What books have made you cry?

[pink grapefruit]

Being an adult kinda sucks lol. My irl social friend group right now consists of four people who meet every other friday (or so) bc we all have different job/school/life responsibilities. It's a book club with an open bar, basically. My goal with my book choices is to try to get everyone to cry bc that's just the sorta person I am :P

So I need some good ideas for books!

Incomplete (I'm just sure of it) list of books that have made me cry:
Harry Potter 7 (the part where Hermione, Ron, and Harry go to talk to Luna's dad and they find the mural she painted of them)
Probably other Harry Potter books but I don't remember which ones or why
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Stranger in a Strange Land
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Little Prince
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Diamond Age

I have The Fault in Our Stars on my to read list.

[pink grapefruit]

oh i meant to post this in off topic :O

[arvidez]

la linea: a novel. the subject has been abused in the media, but the reality is as poignant as ever. youll cry

[alphys]

Atlas shrugged made me cry during the monologue.
Fountainhead made me cry SORRY PETER
Anthem made me cry that it ended so soon
The Road ended way too early again.

I just really dislike ending books, I want to be at that middle 60% forever

[pink grapefruit]

la linea: a novel. the subject has been abused in the media, but the reality is as poignant as ever. youll cry

Yeah this one looks like a heartbreaker :'(

thank you!

Atlas shrugged made me cry during the monologue.
Fountainhead made me cry SORRY PETER
Anthem made me cry that it ended so soon
The Road ended way too early again.

I just really dislike ending books, I want to be at that middle 60% forever

The Road has actually been recommended to me before so I should probably check it out! And I have never read any Rand so maybe it's time lol.

thanks! <3

[alphys]

Ayn Rand is a fantastic story teller and you don't even need to prescribe to objectivism. I would go
1. Anthem 110pg or so
2. Fountainhead 900ish
3. Shrugged big boi

Also, ASOFAI was given to me, and I read up to Dance with Dragons in two weeks. Its been like ten years since then. I really dislike slow writers now. They are fun books to read very slowly though, as descriptive as tolkien +3 when describing food.

The Road can be skipped surmised as the Movie doesn't miss anything but two small scenes.

I also recommend older style kindle and pirate them books, all information is free

[pink grapefruit]

Ayn Rand is a fantastic story teller and you don't even need to prescribe to objectivism. I would go
1. Anthem 110pg or so
2. Fountainhead 900ish
3. Shrugged big boi

Also, ASOFAI was given to me, and I read up to Dance with Dragons in two weeks. Its been like ten years since then. I really dislike slow writers now. They are fun books to read very slowly though, as descriptive as tolkien +3 when describing food.

The Road can be skipped surmised as the Movie doesn't miss anything but two small scenes.

I also recommend older style kindle and pirate them books, all information is free

Yes. I'm not opposed to reading Rand at all, just never got around to it. ASOIAF is straight gut-wrenching at times lol.

[myrddraal]

If you want to cry just watch that cutscene in tears of war 2 where dom has to put down his wife and goes berserk.

Also read Berserk.

[myrddraal]

Gears of war 2, not tears. Damn you rnf no edits!

[alphys]

This mine cart...
Hanks
Christ, he's crying again. What set him off this time?!

Marcus goes into a flashback. It shows that many years ago mine carts came to his homeland and murdered his family in cold blood. The flashback ends and Marcus stares into empty space.Anderson
Come on Marcus, snap out of it. We're here for you.
Hanks (laughing)
Maybe you should suck his dick Anderson. Come on you crybaby queer, get in the fucking mine cart!

Suddenly the Locust appear and kill Anderson and Hanks. Marcus snaps out of his trance and jumps into the mine cart. With tears streaming down his face he makes his escape.Marcus
This world is so corrupt...With that Marcus attempts to slit his wrists with the chainsaw thingy on his gun. Cue Gary Jules - Mad World.
Fade out.

[tankh]

Grumph’s autobiography was a real sad read

[nostalgiaquest]

Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering, 2nd edition.
By Kalyan Annamalai, Ishwar K. Puri, Milind A. Jog
Copyright Year 2011

[Syrie]

Dune.

[starkind]

when gandalf fell into the volcanoe :(

[Mesocyclone]

None of them i have a heart of stone I don't cry.

[Syrie]

Most anything by Steinbeck.
The Grapes of Wrath gets me every time.

[alphys]

Most anything by Steinbeck.
The Grapes of Wrath gets me every time.

The imagery evoked is incredible, also one of my top reads. Its hard to imagine a world without welfare

[alphys]

when gandalf fell into the volcanoe :(

OK so Gandalf did not fall down the volcano but it was a calculated move to protect the fellowship and more importantly to ensure the ring did not fall into the wrong hands. Then he fights the fucking things for WEEKS on end as it is shape shifting and eventually they fight BACK up the entire fucking thing then are they are both laid to rest Gandalf is DEAD and possessed by a new immortal spirit and becomes Gandalf the white, no longer grey as he has lost the human quality of a wandering Wotan figure.

