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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,990 ratings — published 2011
The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,891 ratings — published 1973
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,384 ratings — published 2006
The Last Messiah (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,829 ratings — published 1933
A Short History of Decay (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,125 ratings — published 1949
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,423 ratings — published 1818
On the Heights of Despair (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,714 ratings — published 1934
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,951 ratings — published 2011
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.99 — 885 ratings — published
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
by (shelved 23 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.66 — 534 ratings — published 2015
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,270 ratings — published 1890
Essays and Aphorisms (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,312 ratings — published 1851
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.19 — 184 ratings — published 2006
Persuasion and Rhetoric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.26 — 387 ratings — published 1910
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,531 ratings — published 1844
Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.35 — 448 ratings — published 1933
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,111 ratings — published 2002
The Temptation to Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,485 ratings — published 1956
On the Suffering of the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,361 ratings — published 1850
Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 456 ratings — published 2013
The Philosophy of Redemption (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.19 — 321 ratings — published 1876
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 110 ratings — published 2016
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,794 ratings — published 1973
Infinite Resignation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 459 ratings — published 2018
Starry Speculative Corpse (Horror of Philosophy, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 566 ratings — published 2015
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.39 — 39,705 ratings — published 1982
Tentacles Longer Than Night (Horror of Philosophy, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 379 ratings — published 2015
History and Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,652 ratings — published 1960
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 49,641 ratings — published 1932
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,424 ratings — published 2013
The Philosophy of Disenchantment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 74 ratings — published 1885
Teatro Grottesco (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,145 ratings — published 2006
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 282,774 ratings — published 1948
Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.75 — 351 ratings — published 2007
The Anatomy of Negation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 32 ratings — published
The New Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,157 ratings — published 1969
المياه كلها بلون الغرق (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.73 — 5,039 ratings — published 1952
Keeping Ourselves in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 63 ratings — published 2015
Canti (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,351 ratings — published 1845
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,800 ratings — published 2012
Half Empty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,422 ratings — published 2010
Tears and Saints (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,526 ratings — published 1937
Confessions of an Antinatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 158 ratings — published 2010
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.43 — 572,837 ratings — published 1899
Happiness is for the Pigs: Philosophy vs Psychotherapy (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.37 — 35 ratings — published
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.84 — 227,914 ratings — published 1951
On the Tragic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.20 — 56 ratings — published 1941
Post mortem (Spanish Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.69 — 285 ratings — published 1968
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,299,041 ratings — published 1963
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,541 ratings — published 1935
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
“Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.”
― I Have The Right To Destroy Myself
― I Have The Right To Destroy Myself
