RIYL Tearjerkers
Sad Books - Teen Titles
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
All We Know of Heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard
An egg on three sticks by Jackie Fischer
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Behind You by Jacqueline Wilson
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Black Box by Julie Schumacher
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Cheated by Patrick Jones.
Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
The Diary of Pelly D. by L.J. Adlington
Do Angels Sing the Blues by LeMieux
ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Feed by M. T. Anderson
Finder by Emma Bull
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Forever Changes by Brendan Halprin
Gemma Doyle series by Libba Bray
Going for the Record by Julie Swanson
GUARDIAN by Julius Lester
Hanging On To Max by Margaret Bechard
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Hard Love by Margaret Bechard
Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand
How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow
How We Live Now by Meg Rosoff
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Imani all mine by Connie Ann Porter
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
INSIDE OUT by Terry Trueman
Invincible Summer by Jean Ferris
Jars of Glass by Brad Barkley
Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern
Letters from Wolfie by Patti Sherlock
Life as we Knew it and The Dead & Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Marley and Me: life and love with the world's worst dog
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey and Michael Whelan
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
NIGHT KITES by M.E. Kerr
Nothing but the truth by Avi
OF MICE AND MEN by Steinbeck
One True Thing, by Anna Quindlen
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle
Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
Skin by Adrienne Vrettos
Sleeping Dogs by Sonya Hartnett
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Socrates in Love by Kyoichi Katayama (in manga & novel form)
Sorry For Your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper
A Time for Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley
Time for Dancing by Davida Hurwin
Trouble by Gary Schmidt
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
The Last Herald-Mage Series by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Pawn
Magic's Promise
Magic's Price
See Also:
RIYL Sad Books (Elementary and Middle School)