Books that made me cry on public transport

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara, 2008 openlibrary.org

Don't do what I did and read the last hundred pages on a commuter train.

The Road

Cormac McCarthy, 2006 openlibrary.org

Where the Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls, 1961 openlibrary.org

Dog book. You know what that means.

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak, 1998 openlibrary.org

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness, 2011 openlibrary.org

It's for kids. It flattened me, a grown adult.

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, 2016 openlibrary.org

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson, 1972 openlibrary.org

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White, 1952 openlibrary.org

Reread it as an adult on the bus. Big mistake.