😭 Ugly Cry Book

Stories engineered to devastate in the most cathartic way possible — the kind of books readers seek out precisely because they need a deep, unrestrained emotional release.

A Wish for Us

by Tillie Cole • 2018

She needs his music to live. He needs her to teach him how to feel.

4.32

26k+

🎓 College Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎵 Music And Healing 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

A Wish for Us 89%

She needs his music to live. He needs her to teach him how to feel.

by Tillie Cole 2018

4.32

26k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎵 Music And Healing 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

For Lucy

by Jewel E. Ann • 2021

A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.

4.43

7k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Estranged Spouses 🤫 Family Secret 😢 Grieving Parents ⏳ Dual Timeline

For Lucy 88%

A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.

by Jewel E. Ann 2021

4.43

7k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Estranged Spouses 🤫 Family Secret 😢 Grieving Parents ⏳ Dual Timeline

Bright Side

by Kim Holden • 2014

A college freshman hides a terminal diagnosis from the single father she is falling for.

4.29

63k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Father Hero 🥲 Bittersweet

Bright Side 88%

A college freshman hides a terminal diagnosis from the single father she is falling for.

by Kim Holden 2014

4.29

63k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Father Hero 🥲 Bittersweet

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

4.03

468k+

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

A Thousand Boy Kisses 88%

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

by Tillie Cole 2016

4.03

468k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Map That Leads to You

by J.P. Monninger • 2017

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

3.56

14k+

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

The Map That Leads to You 88%

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

by J.P. Monninger 2017

3.56

14k+ ratings

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

Come Away with Me

by Karma Brown • 2015

A crash kills her husband and baby. Their shared dream jar pulls her across the globe.

4.04

6k+

🖤 Grief Fiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👤 Widow Protagonist 💕 New Love After Loss ✈️ Travel As Therapy

Come Away with Me 88%

A crash kills her husband and baby. Their shared dream jar pulls her across the globe.

by Karma Brown 2015

4.04

6k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Fiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👤 Widow Protagonist 💕 New Love After Loss ✈️ Travel As Therapy

Making Faces

by Amy Harmon • 2013

A wrestler returns from war disfigured and hiding. The girl he overlooked holds his only hope.

4.29

81k+

🩹 Wounded Hero Romance 🪖 Military Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🦢 Ugly Duckling 💌 Unrequited Love

Making Faces 87%

A wrestler returns from war disfigured and hiding. The girl he overlooked holds his only hope.

by Amy Harmon 2013

4.29

81k+ ratings

🩹 Wounded Hero Romance 🪖 Military Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🦢 Ugly Duckling 💌 Unrequited Love

The Song of David

by Amy Harmon • 2015

Diagnosed with a brain tumor, a fighter records cassette tapes for the blind dancer he loves.

4.38

15k+

🥀 Tearjerker 💔 Terminal Illness 👩‍🦯 Blind Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🥊 Mma Fighter Hero

The Song of David 87%

Diagnosed with a brain tumor, a fighter records cassette tapes for the blind dancer he loves.

by Amy Harmon 2015

4.38

15k+ ratings

🥀 Tearjerker 💔 Terminal Illness 👩‍🦯 Blind Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🥊 Mma Fighter Hero

Darling Venom

by Parker S. Huntington • 2021

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

4.25

84k+

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

Darling Venom 87%

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

by Parker S. Huntington 2021

4.25

84k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

Somewhere in the Sunset

by Estelle Maskame • 2024

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

3.52

2k+

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family

Somewhere in the Sunset 87%

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

by Estelle Maskame 2024

3.52

2k+ ratings

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family

The Light We Lost

by Jill Santopolo • 2017

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

3.84

201k+

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

The Light We Lost 87%

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

by Jill Santopolo 2017

3.84

201k+ ratings

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

The Sea of Tranquility

by Katja Millay • 2012

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

4.28

89k+

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

The Sea of Tranquility 87%

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

by Katja Millay 2012

4.28

89k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

Promise Me Sunshine

by Cara Bastone • 2025

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

4.07

95k+

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Promise Me Sunshine 87%

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

by Cara Bastone 2025

4.07

95k+ ratings

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

4.41

28k+

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Wrong Heart 87%

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.41

28k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

A Short History of the Girl Next Door

by Jared Reck • 2017

A teen's unspoken love for his best friend becomes gutting grief after a car crash.

