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Goodreads' Most Depressing Books of All Time

Goodreads members voted which books made them feel the most depressed after they finished reading them.
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Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
1
Anne Frank
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
3
Cormac McCarthy
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
4
Katherine Paterson
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
5
Elie Wiesel
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
6
John Steinbeck
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
7
William Golding
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
8
Alice Sebold
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
9
Wilson Rawls
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
10
Dave Pelzer
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
11
Jodi Picoult
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
12
Daniel Keyes
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
13
Shel Silverstein
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
14
Sylvia Plath
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
15
Frank McCourt
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
16
John Boyne
The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Little Match Girl
17
Hans Christian Andersen
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
18
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
19
Khalid Hosseini
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
20
John Steinbeck
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
21
Jay Asher
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
22
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
23
Emily Brontë
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
24
Markus Zusak
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
25
Khaled Hosseini
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
26
J.D. Salinger
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
27
Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
28
George Orwell
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
29
Thomas Hardy
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
30
Suzanne Collins
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
31
Audrey Niffenegger
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
32
William Styron
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
33
E.B. White
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
34
William Shakespeare
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
35
Thomas Hardy
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
36
Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
37
Harper Lee
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
38
Lois Lowry
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
39
Franz Kafka
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
40
Arthur Miller
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