'Books That Made Me Cry': What Followers Said On Twitter

When I was in grade school, which I believe was approximately three hundred and forty seven years ago, I was assigned to read a book called Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. It's a story about a young boy and his two hunting dogs and ... I can't even go on without getting a little misty.

Anyway, as those of you who've read the book can attest, by the end of Where the Red Fern Grows you inevitably morph into a blubbering, uncontrollable heap of tear goo. With that in mind, I posted the following question to book lovers on Twitter: What books have made you cry? Hundreds replied using the hashtag #booksthatmademecry. Here are some of those responses. Which books have moved you to tears?

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[senoralili]

11:35 PM on 09/18/2010

calculus 101 :-)

[LadyJ422]

04:01 PM on 09/15/2010

The Lovely Bones

[PunKinPai]

01:14 PM on 09/15/2010

"Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch. I get teary-eyed just typing the title.

[proudHB]

12:56 PM on 09/15/2010

I'm not a bookworm but one that I recall that really made me burst into tears was Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia". Traumatically heartbreaking for a kid...

[Lleah]

12:59 AM on 09/15/2010

Composed.....Roseanne Cash-on grief. A Million Little Pieces (I know,I know) An Accidental Marriage Ann Tyler.A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry.

[ksc1984]

11:29 PM on 09/14/2010

"Great Expectations" is the first novel that moved me to tears. When Pip apologizes to Joe near the end, and when he yearns openly for Estella's love, only to be rejected.

[dahpunkster]

10:53 PM on 09/14/2010

wuthering heights and speak by laurie halse anderson

[dahpunkster]

10:42 PM on 09/14/2010

the memory keepers daughter made me so mad and sad at the same time. It is like the death of this couple and the death of innocence in America.
Olive Kitteridge - rang a little more true than I wanted it too about my relationships with other people. felt suckerpunched in the face after reading , but also made me want to be better
The Joy Luck Club - something wrong with you if you didn't cry
Atonement - the book is way more emotional that the movie.

[LibChicAZ]

09:14 PM on 09/14/2010

Angela's Ashes made me laugh and cry at the same time. I can say the same for Slaughter House Five.

[HarrietLittle]

08:30 PM on 09/14/2010

Roots by Alex Haley, Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela, The Physician by Noah Gordon, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Spook Who Sat by the Door by by Sam Greenlee.

[tomtopspin]

02:40 PM on 09/14/2010

Sydney Carton's hypothetical (it would have to be, wouldn't it?) post-guillotine speech which informs the reader of all the good that follows from his selfless act of sacrifice after his wasted and dissipated life. From Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities" of course.

[CheekySpoon]

10:28 AM on 09/14/2010

Never had a book make me cry. The end of The Giver by Lois Lowry made me a little misty eyed though.

[Anthe]

08:20 AM on 09/14/2010

The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico. The shortest and most moving book I ever read.

[fishnchips]

06:51 AM on 09/14/2010

The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde has me blubbing like a baby. Actually a number of the Oscar Wilde short stories do, even The Remarkable Rocket makes me gulp,and that's about a firework for heavens sake!

[Justin Mill3r]

06:49 AM on 09/14/2010

One of my favorite books, the "The perks of being a wallflower." Made me bawl!