Top Ten Tuesday (110): Books That Made Me Cry

Top Ten Books That Made Me Cry

So, let me just get this off my chest now: I’m a crier. I cry when I watch TV, I cry when I listen to music, and I cry when I read. Sometimes it’s just welling up, sometimes it’s a solid cry, and sometimes it’s an epic sobfest. These are just some of the books that made me cry, trust me.

Friends, the ending of this book remains one of my more legit crying jags I’ve ever had while reading. It was unexpected and heartbreaking and THE WORST. Rating on the crying scale: 8.

This is one of those books where I kind of low-level cried all over the place. It’s such a beautifully sad story. Lenny losing her sister, Bailey, touched me, and the writing and the setting and everything else about it was basically perfect. Rating on the crying scale: 4.

I know that Cedric Diggory’s death in Goblet of Fire was the first “big” death in these books, but it was the death in book 5 that killed me the hardest. There were other deaths that were like stabs in my heart, but this book was horribly sad. Rating on the crying scale: 8.

OMG. This book is so bittersweet, and that is the shizz that gets me ALWAYS. I read the last chapter of this book through major snot-faced sobs. Rating on the crying scale: 10.

Friends, I CANNOT WAIT for this series to be on TV. I’m dying. I’m also a little terrified of seeing the ending of this book in real (TV) life. It’s devastating and emotional. I love these books. Rating on the crying scale: 9.

I’m actually still reading this one, but since it’s fresh in my mind and I literally just cried over it the other night I had to put it on here. Not only because I cried, but because WAHHHH!!! I WISH THAT IT WASN’T SOOOO!! Rating on the crying scale: 7.

Don’t even go there with dads. Don’t. Even. Stories with dads kill me, always. Stories with dads where sad things happen? OMG. Rating on the crying scale: 7

Awww, this one is the only book on my list where I cried not because I was sad, per se, but more because I was completely satisfied and only a little bittersweet. Mostly, the ending of CHAMPION was really touching and I loved it and so I cried. It happens. Rating on the crying scale: 4.

I cried SO. EFFING. HARD reading this book. Cancer books always make me so sad, and this one is no exception. Cam Cooper makes you want to believe that there is some miracle somewhere for her. Sobbed over this one, too. Rating on the crying scale: 9.

There are basically no words for how much I cried while reading this book. Like, all the time. Little well-ups, maybe a teardrop or two, and then BOOM! All-out, chest-heaving, runny nose ugly sobs. It’s the dads, guys. The dad in this book reminded me of my own and so that made it even worse. Rating on the crying scale: 10.

This story about a young boy who’s mother is dying from cancer might be my ugliest cry ever. For real. It’s beyond touching and sad and heartbreaking. I just want to give Conor the biggest hugs in the universe. Rating on the crying scale: 10.