Most Depressing Books

Descripció
What are the books that just really brought you down?
1
The Good Earth
de Pearl S. Buck
13,814 membres
265 ressenyes
4
6 Members
dara85, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
2
La transformació
de Franz Kafka
12,443 membres
219 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Death of a Salesman
de Arthur Miller
12,181 membres
116 ressenyes
½ 3.6
6 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Diari
de Anne Frank
28,288 membres
513 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, Tosta, Charon07
5
El cor de les tenebres
de Joseph Conrad
23,556 membres
387 ressenyes
½ 3.6
5 Members
roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
6
Teresa dels Urbervilles : una dona pura, fidelment presentada
de Thomas Hardy
19,149 membres
244 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
7
Res de nou a l'oest
de Erich Maria Remarque
19,056 membres
403 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
8
Flowers for Algernon
de Daniel Keyes
15,765 membres
381 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, Tosta, Charon07
9
Cims borrascosos
de Emily Brontë
51,899 membres
699 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
10
The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,215 membres
1,137 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Charon07
11
Homes i ratolins
de John Steinbeck
38,991 membres
659 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
12
A sangre fría
de Truman Capote
23,702 membres
466 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
13
La pesta
de Albert Camus
18,464 membres
249 ressenyes
4
4 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
14
Tendra és la nit
de F. Scott Fitzgerald
12,905 membres
184 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
15
Un tramvia anomenat Desig
de Tennessee Williams
8,019 membres
94 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
roby72, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
1984
de George Orwell
81,841 membres
1,268 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
17
El raïm de la ira
de John Steinbeck
34,261 membres
471 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner
18
La campana de vidre
de Sylvia Plath
28,064 membres
501 ressenyes
4
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, Tosta
Explicacions
ahef1963: I can state without hestitation that The Bell Jar is the most depressing book I've ever read.
19
Madame Bovary
de Gustave Flaubert
26,188 membres
390 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
20
La perla
de John Steinbeck
13,145 membres
204 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
21
Assaig sobre la ceguesa
de José Saramago
13,030 membres
390 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
roby72, sturlington, ahef1963
Explicacions
sturlington: Rivals The Road for showing humanity at its absolute worst.
22
Brideshead Revisited
de Evelyn Waugh
12,565 membres
265 ressenyes
4
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
23
Memòries del subsòl
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,519 membres
155 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner
24
A Canticle for Leibowitz
de Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,732 membres
308 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, Charon07
25
The Red Badge of Courage
de Stephen Crane
11,141 membres
128 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
26
El cor és un caçador solitari
de Carson McCullers
10,706 membres
243 ressenyes
4
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Jude, l'obscur
de Thomas Hardy
10,151 membres
141 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner
28
Ethan Frome
de Edith Wharton
9,491 membres
214 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
29
Viatge al fons de la nit
de Louis-Ferdinand Céline
6,006 membres
82 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner
30
On the Beach
de Nevil Shute
4,880 membres
177 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, Charon07
31
La revolta dels animals
de George Orwell
59,905 membres
880 ressenyes
4
2 Members
ahef1963, Charon07
32
Senyor de les mosques
de William Golding
49,543 membres
745 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
33
Grans esperances
de Charles Dickens
38,427 membres
432 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
34
La carretera
de Cormac McCarthy
34,366 membres
1,404 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, Tosta
35
Mrs. Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,604 membres
329 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
36
El procés
de Franz Kafka
19,864 membres
237 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, thecoroner
37
El déu de les coses petites
de Arundhati Roy
19,614 membres
372 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
38
The Time Machine
de H. G. Wells
17,662 membres
338 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
cej1027, ahef1963
39
The Things They Carried
de Tim O'Brien
14,323 membres
393 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, Tosta
40
Les hores
de Michael Cunningham
12,696 membres
232 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
41
Intèrpret d'emocions
de Jhumpa Lahiri
12,100 membres
266 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
42
The House of Mirth
de Edith Wharton
9,693 membres
201 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
43
Les Desventures del jove Werther
de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8,060 membres
127 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, thecoroner
44
Harriet the Spy
de Louise Fitzhugh
6,968 membres
121 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
cej1027, ahef1963
45
The Children of Men
de P. D. James
5,787 membres
200 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
46
Germinal
de Émile Zola
5,360 membres
78 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, thecoroner
47
Bastard Out of Carolina
de Dorothy Allison
5,178 membres
119 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, Tosta
48
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,695 membres
75 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, thecoroner
49
Assaig sobre la lucidesa
de José Saramago
2,775 membres
63 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, Charon07
Explicacions
Charon07: If you thought Blindness was depressing, this is so much worse.
50
L'Assommoir
de Émile Zola
2,419 membres
44 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, thecoroner
51
Seven Days in the Art World
de Sarah Thornton
785 membres
23 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, bluepiano
Explicacions
bluepiano: One chapter excepted, it's nightmarishly dystopian--yet it's non-fiction. A world in which cleverness + PR obviates art. Very deeply depressing.
52
Miss Lonelyhearts
de Nathanael West
774 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
53
Fraulein Else
de Arthur Schnitzler
408 membres
7 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, thecoroner
54
Suspicious River
de Laura Kasischke
116 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, bluepiano
Explicacions
bluepiano: Oh lord this sort of thing happens to people. If I had a sense of honour I'd just curl up and die. Deeply depressing.
55
The Immaculate Conception
de Gaétan Soucy
63 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, bluepiano
Explicacions
bluepiano: Depiction of a neighbourhood in which extreme nastiness wins over kindness hands down. Depressing because it's credible.
56
Flor de Neu i el ventall secret
de Lisa See
11,256 membres
442 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
57
La Foguera de les vanitats
de Tom Wolfe
8,935 membres
132 ressenyes
3.8
Member
merrystar
58
Parable of the Sower
de Octavia E. Butler
8,084 membres
237 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
59
Herzog
de Saul Bellow
5,194 membres
62 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
60
Earth Abides
de George R. Stewart
3,632 membres
115 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
61
El cas d'en Barney Panofsky : notes i postfaci de Michael Panofsky
de Mordecai Richler
1,826 membres
40 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
62
Veronica
de Mary Gaitskill
1,164 membres
27 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
63
Mister Sandman
de Barbara Gowdy
411 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington