Books about depression, alienation and loneliness

A Listmania! list by "chantingchancer"
 
Papr:kut
1.  Papr:kut by Ian McLachlan
The list author says:
  "well written account of loneliness in the young and the old"
£12.50

Less Than Zero (Picador Books)
2.  Less Than Zero (Picador Books) by Bret Easton Ellis
The list author says:
  "weighs on the soul"
Used & New from: £0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)

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Collected Poems
3.  Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
The list author says:
  "lyrical masterpiece from the god of boredom"
£9.09   Used & New from: £5.12
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
4.  Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
The list author says:
  "witty and romantic story of love, despair and the Catholic religion"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)

Arthur Rimbaud (Perennial Classics)
5.  Arthur Rimbaud (Perennial Classics) by Paul Schmidt
The list author says:
  "passionate, angry, delirious, gentle - why aren't there more people like Rimbaud?"
Used & New from: £1.49
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Intimacy
6.  Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
The list author says:
  "hardcore, quasi-nihilistic relationships"
£4.87   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

The Stranger
7.  The Stranger by Albert Camus
The list author says:
  "authoritative account of alienation"
Used & New from: £0.48
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)

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The Homeward Bounders
8.  The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones
The list author says:
  "children's classic for those of us that know we'll never get home"
£4.89   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

On Daimons
9.  On Daimons by Ian McLachlan
The list author says:
  "ode to friendship between outsiders"
£6.99   Used & New from: £3.99

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