Existential Despair Books

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The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.78 — 26,327 ratings — published 1951
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.46 — 7,979 ratings — published 1945
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Self-Portrait in Green Self-Portrait in Green (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,162 ratings — published 2005
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.60 — 561,901 ratings — published 2018
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The Sense of an Ending The Sense of an Ending (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.74 — 192,127 ratings — published 2011
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.84 — 71,344 ratings — published 1953
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.38 — 161,475 ratings — published 2019
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Heaven Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.78 — 88,097 ratings — published 2009
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.18 — 337,659 ratings — published 1995
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ميتتان لرجل واحد ميتتان لرجل واحد (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,447 ratings — published 1959
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The Calcutta Chromosome The Calcutta Chromosome (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.49 — 7,108 ratings — published 1996
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Ham on Rye Ham on Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.14 — 118,581 ratings — published 1982
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.84 — 52,616 ratings — published 1963
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.59 — 106,792 ratings — published 1966
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The Sheltering Sky The Sheltering Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.88 — 30,729 ratings — published 1949
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.97 — 24,884 ratings — published 1956
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A Single Man A Single Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.06 — 37,559 ratings — published 1964
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Artforum Artforum (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.06 — 562 ratings — published 2014
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In the Country of Last Things In the Country of Last Things
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.91 — 15,999 ratings — published 1987
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The Power and the Glory The Power and the Glory (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,631 ratings — published 1940
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How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.08 — 2,162 ratings — published 2024
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Trust Trust (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.80 — 172,580 ratings — published 2022
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.12 — 853,791 ratings — published 2020
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Severance Severance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.88 — 130,585 ratings — published 2018
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The Friend The Friend (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.72 — 59,399 ratings — published 2018
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The Thief's Journal The Thief's Journal (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,305 ratings — published 1949
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.34 — 251,017 ratings — published 1956
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The Wall The Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.01 — 33,942 ratings — published 1963
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Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.04 — 99,781 ratings — published 1988
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Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.99 — 727,761 ratings — published 1987
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.14 — 359,171 ratings — published 1989
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Stoner Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.35 — 247,083 ratings — published 1965
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.22 — 184,110 ratings — published 2021
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,320,100 ratings — published 1847
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.86 — 272,457 ratings — published 1970
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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.30 — 7,647 ratings — published 1995
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The Wonder The Wonder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.65 — 91,438 ratings — published 2016
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.13 — 300,339 ratings — published 1970
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The Days of Abandonment The Days of Abandonment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.87 — 58,653 ratings — published 2002
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Forest Dark Forest Dark (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.08 — 7,635 ratings — published 2017
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The Book of Illusions The Book of Illusions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.90 — 26,705 ratings — published 2002
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A Personal Matter A Personal Matter (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 3.90 — 15,597 ratings — published 1964
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Like Life Like Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-despair)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,657 ratings — published 1990
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Jonathan Harnisch
“This isn’t life. It’s unimaginable, torturous hell- ugly, endless & godless.”
Jonathan Harnisch, Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia

Adam Scott Huerta
“Imagine there’s no Sadness, it’s easy if you try…” whoever sings, John something.  “Nothing white inside us, around us only DIE… Imagine all the Shells, Loving everyday—“ ”
Adam Scott Huerta, Motive Black

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