In this #unabridgedshort episode, we recommend books that made us cry--we're talking ugly tears!--but are worth the sorrow that accompanies them. These are favorite books that made us feel all the things. Want a cathartic experience? Pick up one of these brilliantly evocative novels.
We also invite you to share some of your favorite tear jerkers. What books have made you cry but been worth it? Let us know @unabridgedpod!
our recommendations
--> Ashley
*Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You
*Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places
--> Jen
*Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
*Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner
--> Sara
*John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
*Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis
also mentioned
*Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
*Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed
*Beth Vrabel's Caleb and Kit
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