Depressing books I’m currently reading

Jon Krakauer’s Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town.

Pat Barker’s Regeneration.*

I’ve been alternating between the two, but I’m not sure why - neither provides any emotional relief from the other.

* Related to this – a subject that receives far too little attention: “Animals as the Victims of Militarism: ‘In Wars, Not of Their Making’.” Also cheery.