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"Suicide" by Emile Durkheim. It isn't a novel; it's actually his doctoral dissertation about the four types of suicide, their causes, and the information he used to back up his claims. I'm pretty sure the old stereotype about German efficiency was about Durkheim, as the book is ridiculously thorough. One of the footnotes is so large that there is only enough room for two lines of body text on the page.