My Mom Is the Other Woman in a Wife-Chasing Romance, and I’m the Illegitimate Daughter

Angst, So Much Angst It Hurts, Enough to Make You Want to Cry

Short Stories

Looking for short stories, they absolutely have to be short. Thanks! Urgent help needed!

A Little Angst Is Good, Lots of Angst Is Fine Too, as Long as It Ends Happily

Something with a more original premise. Short stories are fine, too. Unrequited-love angst is fine as well. A little angst is fun, but too much is heartbreaking!

Short, Completed Stories With A Little Angst

The books I've been following are too long. I want something shorter, around 200 or 300 chapters.

No Angst-Ridden Novels on Tomato Reading Rated 9.5 or Higher

Tomato novels with absolutely no ultra-short angst stories, no heart-wrenchingly tragic stories, regardless of genre.

Any Heartbreaking, Well-Written Stories About a Hated Protagonist Everyone Dislikes?

Looking for books like Reborn: The Disowned Real Young Master Just Wants to Die. Please, I've been really into this kind of story lately.

Stories With a Female Lead Who's Humble to the Core

The male lead never hits or scolds the female lead. He just doesn’t like her, but she still likes him carefully and timidly.

Looking for a Heartbreaking Short Story, the More Painful the Better

Looking for books like *Three Months Left to Live, Please Let Me Die with Dignity* (Mengdie Zhuangsheng). I want a real tearjerker, hit me with the angst, the more heartbreaking the better. No heiresses, wealthy families, or domineering CEOs. Just a normal tragic romance, with only three months left.

Extremely Short, Extremely Angsty Stories

Short Angsty Stories That Hurt Your Heart (I’m Usually Hard to Make Cry)

Books That Hurt to the Bone, Hurt So Much You Can't Breathe

Loving someone is a joy, but the pain when she turns and walks away makes it hard to breathe.

Short Tragic Novels, Absolutely Heartbreaking

The story basically ends with the female lead dying. Only afterward does the male lead realize how much he loves her. He spends the rest of the story searching for her, then meets someone who looks just like her and gets together with her. In short: heartbreaking!

Any Really Satisfying Short Stories?

Pure fun and stress relief. No doormats, and no nonsensical plots.

Short Angsty Novels

Recommend some short angst-filled stories.

Heartbreakingly Tragic, The Kind That Makes Your Heart Ache and Your Tears Flow in Streams

Historical or modern settings are both fine. The rating should not be too high, preferably a little lower, and the story should not have too many chapters.

Angst! Short and Heartbreaking, the Kind That Makes the Tears Pour!!!

Short and heartbreaking, the kind that absolutely wrecks you. I cry easily, so give me a few books that'll make me sob my eyes out!!!

Looking for a Fun, Satisfying Story, Nothing Traditional

No traditional stories, I'm tired of those. Give me something fresh.

Looking for Brutal Tearjerkers That Wreck You Inside and Out... Preferably Ones That’ll Make Me Lose 20 Pounds

Please, I’m begging you 🙏

Tragic Stories!!! I Want Heartbreaking Angst!!!!!

Any Stories Where the Protagonist Becomes Calm After Their Parents Show Extreme Favoritism, Only to Be Scolded for Being Ungrateful?

Quick Transmigration Angsty Stories That End With a Faked Death. The More Heartbreaking, the Better!

Nothing with people dying over and over, failing to die, and then getting sent back again.

Short, Angsty Novels, 30 to 50 Chapters

The deeper the love, the more humble you become.

Super-Short Stories That Break Your Heart

Looking for Short Tragedies

Nothing that piles on angst just for the sake of it.