Discussion: Do You Read Sad Books?

This past week my WOW was Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams and I received some comments along the lines that they might read the book despite of it sounding so sad or that they wouldn’t read it because it was sad.  This made me think that some people may deny themselves a marvelous book because there is a chance that the story might made them cry.

Some of the books that made me cry turned out to be amazing and I would read them again because the author was so good that her or his writing moved me in an almost magical way.  To me, it is a testament to great writing, and outstanding characterization that it made care enough about the story to spill tears over it.

Here are some books that moved me to tears:

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa – I cannot express how much I love the Iron Fey series.  The third book made me cry so bad, thank goodness for The Iron Knight!

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green – Oh my!  This book is about kids with cancer, thus I knew going in that it was not going to be a ‘happy’ book, but it is one of the best books I’ve ever read (I’ve read many ;-).  Please give it a try, just be prepared and have tissues handy.

The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder – This book also relates to cancer, but it turned out to be so much more.  It is a book about faith, love, understanding and growth; and it is SO good.

Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry –  Dust and Decay is book two on the Benny Imura series (an amazing YA zombie series) and there was an unexpected turn of events in this book that made me cry like a baby (while driving I might add…)

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks – I don’t think I have ever read a book by Sparks that hasn’t made me cry.  A Walk to Remember was my first experience with his writing and I still remember how good it was.

The Friday Night Knighting Club by Kate Jacobs – This is an adult book recommended to me by some co-workers.  I don’t know why it didn’t come with a warning though.

I love every single one of these books and would not ‘un-read’ them for anything!

How about you?  Do you rule out ‘sad’ books and don’t even try?  What sad books have you read that are a must read?

Top Ten Books I Think Would Make Great Book Club Pics

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish 

Since I have never been member of a book club, I have no idea what goes on. BUT I do love to read and I love to talk books (duh!)  Here is a list of books I would love to talk people about:

1. Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins – How fun would it be to talk about these awesome books and compare stories, Anna vs. Lola and Cricket vs. St. Clair.

2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – This book is so good (so is the series), we can review it and review the movie too.

3. Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer – I love Twilight, I can probably talk books and movies for hours at a time…

4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Who wants to talk about Mr. Darcy with me? Anyone?

5. Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Mayberry - An amazing book that might not be for everyone.  If you like zombies, look no further than this series.

6. The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen (or any of her books!) – I love her writing and would love nothing more than to seat and talk about my favorite one.

 

7. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson – I love this book, it is one of my favorites ever!  

8. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs – This is not a YA book, but it is so touching and sad at the same time.  A really great book!

9. The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder – I just posted by review for this book yesterday and I have to say that I really loved it.  It is quite lovely.

10. Divergent by Veronica Roth – I think this book will be excellent material for a club, don’t you think?  There is so much to talk about!

I am hoping that some of you have more experience than me!  What are your pics?