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Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as misery)
avg rating 4.22 — 851,806 ratings — published 1987
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as misery)
avg rating 4.27 — 995,094 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as misery)
avg rating 4.16 — 666,964 ratings — published 1996
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as misery)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,527,505 ratings — published 1915
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as misery)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,402,375 ratings — published 2005
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as misery)
avg rating 3.93 — 281,926 ratings — published 1948
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as misery)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,961,594 ratings — published 2005
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as misery)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,598,077 ratings — published 2022
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as misery)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,142,327 ratings — published 1866
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as misery)
avg rating 3.99 — 437,726 ratings — published 2019
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as misery)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,780,172 ratings — published 2005
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as misery)
avg rating 4.14 — 466,497 ratings — published 1995
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.32 — 284,040 ratings — published 2025
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.16 — 253,792 ratings — published 1864
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呪術廻戦 14 [Jujutsu Kaisen 14] (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.65 — 17,268 ratings — published 2021
Manacled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.62 — 168,908 ratings — published 2019
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.90 — 314,359 ratings — published 1962
The Girl Next Door (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.91 — 59,416 ratings — published 1989
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,707,807 ratings — published 1949
Lie With Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.26 — 74,177 ratings — published 2017
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.25 — 834,163 ratings — published 1966
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.08 — 221,734 ratings — published 2003
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.09 — 447,666 ratings — published 2020
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.93 — 284,967 ratings — published 2016
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,802,648 ratings — published 2007
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呪術廻戦 16 [Jujutsu Kaisen 16] (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.58 — 17,663 ratings — published 2021
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呪術廻戦 15 [Jujutsu Kaisen 15] (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.58 — 16,264 ratings — published 2021
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呪術廻戦 12 [Jujutsu Kaisen 12] (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.51 — 17,802 ratings — published 2020
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呪術廻戦 11 [Jujutsu Kaisen 11] (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.62 — 19,454 ratings — published 2020
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,002,307 ratings — published 2001
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,879,612 ratings — published 1590
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.28 — 769,579 ratings — published 1982
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,484,513 ratings — published 2002
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,296,738 ratings — published 1963
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,371,435 ratings — published 2015
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.05 — 138,143 ratings — published 2003
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.20 — 793,111 ratings — published 1962
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.97 — 156,801 ratings — published 2001
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,302,254 ratings — published 2009
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,854,947 ratings — published 2012
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,289,137 ratings — published 2004
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,540,804 ratings — published 2005
Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 4.38 — 82,477 ratings — published 1978
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery)
avg rating 3.73 — 295,922 ratings — published 1971
Greek Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery)
avg rating 3.59 — 55,564 ratings — published 2011
Broken April (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery)
avg rating 4.00 — 9,139 ratings — published 1978
Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery)
avg rating 3.65 — 450 ratings — published 2010
The Unwanted Wife (Unwanted, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as misery)
avg rating 3.76 — 58,801 ratings — published 2012
“I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.”
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
“The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.”
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