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Looking for Heartbreaking Novels That Are Both Angsty and Good, Preferably Completed

I'm getting older, and I'm worried that if I don't read some angst-filled stories, I'll end up senile! Please recommend some good ones, preferably long novels!

A Story That Makes Me Cry Every Time I Read It. Heartbreaking, but Sweet in the End

The kind that makes lots of people cry.

Angst So Painful It Makes Your Liver Ache

Something really heartbreaking.

He Runs His Mouth, Then Has to Win His Wife Back!

I'm looking for books like "Three Years of Cold War: We Signed the Divorce Papers, but He Regretted It Until His Eyes Turned Red". The hero says something cruel that breaks the heroine's heart and drives her away, then has to grovel to win her back.

The Male Lead Regrets It the Moment He Gets the Divorce Certificate

After the divorce, they get back together. The male lead has to grovel to win her back.

Hurting His Wife Is Fun for a Moment, but Chasing Her Later Is Hell, Happy Ending, Incredibly Satisfying

Short Tragic Stories That'll Make Even Someone with a High Tear Threshold Cry

Historical or modern settings are both fine.

Please Recommend Angsty Stories With a Groveling Male Lead, Preferably With Him Suffering From the Start

Heartbreaking Stories That’ll Make Your Heart Ache

If I go a day without reading an angsty story, I feel completely out of sorts.

Looking for Angsty Stories That Break Your Heart and Keep You Up at Night

The kind that’ll make you cry your eyes out.

Short Tragedies That’ll Make You Cry!

The male lead hurts the female lead for the sake of his white moonlight, and she never forgives him in the end.

Tragic Stories and Bad Endings, The Kind That Make Your Heart Ache!!!

My Secret Collection of Tearjerkers, So Heartbreaking I Can't Bear to Read Them Twice

Anyone who clicks in won't be disappointed. Leave your reading lists here so we can recommend books to each other.

Angst, Short, Brutal, Painful

The kind that makes you sob so hard you can't catch your breath, perfect for reading in the middle of the night.

Looking for a Story Where the Heroine Has Given Up and the Hero Grovels to Win Her Back, Miserably and to the Bitter End

The male lead treats the female lead coldly. Then she has an accident and gives up pursuing him, and he turns into a pitiful, groveling simp. I want a story like that.

Tragedies, the More Heartbreaking the Better. I've Finished Seven Already, Give Me More Pain

Angst, Angst, and More Angst, But with a Happy Ending, Please!

I’m a Sucker for the Groveling-after-the-breakup Trope. I Just Love Watching Them Win Their Exes Back

Heartbreaking Stories Where the Hero Kicks and Injures the Heroine

Absolutely heartbreaking

The Male Lead Hates the Female Lead at First

Any stories where the hero initially hates the heroine, only realizes how wonderful she was after she dies, and the heroine is reborn?

His White Moonlight Died, and He Personally Killed Her and the Baby She Was Carrying

The groveling-to-win-her-back trope.

They Clearly Love Each Other, but the Male Lead Pretends He Doesn't Love the Heroine

They clearly love each other, but the male lead pretends he doesn't love her. It has a happy ending.

The Male Lead Initiates the Breakup and the Female Lead Doesn't Care. Later, He Realizes He Can't Live Without Her and Begs to Get Back Together

Looking for books like The Big Shot Bent Down to Fix My Skirt, and the Whole Internet Crashed. The woman must not get emotionally invested, and she should be smart enough to realize the man is using her. She shouldn’t be forced to be with him, but she sees love as an added bonus, something optional, so she doesn’t make a fuss.

Hand Over the Cruel Male Leads!

A different kind of novel! The male lead is brutal, the type who's always flying off the handle.