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A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,022,201 ratings — published 2015
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,578,514 ratings — published 1915
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 444,067 ratings — published 1993
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 293,565 ratings — published 1948
A Million Little Pieces (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 267,515 ratings — published 2003
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 468,535 ratings — published 1995
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,169,998 ratings — published 1866
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 448,482 ratings — published 2019
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 921,986 ratings — published 2005
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 59,194 ratings — published 2015
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 671,300 ratings — published 1996
The Life of a Stupid Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.66 — 12,632 ratings — published 1927
Diary of a Madman (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,195 ratings — published 1835
Madonna in a Fur Coat (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 144,764 ratings — published 1943
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 705,514 ratings — published 1886
My Friends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.30 — 639,124 ratings — published 2025
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,023,748 ratings — published 1818
The Complete Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,365 ratings — published 1831
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,545,912 ratings — published 1942
Devdas (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,652 ratings — published 1917
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,158,899 ratings — published 1967
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 264,738 ratings — published 1864
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.05 — 465,857 ratings — published 1848
Another Brooklyn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,583 ratings — published 2016
The Kid (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,422 ratings — published
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,643,293 ratings — published 2020
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 302,032 ratings — published 1993
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The Setting Sun[SETTING SUN][Paperback] (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 329 ratings — published
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.09 — 737,304 ratings — published 1983
Girl A (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.63 — 94,362 ratings — published 2021
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 775,980 ratings — published 1982
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 267,101 ratings — published 1886
Vom Ende der Einsamkeit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 73,778 ratings — published 2016
The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,755 ratings — published 2018
If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 448,694 ratings — published 2017
Eileen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.55 — 138,073 ratings — published 2015
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,028,318 ratings — published 1951
Talking at Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 91,276 ratings — published 2023
The Idiot (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.21 — 234,392 ratings — published 1869
Milk Fed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.55 — 87,260 ratings — published 2021
On a Clear Day, You Can See Block Island (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,306 ratings — published 2024
The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,731 ratings — published 2010
Post-Traumatic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.68 — 6,353 ratings — published 2022
Alone With You in the Ether (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.76 — 114,483 ratings — published 2020
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.21 — 386,620 ratings — published 2010
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 646,513 ratings — published 1999
Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.42 — 166 ratings — published 2018
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,023,083 ratings — published 1890
Prozac Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.64 — 64,715 ratings — published 1994
Every Star That Falls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as misery-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,318 ratings — published 2023