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The 100 Most Depressing Books of All Time - Page 2

Depressing literature can be ironically life-affirming. Whatever problems you may have, at least you aren't stuck in a concentration camp or a dystopian future. Nor are you the ghost of a murdered child or a woman with sixteen personalities or . . . well, the list goes on.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
41
Harper Lee
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
42
Margaret Atwood
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
43
Erich Maria Remarque
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
44
Franz Kafka
New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
New Moon
45
Stephenie Meyer
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
46
Albert Camus
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
47
Anthony Burgess
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
48
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
49
Upton Sinclair
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
50
Victor Hugo
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
51
Rohinton Mistry
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
52
Truman Capote
On the Beach
On the Beach
53
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
54
Jeffrey Eugenides
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
55
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
56
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
57
John Steinbeck
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
58
Margaret Mitchell
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
59
Anonymous
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
60
Toni Morrison
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
Nineteen Minutes
61
Jodi Picoult
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
62
Wally Lamb
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
63
Vladimir Nabokov
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
64
John Knowles
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
65
Chinua Achebe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
66
Mary Shelley
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
67
Charles Dickens
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
68
Lionel Shriver
The Pact (Jodi Picoult)
The Pact
69
Jodi Picoult
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
70
José Saramago
Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
71
Flora Rheta Schreiber
Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows
Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows
72
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
73
Charlotte Bronte
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
74
Pearl S. Buck
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
75
John Green
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
76
Suzanne Collins
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
77
Andre Dubus III
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
78
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
79
Carson McCullers
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
80
Yann Martel
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