I just finished The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks, and I was crying at the end. Before The Rescue, I read A Walk To Remember, and that book too, made me cry. Come to think of it, I believe ALL of his books have made me cry - The Notebook, Message in a Bottle. I saw his new book, A Bend in the Road is out on Hardcover now, but it costs too much, so I have to wait for it to come out in paperback. I'll probably cry with that one out of loyalty.

Jude Deveraux The Knight in Shining Armor - cried for a good hour. I don't think i've ever cried over the book before or after.

I've never cried over one, but 1984 really touched an emotional nerve.

Didn't cry from A Knight in Shining Armour but it was definately an excellent book.

The only book I can think of off the top of my head was The Handmaid's Tale (by Margrette Atwood, I think?)

Several stories have gotten to me though (not always because they were sad):

"Green is the Color" by John M. Ford

"The Dead Boy at your Window" by Bruce Holland Rogers

"Blood Child" by Octavia Butler

"Kingsmeat" by Orson Scott Card

(I read a lot of short stories, so I'm not as big a crybaby as I look)

tasha

This is gonna sound a little childish, but "Where the Red Fern Grows." Gets me every time.

"The House on Cemetery Street" by Cherry Wilder

tasha

Not childish at all.

-Steve

"Foster, You're Dead," by Philip K. Dick

tasha
(Yeah, I know . . . another one. So I -am- a crybaby. Oh well.

tasha

I didn't cry, but was probably close when I finished Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck is my favorite author, but I didn't like the ending of that one.

When I was younger, "The Day No Pigs Would Die" did me in, and recently, I suppose "Cold Mountain" comes to mind.

Oh, and once I dropped an unabridged edition of the OED on my foot. That book sure made me cry. (sorry, I couldn't resist... )

"The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran

Not a sad book by any means, but very touching. The degree of drama in one's life is easily measured by the effort-or lack of- it takes to evoke tears.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky


I was all chocked up at many different parts that reflected my life.

A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry and The Bridge to Terebithia, can't remember the author. They are both children/young adult books.

I'm sure several books have made me cry, but the one that sticks out in my mind is D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers. Never, ever was there a sadder book, IMO.

When I was a kid, "Bridge to Terabithia." The tv movie of it messed me up too.

Burmese Days is the one that recently made my eyeballs tingle and squirt. Parts of it gave me a nervous stomache ache, too.

"Les Miserables" gets me every time.

The final page of Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version brought a tear to my eye.

What a wonderful book that was (finished it last night).

I have been known to cry at the drop of a hat some many books affect me but I think the first was Lord of the Rings.

My check book.

The Sheltering Sky got to me, as did High Fidelity (it cut a little close to home- I could identify with a lot of the book), and also I got a bit choked up over Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I'm a sap, what can I say?

Are you serious? Childish? No one not made of wood can read that book and not blubber.

burgeon - in case you didn't know, Cold Mountain is coming to the big screen under the writing and direction of Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley).

Les Miserables.

Shortened version, of course.

But I'm so sensitive to crying. I even cried reading Harry Potter. bleecch.

A Prayer for Owen Meany did me in, and i rarely cry

I did!