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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2610312" data-attributes="member: 8447">The first book that pops into my head is The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay.  I have read that book three times and each time it made me cry.  That speaks amazingly well for his ability to handle language.While it doesn't lead to tears 1984 by George Orwell always leaves me emotionally drained.  And on a very personal level I always have a difficult time reading the end of most Arthurian novels.  The Arthurian legends are an incredibly strong personal touchstone in my life, so each book, when it comes down to or near the destruction of Camelot and the (semi-)death of King Arthur requires some real mental fortification.  Whether this is Thomas Berger's Arthur Rex, Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, or the play (but NOT the movie!) Camelot by Lerner & Lowe, each time I feel the blow and the loss all over again.Okay, I have an obsession...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>