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

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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Little Bee (Chris Cleave)
Little Bee
201
Chris Cleave
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
202
Jean M. Auel
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
203
Jon Krakauer
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Ann Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
204
Harriet Ann Jacobs
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
205
George R.R. Martin
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
206
Nikolai Gogol
The Sweet Hereafter (Russell Banks)
The Sweet Hereafter
207
Russell Banks
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
208
Hermann Hesse
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
209
Philip Gourevitch
The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
210
Colleen McCullough
Mommie Dearest (Christina Crawford)
Mommie Dearest
211
Christina Crawford
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
212
Dennis Lehane
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
213
Garth Stein
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
214
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
215
C.S. Lewis
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
216
Sophocles
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
217
Primo Levi
The Shack (William Paul Young)
The Shack
218
William Paul Young
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
219
Evelyn Waugh
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
220
Ayn Rand
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
221
Jane Smiley
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (Marya Hornbacher)
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
222
Marya Hornbacher
Wasted (Marya Hornbacher)
Wasted
223
Marya Hornbacher
PS, I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
PS, I Love You
224
Cecelia Ahern
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956, Books III-IV (Vol. 2) (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956, Books III-IV (Vol. 2)
225
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
226
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
227
Stephen King
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
228
Sherwood Anderson
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
229
Knut Hamsun
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
230
Stephen Crane
All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
All the Bright Places
231
Jennifer Niven
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
232
Isabel Allende
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
233
Tennessee Williams
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
234
Charles Dickens
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
235
Stephen King
The Women's Room (Marilyn French)
The Women's Room
236
Marilyn French
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
237
Graham Greene
Going Rogue (Sarah Palin)
Going Rogue
238
Sarah Palin
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
239
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
240
Stephen King
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