Spring Reading Challenge
Genres

Pessimistic


Pessimistic Books

Notes from Underground
The Metamorphosis
Essays and Aphorisms
Brave New World
The Trial
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
Slaughterhouse-Five
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
On Suicide
On the Suffering of the World
The Setting Sun
The Road
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Event Horizon by Steven E. McDonaldUnto Leviathan by Richard Paul RussoBlindsight by Peter WattsHull Zero Three by Greg BearZeus' Warriors by Michael West
Spaceships You DON'T Want to Live in
63 books — 30 voters
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshSolutions and Other Problems by Allie BroshEeyore's Little Book of Gloom by A.A. MilneThe Antidote by Oliver BurkemanFailure Is an Option by H. Jon Benjamin
Persistently Positively Pessimistic
16 books — 7 voters

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiBlindsight by Peter WattsDeath on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand CélineJourney to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineBetter Never to Have Been by David Benatar
A Bitter Pill -- Pessimistic Books
14 books — 6 voters

Quotes Tagged “Pessimistic”

“ Beware of those who are bored and not passionate about life, for they will bore you with reasons for not living. ”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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“ I shield to one who is pessimistic and shield to one who is optimistic leaving this in a wandering state. ”
― Josh Cathey
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