After Huo Yan Tormented Her, She Ran Away

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

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Angst Novels! Torture the Male Lead! Make It Hurt!!! Female Lead Tormenting the Male Lead?!

Angst stories???????

The Wife-Chasing Inferno: Make Him Suffer!

Female-lead-focused!!! No glossing over the groveling arc in just a few lines.

Maximum Angst. If It Can't Kill Me, Make It Hurt Even More

Looking for an Angsty Story: I Remember the Heroine Was Locked Up Somewhere They Train Dogs

It was a tragic story. I remember the heroine was locked up in a place where they train dogs. She was beaten every day and given no food. If anyone recognizes the book, could you please tell me its title?

Angsty Novels Where the Male Lead Misunderstands and Torments the Female Lead, Who Eventually Dies

Ideally, the male and female leads should have loved each other!!! The male lead doesn't realize he loves her until she dies, and only then does he come to his senses!!!

Angst Stories! Make the Male Lead Suffer! Body and Heart! Sickly Male Lead!! Modern Setting

I've read too many stories where the female lead gets tortured. I'd like a few where the male lead suffers instead, preferably both physically and emotionally, twice as much. Ideally, he was once incredibly powerful but ends up physically frail after all the suffering. Also, if the female lead gets tortured, please let me know when it happens.

Angsty Novels, Torture Them Mercilessly

Hey everyone, do you know any books where the female lead loves the male lead at first, then realizes he doesn't love her, and he ends up regretting it? Nothing too clichéd 🌚🌚

Torture the Male Lead, Torture Him Mercilessly

I want the male lead to suffer, physically and emotionally, from head to toe and inside out.

Looking for Angst Stories Where the Male Lead Gets Hurt

The Female Lead Is Kidnapped, but the Male Lead Doesn’t Save Her. She Stays Away from Him, and He Regrets It

The female lead is kidnapped, but the male lead listens to his secretary and doesn’t rescue her. After enduring months of torture, she returns a changed person: no longer spoiled and starting to distance herself from him. The male lead regrets it.

Make It Brutal, Torture Them to Death

Any angsty novels that can measure up to Heart-Wrenching Love? Either the male or female lead can suffer. Preferably without the usual clichés.

I'm in the Mood for Angst 🌚 Female Lead Tortures the Male Lead, Please!

Don’t spare me just because I’m a delicate flower. If it isn’t heartbreaking, I’m not reading it 🌚 I mainly want something that’ll make me cry 🌚

The Female Lead Would Abandon Even Her Child to Escape

The Male Lead Gives the Heroine Away, Then Regrets It Too Late

Are There Any Less Clichéd Angst Stories That Also Leave You Unable to Move On?

Something like If the Forest Had a Fairytale, but without all the heart-rending angst.

The Female Lead Is Put Through Terrible Suffering, but the Male Lead Doesn’t End Up with Her

Are there any stories where the female lead is completely and utterly tormented, with absolutely no chance to turn the tables?

Any Books Where the Devoted Second Male Lead Gets His Happy Ending?

Begging for a Crazy, Unhinged Lead

He's devastated and slowly goes insane after his wife runs away or dies. Then, years later, he suddenly sees her standing right in front of him, acting as if nothing happened, though she's actually terrified.

The More Absurd the Melodrama, the Better: The Kind of Plot That Would Take a Decade-Long Brain Clot to Come Up With

I just remembered a melodramatic romance disguised as a supernatural story that I read before. It completely changed my understanding of the world. I want to see if there’s anything even more over-the-top.

Begging for Tragic Novels! I'm Hard to Make Cry, I Finished The Dragon Raja Laughing!

I wish I could actually cry. My tear ducts have become ridiculously resilient. After reading the ten most tragic novels on the rankings, I didn't shed a single tear. These days I read novels from an objective, third-person perspective. Even after finishing Dragon Raja, I felt nothing!!!

Tragedy, the Really Heartbreaking Kind! I've Had Too Much Sweetness Lately, So I Want to Try Something Different

Tragic Stories With Either a Bad or Happy Ending. I Want One on Tomato Novels That'll Make Me Cry and Get Me Hooked

The Most Heart-Wrenching Stories I've Read! I Rarely Cry

I didn't cry at all reading tragic stories like He Is in the South of the Clouds and When Dawn Breaks, You'll Come Back. Please recommend something even more heartbreaking!!!