RECOMMENDED READING: Reading Lists
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Tearjerkers Reading List
Arn Arnow, Harriet Dollmaker
Ber Berg, Elizabeth Talk Before Sleep
Bin Binchy, Maeve Glass Lake
Bre Brewer, Jeannie A Crack is Forever
Bro Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bro Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Cla Clarke, Arthur C. Fall of Moondust
Con Conroy, Pat Lords of Discipline
Del Delinsky, Barbara Three Wishes
Dev Deveraux, Jude Knight in Shining Armor
Din Dinesen, Isak Out of Africa
Dos Dostoevsky, Fyodor The Idiot
Dur Duras, Marguerite The Lover
Eva Evans, Nicholas The Horse Whisperer
Eva Evans, Richard P The Christmas Box
Eva Evans, Richard P The Letter
Eva Evans, Richard P The Locket
Fai Fairbairn, Ann Five Smooth Stones
Fin Finney, Jack Time and Again
Fla Flagg, Fanny Fried Green Tomatoes at the
Whistle Stop Cafe
Fow Fowles, John The French Lieutenant's Woman
Gor Gordeeva, Ekaterina My Sergei
Han Hannah, Kristin Home Again
Hea Heath, Lorraine Always to Remember
Har Hardy, Thomas Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Har Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscure
Har Harrison, Jim Legends of the Fall
Hil Hilton, James Goodbye Mr. Chips
Irv Irving, John A Prayer For Owen Meany
Isa Isaacs, Susan Almost Paradise
Kat Kata, Elizabeth Patch of Blue
Kay Kay, Guy Gavriel Tigana
Kay Kay, Susan Phantom
Kay Kay, Terry To Dance With the White Dog
Ken Keneally, Thomas Schindler's List
Ken Kenney, Susan In Another Country
Key Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Kra Krantz, Judith Jewels of Tessa Kent
Kri Kristin, Hannah Once in Every Life
Lan Landvik, Lorna Patty Jane's House of Curl
Lea Leahy, Syrell R. Book of Ruth
Lee Lee, Harper To Kill A Mockingbird
Lle Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
Map Mapson, Jo-Ann Hank and Cloe
Max Maxwell, Evans All the Winters That Have Been
McC McCaffrey, Anne Stitch in Snow
McC McCollough, Colleen The Thorn Birds
McF McFarland, Dennis Music Room
McK McKinley, Robin Beauty
McM McMurtry, Larry Terms of Endearment
Mil Miller, Sue The Good Mother
Mit Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Mor Morrison, Toni Beloved
Oat Oats, Joyce Carol Black Water
Ond Ondaatje, Michael The English Patient
Pil Pilcher, Rosamund The Shell Seekers
Qui Quindlen, Anna One True Thing
Ric Rice, Luanne Crazy In Love
Seg Segal, Eric Love Story
Smi Smith, Betty A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Smi Smith, Robert K. Jane's House
Spa Sparks, Nicholas Message In a Bottle
Spa Sparks, Nicholas The Notebook
Sty Styron, William Sophie's Choice
Tan Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Tan Tan, Amy The Kitchen God's Wife
Tha Thayer, Nancy My Dearest Friend
Wal Waller, Robert The Bridges of Madison County
Updated Aug 2001
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