What books have made you cry?

Fe2O3Girl

Bonus points if you don't mention WT publications!!

The first book that ever made me cry was The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Most recently, I was reduced to a blubbering wreck reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I think that was mainly because I was feeling emotional anyway, and the book is a confection of shameless maudlin button pressing. I prefer the heaven concept of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, and I don't recall that making me cry.

So - what books made you cry?

Rachel

GetBusyLiving

Do apostate books count?

Crisis of Conscience.

GBL

luna2

The very first book that made me cry was Babar. The part about his mother being shot by a hunter was horrible. The next one that I can remember was Little Women. I sobbed and sobbed when Beth died...I think I was 11 or 12 at the time.

I don't cry much at books these days, maybe because I purposely choose recreation that entertains me by making me laugh. I did read one not too long ago that really touched me, though, Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

IP_SEC

oh lets see,

Charlottes Web (poor wittle spider)
Where the red fern grows (poor little puppy)
High School year book (poor little nerd)

Sorry I try not to red sad stuff any more.

Sirona

The Colour Purple by Alice Walker (which also made me laugh - great book).

Kaethra

Someone shot Babar's mom??! I thought it was sad when Bambi's mom was killed, but elephants are endangered. That IS sad. ;)

As a young girl - I wept over the two Emily of New Moon books - L.M. Montgomery. Also Little Women. A good cry is a wonderful thing. I'm now re-reading the Lovely Bones for my little book club. I find it sadder this time around for some reason.

littlerockguy

The Flowers In The Attic series by V. C Andrews.

I read all those books years ago when I was in high school; once I started the first one I couldn't put them down. The motion picture adaption of the first book in the series was a complete disappointment.

Swan

Most recent recollections are:

A Father's Touch

Snow Falling on Cedars

Stones from the River

And strangely, a Robert Crais mystery, Voodoo River

patio34

A Patch of Blue (made into a movie with Sydney Poitier, I think)

Midnight Club by James Patterson

Bridges of Madison County

I Am David (a movie, but was also a book)

1000 Men and a Baby (sorry, true TV show about a Korean baby cared for by a ship of navy men with Richard Thomas)

Fortune's Rocks

The Time Traveler's Wife (very touching, but didn't actually cry) by Audrey Neffenneger

The Shadow Years by Geraldine Brooks

Ellie

Angela's Ashes - an incredible story.

What books have made you cry?

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