TTT: Books that Made Me Cry

Top Ten Tuesday: Book That Made Me Cry

I am a cryer so it isn't uncommon for me to cry when I'm reading. These books got a mention of tears in my reviews. The quotes about crying below each title are from those reviews.

This is the second time I've made a TTT post about books I cried over with included quotes, proving it. The last time was in June 2024. Check it out here.

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Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
"Oh man. I am so dehydrated. I cried for the last two hours of this book and I am still clutching my chest for the beauty of its message."

Wreck by Catherine Newman
"I confess to crying during a good deal of this book. I was very touched by it, clearly."

All My Knotted-Up Life: a Memoir by Beth Moore
"I cried as she shared hard stories for her to tell..."

Heart the Lover by Lily King
"This one just about broke my heart and I cried a bucket full of tears throughout the book."

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Spoiler alert: "I cried at the end because at the heart of the story is a dead child, deep grief, and crippling guilt."

What Does It Feel Like by Sophie Kinsella
"Though I cried my way through it, I also felt the relief of hope."

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
" And the story was completely heartbreaking. I am pretty sure I cried through the last half of it nonstop."

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
"With only seconds left in the book I start sobbing. Don, who is driving, isn't sure why and looks over at me with a question in his eyes. It was this: all the sudden I knew everything the author was saying about life, memories, and dreaming was true. I think the reason I got so choked up at this point related to Don and I both celebrating this summer with our high school classmates the 50 years since our graduations. We took big, long walks down memory lanes.  I think I was crying as much for Don's memories as I was for mine. I love thinking about that little boy biking around town in an endless, happy summer. It's a rare book that makes you reflect so deeply on your own childhood and feel so connected to a story so different than your own."

Sandwich by Catherine Newman
"Ann Patchett, a favorite author, describes Sandwich as 'joy in book form. I laughed continuously, except for the parts that made me cry.' I am pretty sure that was my experience with the book, too. I laughed and cried in equal measure."

Grief is For People by Sloane Crosley
Spoiler alert: "I admit I spent the whole last half of the book crying -- not for the death of Russell, I didn't know him. But for the death of D, who I did, and for all those people, like Sloane Crosley, who are forced to traverse alone in an unknown world known as 'Grief World.'"

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This is harder to do than one would think. I am not consistent in adding notes about crying in my reviews. Some books which I thought surely I would mention my tears, I did not, like Memorial Days, about the death of the author's husband, or Between Two Kingdoms, about serious, life-threatening cancer. Did I cry? Probably. Did I mention tears? No. 

I also noticed that reviews I wrote right after finishing books were the ones where I mentioned my tears. If I delayed my reviews, I was less likely to note them.

What books have brought tears to your eyes recently?

-Anne