Books about hardship?
When I'm going through a rough time I like to read books where characters are having a WAY rougher time than I am. It helps me be thankful for what I have and either pulls me out of my rut, or distracts me long enough for it to naturally pass.
What are some good entry-level (I'm not illiterate or dumb, but I'm certainly not well educated) books about people living through really rough times?
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road".
Mein Kampf.
>>7507351
I was bummed out my mum took my nintendo away so I read this holocaust novel and now I could leap for joy! You don't need Nintendo!
>>7507351
>reading books for the same reason that british people watch soap operas
you plebian shitcunt
Obviously Great Expectations and Oliver Twist.
>>7507351
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
literally the book for that
Hunger - Knut Hamsun
>>7507649
Not quite. Just having a rough patch, break-up, father's death, and barely getting by financially (cause it was much easier pre-breakup, had 2 incomes coming in) both in the past few weeks.
But yeah focusing on how things could be worse helps me remain thankful for what I still have. Mock me all you want, but it's helpful for me.
>>7507891
Also thanks for the recs. already read "the road" (when I was unemployed and stuck in a shitty drug house in the ghetto) and that's how I got through it.
I'll head to the library today. Thanks anons
>>7507351
Surprised no one's mentioned Orwell's Down and Out in Paris in London
Dante's Inferno
Jernigan - David Gates
