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Goodreads ''Most Depressing Books of All Time" - Now With 6 Times Greater Sadness - Page 7

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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from goodreads.com · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 81 of 606 (13%)
required scores: 1, 42, 64, 87, 116 

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Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
242
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
243
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
244
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
245
Leaving Las Vegas (John O'Brien)
Leaving Las Vegas (John O'Brien)
246
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
247
The Dead and the Gone (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
The Dead and the Gone (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
248
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
249
The Drinking Den/L'assommoir (Émile Zola)
The Drinking Den/L'assommoir (Émile Zola)
250
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
251
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
252
Not Without My Daughter (Betty Mahmoody)
Not Without My Daughter (Betty Mahmoody)
253
Say You're One of Them (Uwem Akpan)
Say You're One of Them (Uwem Akpan)
254
Life as We Knew It Series (Susan Pfeffer)
Life as We Knew It Series (Susan Pfeffer)
255
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
256
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
257
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
258
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
259
Rebecca (Daphne Dumaurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Dumaurier)
260
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
261
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
262
Blood Promise (Richelle Mead)
Blood Promise (Richelle Mead)
263
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
264
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
265
Slammerkin (Emma Donoghue)
Slammerkin (Emma Donoghue)
266
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T.S. Eliot)
267
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
268
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
269
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
270
Laughter in the Dark (Vladimir Nabokov)
Laughter in the Dark (Vladimir Nabokov)
271
Three Comrades (Erich Maria Remarque)
Three Comrades (Erich Maria Remarque)
272
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
273
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
274
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
275
Sold (Patricia McCormick)
Sold (Patricia McCormick)
276
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
277
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
278
Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
279
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
280
'Night, Mother (Marsha Norman)
'Night, Mother (Marsha Norman)
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