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The 100 Most Depressing Books of All Time

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 Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
2
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
3
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
4
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia
5
Night
Night
6
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows
7
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
8
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
9
My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper
10
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
11
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
12
A Child Called It
A Child Called It
13
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree
14
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl
15
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
16
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
17
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
18
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
19
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
20
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
21
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
22
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
23
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
24
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
25
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
26
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
27
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
28
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
29
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
30
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome
31
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
32
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Tess of the D'urbervilles
33
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
34
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
35
Mockingjay
Mockingjay
36
Old Yeller
Old Yeller
37
Speak
Speak
38
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit
39
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
40
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
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