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Depressing Books
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A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 142 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.27 — 982,338 ratings — published 2015
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,829,526 ratings — published 2012
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 276,257 ratings — published 1948
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,661,985 ratings — published 1948
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,282,182 ratings — published 1963
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,071,299 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,033,576 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 83 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,946,720 ratings — published 2005
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,911,080 ratings — published 1937
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,508,037 ratings — published 1915
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,515,947 ratings — published 1985
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 71 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,824,159 ratings — published 2010
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,391,695 ratings — published 1956
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,570,245 ratings — published 2003
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,774,272 ratings — published 2005
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,046,523 ratings — published 1999
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,722,203 ratings — published 1945
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,480,554 ratings — published 2002
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,277,501 ratings — published 1954
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.11 — 639,398 ratings — published 2015
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,284,217 ratings — published 1947
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.59 — 600,476 ratings — published 2018
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 281,688 ratings — published 2016
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,157,265 ratings — published 2008
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,972,121 ratings — published 1951
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.05 — 639,601 ratings — published 1999
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,788,855 ratings — published 2007
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,109,584 ratings — published 2011
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,252,760 ratings — published 1847
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 826,670 ratings — published 1966
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.85 — 893,869 ratings — published 2005
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.75 — 895,402 ratings — published 2017
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,968,333 ratings — published 1818
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.91 — 976,435 ratings — published 2009
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,067,515 ratings — published 1925
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 533,765 ratings — published 1928
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,832,387 ratings — published 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.16 — 993,137 ratings — published 2006
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,286,814 ratings — published 2004
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,953,567 ratings — published 2018
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,871,219 ratings — published 1993
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.59 — 264,477 ratings — published 1949
The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,059,290 ratings — published 2021
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.83 — 622,101 ratings — published 2014
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,456,103 ratings — published 2014
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.06 — 599,594 ratings — published 1977
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,938,697 ratings — published 1963
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,482,181 ratings — published 1942
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,869,393 ratings — published 1590
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.73 — 295,274 ratings — published 1971
“She can paint a pretty picture but this story has a twist. The paintbrush is a razor and the canvas is her wrist.”
― After
― After
“I can’t think of anything more disheartening than living a life without a clear purpose.”
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