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The 100 Most Depressing Books of All Time - Page 3

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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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
81
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
82
Michael Cunningham
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
83
Franz Kafka
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
84
Leo Tolstoy
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
85
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
86
Gregory Maguire
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
87
Stephen Chbosky
Love Story (Erich Segal)
Love Story
88
Erich Segal
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
89
Jerzy Kosinski
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
91
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
92
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
93
Ian McEwan
I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
I Know This Much Is True
94
Wally Lamb
My Story
My Story
95
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
96
Gustave Flaubert
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
97
Ray Bradbury
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Truly, Madly, Deeply
98
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
99
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
100
Cormac McCarthy
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