emotionally resonant and impactful reads that will make you feel all of the feels (and, if you're like me, cry).
created by unofficiallibrarian
last updated November, 2025
The Friend
Sigrid Nunez
Olive
Emma Gannon
84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak
Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo
Sandra Cisneros
It Won't Always Be Like This
Malaka Gharib
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
Richard Osman
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
Thien Pham
On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
Brownstone
Samuel Teer
Here After
Amy Lin
A Feather on the Breath of God
Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley
Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo
Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li
Fire Exit
Morgan Talty
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto
Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner
Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi
The Best We Could Do
Thi Bui
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