Most Depressing Book of All Time

What book do you think is the most depressing book that you have ever read?

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1	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,100,820 ratings score: 52,454, and 532 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,282,481 ratings score: 49,269, and 502 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,009,779 ratings score: 40,714, and 412 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,340,853 ratings score: 35,411, and 360 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 4.06 avg rating — 582,315 ratings score: 35,179, and 356 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.89 avg rating — 2,770,482 ratings score: 31,179, and 321 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo 4.52 avg rating — 17,352 ratings score: 30,900, and 309 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,136,608 ratings score: 25,335, and 263 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.86 avg rating — 2,445,145 ratings score: 23,663, and 243 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.23 avg rating — 770,983 ratings score: 22,940, and 238 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 4.12 avg rating — 434,980 ratings score: 22,319, and 227 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) by Dave Pelzer (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 456,424 ratings score: 22,126, and 226 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.05 avg rating — 1,171,240 ratings score: 21,230, and 219 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 4.38 avg rating — 1,215,731 ratings score: 20,492, and 211 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,266,929 ratings score: 20,325, and 209 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 943,497 ratings score: 19,730, and 203 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) by Frank McCourt 4.15 avg rating — 652,822 ratings score: 18,442, and 189 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen 4.10 avg rating — 28,366 ratings score: 18,060, and 185 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 3,423,934 ratings score: 17,910, and 185 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 823,939 ratings score: 17,675, and 183 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.02 avg rating — 976,832 ratings score: 16,211, and 169 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 1,973,629 ratings score: 15,485, and 161 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,819,466 ratings score: 15,405, and 160 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,773,618 ratings score: 15,099, and 159 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 1,016,721 ratings score: 15,093, and 156 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 1,695,846 ratings score: 14,815, and 153 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,822,962 ratings score: 13,793, and 145 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.01 avg rating — 4,402,001 ratings score: 13,447, and 144 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.88 avg rating — 1,260,765 ratings score: 12,821, and 136 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,347,393 ratings score: 12,396, and 132 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.84 avg rating — 298,994 ratings score: 12,307, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins 4.11 avg rating — 3,626,844 ratings score: 11,813, and 124 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.90 avg rating — 1,359,160 ratings score: 11,733, and 125 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Sophie’s Choice by William Styron 4.17 avg rating — 93,818 ratings score: 11,503, and 120 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 3.83 avg rating — 75,109 ratings score: 11,185, and 115 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 4.21 avg rating — 2,005,996 ratings score: 11,146, and 117 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,846,912 ratings score: 11,020, and 116 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,732,867 ratings score: 10,713, and 117 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 5,613,970 ratings score: 10,486, and 111 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.74 avg rating — 2,780,869 ratings score: 10,484, and 113 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,750,062 ratings score: 9,929, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,335,398 ratings score: 9,891, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 3.58 avg rating — 254,116 ratings score: 9,636, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.10 avg rating — 508,773 ratings score: 9,357, and 101 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.45 avg rating — 135,576 ratings score: 9,304, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 833,792 ratings score: 9,060, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Old Yeller by Fred Gipson 4.10 avg rating — 102,692 ratings score: 8,747, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco 4.31 avg rating — 269,957 ratings score: 8,267, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 624,761 ratings score: 8,075, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 3.93 avg rating — 92,416 ratings score: 7,363, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.28 avg rating — 1,037,744 ratings score: 7,330, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 877,678 ratings score: 7,254, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.44 avg rating — 905,104 ratings score: 7,213, and 81 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 3.78 avg rating — 152,877 ratings score: 6,988, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.35 avg rating — 9,668,380 ratings score: 6,838, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 4.38 avg rating — 157,671 ratings score: 6,679, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 1,026,417 ratings score: 6,485, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 3.78 avg rating — 399,983 ratings score: 6,456, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 4.09 avg rating — 714,741 ratings score: 6,369, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2) by Stephenie Meyer 3.61 avg rating — 2,089,581 ratings score: 6,312, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.89 avg rating — 1,787,279 ratings score: 6,245, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 757,340 ratings score: 6,181, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 925,462 ratings score: 6,132, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Pearl by John Steinbeck 3.56 avg rating — 264,039 ratings score: 5,930, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) by Toni Morrison 3.97 avg rating — 480,187 ratings score: 5,860, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 4.24 avg rating — 1,960,794 ratings score: 5,706, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 208,316 ratings score: 5,437, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	On the Beach by Nevil Shute 3.98 avg rating — 48,541 ratings score: 5,339, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,247,778 ratings score: 5,319, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous") 3.74 avg rating — 289,575 ratings score: 5,153, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,746,238 ratings score: 5,104, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling 4.62 avg rating — 4,033,288 ratings score: 4,834, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 912,572 ratings score: 4,833, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.13 avg rating — 291,115 ratings score: 4,831, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.74 avg rating — 405,273 ratings score: 4,594, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.94 avg rating — 380,563 ratings score: 4,566, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	A Separate Peace by John Knowles 3.60 avg rating — 230,139 ratings score: 4,510, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,274,722 ratings score: 4,494, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 358,631 ratings score: 4,383, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Blindness by José Saramago 4.18 avg rating — 328,254 ratings score: 4,340, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 412,438 ratings score: 4,298, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 861,411 ratings score: 4,227, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams 3.74 avg rating — 141,613 ratings score: 4,114, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 3.98 avg rating — 330,311 ratings score: 3,984, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 3.98 avg rating — 123,025 ratings score: 3,932, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 555,089 ratings score: 3,827, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins 4.35 avg rating — 4,049,091 ratings score: 3,786, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 770,785 ratings score: 3,752, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 147,398 ratings score: 3,676, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck 4.01 avg rating — 258,544 ratings score: 3,672, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	King Lear by William Shakespeare 3.91 avg rating — 233,799 ratings score: 3,632, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Pact by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 324,727 ratings score: 3,591, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Animal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell 4.30 avg rating — 212,439 ratings score: 3,462, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 347,950 ratings score: 3,446, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.94 avg rating — 1,734,351 ratings score: 3,412, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 104,136 ratings score: 3,341, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 117,484 ratings score: 3,289, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Othello by William Shakespeare 3.89 avg rating — 429,993 ratings score: 3,279, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities by Flora Rheta Schreiber 3.99 avg rating — 90,548 ratings score: 3,235, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.71 avg rating — 366,628 ratings score: 3,070, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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1,238 books · 3,852 voters · list created November 29th, 2008 by Leila (votes) .