I CAN SEE HOW THE FIRST TIME READING YOU MIGHT THINK HE BE DEAD THOUGH

I LOVE THE MINES OF MORIA, BOOM DOOM, DRUMS IN THE DEEP1
ULTIMATE ANIME REVENGE STORIES

[Whale biologist]

None of them i have a heart of stone I don't cry.

read Twilight

[Bardp1999]

I have teared up throughtout the entire Storm Light Archive series. Kaladin Stormblessed is a tortured soul. The scene that most recently got me was he has basicaly been dealing with battle shock and has PTSD and cant fight anymore. Some shit happeneds and he finds himself in a position where he is going to have to go beast mode.

Kaladin stood with one hand on the wall, one hand on the door, breathing deeply. Wind surged through the window behind, brushing past him, bearing with it two twisting windspren that moved as lines of light.

“Kaladin …” Syl said, landing on his shoulder.
“It was a nice dream, wasn’t it, Syl?” he asked. “That we could escape? Find peace at long last?”
“Such a wonderful dream,” she whispered.
“You ready for this?” he asked. She nodded.

[starkind]

raistlyns lil friend the gullydwarf shaman at the scene were raistlyn is devouring the universe made me cry 2 she was like all alone in a field of ashes with what was left avery raisty ascended

big tears

[RevSaber]

If public domain books make you cry, wait till you can afford a motion picture... *Mindblown.gif

[alphys]

If public domain books make you cry, wait till you can afford a motion picture... *Mindblown.gif

The electric devil box? Next you will want me to wash my hands before I operate.

[Tunabros]

white fang

[Tunabros]

raistlyns lil friend the gullydwarf shaman at the scene were raistlyn is devouring the universe made me cry 2 she was like all alone in a field of ashes with what was left avery raisty ascended

big tears

drugs

[pink grapefruit]

If you want to cry just watch that cutscene in tears of war 2 where dom has to put down his wife and goes berserk.

Also read Berserk.

I don't own any gaming consoles lol.

This mine cart...

What? I searched for "this mine cart" and nothing came up. No idea wtf u sayin'

Grumph’s autobiography was a real sad read

Some bluebie here, I assume?

Dune.

Ohhh yes. I've been meaning to read dune for most of my life bc people keep reccomending. Also Hyperion? I have Hyperion ready to go on my kindle.

when gandalf fell into the volcanoe :(

:(

Most anything by Steinbeck.
The Grapes of Wrath gets me every time.

Good picks. The Grapes of Wrath never made me cry, and I think even Steinbeck said he kinda painted a rosier picture than was the reality. Even though he killed off so many characters and wrote a true tragedy.

I have teared up throughtout the entire Storm Light Archive series. Kaladin Stormblessed is a tortured soul. The scene that most recently got me was he has basicaly been dealing with battle shock and has PTSD and cant fight anymore. Some shit happeneds and he finds himself in a position where he is going to have to go beast mode.

Kaladin stood with one hand on the wall, one hand on the door, breathing deeply. Wind surged through the window behind, brushing past him, bearing with it two twisting windspren that moved as lines of light.

“Kaladin …” Syl said, landing on his shoulder.
“It was a nice dream, wasn’t it, Syl?” he asked. “That we could escape? Find peace at long last?”
“Such a wonderful dream,” she whispered.
“You ready for this?” he asked. She nodded.

Yeah this a series that I absolutely will read. People keep comparing it to asoiaf. Not great for a book club though bc long af lol

white fang

Interesting. The one guy in our book club picked Into the Wild as his first book, and Supertramp character was an avid reader of Jack London among many others. I'd never really read that genre of wilderness adventure book but a lot of people seem to like them. I wonder how many young men have died after getting super into these books.

[Cecily]

Honestly don't think a book has made me cry. Then I try to go back over the list of books I've read it's mostly Catch-22, 1984, The Stranger, Notes from the Underground, Nausea, Waiting for Godot, Fahrenheit 451, A Long Way Gone (This one *may* have), Skinny Bitch, Hobbit / LoTRs, Foundation Trilogy, Dark Tower Series, Dark Elf Trilogy, bunch of Steven King and RL Stein, half of Dracula, and a couple Anne Rice books. Julius Ceasar / Romeo and Juliet (maybe this one too), Game of Thrones series, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. Rant and Invisible Monsters (LOVE this book). Siddhartha.



That's probably the majority. Not too many tear jerkers.

[pink grapefruit]

Honestly don't think a book has made me cry. Then I try to go back over the list of books I've read it's mostly Catch-22, 1984, The Stranger, Notes from the Underground, Nausea, Waiting for Godot, Fahrenheit 451, A Long Way Gone (This one *may* have), Skinny Bitch, Hobbit / LoTRs, Foundation Trilogy, Dark Tower Series, Dark Elf Trilogy, bunch of Steven King and RL Stein, half of Dracula, and a couple Anne Rice books. Julius Ceasar / Romeo and Juliet (maybe this one too), Game of Thrones series, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. Rant and Invisible Monsters (LOVE this book). Siddhartha.



