Existential Angst Books
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by (shelved 3 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.93 — 136,013 ratings — published 1938

by (shelved 3 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,041,906 ratings — published 1866

by (shelved 3 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,341,566 ratings — published 1942

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,176,470 ratings — published 1963

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.47 — 8,864 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.17 — 215,409 ratings — published 1864

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.13 — 17,471 ratings — published 1964

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.92 — 217,085 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.89 — 152,327 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.09 — 294,138 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,105 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.16 — 431,997 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.32 — 561,864 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.22 — 804,861 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.37 — 368,812 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.20 — 40,133 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.26 — 32,752 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.20 — 1,130 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,626 ratings — published 2023
![ハイキュー!! 10 [Haikyū!! 10]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1410853781l/21946855._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.65 — 5,417 ratings — published 2014
![ハイキュー!! 9 [Haikyū!! 9]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390040437l/20569358._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.62 — 6,027 ratings — published 2014
![ハイキュー!! 8 [Haikyū!! 8]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390040399l/20569355._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.65 — 6,297 ratings — published 2013
![ハイキュー!! 7 [Haikyū!! 7]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390040304l/20569354._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.64 — 6,208 ratings — published 2013
![ハイキュー!! 6 [Haikyū!! 6]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390040231l/20569351._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.61 — 7,109 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,960 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.57 — 8,249 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.96 — 58,390 ratings — published 2022
![ハイキュー!! 3 [Haikyū!! 3]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385754544l/19048616._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.59 — 10,800 ratings — published 2012
![ハイキュー!! 2 [Haikyū!! 2]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385620855l/19015304._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.59 — 13,662 ratings — published 2012
![ハイキュー!! 1 [Haikyū!! 1]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388037922l/20318855._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.55 — 68,601 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.83 — 35,557 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.68 — 134,106 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.88 — 203,130 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.76 — 204,082 ratings — published 2023
![怪獣8号 12 [Kaijū 8-gō 12]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1711776720l/204697589._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.52 — 2,011 ratings — published 2024
![怪獣8号 11 [Kaijū 8-gō 11]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1711770367l/203172420._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.51 — 2,525 ratings — published 2023
![怪獣8号 10 [Kaijū 8-gō 10]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1691180124l/123162823._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.53 — 3,121 ratings — published 2023
![怪獣8号 8 [Kaijū 8-gō 8]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1667578351l/61219453._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,145 ratings — published 2022
![怪獣8号 7 [Kaijū 8-gō 7]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1656779934l/60502488._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.41 — 4,658 ratings — published 2022
![怪獣8号 6 [Kaijū 8-gō 6]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646348031l/59706345._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.49 — 5,319 ratings — published 2022
![怪獣8号 5 [Kaijū 8-gō 5]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1638564651l/58884767._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.42 — 6,130 ratings — published 2021
![怪獣8号 4 [Kaijū 8-gō 4]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630606347l/58098866._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.50 — 6,765 ratings — published 2021
![怪獣8号 3 [Kaijū 8-gō 3]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1622651416l/57319556._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.42 — 7,642 ratings — published 2021
![怪獣8号 2 [Kaijū 8-gō 2]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614970958l/55991150._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.42 — 9,450 ratings — published 2021
![怪獣8号 1 [Kaijū 8-gō 1]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1607201837l/55310650._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.31 — 22,650 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.95 — 44,502 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.23 — 8,414 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.92 — 170,147 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.86 — 32,275 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.38 — 3,152 ratings — published 2025

“Earth is not the sort of place to bring someone you love.”
― Risen Apes
― Risen Apes
“Perhaps I can follow a heroic existential nihilist’s sterling example of surviving the harshness of reality by employing an attentive narrative examination of my recalcitrant life to extract shards of personal truth and elicit a synthesizing purposefulness of my being from the darkness, anarchy, and chaos of existence. Perhaps through the act of engaging in a deliberative examination of the ontological mystery of being and investigating the accompanying stark brutal doubt that renders a materialistic life intolerably senseless, absurd, and meaningless, I can confront the baffle of being and establish a guiding set of personal values to live by in an indifferent world. Perhaps by using the contemplative tools of narrative storytelling, I can strictly scrutinize the key leaning rubrics veiled within an array of confusing personal life experiences. Perhaps by engaging in a creative act of discovery I can blunt the pain and anguish that comes from the nightmarish experience of suffering from an existential crisis.”
― Dead Toad Scrolls
― Dead Toad Scrolls