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message 1: by jo (last edited Jan 09, 2009 05:44PM) (new)

Jan 09, 2009 05:42PM

a fine balance wins the prize, hands down.

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message 2: by jo (new)

Jan 09, 2009 07:44PM

oh, mike, you put one book there, and, since it's only one book, it climbs right to the top. that's rigging the system, man.

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 22, 2009 01:51PM

Oooh, good question!

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message 4: by Leila (new)

Jul 22, 2009 02:03PM

I thought Bridge to Terabithia was a fun childrens book (haven't read it) with all the adventure and stuff. I had no idea that I was so depressing!

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message 5: by Jen (new)

Jul 22, 2009 02:36PM

Ralph and Sarah,

I must know. What is so depressing about the soccer field being empty? Those two guys there on it look like they're doing okay.

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message 6: by Thom (new)

Sep 22, 2009 05:42AM

After putting up several titles and adding a bunch more, I suddenly realized this list of depressing books was nearly identical to my list of favorite books. Shit.

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message 7: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 22, 2009 04:21PM

The way the question is framed, aren't we supposed to pick just one book?

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message 8: by Thom (new)

Sep 22, 2009 06:31PM

Yes, Lobs, I think you are probably correct, but I can't decide..."Depressing" books are, for some reason, the ones I come to love the most and to re-read...And I am not a gloomy person, just the opposite. I guess the "dark night of the soul" is the greatest adventure, challenge, or some such. Lucky me: I'm a lover, not a sufferer.

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message 9: by Leila (new)

Sep 23, 2009 03:18AM

It's fine to add several books if you like though if you can pinpoint the most depressing book for you, then do add just one :) If you can't decide however (most books are very different), then it's perfectly okay to add several :)

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message 10: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 23, 2009 09:02AM

I voted for two I find equally depressing, though they are certainly very different books.

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message 11: by Thom (new)

Sep 23, 2009 09:52AM

There is a bottom line to "sad" Beckett's Endgame is so abyssmal it has to be comic.....I remember as a Sophomore being upset with Candide because I had a hard time getting past the "soldiers who ripped the girls' bellies open"....my girlfriend of the time was laughing like hell reading Candide and I just didn't get it. Incidentally, recently saw magnificent production of Bernstein et. al. Candide in the Berkshires. I laughed like hell.

