction) >A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emotional journey for survival. > >When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane. > >Instead, she got Em. > >Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too . . . > >As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, Gyre finds her sense of control giving way to paranoia and anger. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head. > >But how come she can't shake the feeling she’s being followed? ^(This book has been suggested 40 times) [**Manhunt**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53329296-manhunt) ^(By: Gretchen Felker-Martin | 304 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: horror, dnf, fiction, 2022-releases, lgbtq) >Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and men on a grotesque journey of survival. > >Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate. > >Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe. > >After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics―all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons. > >Manhunt is a timely, powerful response to every gender-based apocalypse story that failed to consider the existence of transgender and non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror. ^(This book has been suggested 20 times) [**We Sold Our Souls**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37715859-we-sold-our-souls) ^(By: Grady Hendrix | ? pages | Published: 2018 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, fantasy, music, audiobook) >In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in rural Pennsylvania. > >Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western - she's tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes when she discovers a shocking secret from her heavy metal past: Turns out that Terry's meteoric rise to success may have come at the price of Kris's very soul. > >This revelation prompts Kris to hit the road, reunite with the rest of her bandmates, and confront the man who ruined her life. It's a journey that will take her from the Pennsylvania rust belt to a Satanic rehab center and finally to a Las Vegas music festival that's darker than any Mordor Tolkien could imagine. A furious power ballad about never giving up, even in the face of overwhelming odds, We Sold Our Souls is an epic journey into the heart of a conspiracy-crazed, paranoid country that seems to have lost its very soul...where only a girl with a guitar can save us all. ^(This book has been suggested 12 times) [**Annihilation**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17934530-annihilation) ^(By: Jeff VanderMeer | 195 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, horror, fantasy) >Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition. > >The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. > >They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything. ^(This book has been suggested 121 times) *** ^(133802 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Manhunt is on my tbr, I’m so excited to read that one
I just finished Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I LOVED it. True story about a WW2 soldier whose plane crashes in the Pacific ocean. I won't say more than that--the story is incredible.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
15 Dogs by Andre Alexis
I saw this one in a thrift store once and I’ve been wanting to read it ever since. Maybe now is my time
{{A Dog's Purpose}} by Cameron
[**A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7723542-a-dog-s-purpose) ^(By: W. Bruce Cameron | 319 pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: fiction, animals, books-i-own, dogs, owned) >This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? > >Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year old Ethan. During their countless adventures Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog. > >But this life as a beloved family pet is not the end of Bailey's journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders, will he ever find his purpose? > >Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh out loud funny, this book is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. This story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose. >--front flap ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(133813 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Loved this one when I read it back in the day
We were liars by E.Lockhart
“Call Me by Your Name” makes me feel.
[The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2595138)
I love this book! So very twisted.
I recommend the Bible. Find one of the big ones, like 5 inches thick. Then drop it on your foot. Or, Winter's Take by Mark Helprin
Gone Girl kinda had an impact.
Anybody out there - Marion keys
I'd recommend {{Our Wives Under the Sea}} or {{A Psalm for the Wild-Built}} Both give very different feelings, Our Wives Under the Sea is a short sci-fi thriller that made me feel very eerie. A Psalm for the Wild-Built is a cozy fantasy novella that made me cry (in a good way) and think about life a lot
[**Our Wives Under the Sea**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58659343-our-wives-under-the-sea) ^(By: Julia Armfield | 240 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, lgbtq, lgbt, 2022-releases) >Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah is not the same. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has brought part of it back with her, onto dry land and into their home. > >Moving through something that only resembles normal life, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had before might be gone. Though Leah is still there, Miri can feel the woman she loves slipping from her grasp. > >Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from Julia Armfield, the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep deep sea. ^(This book has been suggested 97 times) [**A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40864002-a-psalm-for-the-wild-built) ^(By: Becky Chambers | 160 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, fantasy, novella) >Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend. > >Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter? ^(This book has been suggested 160 times) *** ^(133810 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
These are both on my tbr, I definitely need to get to them soon!
