The most popular emotional books

Emotional books make you feel everything. They draw you close to their characters and then put them through love, loss and hard choices. Have tissues ready. Readers come to these stories for the release of a good cry and leave feeling a little more alive.

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Starside
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Starside

Alex Aster

Published 2026

512 pages

Bright Side
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Bright Side

Kim Holden

2014 · 2024 edition

516 pages

Pack Up the Moon
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Pack Up the Moon

Kristan Higgins

2019 · 2022 edition

448 pages

Replay
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Replay

Ken Grimwood

1986 · 2022 edition

374 pages

Fever
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Fever

Lauren DeStefano

2012 · 2013 edition

341 pages

Kyland
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Kyland

Mia Sheridan

2015 · 2024 edition

320 pages

Tragic
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Tragic

Devney Perry

2018 · 2023 edition

316 pages

Look the Part
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Look the Part

Jewel E. Ann

Published 2018

380 pages

Vigil
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Vigil

George Saunders

Published 2026

192 pages

Beneath
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Beneath

Ariel Sullivan

Published 2026

464 pages

Left Drowning
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Left Drowning

Jessica Park

Published 2013

399 pages

180 Seconds
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180 Seconds

Jessica Park

Published 2017

300 pages

With This Man
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With This Man

Jodi Ellen Malpas

2014 · 2018 edition

480 pages