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message 12: by Mandy (new)

Oct 03, 2009 02:07PM

Why isn't Les Miserables by Victor Hugo on this list?! JK, I'm not angry...just...surprised. I mean, it has the word "miserable" in the title. Even if you're not pronouncing it. I don't know, just think about it.

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message 13: by Ally (new)

Oct 05, 2009 07:44AM

I really thought Plath's the Bell jar would make it on this list!

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message 14: by Lobstergirl (new)

Oct 05, 2009 04:46PM

Mandy wrote: "Why isn't Les Miserables by Victor Hugo on this list?! JK, I'm not angry...just...surprised. I mean, it has the word "miserable" in the title. Even if you're not pronouncing it. I don't know, just ..."

Because you didn't add it?

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message 15: by [deleted user] (new)

Oct 05, 2009 05:50PM

Ally wrote: "I really thought Plath's the Bell jar would make it on this list!"

Odd, I had added it along with 7 other depressing books but then deleted it as I was only supposed to chose one. I still have 2 up. I consider that book too depressing to read again altho I bought myself an old paperback of it for NE quiz questions. No wonder she killed herself!

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message 16: by Ally (new)

Oct 05, 2009 11:09PM

Canary wrote: Odd, I had added it along with 7 other depressing books but then deleted it as I was only supposed to chose one. ..."
I had a very ambitious to read list when I was in school, but after The Bell Jar I decided to rather read books I enjoy and not books other people thought I should read. I agree though, I would not read it again

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message 17: by Lynn (new)

Oct 19, 2009 04:57AM

jo wrote: "a fine balance wins the prize, hands down."

Well, I put it second to Angela's Ashes. I read this for a book group and at the end it seemed like nothing, absolutely nothing, had changed. Very depressing!

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message 18: by Lynn (new)

Oct 19, 2009 04:57AM

Ally wrote: "Canary wrote: Odd, I had added it along with 7 other depressing books but then deleted it as I was only supposed to chose one. ..."
I had a very ambitious to read list when I was in school, but aft..."

Actually, I think you can post five, but you have to put them in order of depressingness.

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message 19: by Jessa (new)

Oct 26, 2009 06:05AM

Sybil The True and Extraordinary Story of a Woman Possessed By Sixteen Separate Personalities

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message 20: by Graham (new)

Oct 28, 2009 02:33AM

Last Exit to Brooklyn

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message 21: by Thom (new)

Oct 28, 2009 04:54AM

Lynn wrote: "jo wrote: "a fine balance wins the prize, hands down."

Well, I put it second to Angela's Ashes. I read this for a book group and at the end it seemed like nothing, absolutely nothing,..."

Is "realism" depression ? Doth Reality bite ? I'd like to ask Frank McCourt, but alas ! he's dead--and I find THAT depressing.

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message 22: by Adam (new)

Oct 30, 2009 02:32PM

the giver, the hunger games, anne frank, and bridge to teribithia are the winners for me.
AND WHY THE HECK IS TWILIGHT HERE????
ABSOLUTLY NOT DEPRESSING.

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message 23: by Adam (new)

Oct 30, 2009 02:33PM

Leila wrote: "I thought Bridge to Terabithia was a fun childrens book (haven't read it) with all the adventure and stuff. I had no idea that I was so depressing! "

I havent read it either (i want to) but saw the movie and i was bawling at the end! it is soooo sad! and just to let you know i am a teenage boy.

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message 24: by Mary Ellen (new)

Nov 10, 2009 08:51AM

Whoa... I sure have read a lot of depressing books. When I taught junior high, most every book dealt with a death to either a person, a pet, or a marriage.

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message 25: by Lynn (new)

Nov 10, 2009 09:15AM

My sister once took an adult education class on Modern Women British Writers. She decided it must have been sponsored by Prozac.

Mary Ellen wrote: "Whoa... I sure have read a lot of depressing books. When I taught junior high, most every book dealt with a death to either a person, a pet, or a marriage. "

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message 26: by Adam (new)

Nov 10, 2009 02:22PM

this is actually not a bad list! unlike most of them in goodreads...

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message 27: by Reed (new)

Nov 11, 2009 03:31PM

why are the twilight books on here?

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message 28: by Reed (new)

Nov 11, 2009 03:32PM

hunger games made me cry when someone died(its a spoiler not gonna say!) and im about 14 so yeah, real men do cry.

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message 29: by Reed (new)

Nov 11, 2009 03:33PM

i wonder y its like way down on the list though.

