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Goodreads ''Most Depressing Books of All Time" - Now With 6 Times Greater Sadness - Page 8

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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Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
281
Chuck Palahniuk
In the First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle
282
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Impulse (Ellen Hopkins)
Impulse
283
Ellen Hopkins
Nectar in a Sieve (Kamala Markandaya 1954)
Nectar in a Sieve
284
Kamala Markandaya 1954
Sleepers (Lorenzo Carcaterra)
Sleepers
285
Lorenzo Carcaterra
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
286
Gillian Flynn
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
287
Samuel Beckett
A Day No Pigs Would Die (Robert Newton Peck)
A Day No Pigs Would Die
288
Robert Newton Peck
This World We Live in (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
This World We Live In
289
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Waiting (Ha Jin)
Waiting
290
Ha Jin
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
291
Patrick Ness
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Host
292
Stephenie Meyer
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
293
W. Somerset Maugham
Love You Forever (Robert N. Munsch)
Love You Forever
294
Robert N. Munsch
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
295
Norman Mailer
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
296
Diane Setterfield
The Stoning of Soraya M (Freidoune Sahebjam)
The Stoning of Soraya M
297
Freidoune Sahebjam
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
298
Boris Pasternak
Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
Fall on Your Knees
299
Ann-Marie MacDonald
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
300
Joyce Carol Oates
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
301
Charles Dickens
Tears of a Tiger (Sharon Draper)
Tears of a Tiger
302
Sharon Draper
The Almost Moon (Alice Sebold)
The Almost Moon
303
Alice Sebold
Lullabies for Little Criminals (Heather O'Neill)
Lullabies for Little Criminals
304
Heather O'Neill
Q & a (Vikas Swarup)
Q & A
305
Vikas Swarup
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (James Patterson)
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
306
James Patterson
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (Paolo Giordano)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
307
Paolo Giordano
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
308
John Williams
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
309
J.K. Rowling
The End (Lemony Snicket)
The End
310
Lemony Snicket
My Sweet Orange Tree (José Mauro De Vasconcelos)
My Sweet Orange Tree
311
José Mauro De Vasconcelos
Noughts & Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts & Crosses
312
Malorie Blackman
The Gathering (Anne Enright)
The Gathering
313
Anne Enright
Midnight Cowboy (James Leo Herlihy)
Midnight Cowboy
314
James Leo Herlihy
Marley and Me (John Grogan)
Marley and Me
315
John Grogan
Hope for the Flowers (Trina Paulus)
Hope for the Flowers
316
Trina Paulus
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck
317
Henrik Ibsen
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
318
Khaled Hosseini
The Kreutzer Sonata (Leo Tolstoy)
The Kreutzer Sonata
319
Leo Tolstoy
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
320
Oscar Wilde
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