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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,744,112 ratings — published 1949
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.98 — 769,377 ratings — published 1987
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,603,252 ratings — published 2003
Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.17 — 234 ratings — published 2026
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,005,270 ratings — published 2015
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.42 — 44,682 ratings — published 2026
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,426 ratings — published 2024
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,286,115 ratings — published 1847
Binding (Millennial Mage, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,617 ratings — published 2023
Moonveiled Journeys (Beneath the Dragoneye Moons, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,629 ratings — published 2021
The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.55 — 2,446 ratings — published 2015
A Midnight Clear (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,094 ratings — published 1982
A Shooting Star (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.37 — 652 ratings — published 1961
Sacred Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,767 ratings — published 1992
Cake (Cake, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,797 ratings — published 2013
In Dark Woods (Signal Bend, #4.5)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,545 ratings — published 2014
Magic Mourns (World of Kate Daniels, #3.5; Andrea Nash, #0.5)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.17 — 21,054 ratings — published 2009
All the Sky (Signal Bend, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,863 ratings — published 2014
Move the Sun (Signal Bend, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.79 — 7,670 ratings — published 2014
Into the Storm (Signal Bend, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,651 ratings — published 2014
Alone on Earth (Signal Bend, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,874 ratings — published 2014
Behold the Stars (Signal Bend, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,897 ratings — published 2013
Show the Fire (Signal Bend, #6)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,485 ratings — published 2014
Finding the Lost (Sentinel Wars, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,193 ratings — published 2009
Natural Evil (Elder Races, #4.5)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,259 ratings — published 2012
A Very Paranormal Holiday (The Sensor, #4.5; Imp, #7.5; Bite Back, #4.4; UltraSecurity, #2.5)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.06 — 222 ratings — published 2014
Magic Dreams (World of Kate Daniels, #4.5; Dali Harimau, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.25 — 21,509 ratings — published 2012
Deep Black (Arcana Imperii, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,454 ratings — published 2024
Service Model (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,524 ratings — published 2024
Nightchaser (Endeavor, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,480 ratings — published 2019
To Claim a Wife (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.56 — 318 ratings — published 1999
Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.20 — 20,578 ratings — published 2012
A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.13 — 109,598 ratings — published 2011
Magic Gifts (Kate Daniels, #5.6)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,467 ratings — published 2011
People in Glass Houses (Ghost Hunters, #16)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,875 ratings — published 2024
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.37 — 93,344 ratings — published 2016
Feel the Heat (Black Ops Inc., #4)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,929 ratings — published 2009
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.54 — 110,787 ratings — published 2022
The Hanged Man (Her Majesty's Psychic Service, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,873 ratings — published 2015
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.07 — 657,393 ratings — published 2022
Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.16 — 157,648 ratings — published 2004
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.73 — 296,356 ratings — published 1971
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,487,548 ratings — published 2002
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.05 — 643,902 ratings — published 1999
My Luck (Twisted Luck, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,585 ratings — published 2020
Osprey (Miranda Chase NTSB, #13)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.61 — 152 ratings — published
Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.43 — 93,353 ratings — published 2009
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 3.74 — 16,467 ratings — published 2008
Heart of Obsidian (Psy-Changeling, #12)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.46 — 28,391 ratings — published 2013
Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling, #13)
by (shelved 1 time as dark-depressing)
avg rating 4.33 — 21,431 ratings — published 2014