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Goodreads' Most Depressing Books of All Time - Page 2

Goodreads members voted which books made them feel the most depressed after they finished reading them.
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Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
41
Edith Wharton
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
42
John Green
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
43
Albert Camus
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
44
Erich Maria Remarque
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
45
Fred Gipson
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
46
Victor Hugo
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
47
Margery Williams
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
48
Laurie Halse Anderson
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
49
Richard Yates
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
50
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
51
Suzanne Collins
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
52
Upton Sinclair
New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
New Moon
53
Stephenie Meyer
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
54
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
55
William Shakespeare
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
56
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
57
Anthony Burgess
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
58
Truman Capote
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
59
Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
60
Toni Morrison
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
61
John Steinbeck
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
62
Jeffrey Eugenides
On the Beach
On the Beach
63
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
64
Mary Shelley
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
65
Anonymous
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
66
Margaret Mitchell
Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Deathly Hallows
67
J.K. Rowling
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
68
Stephen Chbosky
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
69
Lionel Shriver
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
70
Toni Morrison
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
71
Wally Lamb
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
72
Chinua Achebe
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
Nineteen Minutes
73
Jodi Picoult
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
74
John Knowles
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
75
Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
76
Leo Tolstoy
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
77
Franz Kafka
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
78
Ray Bradbury
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
79
Charlotte Bronte
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
80
José Saramago
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