Winter Reading List?

Looking for a little depression to brighten your day?

AbeBooks came out with a “Top 10 Most Depressing Books” list. I’ve read almost half of them, eep (surprisingly, that one about the Irish slave girl is not included).

Here’s their list. The ones I have read are in blue:

The Road, Cormac McCarthy

The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath (I really should read this one)

Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy

1984, George Orwell (Augh.)

Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (I did not find this depressing at all. I actually thought it was kind of uplifting. I did skip over about 60 pages of preaching, though.)

The Grapes of  Wrath, John Steinbeck (God, have I read this book? I truly can’t remember.)

Night, Elie Wiesel

On the Beach, Nevil Shute  (Oh, yeah. This one qualifies.)

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

Lord of the Flies, William Golding (What’s so depressing? Really, what else would a group of boys do, alone on an island, but cut off a pig’s head and torture and kill each other?)

WHAT BOOKS HAVE YOU FOUND HORRIBLY DEPRESSING? I’m not talking made you cry, I’m talking DEPRESSING, like made you feel like you were carrying a fanny pack full of wet cement for the next week.

You can read more about the AbeBooks list here.