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I need your most depressing book recs
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Anonymous 19h

Under the Whispering Door - TJ Clune

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Anonymous 17h

anything by khaled hosseini

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Anonymous 14h

Genuinely get into fanfic if you arent already, Ive never had a real novel devastate me in the way angst of my favorite characters does

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Anonymous 18h

Kafka on the Shore The Possibility of an Island The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Road

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Anonymous 19h

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time would be my pick. If you want to feel really horrible after reading something, try We Need to Talk About Kevin. If you’re open to manga, Goodnight Punpun is one of the saddest works of fiction I’ve read.

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Anonymous 17h

The Giving Tree

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Anonymous 15h

The Road by Cormac McCarthy, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh, They Went Left by Monica Hess, Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black, and A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness are the saddest books I’ve read

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Anonymous 16h

Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro

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Anonymous 16h

Lily and the Octopus

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Anonymous 15h

The Song of Achilles

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 18h

Kafka on the shore was so good but I wouldn’t really call it depressing, it was also one of the most confusing books I’ve ever read lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17h

I think anything Murakami depressing me to an extend given his life but was also reading it the first time whilst grieving.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 16h

Ya I’m realizing my comment was kinda pointless lol, murakami, especially Kafka on the Shore leaves so much up for interpretation that every reader comes out of it with a different perspective

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 15h

and the book: They Both Die at The End

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 15h

🥀🥀🥀 and i recommend with my entire heart

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