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Pessimism Books
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.02 — 9,445 ratings — published 2011
The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,220 ratings — published 1973
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,273 ratings — published 2006
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,166 ratings — published 1818
A Short History of Decay (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,903 ratings — published 1949
The Last Messiah (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 29 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,546 ratings — published 1933
On the Heights of Despair (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,370 ratings — published 1934
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,883 ratings — published 2011
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.68 — 513 ratings — published 2015
Essays and Aphorisms (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,077 ratings — published 1851
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.00 — 854 ratings — published
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,220 ratings — published 1890
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.19 — 185 ratings — published 2006
Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.35 — 442 ratings — published 1933
Persuasion and Rhetoric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.25 — 366 ratings — published 1910
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,463 ratings — published 1844
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,009 ratings — published 2002
The Temptation to Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,387 ratings — published 1956
Infinite Resignation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.99 — 417 ratings — published 2018
On the Suffering of the World (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,224 ratings — published 1850
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,031 ratings — published 1973
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.41 — 103 ratings — published 2016
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.39 — 37,893 ratings — published 1982
Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 453 ratings — published 2013
Starry Speculative Corpse (Horror of Philosophy, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 552 ratings — published 2015
History and Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,617 ratings — published 1960
Tentacles Longer Than Night (Horror of Philosophy, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.95 — 367 ratings — published 2015
The Philosophy of Redemption (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 288 ratings — published 1876
Tears and Saints (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,462 ratings — published 1937
The New Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,121 ratings — published 1969
Om det tragiske (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 51 ratings — published 1941
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,073 ratings — published 1932
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,399 ratings — published 2013
The Philosophy of Disenchantment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.00 — 70 ratings — published 1885
Half Empty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,398 ratings — published 2010
Confessions of an Antinatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 153 ratings — published 2010
The Anatomy of Negation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.10 — 30 ratings — published
Keeping Ourselves in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 61 ratings — published 2015
Canti (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,215 ratings — published 1845
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,787 ratings — published 2012
Teatro Grottesco (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,924 ratings — published 2006
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.94 — 257,204 ratings — published 1948
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.43 — 560,179 ratings — published 1899
Happiness is for the Pigs: Philosophy vs Psychotherapy (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.36 — 33 ratings — published
Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 342 ratings — published 2007
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.84 — 223,000 ratings — published 1951
المياه كلها بلون الغرق (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 3.74 — 4,951 ratings — published 1952
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,231,147 ratings — published 1963
On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.09 — 402 ratings — published 1976
Tragic Sense of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pessimism)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,367 ratings — published 1912
“The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die.”
― The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
― The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
“I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to be. We pessimists have everything to gain, whereas optimists have a fifty-fifty chance of being disappointed.”
― As the World Churns
― As the World Churns
