Big Books of 2026
Genres

Depressing


Depressing Books

A Little Life
The Fault in Our Stars
No Longer Human
1984
The Bell Jar
The Road
Thirteen Reasons Why
The Book Thief
The Handmaid's Tale
Of Mice and Men
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
The Metamorphosis
Night
The Kite Runner
The Lovely Bones
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Lists

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneMe Before You by Jojo MoyesRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
So sad you're afraid to read it
48 books — 33 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Meat Market by James ChalkDivergent by Veronica Roth1984 by George OrwellUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Wow, What a Crappy Future
62 books — 55 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieBy Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth SmartAll My Friends Are Dead by Avery MonsenMaus I by Art SpiegelmanWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip Gourevitch
The Most Depressing Book Titles
34 books — 10 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
What a Downer...
331 books — 117 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
More books that are too sad and depressing!
34 books — 9 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Masters Of Misery
407 books — 99 voters

Quotes Tagged “Depressing”

Janne Teller
“ From the moment we are born, we begin to die. ”
― Janne Teller, Nothing
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Videos Tagged “Depressing”

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Groups Tagged "Depressing"

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