The Day the Wind Blew

Unrequited Love Stories!!! It Absolutely Has to Be Unrequited Love, I Really, Really Love Them

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.

Absolutely Heartbreaking!!!! Short! Short! Short!! Please Recommend Me Something!!!!

Tearjerkers That’ll Make You Lose Ten Pounds! Short, Heartbreaking, and Guaranteed to Make You Cry. The More Anguish, the Better

“I Don’t Need Saving. I Never Will.” Now I Suddenly Want to Read a Tragic Romance.

Looking for books similar to Detective Conan: Forced to Save the Day, Now I Just Want to Die and Escape. Preferably no romance, with a protagonist who's completely fixated on dying and a very oppressive atmosphere.

Sophisticated Angst with Smart Characters and a Logical Plot

Looking for books similar to Palace Wall Willow. It doesn’t have to be the kind where the male and female leads must fight to the death, with one of them inevitably dying. There can be national hatred and family feuds separating them, or a divide between righteousness and evil. The story should be logical and reflect the thinking of normal people.

A Short, Devastatingly Sad, Realistic Bad Ending, Something Like Fourteen Sentences

Looking for BE School Stories❗❗❗

I'm looking for a high school romance, but I want a tragic ending. The leads have secret crushes on each other, but they don't end up together.

Bad-End Stories You Can Finish in Fifteen Minutes

Looking for books similar to "You Broke Your Promise". Begging for short tragic endings!

Are There Any Realistic School Stories About Unrequited Love?

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.

Angsty Short Stories That’ll Leave You Sobbing at Midnight

Looking for Heartbreaking Angst!! The Kind That Hurts to the Bone! Angst from Start to Finish, Not a Sweet Moment in Sight

A really angsty story with an angsty ending, and at most just a tiny bit of sweetness along the way.

Unresolved Heartache + Bad Ending + So Tragic I Wake Up Crying at Midnight + Love Unrequited

Looking for books like Goodbye My Princess, the drama starring Chen Xingxu and Peng Xiaoran.

Tragic Endings That Hurt as Much as Possible

“She is his lawfully wedded wife, while I was just a mistake of his youth. Let's meet once more. We have to see each other one last time.”

Angsty Stories: Short and Heartbreaking, Enough to Make Your Eyes Swell from Crying!

Something short, not an overly long tragic story.

Are There Any Unrequited Love Stories Like Lin Xu and Chen Nan?

Looking for books like "The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush".

Looking for Angst That’ll Make Me Cry Uncontrollably!

I've suddenly been in the mood for tearjerkers. Nothing too long! It has to be devastating, so pile on the angst! I want to cry until I soak my pillow! The kind of story that makes you cry yourself thin!

BE Stories That Could Make You Lose Twenty Jin After Reading

The Ultimate Short Bad-End Stories!!!!!!

For short stories, I want the absolute pinnacle of tragic endings, preferably something that hurts so much it makes your heart ache.

Tragic Endings That Leave You Shaking from Crying, Especially Ones That Hit Hard Afterward

Short, Short, Short Tragedies! I’m Hard to Make Cry

Angst Novels with Extreme, Brutal Suffering!

Angst! Major Angst! The Kind That Makes You Lose Five Kilos in One Sitting

Short stories! The kind that are so heartbreaking they’ll make you lose weight.