# What books have made you cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247 "2008-01-20T09:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/101 "2008-01-22T23:47:57Z")
I also cry at too many books to mention (girl, blouse, and all that), but **jjimm** ’s mention of Watership Down reminded me of my encounter with The Plague Dogs when I was about 12. To this day I haven’t finished it because the description of the poor dogs’ headaches continually drives me to bawl my eyes out. Also: Fool’s Fate (the 3rd part of the Tawny Man Trilogy, of the Fitz universe by Robin Hobb) totally got to me. I stayed up until 4 am reading it, and I started crying around midnight or so. The next morning I was completely exhausted and had nobody to talk to about the book - and it’s basically the 6th huge tome in a series so you can’t really tell your friends to go read it immediately. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/102 "2008-01-22T23:48:27Z")
[QUOTE=Pixilated] agh! I cannot remember the Title! kids book - has little boy sitting on bathroom floor unrolling a bunch of toilet paper! help? name? [/QUOTE] [I Love Your Forever](http://www.amazon.com/Love-You-Forever-Robert-Munsch/dp/0920668372), I bet. ---
**Author:** ![Ro\_Carter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Ro\_Carter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ro_Carter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/103 "2008-01-23T00:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] [I Love Your Forever](http://www.amazon.com/Love-You-Forever-Robert-Munsch/dp/0920668372), I bet. [/QUOTE] I remember my mom reading this to me when I was little, and her getting all teared up. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/104 "2008-01-23T00:19:33Z")
[QUOTE=Barrett Bonden] The chapter **The Prince’s Tale** in _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_ had me sobbing like a child. [/QUOTE] I came in here to post that one. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/105 "2008-01-23T00:32:53Z")
While I don’t cry, I will admit to having gotten _very_ choked up at certain books. - Ender’s Game - The Assassin Trilogy (I quit after the second book because it hurt too much) - Maus - [The Winter Prince, by Elizabeth E. Wein](http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Prince-Action-Packs/dp/0142500143/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201048148&sr=8-1) - Animal Farm - Sandman’s “The Wake” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/106 "2008-01-23T01:18:24Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Orson Scott Card has zapped me quite a few times, most notable in **Hart’s Hope & Lost Boys**. [/QUOTE] I cried at The Lost Boys when the family came to the awful realization about the true fate of their son, and when all the “lost boys” got a chance to hear about Christmas and see their families one last time. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/107 "2008-01-23T04:25:25Z")
The last few chapters of Guy Kay’s _The Darkest Road_ always make me weep; every time I read them it feels like a blow to the heart. His latest book, _Ysabel_, had a few moments when I watered up, too, but this time I never quite spilled over. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/108 "2008-01-27T02:43:52Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] [I Love Your Forever](http://www.amazon.com/Love-You-Forever-Robert-Munsch/dp/0920668372), I bet. [/QUOTE] Thats it! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/109 "2008-01-27T06:46:08Z")
Yet another mention of _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_, except I started crying around the time Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody died and, since I read it in one sitting, was completely cried out by the time I got to “The Prince’s Tale.” ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/110 "2008-01-27T10:11:03Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] As a teenager I got _extremely_ broken up by _Magic’s Pawn_, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. [/QUOTE] I jettisoned most of my Lackey collection a while ago, but I kept the _Last Herald-Mage_ trilogy, and I still go straight for this book whenever I need a good cry. The other one that will make me sob, guaranteed, is _Gates of Fire_ by Steven Pressfield. I cry pretty easy, really, and yet did not cry for any of the Harry Potter books–on first reading. I went back and read _Deathly Hallows_ for a second time a few days after the release and my marathon speed-readthrough, and pretty much spent the entire damn book crying my eyes out. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/111 "2008-01-27T15:06:21Z")
In addition to ones mentioned, I also cried while reading [Never Change](http://www.amazon.com/Never-Change-Elizabeth-Berg/dp/0743411331/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201446254&sr=1-1) by Elizabeth Berg and [At Risk](http://www.amazon.com/At-Risk-Alice-Hoffman/dp/0425165299/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201446329&sr=1-3) by Alice Hoffman. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/112 "2008-01-27T15:10:51Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Following on from the film weepfest [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452160) what are the books that have made you cry? The one that I recall making me bawl the most was **I Married A Communist** by Phillip Roth, especially the last page and a half. I was visiting Berlin at the time I first read it and finding out the history of East Germany and the like made much of the subject matter resonate. [/QUOTE] He’s my favorite writer. Dude’s a fucking poet. I started this book a while back and then got hung up with work, so I’ll need to start over. ESPECIALLY now that I know it’s cry-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/113 "2008-01-27T15:17:06Z")
[QUOTE=Lucky 13] Come on, am I the only one here who cried when Johnny Cade died in _The Outsiders_? “Stay gold, Ponyboy…” [/QUOTE] Cried my eyes out. I still love that book. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/114 "2008-01-27T15:42:53Z")
If you want to talk about children’s Picture books that make me tear up: **Dogger**. by shirley hughes. Bella’s gesture to her younger brother gets me every time. **The Rain Babies** There is an award winning children’s picture book that I forget the title too, but it is a tale about a fireman and his bravery. It was based on a folk legend, IIRC. It was released maybe the year follwing after 9/11 and I have to tell you, I bawled my eyes out reading it too my kids. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247/115 "2008-01-27T18:01:55Z")
I’m not a terribly overtly emotional guy but [Pink and Say](http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Say-Patricia-Polacco/dp/0399226710/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201456674&sr=8-1) by Patricia Polacco definitely made my allergies kick in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-made-you-cry/434247.md?page=5)