3.85

8k+

💔 Unrequited Love 🚗 Car Accident Tragedy 🥀 Grief And Guilt 🏀 Basketball 👥 Friendship Grief

A Short History of the Girl Next Door Summary

A Short History of the Girl Next Door 86%

A teen's unspoken love for his best friend becomes gutting grief after a car crash.

by Jared Reck 2017

3.85

8k+ ratings

💔 Unrequited Love 🚗 Car Accident Tragedy 🥀 Grief And Guilt 🏀 Basketball 👥 Friendship Grief

Ugly Love

by Colleen Hoover • 2014

Her neighbor wants her body without her questions. She agrees, then falls anyway.

3.99

2.3M+

🥀 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 No Strings Attached 😶 Damaged Hero 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

Ugly Love 86%

Her neighbor wants her body without her questions. She agrees, then falls anyway.

by Colleen Hoover 2014

3.99

2.3M+ ratings

🥀 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 No Strings Attached 😶 Damaged Hero 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

How to Be Sad

by Helen Russell • 2021

Fighting sadness backfires: why letting sorrow in may be the only path back to happiness.

3.97

1k+

🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🚫 Toxic Positivity Critique 🕯️ Grief Processing 🧩 Overcoming Perfectionism 🎭 Happiness Myths

How to Be Sad 86%

Fighting sadness backfires: why letting sorrow in may be the only path back to happiness.

by Helen Russell 2021

3.97

1k+ ratings

🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🚫 Toxic Positivity Critique 🕯️ Grief Processing 🧩 Overcoming Perfectionism 🎭 Happiness Myths

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

35k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Heart That Works 86%

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022

4.62

35k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

Un amigo gratis

by Inma Rubiales • 2019

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

4.16

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

Un amigo gratis 86%

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

by Inma Rubiales 2019

4.16

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

The Mixtape

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2021

A grieving musician hires a struggling single mom as his chef. The kitchen becomes their refuge.

4.18

35k+

🎤 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Parent ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Found Family

The Mixtape 86%

A grieving musician hires a struggling single mom as his chef. The kitchen becomes their refuge.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2021

4.18

35k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Parent ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Found Family

If Only I Had Told Her

by Laura Nowlin • 2024

Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.

3.85

210k+

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Ya Romance 🤫 Secret Pining 👶 Pregnancy After Loss ☀️ Summer Romance

If Only I Had Told Her 86%

Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.

by Laura Nowlin 2024

3.85

210k+ ratings

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Ya Romance 🤫 Secret Pining 👶 Pregnancy After Loss ☀️ Summer Romance

Grief Is for People

by Sloane Crosley • 2024

A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.

3.83

18k+

💔 Suicide Loss 👥 Friendship Grief 📿 Objects And Memory 🌊 Grief Without Stages ✍️ Lyric Memoir

Grief Is for People 86%

A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.

by Sloane Crosley 2024

3.83

18k+ ratings

💔 Suicide Loss 👥 Friendship Grief 📿 Objects And Memory 🌊 Grief Without Stages ✍️ Lyric Memoir

For You

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2023

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

4.61

2k+

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

For You 86%

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2023

4.61

2k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

The Girl & Her Ren

by Pepper Winters • 2018

Ren raised Della from a baby. Now she’s grown, and his love for her is forbidden.

4.49

8k+

🔥 Taboo Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💫 Soulmates

The Girl & Her Ren 86%

Ren raised Della from a baby. Now she’s grown, and his love for her is forbidden.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.49

8k+ ratings

🔥 Taboo Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💫 Soulmates

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

If He Had Been With Me 86%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

by Emily Dean • 2019

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

4.23

3k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 86%

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

by Emily Dean 2019

4.23

3k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

Adelaide

by Genevieve Wheeler • 2023

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

3.93

49k+

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 👭 Chosen Family 🌧️ Melancholy

Adelaide 86%

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

by Genevieve Wheeler 2023

3.93

49k+ ratings

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 👭 Chosen Family 🌧️ Melancholy

Cruel and Beautiful

by A.M. Hargrove • 2015

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

4.25

5k+

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

Cruel and Beautiful 86%

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

by A.M. Hargrove 2015

4.25

5k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

Antes de ella

by Flor M. Salvador • 2019

Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.