That's probably the majority. Not too many tear jerkers.

omg cecily.

some great books here, and some i've never read! my dad wanted me to read catch-22 forever ago. i'll look into a long way gone, it looks very sad.

but you absolutely should read eleanor oliphant is completely fine! i found it on the list of books for infps on goodreads and sort of picked it on a whim but it hit me so hard, and the titular character is hilarious. it's set in scotland and i love eleanor more than i do most people i know irl.

[Cecily]

Thank you for the suggestion! Will definitely try to check that out. One that I know WILL make me cry is Man's Search for Meaning. Been on my please get off the internet and read this list a long time.

[pink grapefruit]

Thank you for the suggestion! Will definitely try to check that out. One that I know WILL make me cry is Man's Search for Meaning. Been on my please get off the internet and read this list a long time.

Yes :(

The Tattooist of Auschwitz also looks quite good.

[nostalgiaquest]

Saw the Stormlight Archives mentioned. Refuse to the read the post because I’m afraid of spoilers. I’m just over halfway through book 1 now and I’m pretty well hooked.

I guess ASOIAF made me cry, but only because the first three books were good and then the fourth was so shitty I literally threw it across the room and quit. He took all the shit characters and put them in one book. Seriously who the fuck cares about the ironborn? Plus he’s never going to finish it.

/em tugs his braid in anger

[alphys]

THe carts!


Oh god I got triggered with the gears of war 2 comment and It brought back a memory from 2006 reading this. At the time it was a perfect hit because of all the mine-cart segments of the original gears of war

https://www.somethingawful.com/news/gears-war-leaked/

[Tunabros]

Saw the Stormlight Archives mentioned. Refuse to the read the post because I’m afraid of spoilers. I’m just over halfway through book 1 now and I’m pretty well hooked.

I guess ASOIAF made me cry, but only because the first three books were good and then the fourth was so shitty I literally threw it across the room and quit. He took all the shit characters and put them in one book. Seriously who the fuck cares about the ironborn? Plus he’s never going to finish it.

/em tugs his braid in anger

stormlight archive has horrible world building imo

same thing with wheel of time

good story, just shitty world/map

[Bardp1999]

This is a really good book. If you have not had a chance I suggest downloading it ASAP. The author is one of my hero's and a true inspiration.

https://i.imgur.com/qb2yPmS.jpg

[myrddraal]

I don't own any gaming consoles lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lE03vrC9Rw

[pink grapefruit]

This is a really good book. If you have not had a chance I suggest downloading it ASAP. The author is one of my hero's and a true inspiration.

https://i.imgur.com/qb2yPmS.jpg

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13829985-tenebrous-yearning

zero ratings zero reviews... did you write this? :P

[Cecily]

This is a really good book. If you have not had a chance I suggest downloading it ASAP. The author is one of my hero's and a true inspiration.

https://i.imgur.com/qb2yPmS.jpg


adj.
Dark and gloomy.


Dark Yearning
Gloomy Yearning
Dark and Gloomy Yearning

Any of those would have been a better title. I particularly like Dark Yearning. Thesauruses should be burned. Just because one can use nomenclature technically befitting to the signification of one's proclamation, ought thou?

[Bardp1999]

Travis F. Lanning is a former P99er who played under the character name Vyneroth. When he gets out of jail/mental institution I hope he returns to the forums and game.

[pink grapefruit]

Travis F. Lanning is a former P99er who played under the character name Vyneroth. When he gets out of jail/mental institution I hope he returns to the forums and game.

tell us more about this person

[Bardp1999]

The mods have asked me to refrain from posting too much about Mr. Lanning so I will respect their wishes. Google has a wealth of information available on the subject

[Ooloo]

Uh where the red fern grows yeah

[druidbob]

The Shepherd's Crown made me sad because I knew it would be the last book I would get to read from Terry Pratchett, Alzheimer's is a terrible disease glad he at least got to go out on his terms.

[slard271]

https://wiki.project1999.com/Book_of_Obulus

[LazyHydras]

This is a book that made me cry, but. . .

























book not up.

[Nutsax]

The Bible.

[BarbaricSheep]

The Death of Ivan Ilych - Leo Tolstoy

[the penitent thief]

The Bible.

Indeed. Christ's sermon on the mount (Matthew 5-7) never ceases to induce lamentation, remorse, and a spiritual sense of blissful joy. We are provided instructions for how we are to live our lives. I shall follow you, Christ our God, to the ends of the earth, forever and always. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

[alphys]

Indeed. Christ's sermon on the mount (Matthew 5-7) never ceases to induce lamentation, remorse, and a spiritual sense of blissful joy. We are provided instructions for how we are to live our lives. I shall follow you, Christ our God, to the ends of the earth, forever and always. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Which one am I supposed to follow? Which translation? Which books did god intend to be included and which ones are excluded? hmmmmm.:confused::confused::confused::mad:

[RevSaber]

Which one am I supposed to follow? Which translation? Which books did god intend to be included and which ones are excluded? hmmmmm.:confused::confused::confused::mad:

Ikr? Im just gonna do whatever my gender dysphoric education system and china tells me.

[Toxigen]

The Talmud

[NPC]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ff9dde6f-2590-4be5-bf47-4f05d842e70c