Book that will make me feel less alone in general sadness, inspired by James Baldwin quote

Specifically thinking of the James Baldwin quote: “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”

Would prefer “literary” fiction, but open to nonfiction or other genres. Not into anything that could be described as “hopecore” or self-help (nothing wrong with either of these, they’re just not my jam).