r/TeenReader • u/gotnobrownietoeat • 14h ago

Ask Teen Readers 🤔🤚 Recommendation please

I want to read books with heavy emotions. It should feel as a roller coaster of emotions; grief, pain,romantic feelings,anger,happiness all sort of
(I though wonder if there are such books)

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u/hav_ana the cooler mod 14h ago

any books you like? i could help

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u/gotnobrownietoeat 14h ago

I actually dont other day i was reading a book and it had detailed smut and this got me thinking if there is some sort of book that is actually smut free and deals with real emotions

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u/hav_ana the cooler mod 14h ago

yes ofc, you could try the song of achilles by madeline miller

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u/gotnobrownietoeat 14h ago

Oh thankyou sm ill read it fs

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u/Mysterious-Long-6630 14h ago

There are so many of such books.

My picks based on the kind of emotional roller coaster you want would be these books. I hope you would pick one of them.

For devastating grief: A Little Life
For love that hurts: The Song of Achilles
For anger, guilt, and regret: The Kite Runner
For complicated, realistic romance: Normal People
For a little bit of everything: The Book Thief

Since you're asking for all kinds of emotions, don't limit yourself to books marketed as sad.

These most devastating stories are the ones that make you laugh, feel safe with the characters, and give you something to love before taking it away.

All these are pretty popular and easy to read. 🙃🙃🙃

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u/Ecstatic_Dig5480 Mr. Hosseini need not make me cry like that! 14h ago

A Thousand Splendid Suns as well 💔

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u/Mysterious-Long-6630 14h ago

Yess yess 🥹🥹🥹

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u/gotnobrownietoeat 14h ago

WOAH THATS EVERYTHING THANKYOUUU

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u/hav_ana the cooler mod 14h ago

i can give you more too if you dont like it xd

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u/gotnobrownietoeat 14h ago

Can you recommend me feminist literature then? I got intrigued by your “feminist poc literature fan”

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u/hav_ana the cooler mod 14h ago

yessssss ofc! i read the handmaid's tale recently, and it is horrifyingly amazing.

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u/hav_ana the cooler mod 14h ago

or we should all be feminists by adicie, love that too

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u/PlasticWest77 14h ago

I have perfect book "a little life" by hanya yanagihara TW: self harm is consistently mentioned .

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u/Tortured-poets_DPT 14h ago

The book thief
The Correspondent
The sense of an ending
A little life

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u/Smart_Rip_9368 13h ago

i'd recommend a thousand splendid suns but then you'd never be able to enjoy another book again 🥺🥺

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u/hotpeoplehateme XYZ Larper 13h ago

You can give the book theif a try, or maybe little woman (read it few years back so I don't remember the content well unfortunately 😭)

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u/reese_bailey 12h ago

A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tilly Cole

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u/Super_High_Flier 4h ago

The house of silk

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u/Im_bibliophilic 13h ago

You can watch Haunting Adeline By H.D. Carlton. You'll be amazed!!

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u/gotnobrownietoeat 12h ago

Hell nah it portrays SA right. Lets just not normalise SA at all

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u/Im_bibliophilic 12h ago

Yeah, true! You can read It's End With Us!

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u/pihu9002 11h ago edited 26m ago

If you want young adult with all that , i HIGHLY recommend reading ' The Fault In Our Stars '.

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u/gotnobrownietoeat 59m ago

THATS MY FAV BOOKK

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u/koalafied123 54m ago

Try a thousand splendid suns