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Sci-fi books with depression
Sci-fi books flagged for depression, ranked by reader rating — so you can decide what to read or avoid. Every title carries a content rating and age recommendation.
28 books
The Dahlia and the Wizard
XAdult 18+
The Missing Half
PG-13Adult 18+
All Better Now
PG-13YA 12-17
1984
PG-13Adult 18+
In Universes
PG-13Adult 18+
Stella Maris
RAdult 18+
Elder Race
PG-13Adult 18+
When We Cease to Understand the World
PG-13Adult 18+
The Trial
PG-13Adult 18+
The Seep
RAdult 18+
The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition
PG-13Adult 18+
Shift
RAdult 18+
The Dark Forest
RAdult 18+
Mayday
PG-13YA 12-17
Godless
PG-13Adult 18+
The Legend of Drizzt 25th Anniversary Edition, Book IV
RAdult 18+
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
RAdult 18+
Flowers for Algernon
PG-13Adult 18+
Almost Gave Up: A Series About Falling Apart & Finding Yourself Again (The Almost Series)
RAdult 18+
Blade Runner: Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
RAdult 18+
The Voice of Rage and Ruin Volume 1
RAdult 18+
Garenburg Penitence: Unarchived
PG-13YA 12-17
Us Dark Few
RAdult 18+
Displaced Person
PGYA 12-17
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration for the films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
PG-13Adult 18+
How to Stop Time: A Novel
PG-13Adult 18+
The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
PG-13Adult 18+
The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
RAdult 18+