After Mr. Zhou Spoiled His Canary Rotten

Extremely Angsty!! The Kind That Makes You Cry Five Pounds Off in One Night! Angst! I Rarely Cry

Looking for books similar to Qingshi.

A Little Angst! Just a Little! Nothing So Sad It Tears Your Heart Out!

A little angst! Just a little! Nothing so tragic it makes your heart ache! I want angst mixed with sweetness, and sweetness mixed with angst! But not so sweet it makes your teeth fall out, either!

Angst Novels With Relentless Heartbreak from Start to Finish!!!

Tragic romance.

The Male Lead Uses Criminal Law to Punish the Female Lead, Making Her Life Worse Than Death, Then Grovels to Win Her Back

Then he regretted it and desperately chased after his wife, but the female lead was already dead. He regretted it so much that he killed himself in front of her grave.

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.

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

A Heartbreaking Novel That Had Me Crying Until 3 A.m., Unable to Sleep...

Looking for stories like *The Year He Hated Me to the Bone, I Died in His Arms*. I just finished it, and it's really left me reeling. The male lead hated the female lead for years, giving her nothing but malice and coldness.

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

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

Looking for Bittersweet BG Stories with a Happy Ending 🥺

Looking for stories like With My Deep Love, I Offer Up the Years. Only straight romances, with a happy ending but a bittersweet journey that makes your heart ache.

Extremely Angsty, Heartbreakingly Painful Stories

Looking for books similar to Longcheng Prisoner’s Love: Fu Shao’s Bride of Atonement. Both leads are reborn. At first, the male lead sends the female lead to prison, causing her to miscarry. She’s also terminally ill, and he deeply regrets what he’s done. They’re both reborn to before their wedding, and he has to grovel to win her back. The female lead suffers a lot early on.

High-Quality Angst! An Original Plot, a Smart Hero, and Beautifully Written Short Stories

Looking for Tragedies, but Not the Idiotic Kind. Keep the Characters’ Values Straight

I don't want angst for the sake of angst. I like stories with sound values that are relatively realistic. Historical or modern settings are both fine, something like He Is in Yunnan and One and Only. My eyes are already swollen from crying...

Tragic Romance, Extremely Angsty!!! Even More Heartbreaking Than A Life Slashed by the Sword. I’m Hard to Make Cry

Any super-angsty stories? *Devouring Love* didn't make me cry. I want the kind where the leads are deeply in love, but the male lead abandons the female lead for power, then has to grovel to win her back.

CEO Romance Where the Male Lead Hurts the Female Lead, She's Understanding, and It Ends Happily

Looking for books similar to *Love Under Lock and Key: Lord Lu's Billion-Dollar Sweetheart*. The leads are separated by a misunderstanding, and the male lead resents the female lead. After they reunite, he puts her through a lot, but feels awful while doing it. She's so sensible it breaks your heart. Eventually, the misunderstanding is cleared up,

Heartbreakingly Angsty Stories That Make Your Heart Hurt

I've read quite a lot of angsty stories before, and I'm usually a bit sentimental. I love listening to sad songs and hearing sad stories, too. I've already read *Bone-Deep Crisis*, *He Said Our Love Came Too Late*, and *May You Shine as Bright as the Stars*... I'd prefer something with lots of chapters, since I'm a night owl.

Looking for Angsty Novels, the More Heartbreaking the Better, Preferably with a Weak Female Lead Who Never Fights Back

I want something where the male lead hurts the female lead and she's too timid to fight back. Something similar is fine too, thanks 🙏🏻

Heartbreaking Stories Where the Hero Kicks and Injures the Heroine

Absolutely heartbreaking

Looking for Stories Where He Hurts His Wife, Then Has to Grovel to Win Her Back

The first part should be especially angsty, then the heroine gets her revenge on the male lead.

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.

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.

The Male Lead Regrets Losing Her and Tries to Win Her Back (With a Little Angst)

At first, the male lead treats the heroine as his mistress, and she knows where she stands and behaves herself. She gets jealous, but keeps it to herself. Then his first love returns, and the heroine leaves on her own. The male lead realizes he's already fallen for her, and then comes the desperate pursuit to win her back.

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.

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!

Old-School Powerful-Family Romance: A Dominant Male Lead Who Takes His Bride by Force, Historical or Modern