Echo Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 One book that always makes me cry is "And the Band Played On" by Randy Shilts. For those who haven't read it, it's a non-fiction account of the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S., and it has heart-wrenching descriptions of horrible deaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leona Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 very few books have made me cry, but i bawled at 'the book thief', 'the boy in the striped pajamas' almost did it but not quite. i think i cried years ago when i read 'little women', but that was probably teenage angst, oh and how could i forget 'the time travellers wife'?fantastic stuff, sobbed and sobbed....... wasn't the better of that one for a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 eleberth- i read and the band played on and i cried my eyes out too- i work with people who have HIV/AIDS and the book just begins to cover what my clients have gone through and continue to go through- so much has changed since that book was written -new meds, increased life expectancy- it really is a great book overall- carm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmck Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Um, you guys are going to laugh at me. I don't like sad books that much and tend to avoid them. But I got caught off guard when I read "The Elfstones Of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. The end of the book was NOT expected and I cried. Most books that are sad (like Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible" don't make me cry. They just depress me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moussecake Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Damaged by Cathy Glass was the last book to make me cry. Very touching........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Now this is something new...I was reading Lady Chatterley's Lover two nights ago, for our July group, and there was a long passage in which Connie's desperation and depression are described, and I found myself actually weeping. :weeping:And then it happened again last night!! What's going on with me?? I've read this book before, and I didn't cry the first time. Who knows.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 no book has made me actually cry, but I came close with The Time Traveller's Wife-Audrey Niffenegger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazeltree Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I've cried over tons of books! As a teenager at times I picked a book to read that I knew would make me cry! One of my 'favourites' for crying was Devil Water by Anya Seton. In recent years I've tended to avoid them, but then I've been struggling against depression for a while. Several books have brought a tear to my eye in recent years - the last two HP ones for starters. I get very involved with the characters when I read the book, so if anything bad happens to them I feel it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Jacobs Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 (edited) No time for goodbyes did and so did Mr Pip I wondered what had moved other readers to tears Edited August 2, 2008 by Michelle merged with an existing thread - please take time to search before posting :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I've never cried over a book, though I've come close to it on two particular books. Waves by Sharon Dogar because it was so touching; and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell because I couldn't imagine horses being treated so badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergran71 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Marley and me made me cry buckets. Anything to do with animals will usually start the tears rolling. Jodi Picoult's "Plain Truth" brought me near. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tiresias Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I never cry while reading, though I did have a very hard time fighting them back while reading The Bridge at No Gun Ri, a non-ficitonal account of the massacre of Korean civilians by American troops during the Korean War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules2 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I know there have been books that have made me cry but nothing springs to mind at the moment other than the time I read Sara Payne's account of her daughters death and the way it affected her family. I sobbed while my husband slept, completely oblivious to my distress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robson65 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 For me it was 'Goodnight Mr Tom' by Michelle Magorian. Cried at the TV film too. Robson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamgee Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessponti Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I'm a definate cryer... the last book to really touch me was The Book Theif, I had to phone Johnny at 2 in the morning as I was sobbing so much - really moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeozade100 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I think 'Of Mice & Men' is definatley a book to set people off, apart from that I don't think i've ever cried at a book, frankly i'm much to repressed to cry at most anything so Of Mice & Men is definatley somethin special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 The Girls by Lori Lansen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 The Book Thief and My Sister's Keeper have moved me to tears recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 'Tuesday's With Morrie' by Mitch Albom 'Five People You Meet In Heaven' by Mitch Albom both of these read not long after my mum dad, but actually found them kinda comforting in a way. 'Plain Truth' by Jodi Picoult 'Gang of Four' by Liz Byrski 'Before I Die' by Jenny Downham (recently read and definitely one for the tissue box My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Sure there are others. I am a bit of a sentimental/emotional wee soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbain Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas moved me to tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas moved me to tears. Haven't read that one yet. See there is a film coming out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I often have a lump in my throat but not many make me weep, apart from: My Sister's Keeper Read this in the car on the way to a party, hmmm not great preparation really 'Before I Die' by Jenny Downham (recently read and definitely one for the tissue box I blubbed at this one, really cried saw someone on holiday reading it by the pool, could not have done that, people would have had to counsel me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I'm not much of a crier with books, so if a book makes me cry, it must be a really good one. The ones that did it for me: Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (but not until second time around to it) Stephen King: Cujo Alice Sebold: Lovely Bones Michael Cunningham: A Home at the End of the World Carlos Ruiz Zaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I cried several times while reading The Face of Death by Cody McFadyen. It was just so tragic, I could hardly stand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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