Saddest books you've ever read

[yukoxholic]

The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold.

A very well-written, tragic story that really makes you look at life and people differently...very, very, sad.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath as well.

[Kkun]

The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold.

A very well-written, tragic story that really makes you look at life and people differently...very, very, sad.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath as well.

The Bell Jar is very sad, but it's a wonderful book.

Another very sad book is The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. It's filled with many things that just aren't worth mentioning here, but I will say that it is devastating to read all the way through.

[the_wolfs_howl]

While it's funny and insightful at times, Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is up there. I don't want to give too much away, but it's about a boy with Asperger's syndrome who attempts to solve a mystery that winds up unravelling his entire life. The ending is very satisfying but the events that occur to get there are heart rending.

Oh, you're right! How did I forget about that? That was a very...well, kind of a dreary book, I think. The kid narrated his life almost as if nothing was out of the ordinary, but it's so sad and his family is so messed up....