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A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 141 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.27 — 967,157 ratings — published 2015
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,798,794 ratings — published 2012
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,607,517 ratings — published 1948
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 269,711 ratings — published 1948
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,265,210 ratings — published 1963
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,061,564 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,030,928 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 83 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,927,821 ratings — published 2005
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,889,342 ratings — published 1937
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,489,685 ratings — published 1985
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 71 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,795,492 ratings — published 2010
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,483,278 ratings — published 1915
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,384,176 ratings — published 1956
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,547,974 ratings — published 2003
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,766,785 ratings — published 2005
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,673,126 ratings — published 1945
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,475,289 ratings — published 2002
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,033,532 ratings — published 1999
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,253,513 ratings — published 1954
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,257,581 ratings — published 1947
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.11 — 636,322 ratings — published 2015
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.59 — 590,067 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,087,477 ratings — published 2008
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 277,829 ratings — published 2016
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,950,202 ratings — published 1951
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.05 — 637,367 ratings — published 1999
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,773,715 ratings — published 2007
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,077,380 ratings — published 2011
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,225,033 ratings — published 1847
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.85 — 882,529 ratings — published 2005
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 817,767 ratings — published 1966
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.75 — 888,205 ratings — published 2017
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,949,159 ratings — published 1818
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,023,574 ratings — published 1925
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 529,873 ratings — published 1928
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.91 — 973,944 ratings — published 2009
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,823,785 ratings — published 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.16 — 986,012 ratings — published 2006
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,283,890 ratings — published 2004
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,852,868 ratings — published 1993
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.59 — 262,880 ratings — published 1949
The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,038,599 ratings — published 2021
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,928,895 ratings — published 2018
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.83 — 618,984 ratings — published 2014
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.06 — 596,844 ratings — published 1977
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,910,371 ratings — published 1953
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,438,487 ratings — published 2014
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,457,780 ratings — published 1942
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,855,763 ratings — published 1590
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.73 — 294,246 ratings — published 1971
“She can paint a pretty picture but this story has a twist. The paintbrush is a razor and the canvas is her wrist.”
― After
― After
“She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?”
― Clockwork Prince
― Clockwork Prince
