From your earliest school days to your adult years, books tend to play a big role in your life.
They are used to teach you things. They can make you laugh. And they can reduce you to tears.
In keeping with that feeling, here are 5 novels that have made us bawl like babies (no exaggeration).
One Day (David Nicholls)
David Nicholl’s One Day has been described as a modern classic. It tells the story of a friendship spanning more than 20 years through the same day.
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
This novel tells the story of a teenage girl who watches over her family and friends from heaven after she is raped and murdered. As they struggle to come to terms with their loss, she has to learn to accept her fate.
The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
Clare and Henry’s journey is a complicated one due to the fact that he has Chrono-Displacement Disorder and often finds himself jumping between the past and present.
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
Lou Clark and Will Traynor are two very different people but their paths end up crossing, changing their lives forever. Be warned, you might want to avoid reading this one in public.
This Is How It Ends (Kathleen MacMahon)
Another story of unexpected, life-changing love, this book left us in bits. But as with all of the titles in this list, it was totally worth it.
