8 books
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4 voters
Depressed Books
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Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.93 — 284,004 ratings — published 2016
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.27 — 991,166 ratings — published 2015
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,055,698 ratings — published 1999
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.59 — 607,112 ratings — published 2018
Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.95 — 289,857 ratings — published 1993
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.11 — 641,009 ratings — published 2015
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.93 — 280,278 ratings — published 1948
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.78 — 434,406 ratings — published 1993
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,521,436 ratings — published 1915
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,292,110 ratings — published 1963
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,138,556 ratings — published 1866
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,778,408 ratings — published 2005
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,913 ratings — published 2015
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.13 — 528,637 ratings — published 2022
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.66 — 401,610 ratings — published 2016
Reasons to Stay Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.06 — 114,994 ratings — published 2015
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.07 — 264,136 ratings — published 2006
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,623,186 ratings — published 2020
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.18 — 110,561 ratings — published 2007
Darling Venom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.25 — 86,016 ratings — published 2021
We Are Okay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.92 — 102,405 ratings — published 2017
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.78 — 624,607 ratings — published 2013
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.14 — 249,595 ratings — published 2016
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.16 — 105,219 ratings — published 1942
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,494,270 ratings — published 1942
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,470,763 ratings — published 2016
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.34 — 286,664 ratings — published 1956
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.06 — 34,644 ratings — published 1980
The Last Time We Say Goodbye (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.07 — 27,882 ratings — published 2015
I Was Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.73 — 69,037 ratings — published 2015
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,389,627 ratings — published 2014
New Moon (Twilight Saga, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,169,311 ratings — published 2006
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.05 — 641,656 ratings — published 1999
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,847,368 ratings — published 2012
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as depressed)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,034,975 ratings — published 2007
Millennium Gothic: The Nostalgia Project, Vol I (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 4.36 — 350 ratings — published
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.93 — 415,572 ratings — published 1925
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,574,780 ratings — published 1943
Forever, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.64 — 233,347 ratings — published 2013
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.61 — 183,880 ratings — published 2021
Play It As It Lays (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.90 — 97,830 ratings — published 1970
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.93 — 317,395 ratings — published 2005
Confessions to the moon: Whispers of Love, Loss, and Longing Under the Lunar Light (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.67 — 133 ratings — published
The Good Parts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 4.20 — 548 ratings — published 2026
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,755,138 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,135,662 ratings — published 1932
The Things They Carried (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 4.15 — 354,011 ratings — published 1990
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.75 — 423,388 ratings — published 1958
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,076,814 ratings — published 2006
Archipelag Lewiatana (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as depressed)
avg rating 3.80 — 15 ratings — published
“They'll say you are bad
or perhaps you are mad
or at least you
should stay undercover.
Your mind must be bare
if you would dare
to think you can love
more than one lover.”
―
or perhaps you are mad
or at least you
should stay undercover.
Your mind must be bare
if you would dare
to think you can love
more than one lover.”
―
“The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will continue to be hindered until there is a general awareness of the nature of this pain.”
― Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
― Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness











