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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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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
241
Anne Rice
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
242
Charles Frazier
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
243
John Hersey
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
244
Jeannette Walls
Leaving Las Vegas (John O'Brien)
Leaving Las Vegas
245
John O'Brien
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
246
George Eliot
The Dead and the Gone (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
The Dead and the Gone
247
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
248
Irvine Welsh
The Drinking Den/L'assommoir (Émile Zola)
The Drinking Den/L'assommoir
249
Émile Zola
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
250
Ernest J. Gaines
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time
251
Timothy Egan
Not Without My Daughter (Betty Mahmoody)
Not Without My Daughter
252
Betty Mahmoody
Say You're One of Them (Uwem Akpan)
Say You're One of Them
253
Uwem Akpan
Life as We Knew It Series (Susan Pfeffer)
Life as We Knew It Series
254
Susan Pfeffer
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
255
George Eliot
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
256
Susanna Kaysen
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
257
Sara Gruen
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
A Monster Calls
258
Patrick Ness
Rebecca (Daphne Dumaurier)
Rebecca
259
Daphne Dumaurier
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
260
William Peter Blatty
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
261
Jack Kerouac
Blood Promise (Richelle Mead)
Blood Promise
262
Richelle Mead
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
263
Milan Kundera
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
264
Anne Tyler
Slammerkin (Emma Donoghue)
Slammerkin
265
Emma Donoghue
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land and Other Poems
266
T.S. Eliot
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
267
Rebecca Wells
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
268
Jean Rhys
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
269
Malcolm Lowry
Laughter in the Dark (Vladimir Nabokov)
Laughter in the Dark
270
Vladimir Nabokov
Three Comrades (Erich Maria Remarque)
Three Comrades
271
Erich Maria Remarque
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
272
Judith Guest
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
273
Richard Adams
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
274
John Irving
Sold (Patricia McCormick)
Sold
275
Patricia McCormick
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
276
Herman Melville
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
277
Thornton Wilder
Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
Death Be Not Proud
278
John Gunther
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
279
Janet Fitch
'Night, Mother (Marsha Norman)
'Night, Mother
280
Marsha Norman
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