Flowers for Algernon, it made a little bit teary at the end.
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Flowers for Algernon, it made a little bit teary at the end.
Damn emo books lol just kidding I would have to say A book called "Where the red fern grows" something like that is sad.
All of Kafka's books.
And 'Spider' from Patrick McGrath.
A book we discussed recently in another thread
Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks
The Wasp factory, there's an other one.
and Watership down just makes me bubble all the way through it.
Those poo-hooor bunny wa-aa-aahhbits.:cry:
I felt more sorry for the guy in The Algebraist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biggles
Don't ask me why, tho' :ermm:
I've read lots of depressing books, Hiroshima is one.
Angela Carter's Fireworks is another.
Mary Shelly- Frankenstein
That's not depressing. I've just finished reading that.
Couldn't easily find english translations, but by far the most depressing writer ever is Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski.
'Der idiot' and 'Schuld und Sühne' are very depressing.
a quote stolen from a review on amazon.de
'Dostoyevsky's rendering of 18th-century Russia emerges unscathed, bringing the dark pathos (such as wretched poverty and rampant suffering) to life.'
Don't blame me that you'll get suicidal after reading his books.
I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment, but The House of the Dead] is also a good read.
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