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Goodreads ''Most Depressing Books of All Time" - Now With 6 Times Greater Sadness - Page 4

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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Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars
121
Lois Lowry
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
122
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
123
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
124
J.K. Rowling
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
125
Margaret Atwood
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
126
Dalton Trumbo
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
127
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Push (Sapphire)
Push
128
Sapphire
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
129
Truman Capote
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
130
Émile Zola
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
131
Shirley Jackson
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
132
Nicholas Sparks
Summer of My German Soldier (Bette Greene)
Summer of My German Soldier
133
Bette Greene
Truly, Madly, Deeply (Faraaz Kazi)
Truly, Madly, Deeply
134
Faraaz Kazi
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
135
Sue Monk Kidd
Wintergirls (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Wintergirls
136
Laurie Halse Anderson
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
137
Richard Wright
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
138
Eugene O'Neill
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
139
Bret Easton Ellis
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
140
Graham Greene
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
141
Dan Brown
Forbidden (Tabitha Suzuma)
Forbidden
142
Tabitha Suzuma
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
143
Scott O'Dell
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
144
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
145
Art Spiegelman
Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom)
Tuesdays With Morrie
146
Mitch Albom
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
147
Arthur Miller
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
148
Bernhard Schlink
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
149
Tracy Chevalier
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
Me Before You
150
Jojo Moyes
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
151
Dee Brown
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
152
Gabriel García Márquez
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
153
Edward Albee
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
154
Dorothy Allison
Before I Die (Jenny Downham)
Before I Die
155
Jenny Downham
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
156
Emma Donoghue
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
157
Stephenie Meyer
Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay)
Sarah's Key
158
Tatiana De Rosnay
Burned (Ellen Hopkins)
Burned
159
Ellen Hopkins
Gorillas in the Mist (Diane Fossey)
Gorillas in the Mist
160
Diane Fossey
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