1.
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
23 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
2.
1984
Shows the downfall of freedom ;(
22 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
3.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
20 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
4.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
19 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
5.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
15 points - added 15 years ago by chainik - 1 comment
Comments:
this is the benchmark for depressing books everywhere
Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points
6.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
10 points - added 6 years ago by guest -
7.
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
10 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
8.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
6 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
9.
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
5 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
10.
Tess of the d'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
4 points - added 15 years ago by chainik - 1 comment
Comments:
"The woman pays." Tess is trapped by circumstances again and again in this appalling account of Victorian double standards. Promised happiness eludes her from page one.
Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points
11.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
4 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
12.
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
A terribly sad ending.
4 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
13.
Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
2 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
14.
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
2 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
15.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1 point - added 15 years ago by chainik -
16.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
1 point - added 15 years ago by chainik - 1 comment
Comments:
A chilling account of how Africa makes white people more uncivilized than the blacks they enslave.
Very sad, very sad. snark/
Fine book, wrong list.
Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points
17.
Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
1 point - added 15 years ago by chainik -
18.
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
A slow descent into despair.
1 point - added 15 years ago by chainik -
19.
The Death of Ivan Illich
An examination of death and dying.
1 point - added 15 years ago by chainik -
20.
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Haunting work on the Holocaust
1 point - added 15 years ago by chainik -
21.
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
0 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
22.
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
0 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
23.
Underworld by Don DeLillo
Grim and grotesque realities.
0 points - added 15 years ago by chainik -
24.
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
-1 point - added 15 years ago by chainik -
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