Books for shortening days, long dark nights.
By Eric Hill • Oct 1st, 2009 • Category: Book Reviews, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, In Brief, Recommended Artistic ConsumptionAbeBooks users pick:
Bleak Books - the Top 10 Most Depressing Books
Earlier this year AbeBooks asked you to identify your most depressing reads and you came up with some desperately bleak books. There was nuclear fallout, the Holocaust, government oppression, poverty, mental illness and the savage nature of humanity itself, and that was just the tip of the iceberg.
The Road, a heart-breaking novel of unending post-apocalyptic horror including cannibalism and violence, easily topped the list and that was no surprise. Suckers for punishment will be able enjoy (endure) the movie version of McCarthy’s novel in November. “The Road was the most crushingly bleak book I’ve ever read,” wrote Tom from New York and many readers agreed with him.
Read the rest of the list at AbeBooks.
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