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A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.28 — 912,002 ratings — published 2015
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 116 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,679,243 ratings — published 2012
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.94 — 247,797 ratings — published 1948
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,400,094 ratings — published 1949
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,205,627 ratings — published 1963
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,028,605 ratings — published 2006
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,022,105 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 84 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,857,450 ratings — published 2005
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,397,057 ratings — published 1985
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,812,287 ratings — published 1937
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 70 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,687,224 ratings — published 2010
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,404,958 ratings — published 1915
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,355,199 ratings — published 1956
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,468,667 ratings — published 2003
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,456,284 ratings — published 2002
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,739,329 ratings — published 2005
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,499,233 ratings — published 1945
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,986,827 ratings — published 1999
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,158,603 ratings — published 1947
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,177,558 ratings — published 1954
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.11 — 625,139 ratings — published 2015
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,722,704 ratings — published 2007
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,868,831 ratings — published 1951
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.05 — 629,502 ratings — published 1999
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.60 — 555,485 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,954,451 ratings — published 2011
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 263,944 ratings — published 2016
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,815,906 ratings — published 2008
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.24 — 787,457 ratings — published 1966
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,023,537 ratings — published 1847
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.85 — 845,450 ratings — published 2005
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.11 — 517,040 ratings — published 1928
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.75 — 861,653 ratings — published 2017
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,861,962 ratings — published 1818
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,272,211 ratings — published 2004
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.91 — 964,113 ratings — published 2009
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,790,052 ratings — published 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.16 — 958,381 ratings — published 2006
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,862,828 ratings — published 1925
The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.30 — 961,700 ratings — published 2021
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,840,200 ratings — published 2018
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.83 — 608,548 ratings — published 2014
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,787,115 ratings — published 1993
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.06 — 587,563 ratings — published 1977
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,807,908 ratings — published 1590
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.59 — 257,784 ratings — published 1949
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.74 — 291,320 ratings — published 1971
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,263,833 ratings — published 2015
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as depressing)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,379,782 ratings — published 2014
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as depressing)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,434,573 ratings — published 2022
“...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along. ”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“I can’t think of anything more disheartening than living a life without a clear purpose.”
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