3.84

11k+

💔 Tragic Love Story 🖤 Broken Hero 😢 Grief And Guilt 😭 Tearjerker 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Antes de ella 86%

Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.

by Flor M. Salvador 2019

3.84

11k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Love Story 🖤 Broken Hero 😢 Grief And Guilt 😭 Tearjerker 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Sisterhood Everlasting

by Ann Brashares • 2011

Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.

3.91

39k+

👯 Grown Up Friendship 💕 Second Chance Love 👧 Childhood Friends 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family

Sisterhood Everlasting 86%

Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.

by Ann Brashares 2011

3.91

39k+ ratings

👯 Grown Up Friendship 💕 Second Chance Love 👧 Childhood Friends 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family

Life’s Too Short

by Abby Jimenez • 2021

A YouTuber and lawyer neighbor bond over a baby, but hereditary illness threatens their future.

4.15

303k+

🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker Romance

Life’s Too Short 86%

A YouTuber and lawyer neighbor bond over a baby, but hereditary illness threatens their future.

by Abby Jimenez 2021

4.15

303k+ ratings

🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker Romance

The Gift

by Danielle Steel • 1986

When death steals his sister, a pregnant stranger becomes his family's only hope.

3.99

21k+

🕰️ 1950s Setting 💔 Grieving Family 🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Bittersweet Romance 🎁 Sacrificial Love

The Gift 86%

When death steals his sister, a pregnant stranger becomes his family's only hope.

by Danielle Steel 1986

3.99

21k+ ratings

🕰️ 1950s Setting 💔 Grieving Family 🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Bittersweet Romance 🎁 Sacrificial Love

The Farewell Chronicles

by Anneli Rufus • 2005

Grief's ugly secret: behind the flowers and tears, a circus of shame, relief, greed, and guilt.

4.05

⚰️ Death And Society 🤐 Grief Taboos 🧠 Narrative Psychology 🃏 Dark Humor 🔗 Guilt And Grief

The Farewell Chronicles 86%

Grief's ugly secret: behind the flowers and tears, a circus of shame, relief, greed, and guilt.

by Anneli Rufus 2005

4.05

57 ratings

⚰️ Death And Society 🤐 Grief Taboos 🧠 Narrative Psychology 🃏 Dark Humor 🔗 Guilt And Grief

The Life We Almost Had

by Amelia Henley • 2020

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

3.81

1k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Life We Almost Had 86%

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

by Amelia Henley 2020

3.81

1k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

I Wanted You To Know

by Laura Pearson • 2019

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

4.32

6k+

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

I Wanted You To Know 86%

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

by Laura Pearson 2019

4.32

6k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion • 2005

Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.

3.93

308k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Sudden Loss 🧠 Coping Mechanisms 🔙 Memory Triggers

The Year of Magical Thinking 86%

Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.

by Joan Didion 2005

3.93

308k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Sudden Loss 🧠 Coping Mechanisms 🔙 Memory Triggers

Four Weekends and a Funeral

by Ellie Palmer • 2024

Mistaken for her ex's girlfriend at his funeral, Alison falls for his grieving best friend.

3.69

24k+

💔 Grief And Healing 🎭 Fake Relationship 😤 Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Four Weekends and a Funeral 86%

Mistaken for her ex's girlfriend at his funeral, Alison falls for his grieving best friend.

by Ellie Palmer 2024

3.69

24k+ ratings

💔 Grief And Healing 🎭 Fake Relationship 😤 Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Call It What You Want

by Alissa DeRogatis • 2023

A college senior's no-labels romance follows her to New York, and she can't let go.

3.35

36k+

💔 Situationship 🕰️ Wrong Timing ❤️‍🩹 Commitment Issues 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Hurt-Comfort

Call It What You Want 86%

A college senior's no-labels romance follows her to New York, and she can't let go.

by Alissa DeRogatis 2023

3.35

36k+ ratings

💔 Situationship 🕰️ Wrong Timing ❤️‍🩹 Commitment Issues 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Hurt-Comfort

The Best Wild Idea

by Lily Parker • 2025

Her dead fiancé's letters send her around the globe. The condition: his best friend comes too.

