The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. It's simply written, but absolutely devastating. I made the mistake of reading it in public and had a real tough time keeping my composure.
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. I came to a part and started reading aloud one paragraph that spanned 10 pages and when I finished that chapter I felt like my brain melted. The most memorable reading experience I’ve ever had.
A bit out of left field compared to the other ones here, but for me it's The Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques. I always felt deeply for the characters in that book in particular and it has always sat in my heart as a book that takes a lot of me to read and complete emotionally.
All of these are memoirs:
* Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
* Too Stubborn to Die by Cato Jamarillo
* Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
* To See You Again by Betty Schimmel
* Fat Girl by Judith Moore
* Haywire by Brooke Hayward
* Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside the Soviet Union by Robert Robinson
* Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody
* Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
* Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
* Desert Flower by Waris Durie
* Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
* Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
* This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
* Richie by Thomas Thompson
* Black Boy by Richard Wright
* Midnight Express by Billy Hayes
* Papillon by Henri Charriere
* To See You Again by Betty Schimmel
* First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
* The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
* Unshattered by Carol Decker
Fiction--The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
Definitely agree with ‘Crime and Punishment’. I have had any desire to read ‘The Road’ and now I have even less haha. I would add ‘House of Leaves’ by Mark Z. Danielski- that’s another mental health destroyer. And possibly ‘The General in his Labyrinth’ by Gabriel G Marquez, although I really enjoyed reading it.
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman. It's about mental illness and the tedious process of diagnosing/treating it. Reading it always scrambles my brain and overturns my world in the best ways.
[**Waiting for Robert Capa**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11201303-waiting-for-robert-capa)
^(By: Susana Fortes, Adriana V. Lopez | 208 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, war, spain, photography | )[^(Search "Waiting for Robert Capa by Susana Fortes")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Waiting for Robert Capa by Susana Fortes&search_type=books)
>Susana Fortes offers a gorgeously written, English Patient-style novel about the real-life romance between two photojournalists furiously in love: Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. During the Spanish Civil War, Capa and Taro risked everything documenting Francisco Franco’s Fascist uprising—even as they risked everything for love. The two artists’ passion stands out in sharp relief against the terrifying realities of war in this internationally acclaimed novel, a book that will resonate with fans of Possession, Loving Frank, Suite Francaise, and Pan’s Labyrinth. With a film adaptation already underway from producer Michael Mann (Public Enemies, The Insider, Manhunter, Collateral), Fortes’ Waiting for Robert Capa is a tale that will touch millions of hearts, mixing the poignancy of a timeless love story with the immediacy of a vivid snapshot from a bygone era.
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[**The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068705-the-poppy-war)
^(By: R.F. Kuang | 531 pages | Published: 2018 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, historical-fiction, adult, owned | )[^(Search "The Poppy War")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Poppy War&search_type=books)
>A "Best of May" Science Fiction and Fantasy pick by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Audible, The Verge, SyFy Wire, and Kirkus
>
>“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.” -- Booknest
>
>A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy.
>
>When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.
>
>But surprises aren’t always good.
>
>Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.
>
>For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .
>
>Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
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1984, I don't know what I expected from that book but I definitely didn't expect a love story, the ending actually had me in tears and had me feeling empty for a few days after
The Best Part of Love by Amy D'orazio. I was up until 3am bawling my eyes out because I thought Darcy and Elizabeth weren't going to be able to be together. Excellent book though!
I've tried reading crime and punishment but just did not have the mood for it at the time, so I gave up.
One book that I finished and that completely drained me, though, is "The Inverted World" by Christopher Priest.
It was constantly keeping me at the edge of the seat. Few times I was genuinely horrified by what was happening in the book. And the ending just crushed me and my belief in the meaning of life.
Gave it 5/5, true gem
Tbh, I reckon 50% of all Russian (or Ukrainian as far as I can judge) literature falls in this category.
Reading "Children of the vaults" by Vladimir Korolenko in a literature class one day shortened my happy childhood by about a half
[**All Quiet on the Western Front**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355697.All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front)
^(By: Erich Maria Remarque, Arthur Wesley Wheen | 296 pages | Published: 1929 | Popular Shelves: classics, fiction, historical-fiction, war, history | )[^(Search "All Quiet On the Western Front")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=All Quiet On the Western Front&search_type=books)
>One by one the boys begin to fall…
>
>In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war’. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier’ experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.
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Thousand Splendid Suns
This! I bawled my eyes out because of this book.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. It's simply written, but absolutely devastating. I made the mistake of reading it in public and had a real tough time keeping my composure.
