Books Which Will Bring You To Tears

In The Good Books with Luke Bateman · Dec 2, 2025 · 23m

Warning: Get tissues.

Luke recommends the most emotionally powerful novels. why we often seek out books that make us cry and how they help us process our own feelings.

(00:00) Intro

(00:39) Listener Audio

(02:42) Books That Still Bring Me to Tears

(04:16) Impenetrability is Harmful

(07:11) Loss in Magician by Raymond E. Feist

(09:12) Loneliness in The Witcher

(11:17) Sacrifice in The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett

(13:36) Reunion in Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb

(15:32) Historical Fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

(17:41) Post-Apocalyptic Fiction: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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