Big Books of Spring
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Depressing


Depressing Books

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

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
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakStoner by John WilliamsOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Crying Over Spilled Milk
6 books — 2 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNight by Elie Wiesel
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,934 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck1984 by George OrwellOthello by William Shakespeare
Most Tragic Endings in Literature
40 books — 13 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Diary of Anne Frank by Anne FrankCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithWatership Down by Richard Adams
I Shed a Few Tears
121 books — 37 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

Quotes Tagged “Depressing”

Suzanne Young
“ After all, suicide is contagious. ”
― Suzanne Young, The Program
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John Green
“ Where is my chance to be somebody's Peter Van Houten?' He hit the steering wheel weakly, the car honking as he cried. He leaned his head back, looking up. 'I hate myself I hate myself I hate this I hate this I disgust myself I hate it I hate it I hate it just let me fucking die. ...more ”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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Videos Tagged “Depressing”

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Groups Tagged "Depressing"

My Heart And Other Black Holes If you love reading depressing books for no reason whatsoever, or if you read them for a reason,…more
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