Existential Angst Books
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by (shelved 3 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.93 — 135,998 ratings — published 1938

by (shelved 3 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,041,763 ratings — published 1866

by (shelved 3 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,341,378 ratings — published 1942

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,176,315 ratings — published 1963

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.47 — 8,862 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.17 — 215,370 ratings — published 1864

by (shelved 2 times as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.13 — 17,463 ratings — published 1964

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.92 — 216,987 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.89 — 152,246 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.09 — 294,060 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,104 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.16 — 431,889 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.32 — 561,753 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.22 — 804,690 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.37 — 367,514 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.20 — 40,105 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.26 — 32,743 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.20 — 1,129 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,599 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 — 6,296 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 — 7,107 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,956 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.57 — 8,237 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.96 — 58,384 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 — 10,799 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 — 13,663 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 — 68,586 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.83 — 35,553 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.68 — 134,075 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.88 — 202,705 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.76 — 204,012 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 — 2,007 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 — 2,523 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 — 3,120 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 — 6,764 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 — 7,640 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 — 9,448 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 — 22,637 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.95 — 44,410 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 4.23 — 8,411 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.92 — 170,060 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.86 — 32,265 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as existential-angst)
avg rating 3.38 — 3,145 ratings — published 2025

“The real universe is just that black. The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life — another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod — there's only one thing he can do: open fire and eliminate them. In this forest, hell is other people. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. It's the explanation for the Fermi Paradox. But in this dark forest, there's a stupid child called humanity, who has built a bonfire and is standing beside it shouting, 'Here I am! Here I am!”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“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