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Pessimism Books
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,868 ratings — published 2011
The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,751 ratings — published 1973
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,360 ratings — published 2006
The Last Messiah (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,773 ratings — published 1933
A Short History of Decay (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,092 ratings — published 1949
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,367 ratings — published 1818
On the Heights of Despair (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,635 ratings — published 1934
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,945 ratings — published 2011
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
by (shelved 23 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.67 — 532 ratings — published 2015
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.00 — 880 ratings — published
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,263 ratings — published 1890
Essays and Aphorisms (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,263 ratings — published 1851
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.19 — 184 ratings — published 2006
Persuasion and Rhetoric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.26 — 383 ratings — published 1910
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,513 ratings — published 1844
Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.35 — 447 ratings — published 1933
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,087 ratings — published 2002
The Temptation to Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,458 ratings — published 1956
The Philosophy of Redemption (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 324 ratings — published 1876
On the Suffering of the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,332 ratings — published 1850
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.40 — 107 ratings — published 2016
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,637 ratings — published 1973
Infinite Resignation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 457 ratings — published 2018
Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 455 ratings — published 2013
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.39 — 39,324 ratings — published 1982
Starry Speculative Corpse (Horror of Philosophy, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 565 ratings — published 2015
History and Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,642 ratings — published 1960
Tentacles Longer Than Night (Horror of Philosophy, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 379 ratings — published 2015
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 49,291 ratings — published 1932
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,419 ratings — published 2013
The Philosophy of Disenchantment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 72 ratings — published 1885
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 276,652 ratings — published 1948
The Anatomy of Negation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 32 ratings — published
The New Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,146 ratings — published 1969
Keeping Ourselves in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 61 ratings — published 2015
Canti (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,315 ratings — published 1845
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,796 ratings — published 2012
Half Empty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,411 ratings — published 2010
Teatro Grottesco (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,103 ratings — published 2006
Tears and Saints (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,503 ratings — published 1937
Confessions of an Antinatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.75 — 157 ratings — published 2010
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.43 — 570,099 ratings — published 1899
Happiness is for the Pigs: Philosophy vs Psychotherapy (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.36 — 33 ratings — published
Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.75 — 349 ratings — published 2007
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.84 — 226,969 ratings — published 1951
المياه كلها بلون الغرق (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.73 — 5,022 ratings — published 1952
On the Tragic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 55 ratings — published 1941
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,282,990 ratings — published 1963
Tragic Sense of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,523 ratings — published 1912
Pessimism: A History and a Criticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 2006
“A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.”
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