Which books bring you to tears?

Richards · Sep 28, 2005

"Flowers for Algernon." I always end up tearing up, just like Miss Kinnian does at the very end.

Johnathan

Umbran · Sep 29, 2005

Okay, here's where I show I'm a big softie...

The Wild Road, by Gabriel King. In it,

there's a kitten. He's lost from home, alone, cold and hungry. He doesn't know how to hunt, so he eats a worm and he gets so sick he can't even drink from the muddy puddles he finds

... The author drives a knife into my heart, and twists widdershins, I tell you

AIM-54 · Sep 30, 2005

Hijinks said:
Where the Red Fern Grows

Gets me every time.

Thirded. It's the only book that's ever made me cry.

JediSoth · Sep 30, 2005

Not many books have brought me to tears.

Spirit of the Wind by Chris Pierson brought me to tears several times, the only Dragonlance novel to do so (though I do get choked up in Dragons of Autumn Twilight and Dragons of Winter Night when certain characters die).

Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon, the last book in the Deed of Paksenarrion series got to me too, during the emotional climax of the book. I went through the whole gamut of emotions on that one 'cause I was REALLY invested in Paks. Rage, Anguish and Elation at the resolution...though rage at what happened was still there. What happened to the bad guys didn't satisfy me; I was really bloodthirsty at that point.

JediSoth

Aust Diamondew · Sep 30, 2005

The most emotional chapter of any book I've ever read was the chapter in Killer Angels when Pickett's Charge happens. I'm a southener and some of my ancestors participated in the Battle of Gettysburg (although I don't think any of them were in the units under Pickett's command) so naturally I feel some connection to it.

ShadowDenizen · Sep 30, 2005

Not a big "cryer", per se, but "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein always gives me a lump in my throat.

Thornir Alekeg · Sep 30, 2005

The Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn got me. And The Giving Tree gets me a little misty too. My daughter is always asking me to read it to her.

JimAde · Sep 30, 2005

Richards said:
"Flowers for Algernon." I always end up tearing up, just like Miss Kinnian does at the very end.

Johnathan

Absolutely. Gads that's a good story.

Also, surprisingly, I got a little choked up by the latest Harry Potter.

You may feel free to laugh at me now. :heh:

Queen_Dopplepopolis · Sep 30, 2005

Hijinks said:
Where the Red Fern Grows

Gets me every time.

Hijinks, AIM, and I could start a club. I tear up just a little thinking about it. What a good book.

AIM-54 · Sep 30, 2005

Aust Diamondew said:
The most emotional chapter of any book I've ever read was the chapter in Killer Angels when Pickett's Charge happens. I'm a southener and some of my ancestors participated in the Battle of Gettysburg (although I don't think any of them were in the units under Pickett's command) so naturally I feel some connection to it.

That's just an all-around great book. Someday I'll make it out to Gettysburg myself...