For college basketball fans, this month is the time for March Madness but we decided to switch it up by doing an episode titled March Sadness. These are the books that make us cry, sob, weep, bawl .... you get the picture. Basically, these are the books that make us FEEL ALL THE FEELS.
Share your own favorite tearjerkers by emailing us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or find us on Twitter at @ProBookNerds
Books Mentioned In This Episode
Speed of Life by Carol Weston
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Night by Elie Wiesel
George by Alex Gino
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Are You My Mother? by PD Eastman
Another Day In the Death of America by Gary Young
Dreamland by Sam Quinones
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott
Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
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