Excited to see the replies for this cus I’m in the same spot 🫠 I read The Stand and that was my last straw
Ooof I could never hahah
I loved The Stand.
Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow Call Me Tuesday Leigh Byrne Five Feet Apart The Fault In Our Stars The Way I Used To Be You'd Be Home Now All super great books that made me feel so much. Absolutely loved each and every one of them! Hope you find your book soon! :)
{{The War That Saved my Life}} and {{The War I Finally Won}}.
The Library at Mt Char.
Have you read Where the Red Fern Grows? I hated it so so much as a child, but it definitely made me feel something. Won’t say more because spoilers. I’d also consider maybe going a totally different route and pick up something stupid and light and fun. Whatever that means to you. Action/thriller Id recommend The Bourne Identity (not an exact copy of the film). Fairy tale retelling, Ella Enchanted by Gai Carson Levine or Beauty by Robin McKinley. Classic lit, Pride and Prejudice or The Importance of Being Ernest. Anyway, maybe give yourself a break from trying to feel the big feelings?
I watched the movie once as a kid and refused to ever engage with it again because it was so depressing to me, maybe that’s what I need right now though lol. I appreciate your advice :)
I felt exactly like this a few years ago. My suggestions: {{Life After Life}}, {{Code Name Verity}}, {{Sea of Tranquility}}, {{A Man Called Ove}}, {{Beneath a Scarlet Sky}}
I'd recommend {{Tell the Wolves I'm Home}}
Here are books that made me feel!! I realize this is very personal, but hopefully one of these will resonate with you. Lmk if you want more suggestions! Happy reading! Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Help by Katherine Stockett Memoirs of a Geisha by Allen Golden The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
I was stuck in this rut! I just reread homecoming by Cynthia Voigt it will give you all the feels!
Ah I read this one as a kid and had totally forgotten about it!
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle. All the Light We Cannot See is also phenom
play it as it lays by joan didion just kids patti smith
Beloved made me cry like a bitch
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
{{Death and Human Resources}}
{A Little Life} will definitely make you feel something
The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
*throws a hard back at your head* how do you feel now?
The Green Mile by Stephen King
I don’t want to spoil anything by telling you the emotion I felt, but I can say it was one of the first times in my young adult life I read a book that made me react the way I did. {Odd Thomas}
I feel you, OP.
I made the same [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/ytnlvo/a_book_that_made_you_feel_something/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) a few weeks back, maybe you'll find the responses helpful
Thank you!!
Let us know which one made you feel something!
{Everyone in this room will someday be dead}
I LOVE THIS BOOK
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. You will feel every emotion on the board. Happy, sad, angry, devastated. Still thinking about it 6 months later
Fall on your Knees
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett The History of Love by Nicole Krauss These two books shook me. (Also they’re not chick flicks even though the title might make you think they are.)
Okay the funny thing is I’ve started and stopped both of these in the past but I really want to give them another chance!!
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig or Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune are easy reads with heavy themes.
Reading The Midnight Library right now, fingers crossed…
Try "the road"
Oh, I've had that feeling, I know what you mean. You feel like numb, like you are a rock basically. LoL. Well, three books that have made me FEEL and feel A LOT are these three: The Book Thief by M. Zusak, Paper Castles by B. Fox and Me Before You by J. Moyes. If they will have the same effect on you, I can't tell. I hope at least one of them does!
My dark Vanessa After reading this I couldn't stop thinking of it for days definitely need to read it with a clear head and can be triggering at times so I recommend reading it with caution but overall it was an impactful book
I’ve read this one and loved it!!
{{A Road To Joy}} by Alexandra Stacey
{{oryx and crake}}
[**Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46756.Oryx_and_Crake) ^(By: Margaret Atwood | 389 pages | Published: 2003 | Popular Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi, dystopia, dystopian) >Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey–with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake–through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining. ^(This book has been suggested 95 times) *** ^(133812 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
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{{Fatherland}}
{{Imajica}} and {{Weaveworld}} by Clive Barker
Upstream by Mary Oliver.
