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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.00 — 10,177 ratings — published 2011
The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,200 ratings — published 1973
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,420 ratings — published 2006
The Last Messiah (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,923 ratings — published 1933
A Short History of Decay (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,231 ratings — published 1949
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,507 ratings — published 1818
On the Heights of Despair (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,872 ratings — published 1934
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,974 ratings — published 2011
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.00 — 897 ratings — published
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.67 — 548 ratings — published 2015
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.20 — 186 ratings — published 2006
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,285 ratings — published 1890
Essays and Aphorisms (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,403 ratings — published 1851
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,556 ratings — published 1844
Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.35 — 446 ratings — published 1933
Persuasion and Rhetoric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.27 — 391 ratings — published 1910
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,156 ratings — published 2002
The Temptation to Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,516 ratings — published 1956
On the Suffering of the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,401 ratings — published 1850
The Philosophy of Redemption (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 338 ratings — published 1876
Infinite Resignation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 464 ratings — published 2018
Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 459 ratings — published 2013
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.37 — 111 ratings — published 2016
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,065 ratings — published 1973
Starry Speculative Corpse (Horror of Philosophy, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 566 ratings — published 2015
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 40,357 ratings — published 1982
History and Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,673 ratings — published 1960
Tentacles Longer Than Night (Horror of Philosophy, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.95 — 382 ratings — published 2015
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 50,304 ratings — published 1932
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,435 ratings — published 2013
Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.75 — 354 ratings — published 2007
The New Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,174 ratings — published 1969
The Philosophy of Disenchantment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 75 ratings — published 1885
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,802 ratings — published 2012
Half Empty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,437 ratings — published 2010
Teatro Grottesco (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,253 ratings — published 2006
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 292,532 ratings — published 1948
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.43 — 577,670 ratings — published 1899
The Anatomy of Negation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.03 — 33 ratings — published
المياه كلها بلون الغرق (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.73 — 5,072 ratings — published 1952
Keeping Ourselves in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 63 ratings — published 2015
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,326,161 ratings — published 1963
Canti (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,429 ratings — published 1845
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,925 ratings — published 1935
Pessimism: A History and a Criticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 2006
Maxims (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,581 ratings — published 1665
Tears and Saints (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,559 ratings — published 1937
Confessions of an Antinatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 160 ratings — published 2010
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,542,094 ratings — published 1942
A Feeling of Wrongness: Pessimistic Rhetoric on the Fringes of Popular Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published
“There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.”
― The Wisdom of Life
― The Wisdom of Life
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
― The Silver Stallion
― The Silver Stallion