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message 30: by Suzanne (new)

Nov 11, 2009 04:25PM

Fall on Your Knees

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message 31: by Suzanne (new)

Nov 11, 2009 04:26PM

Adam wrote: "this is actually not a bad list! unlike most of them in goodreads..."

I agree. Some of my favorite books are on this list!

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message 32: by Adam (new)

Nov 11, 2009 05:23PM

Reed wrote: "hunger games made me cry when someone died(its a spoiler not gonna say!) and im about 14 so yeah, real men do cry.

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REED U AINT 14! U R 12.

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message 33: by Rem (new)

Jan 20, 2010 11:22PM

I just realized something...Alot of the books I think are depressing are my favourites, lol that is kinda scaring me.

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message 34: by Jaclyn (new)

Jan 28, 2010 12:43PM

Why is it that we're taught in school that good = sad?
'course I found Candide hilarious, and I thought that The Giver turned its self around so much at the end that I found it uplifting.

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message 35: by Mark (last edited Jan 29, 2010 12:25PM) (new)

Jan 29, 2010 11:52AM

If people think The Road and Bridge to Terebithia are depressing, they have some reading to do (unless they want to remain happy people, which I highly recommend for some people). Tess of the d'Urbervilles has to be like five octillion times as depressing as either of those. Personally, I think there's a huge difference between a depressing book and a sad book.

I wouldn't call The Road a sad book, though. I can see how some people can think it was depressing, but I didn't come away from it feeling that way, personally.

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message 36: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 30, 2010 10:42AM

Yeah, it's hard to argue with Hardy for depressing. (Jude the Obscure was my top choice.)

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message 37: by Alex (new)

Feb 09, 2010 01:05PM

The hollow is most deffinitally the most boring depressing feel bad book ever! i cant believe i had to add it

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message 38: by Will (new)

Mar 13, 2010 05:54PM

Where is "Johnny got his Gun" Hands down most depressing

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message 39: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Mar 14, 2010 12:07PM

The form to add books to the list is over at the right-hand side of the page.

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message 40: by Janal (new)

Apr 28, 2010 08:44AM

The Joy Luck book is the most depressing book i have ever read.

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message 41: by Sara (new)

May 22, 2010 10:05PM

I'm surprised I had to add Giovanni's Room myself! Although I agreed with the other books I've read that made it onto the list. And it was hard to pinpoint the fine line between depressing and intensely sad...

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message 42: by Katie (new)

May 26, 2010 04:40PM

The end of "The Road" made me cry for over 5 minutes. The entire book is pretty bleak.

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message 43: by BMaire (new)

Jul 11, 2010 12:37PM

Go ask Alice never seems to loose relevance in our society.

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message 44: by ɐzzıɹʞ (new)

Jul 14, 2010 12:52AM

Bridge to Terabithia? Depressing?
I can't believe it.

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message 45: by Coralie (new)

Aug 31, 2010 05:46PM

I feel that there is a vast difference between sad and depressing.

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message 46: by Daria (new)

Aug 31, 2010 06:23PM

Coralie wrote: "I feel that there is a vast difference between sad and depressing."

Yes I agree. That's why Wuthering Heights and The Hunger Games should not be on this list.

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message 47: by Namida... (new)

Feb 04, 2011 03:06PM

i don't think books that have a good character dying all of a sudden in them should be called depressing, they're just momentarily sad. That's why i don't think the vampire academy series should be here, nor the hunger games AnD DeFiNaTeLy NOT twilight, why do i find this abominable saga in every list! also to kill a mocking bird is neither sad nor depressing for me. but wuthering heights yeah, it's gothic and freaky sometimes but it is damned depressing. somehow i find virginia woolf's books depressing too, mrs dalloway and the waves had me sobbing all night.
but hey that's just me ^^

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message 48: by Isaac (new)

Jul 24, 2011 07:10PM

brideshead revisited imo

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message 49: by [deleted user] (new)

May 13, 2012 10:21AM

Reed wrote: "why are the twilight books on here?"

In New Moon Bella suffers a major depressive episode so bad that her father thinks about putting her in the hospital. She really needs medication but doesn't get any which is good. After 3 or 4 months she pulls out of it due to Jacob Black helping her. I actually enjoy reading about it which is very odd but cannot bear to read about her death when she gives birth to Renesmee.

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message 50: by Anna (new)

May 13, 2012 02:17PM

Most of the books I've voted are in my favourite shelf... I love them, what can I do? =)

Many of them are about love... that's my favourite genre ^-^

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