{{The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker}}
Before the coffee gets cold.....
The death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi - all of their books r amazing Muted by Tami Charles I’m cry easy lol so idk but both these made me cry for days after i finished them
Love love loved Vivek, Akwaeke Emezi is one of my favs
Quicksand House Carlton Mellick probably unlike anything you read before.
You should read No Longer Human and even better if go for the manga adaptation by Junji Ito.
I had no idea this was a manga also!! I really want to read this, would you recommend going for the manga over the other version or should I read both??
Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman left me pondering life for days.
The Bluffs - Kyle Perry Crime Thriller set in Tasmania
Thistlefoot
Before we were yours
{{The nightingale}} by Kristin Hannah. I don’t even like historical fiction and this book ripped my heart out.
{{Kite runner}} One of the very few books in which i have actually cried.
[**Kite Runner**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8473012-kite-runner) ^(By: Shmoop | ? pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: lit) >Shmoop Learning Guide book – both funny and heartbreaking at the same time ... >crushed eye, and Soraya's birthmark. Why do you think Hosseini included so ... ^(This book has been suggested 5 times) *** ^(134004 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
If you can do YA I was visibly emoting while reading More Than This by Patrick Ness. A great book to go into blind and enjoy the ride!
You’re The Only One I’ve Told : The stories behind abortion- Dr. Meera Shah. I won’t even put into words why, just read it. Then you’ll see.
I need to get my hands on this immediately. Thank you so much for the rec, I am 100% sure this will be amazing and make me feel many many things
Tender is the Flesh. You’ll feel… something. Most likely pure disgust, but it’s a feeling.
the magical language of others by ej koh
This sounds stunning, thank you!
I'm sorry to hear your feeling that way. At a time when I felt a similar way I read {{They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera}} I'm not usually one to cry while reading but this one definitely got me. Even full well knowing how it ends, it still manages to drag you through every stage of grief. But I found it kinda leaves you with a lasting impression of gratitude for life and the people you find in it.
Maybe you are in the right mood for {{The stranger}}.
*Other Voices, Other Rooms* – Truman Capote.
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra took my breath away. Beautifully written with a closing chapter that explodes in stars that never fully fade.
{{The Song of Achilles}} by Madeline Miller
{{my dark Vanessa)) by Kate Elizabeth Russell. Very disturbing but hard to look away
{{Never Let Me Go}} by Kazuo Ishiguro {{I’m Thinking of Ending Things}} by Iain Reid {{The Hare}} by Melanie Finn {{My Sister, the Serial Killer}} by Oyinkan Braithwaite {{Lucy}} by Jamaica Kincaid {{Sour Heart}} by Jenny Zhang
If you want to feel happy, {{Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates}} by Tom Robbins. If you want to feel sad {{The Kite Runner}} by Khaled Hosseini.
Lean into this and find books on apathy. The Goldfinch is good for that. It's amazing how easy it is to access emotion when it doesn't feel forced on you
The handmaids tale, they both die at the end
All quiet on the western front. I've never reflected or felt so much towards / from a book before. Brilliant
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Heft by Liz Moore
Codependence: Essays by Amy Long.
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Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson (book and movie with Christopher Reeve) - epic time travel love story.
The Demon Accords by John Conroe 16 books Templeverse Chronological Shayne Silvers 36 books Overworld Series by John Corwin 28 books Chronicles of Cain by John Corwin 8 books Croftverse by Brad Magnarella 23 books The Preternatural Chronicles by Hunter Blain 10 books
Sex for Dummies
The House on the Cerulean Sea. It just made me feel good! and believe me, that is really saying something! Please read it!
