The most popular sad books

Sad books stay with sorrow. They deal with loss, loneliness and things that cannot be mended, and they do not hurry to cheer you up. Sometimes that is exactly what a reader needs. These stories are beautiful and consoling in their honesty.

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Animal Farm
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Animal Farm

George Orwell

1971 · 2025 edition

96 pages

Mockingjay
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Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

2010 · 2025 edition

400 pages

The Book Thief
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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

1998 · 2019 edition

600 pages

Frankenstein
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Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

1973 · 2025 edition

241 pages

Metamorphosis
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Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

1970 · 2024 edition

83 pages

White Nights
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White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fédor Dostoïevski, Fiódor Dostoievski

1978 · 2025 edition

104 pages

Evermore
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Evermore

Alyson Noël

Published 2009

301 pages

The Postcard
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The Postcard

Anne Berest

2021 · 2023 edition

480 pages

The Life Before Us
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The Life Before Us

Romain Gary, Manuele Fior

1976 · 2022 edition

208 pages

Damaged
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Damaged

Cathy Glass

2006 · 2024 edition

368 pages