Books
From classics likeAnna Kareninato contemporary masterworks likeSing, Unburied, Sing.
But sometimes, its more better to indulge our sadness rather than ignore it.
And sometimes, werein the mood for something sadjust because we feel like it.
Read on to discover 21 sad books that will make you cry.
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Its also much darker.
Newland Archer is engaged to Ellen Olenskas cousin, and shes still married to her abusive ex-husband.
In their world the upper-crust of New York in the 1870s divorce is beyond scandalous.
The couples fractured relationship begins to heal just at the wrong time, making for an exquisitely painful read.
Yates piercing psychological insight is unmatched among his contemporaries, and is on full display in this claustrophobic book.
But if your family at all resembles the Morans, chances are youll find it a cathartic one.
ButThe Remains of the Day, which won the Booker Prize in 1989, is heartbreaking, too.
All the while, shes haunted by her betrayal of her older sister.
Her second novel,Transcendent Kingdom, is less narratively expansive but even more emotionally affecting.
