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19 More Books That People Claim Have Truly Traumatized Them for Life [BuzzFeed]

We recently took a look at a viral Reddit post that asked users, "What is the most disturbing book that you have ever read?" Their reading recommendations sparked even more great responses from our very own BuzzFeed Community! Here are just a few of the most disturbing books shared
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
1
Flannery O'Connor
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
2
Anonymous
Clay's Ark (Octavia Butler)
Clay's Ark
3
Octavia Butler
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
4
John Fowles
Zoe Letting Go (Nora Price)
Zoe Letting Go
5
Nora Price
The Bitch Goddess Notebook (Martha O'Connor)
The Bitch Goddess Notebook
6
Martha O'Connor
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
Before We Were Yours
7
Lisa Wingate
Lullaby (Chuck Palahniuk)
Lullaby
8
Chuck Palahniuk
A Short Stay in Hell (Steven L. Peck)
A Short Stay in Hell
9
Steven L. Peck
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
10
Alex Michaelides
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
The Girl With All the Gifts
11
M R Carey
The Mirror (Marlys Millhiser)
The Mirror
12
Marlys Millhiser
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
13
William Shakespeare
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
14
Andre Dubus III
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
15
Cormac McCarthy
The Scarlet Gospels (Clive Barker)
The Scarlet Gospels
16
Clive Barker
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
17
Art Spiegelman
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
18
Neal Shusterman
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Gregg Olsen)
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
19
Gregg Olsen
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