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I want a very depressing book

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ViceVersa Tue 30-Dec-25 13:06:39

Oh I loved Shuggie Bain, but I wouldn't have thought of it as depressing. Same with To Kill A Mockingbird.

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Lovemylife Tue 30-Dec-25 12:37:53

Ten Thousand Sorrows by Elizabeth Kim

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Grandmabatty Tue 30-Dec-25 12:33:38

Definitely Shuggie Bain. Or A Little Life. It has to be the most depressing book I have ever read

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Humbertbear Tue 30-Dec-25 12:33:01

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
More by Thomas Hardy - Tess of the Durbevilles or Mayor of Casterbridge
Dickens - Old Curiosity Shop

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Greyduster Tue 30-Dec-25 12:28:18

“Shuggie Bain”.

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Moth62 Tue 30-Dec-25 12:24:44

FIT not for. How I wish there was an edit button on here like there is on WhatsApp! (Or I could just read and check carefully before I send, I suppose…)

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Moth62 Tue 30-Dec-25 12:23:06

How about “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt? I gave up halfway through as it was soooo depressing. Should for the bill nicely, I’d have thought smile

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winterwhite Tue 30-Dec-25 12:09:31

Or Great Expectations.

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Greenfinch Tue 30-Dec-25 11:45:08

Have you read Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy?

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Lollin Tue 30-Dec-25 11:43:41

Very surprised by your heading so I did a quick search and 32 came up straight away. I thought better to a
Check, which books have you read already?

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ochia03 Tue 30-Dec-25 11:36:42

Ive always loved reading really depressing books, since I'm a rather happy-go-lucky person, so most of the ones I read don't make me feel very sad. So that's where I employ all of you great people, to find me a book that will make me rethink why I created this post. Please and thank you smile

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