Books That Will Break Your Heart - Stories That Stay With You Forever

Some books don’t just tell bare stories — they stay with you long after the last page, and let you sob for days. They make you cry, reflect, and feel deeply human. If you are the one on the hunt for books that will remove your heart and tear it from within, then you will find a list of memorable books of love, loss, and the vulnerabilities of life. Each of them says what it is to fall in love passionately and die; deep, remembering that heartbreak and beauty are oftentimes twins.

The Top-Rated Books That Will Break Your Heart

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Your Stars is one of the classics of young adult fiction, and the story of youthful Hazel and Gus, the two teens who fall in love in the clouds of their pain at a support group for cancer patients. John Green writes in grief, and the truth and stunning beauty. It is unthinkable to read it without crying.

If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin

This is a mournful romantic tale of two friends who fall in love but never find the courage to act upon it until they fall apart in a tragic way. In the first line, Laura Nowlin's moving prose is used to translate the concept of the missed opportunity and painfully heavy sorrow into words - it's merciless, it's heartbreaking, it's unforgettable.

All The Bright Places, by Jennifer Niven

Told honestly and authentically about mental illness, love, and loss, All The Bright Places introduces readers to Violet and Finch - two teens who see the light in each other's blackness. The relationship between them is so real that when the lovers are separated by life, the pain of separation is still crueler, as if the heart has been ripped in pieces. It is sweet, sentimental, and hopeful in the midst of sorrow.

All the Light We Cannot See by Antony Doerr

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this historical novel crosses paths between a blind French girl and a German soldier during World War II. Anthony Doerr's words are stunning, and the emotional content of the story makes this one of the most deeply touching novels for our times.

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Paul Kalanithi's section as the neurosurgeon suffering from terminal cancer is both a sad and uplifting read at once. It is concerned with death, meaning, and what it means to live to the fullest. It is not a book... It's a jungle gym for grabbing one's soul.

The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller

Madeline Miller's take on the Greek myth of Achilles and Patroclus is brimming with love and beauty and callous tragedy. Godard's poetic prose and the emotional power of the piece make this story of the devotee one of the saddest tales of love ever written.

These will be heartbreaking books, but not just sad books, but books of a journey of love, loss, and resilience. All in all, the authors serve as a reminder that much of pain is a symptom of how full of life we have lived and loved. It is only if you are a fanatic of cliche-brimming stories that heal you just as much as they paint you to tears, then these are the books that you should start reading.