3.88

4k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Forced Proximity ✈️ Travel Romance 🤫 Secret Feelings

The Best Wild Idea 86%

Her dead fiancé's letters send her around the globe. The condition: his best friend comes too.

by Lily Parker 2025

3.88

4k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Forced Proximity ✈️ Travel Romance 🤫 Secret Feelings

A Million Dreams

by Dani Atkins • 2019

A widow's embryo was mistakenly implanted in another woman, and her son is raised by strangers.

4.41

5k+

🎭 Family Drama ⚖️ Custody Battle 🔄 Dual Narrative 😢 Tearjerker 📚 Book Club

A Million Dreams 86%

A widow's embryo was mistakenly implanted in another woman, and her son is raised by strangers.

by Dani Atkins 2019

4.41

5k+ ratings

🎭 Family Drama ⚖️ Custody Battle 🔄 Dual Narrative 😢 Tearjerker 📚 Book Club

Write Me for You

by Tillie Cole • 2025

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

4.30

9k+

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

Write Me for You 86%

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

by Tillie Cole 2025

4.30

9k+ ratings

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

Acne

by Laura Chinn • 2022

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

4.28

1k+

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

Acne 86%

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

by Laura Chinn 2022

4.28

1k+ ratings

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

by Nina Sankovitch • 2011

365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.

3.48

7k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 📚 Bibliomemoir 📖 Bibliotherapy 🌼 Everyday Mindfulness 🎨 Healing Through Art

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair 86%

365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.

by Nina Sankovitch 2011

3.48

7k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 📚 Bibliomemoir 📖 Bibliotherapy 🌼 Everyday Mindfulness 🎨 Healing Through Art

November 9

by Colleen Hoover • 2015

Once a year, a scarred actress meets a writer. This November 9, his manuscript reveals everything.

4.10

1.3M+

⏳ Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Scarred Heroine 😔 Guilty Hero 💌 Love Letters 💔 Second Chance Romance

November 9 86%

Once a year, a scarred actress meets a writer. This November 9, his manuscript reveals everything.

by Colleen Hoover 2015

4.10

1.3M+ ratings

⏳ Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Scarred Heroine 😔 Guilty Hero 💌 Love Letters 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Dinner List

by Rebecca Serle • 2018

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

3.54

59k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

The Dinner List 86%

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

by Rebecca Serle 2018

3.54

59k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

It's OK That You're Not OK

by Megan Devine • 2017

Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.

4.35

15k+

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🤲 Grief Acceptance 🔄 Non-Linear Grief 👁️ Bearing Witness 🎨 Creative Grief Work

It's OK That You're Not OK 86%

Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.

by Megan Devine 2017

4.35

15k+ ratings

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🤲 Grief Acceptance 🔄 Non-Linear Grief 👁️ Bearing Witness 🎨 Creative Grief Work

How to Fix a Broken Heart

by Guy Winch • 2018

Your brain treats heartbreak like drug withdrawal. So why does nobody tell you how to detox?

4.15

4k+

💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🖤 Grief And Loss 🤗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Mindfulness 🧩 Self-Redefinition

How to Fix a Broken Heart 86%

Your brain treats heartbreak like drug withdrawal. So why does nobody tell you how to detox?

by Guy Winch 2018

4.15

4k+ ratings

💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🖤 Grief And Loss 🤗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Mindfulness 🧩 Self-Redefinition

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A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

3.92

18k+

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Wish You Were Here 86%

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

by Renee Carlino 2017

3.92

18k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Pieces of the Night

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Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.17

8k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Pieces of the Night 86%

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.17

8k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Passion Project

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To find joy after loss, she agrees to weekly adventures with a bartender. One rule: friendship only.

3.77

40k+

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Passion Project 86%

To find joy after loss, she agrees to weekly adventures with a bartender. One rule: friendship only.

by London Sperry 2025

3.77

40k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn 🍸 Bartender Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💬 Banter And Wit

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