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Surprisingly life affirming considering
Catch-22 (Vintage Classics)Catch-22 (Vintage Classics) by Joseph Heller
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Start by thinking about war and death
For Esme - with Love and Squalor: and Other StoriesFor Esme - with Love and Squalor: and Other Stories by J.D. Salinger
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Then think about death and war
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
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If you are not yet sufficiently depressed, think about lost love
The Summer BookThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson
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Death again, but this time of old age
The Thought GangThe Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer
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Death and bank robbery
The Scheme for Full EmploymentThe Scheme for Full Employment by Magnus Mills
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Industrial relations (no death at all)
Selected PoemsSelected Poems by W.H. Auden
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Wrinkles
The Yellow Dog (Penguin Modern Classics)The Yellow Dog (Penguin Modern Classics) by Georges Simenon
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Murder
Happy Like BarnaclesHappy Like Barnacles by Karen Testa
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It would ruin it if I told you this one is about death, so I won't
The Secret HistoryThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
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To end on a lighter note, no deaths at all, except for the central murder