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Goodreads ''Most Depressing Books of All Time" - Now With 6 Times Greater Sadness - Page 3

The Lone List Lengthener rides again! As my mood became more sullen while compiling this challenge, I started including more of the most sombre or distressing covers from the database (and even made a few dozen myself). But see what happens mid-way through the list.
One of the main reasons for lengthening this list was to increase the chances of your favourite sad book making it onto the challenge (just check out the Goodreads original list to see how irate customers can otherwise become.) Also, I might be a typical insensitive male, but I can't see why some of these books are depressing (unless it is the last book in a treasured series, or plain-old poor writing.)
At least 2 votes for a book to be included. Plus my own very recently completed addition at 606. 'Moths' is an excellent read.
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avg. score: 81 of 606 (13%)
required scores: 1, 42, 64, 87, 116 

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Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
81
José Saramago
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
82
Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
83
Tennessee Williams
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
84
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
85
Ian McEwan
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
86
Suzanne Collins
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
87
Ken Kesey
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
88
William Shakespeare
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
89
Michael Cunningham
The Pact (Jodi Picoult)
The Pact
90
Jodi Picoult
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
91
Pearl S. Buck
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
92
Edith Wharton
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
93
Carson McCullers
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
94
Kazuo Ishiguro
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
95
Yann Martel
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
96
Gustave Flaubert
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
97
William Shakespeare
Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
98
Flora Rheta Schreiber
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
99
Andre Dubus III
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
100
Gregory Maguire
Notes From Underground, White Nights, the Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground, White Nights, the Dream of a Ridiculous Man
101
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
102
Jerzy Kosinski
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
103
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
104
Ernest Hemingway
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
105
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love Story (Erich Segal)
Love Story
106
Erich Segal
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
107
Alice Walker
Notre-Dame De Paris (Victor Hugo)
Notre-Dame De Paris
108
Victor Hugo
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
109
Anna Sewell
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
110
David Wroblewski
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
111
Amy Tan
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
112
Arthur Golden
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
113
Kate Chopin
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
114
Thomas Keneally
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
115
Kurt Vonnegut
I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
I Know This Much Is True
116
Wally Lamb
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
117
John Green
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
118
S.E. Hinton
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
119
Barbara Kingsolver
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
120
Albert Camus
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