Most Depressing Book of All Time

101.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,436 ratings
102.
House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog 3.86 avg rating — 135,352 ratings
103.
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 4.19 avg rating — 78,030 ratings
104.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,595 ratings
105.
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird 3.90 avg rating — 27,861 ratings
106.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,467 ratings
107.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night 3.77 avg rating — 146,411 ratings
108.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,154 ratings
109.
Love Story (Love Story, #1)
Love Story (Love Story, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 63,438 ratings
110.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,355 ratings
111.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 3.66 avg rating — 104,098 ratings
112.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,404 ratings
113.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,239 ratings
114.
My Story: "A Child Called It", "The Lost Boy", "A Man Named Dave"
My Story: "A Child Called It", "The Lost Boy", "A Man Named Dave" 4.24 avg rating — 14,824 ratings
115.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,506 ratings
116.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,938 ratings
117.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,324 ratings
118.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,550 ratings
119.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating — 320,907 ratings
120.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,174 ratings
121.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,743 ratings
122.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,715,955 ratings
123.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,305 ratings
124.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,217 ratings
125.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) 4.58 avg rating — 3,563,218 ratings
126.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,385 ratings
127.
Germinal
Germinal 4.20 avg rating — 41,610 ratings
128.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 3,690,857 ratings
129.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,931 ratings
130.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,417 ratings
131.
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 17,689 ratings
132.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,561 ratings
133.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,949 ratings
134.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,167 ratings
135.
Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating — 58,127 ratings
135.
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Truly, Madly, Deeply 3.58 avg rating — 1,555 ratings
137.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,560 ratings
138.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,462 ratings
139.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,488 ratings
140.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,285 ratings
141.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night 4.06 avg rating — 42,392 ratings
142.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,155 ratings
143.
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair 3.90 avg rating — 68,987 ratings
144.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,242 ratings
145.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,219 ratings
146.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,755 ratings
147.
Wintergirls
Wintergirls 3.96 avg rating — 124,791 ratings
148.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,676 ratings
149.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,668 ratings
150.
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,762,180 ratings
151.
Forbidden
Forbidden 3.96 avg rating — 75,395 ratings
152.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,560 ratings
153.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,318 ratings
154.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating — 72,629 ratings
155.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
156.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,153,959 ratings
157.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,149 ratings
158.
Before I Die
Before I Die 3.81 avg rating — 57,636 ratings
159.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,125,878 ratings
160.
Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist 4.15 avg rating — 21,056 ratings
161.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,649 ratings
162.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,143 ratings
163.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,172 ratings
164.
The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1
The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1 4.37 avg rating — 11,712 ratings
165.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,960 ratings
165.
Dear John
Dear John 4.04 avg rating — 614,052 ratings
167.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,884 ratings
168.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,245 ratings
169.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,695 ratings
170.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,770 ratings
171.
Burned (Burned, #1)
Burned (Burned, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 70,228 ratings
172.
The Last Song
The Last Song 4.16 avg rating — 568,232 ratings
173.
Lucky
Lucky 3.77 avg rating — 101,355 ratings
174.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,162 ratings
175.
Cujo
Cujo 3.80 avg rating — 312,745 ratings
176.
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 378,086 ratings
177.
That Was Then, This Is Now
That Was Then, This Is Now 3.94 avg rating — 39,456 ratings
178.
Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika Decides to Die 3.73 avg rating — 237,027 ratings
179.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,378 ratings
180.
Private Peaceful
Private Peaceful 4.15 avg rating — 30,495 ratings
181.
The Children of Húrin
The Children of Húrin 4.05 avg rating — 90,920 ratings
182.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,442 ratings
183.
Père Goriot
Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 64,955 ratings
184.
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream 4.11 avg rating — 63,281 ratings
185.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,927 ratings
186.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,203 ratings
187.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,575 ratings
188.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,547 ratings
189.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,034 ratings
190.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,460 ratings
191.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In 4.04 avg rating — 118,287 ratings
192.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,071 ratings
193.
Saving Luke (The Pretender #2)
Saving Luke (The Pretender #2) 3.16 avg rating — 180 ratings
194.
Rebirth (The Pretender #1)
Rebirth (The Pretender #1) 3.34 avg rating — 273 ratings
195.
Suite Française
Suite Française 3.86 avg rating — 77,016 ratings
196.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,942 ratings
197.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward 4.26 avg rating — 17,570 ratings
198.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,932 ratings
199.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,081 ratings
200.
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 1,122,258 ratings
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