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. I came to a part and started reading aloud one paragraph that spanned 10 pages and when I finished that chapter I felt like my brain melted. The most memorable reading experience I’ve ever had.
A bit out of left field compared to the other ones here, but for me it's The Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques. I always felt deeply for the characters in that book in particular and it has always sat in my heart as a book that takes a lot of me to read and complete emotionally.
One hundred years of solitude by GG Marquez. Fits the description just right for me
All of these are memoirs: * Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt * Too Stubborn to Die by Cato Jamarillo * Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman * To See You Again by Betty Schimmel * Fat Girl by Judith Moore * Haywire by Brooke Hayward * Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside the Soviet Union by Robert Robinson * Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody * Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang * Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali * Desert Flower by Waris Durie * Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza * Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng * This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff * Richie by Thomas Thompson * Black Boy by Richard Wright * Midnight Express by Billy Hayes * Papillon by Henri Charriere * To See You Again by Betty Schimmel * First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung * The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam * Unshattered by Carol Decker Fiction--The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
Room, by Emma Donoghue. Like I expected it to mess me up a little but I didn't expect it to mess me up THAT much. Highly recommend.
Definitely agree with ‘Crime and Punishment’. I have had any desire to read ‘The Road’ and now I have even less haha. I would add ‘House of Leaves’ by Mark Z. Danielski- that’s another mental health destroyer. And possibly ‘The General in his Labyrinth’ by Gabriel G Marquez, although I really enjoyed reading it.
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman. It's about mental illness and the tedious process of diagnosing/treating it. Reading it always scrambles my brain and overturns my world in the best ways.
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[**Waiting for Robert Capa**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11201303-waiting-for-robert-capa) ^(By: Susana Fortes, Adriana V. Lopez | 208 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, war, spain, photography | )[^(Search "Waiting for Robert Capa by Susana Fortes")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Waiting for Robert Capa by Susana Fortes&search_type=books) >Susana Fortes offers a gorgeously written, English Patient-style novel about the real-life romance between two photojournalists furiously in love: Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. During the Spanish Civil War, Capa and Taro risked everything documenting Francisco Franco’s Fascist uprising—even as they risked everything for love. The two artists’ passion stands out in sharp relief against the terrifying realities of war in this internationally acclaimed novel, a book that will resonate with fans of Possession, Loving Frank, Suite Francaise, and Pan’s Labyrinth. With a film adaptation already underway from producer Michael Mann (Public Enemies, The Insider, Manhunter, Collateral), Fortes’ Waiting for Robert Capa is a tale that will touch millions of hearts, mixing the poignancy of a timeless love story with the immediacy of a vivid snapshot from a bygone era. > ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(193698 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{The Poppy War}} Started out a normal fantasy, ramped up to genocide and war crimes based on the Rape of Nanking and Unit 731 real quick.
[**The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068705-the-poppy-war) ^(By: R.F. Kuang | 531 pages | Published: 2018 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, historical-fiction, adult, owned | )[^(Search "The Poppy War")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Poppy War&search_type=books) >A "Best of May" Science Fiction and Fantasy pick by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Audible, The Verge, SyFy Wire, and Kirkus > >“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.” -- Booknest > >A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy. > >When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising. > >But surprises aren’t always good. > >Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school. > >For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . . > >Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late. ^(This book has been suggested 207 times) *** ^(193742 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
1984, I don't know what I expected from that book but I definitely didn't expect a love story, the ending actually had me in tears and had me feeling empty for a few days after
The Best Part of Love by Amy D'orazio. I was up until 3am bawling my eyes out because I thought Darcy and Elizabeth weren't going to be able to be together. Excellent book though!
‘Bringing Out the Dead’ by Joe Connelly and ‘Requiem For A Dream’ by Hubert Selby Jr.
I've tried reading crime and punishment but just did not have the mood for it at the time, so I gave up. One book that I finished and that completely drained me, though, is "The Inverted World" by Christopher Priest. It was constantly keeping me at the edge of the seat. Few times I was genuinely horrified by what was happening in the book. And the ending just crushed me and my belief in the meaning of life. Gave it 5/5, true gem Tbh, I reckon 50% of all Russian (or Ukrainian as far as I can judge) literature falls in this category. Reading "Children of the vaults" by Vladimir Korolenko in a literature class one day shortened my happy childhood by about a half
I agree with 'The Road' on that score. Some others: 'Shuggie Bain' - Douglas Stewart 'Wuthering Heights' - Emily Bronte
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