The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNight by Elie Wiesel
Most Depressing Book of All Time
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Fictional Despots and Dictators
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Unhappy Marriages
484 books — 286 voters

Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah  GreenMade You Up by Francesca ZappiaThe Girl in the Maze by R.K. JacksonDazzled by Darkness by Erica Miles
Schizophrenic Characters
96 books — 119 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Mentally Ill Characters
266 books — 263 voters

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Mental Health and Family
266 books — 314 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz KafkaNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Existential Literature
39 books — 29 voters