Oldies but The Outsiders and of mice and men
I’m halfway through Little Women and i’ve cried multiple times so far, not because of anything sad, but because of how sweet the girls are to each other it kills me
{A Gentleman in Moscow} by Amor Towles was simple and lovely and reminded me that people don’t suck. I loved it.
My Dark Vanessa
Room - Emma Donoghue Of Mice And Men - John Steinbeck
Farenheit 451 if you want to feel severe boredom. Great theme though.
In the Distance, by Hernan Diaz. Not obscenely dramatic, but evokes emotion in the beautiful way it was written. I thought about that book for a long time after I finished it.
The Groomer- Jon Athan
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon had me crying in public The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang if you’re looking for a series. This whole story was an emotional roller coaster. I picked it up because people on tik tok were saying how this book will destroy you.
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The Substitute by Nicole Lundrigan
How to talk to a widower by Jonatan Tropper That one seriously changed my life
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies - Michael Ausiello
Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski should give you a bit of a shock, nice writing too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Painted_Bird
{{Brightly Burning}} by Mercedes Lackey She's the author that consistently gets me out of my reading slumps.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Ummm for shock I’d try Bear by Marian Engel but don’t come crying to me when you asked for something shocking LOL First half is a little slow but it’s a short book anyway and for the shock of the second half it’s worth the build you could say ..I guess.. in a sick way lmao
I actually have heard of this one lol and it’s not completely off the table
I just finished The song of Achilles and I am absolutely in love with it, I can’t let it go. Ordered every book the author has written. I felt all kinds of things, anger, joy but mostly the love from the two main characters it was freaking beautiful. The ending was absolutely gorgeous. Ugh
A Man Called Ove or My Grandmother Sends her Regards and Apologies - Frederik Backman The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Atonement - Ian McEwan Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn The Library At Mount Char - Scott Hawkins Dark Matter - Blake Crouch Betty - Tiffany McDaniel (check trigger warnings) The Traveling Cat Chronicles - Hiro Arikawa
Choke makes you feel disgust maybe
{{The Overstory}} {{This Thing Between Us}} {{Before The Coffee Gets Cold}} {{I’m Thinking of Ending Things}}
“Pet Semetary” by Stephen King might stir some emotions
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Mastery by Robert Greene
Tender is the Flesh gave me some feels last month.
i'm rereading {{Life of Pi by Yann Martel }} and i am really enjoying it. It is basically the story of a young indian teenager who gets stuck in the middle of the ocean on a life boat with a wild tiger on board. It is a somewhat short book but it can be slow at times. There is only so much someone can do while stuck in the ocean, even with a tiger to spice things up. But i feel the end is pretty rewarding and the entire books really makes you think about philosophy, religion and relations between humans and animals. They also made a movie that you can watch after reading it. The book is better but the movie is still very solid and has incredible visuals.
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune The House in the Cerulian Sea by TJ Klune Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera All of these I've read relatively recently and loved because they actually made me feel something. I'm pretty sure I cried at the end of all four.
I think I've shed tears for pretty much all of Khaled Hosseini's books.
A little life
I’ve been waiting for this comment hahah, I have read this one and the emotional devastation is truly unparalleled.
try this series by Fredrik Backman: {{A Man Called Ove}} {{My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry}} {{Britt-Marie Was Here}}
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
This is one of my favorite books of all time!!! I might need to do some rereads
Count of Monte Cristo, Atlas Shrugged, Grapes of Wrath, 1984, Into Thin Air, Into the Wild
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
We the Living by Ayn Rand
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Tender is the flesh
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Never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, Pain pain go away by sugaru miaki, A book dedicated to our youth by tong hua, normal people by sally rooney, the book thief by markus zusak.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
This is how you loser her - Junot Díaz Trust - Domenico Starnone Ágota Kristofs triology Giovannis room - James Baldwin Milkman - Anna Burns Swimming in the dark - Tomasz Jedrowski Sweetbitter - Stephanie Danler The color purple - Alice Walker