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Sometimes you just need to cry yourself to sleep, and what better way to do that than with a good sad book!
The most heartbreaking books with the saddest stories that will definitely leave you out of tissues.
From characters you can relate to, painful truths, and losses that will leave you heartbroken. Find a safe place to let off steam through amazing novels.
Because at the end of the day we all like to suffer a little, right?
Enjoy the 5 most heartbreaking books for young adults.
1. Beloved
by Toni Morrison
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The story of Sethe, a woman born a slave facing the horrors of violence
After so many years of suffering, she still thinks of her farm where everything became a nightmare.
Mourning the loss of her baby, who died without a name and is buried in a tomb with the word Beloved engraved on it.
Her past catches up with her and all her secrets when a young woman knocks on the door of her frightening home introducing herself as Beloved…
One of the most heartbreaking books of the century that will undoubtedly leave you devastated.
2. Go tell it on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
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Inspired by the author’s own father and childhood. One of Baldwin’s best works tells the story of John’s life in Harlem, New York in 1935.
The 14-year-old faces the great debate of religious revelations, his guilt over sins committed and above all his father.
The book, which is told in a span of 24 hours, narrates 70 years of his life in which he searches for the meaning of his existence and the questioning of a supreme being.
“I had to deal with what hurt me most. I had to deal with my father”
You can’t miss one of the most heartbreaking books that will make you question your existence
3. Love Letters to the Dead
by Ava Dellaira
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When Laurel is asked at school to write a letter to a dead person, she finds refuge in her writings.
From Kurt Cobain to Amy Winehouse, she writes to deceased artists as if they were friends, telling them about her life, from her new boyfriend to her older sister May’s previous death.
She manages to unburden herself in the letters about her parents’ problems, love conflicts and her loneliness since the loss of her sister.
Each page is a new letter to a different artist, until the only deceased person she hasn’t written to is her sister.
An unforgettable and most heartbreaking book. You can feel the pain, loss and Laurel’s regret at not being able to save her sister from her demons.
4. The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
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In Nazi Germany, Liesel’s world goes up in flames around her as she finds a fascination in reading.
She begins stealing from Nazi book-burnings and along with her foster father she learns to read and immerse herself in worlds far away.
It is when her family hides a Jew in their basement that she must return to the present and face the horrors of World War II.
Zusak manages to immerse you in the horrors of war and will not let you put down one of the most heartbreaking books of all time.
5. A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
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Conor must live alone with his mother’s illness, which is slowly consuming her.
Until, upon awakening from his countless nightmares, he encounters a great and wise being who questions him relentlessly.
Connor must deal with the pain of his mother’s illness and the being’s intense attempts to get what it wants from him… the truth.
This lightly written novel will have you swept up in the painful conversations surrounding death, a beautiful story and one of the most heartbreaking books.
6. All the Bright Places
by Jennifer Niven
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Finch is obsessed with death, clinging to the small moments that make him feel alive.
Violet has forgotten how to live, after her sister’s death, she can find no relief
Their destinies will meet on a bridge on the brink of death, of which they are no strangers, and they will see themselves reflected in each other.
They will be given the task of finding the most magical places in their small town, where for the first will make them feel alive.
Sad, beautiful and deadly, one of the most heartbreaking books of the decade.
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