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25 Messed-Up Books That Made People Stop in the Middle of Reading and Think, "Um, What the Heck?!"

Recently, in the r/books subbreddit, user u/padmesolos asked, "What book made you go like 'What the f?' during or after reading it?" and whew, did bookworms come through with some absolutely nightmare-inducing answers!
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Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
Patrick Suskind
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
4
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
Khalid Hosseini
5
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
John Fowles
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
7
Apt Pupil (Stephen King)
Apt Pupil
Stephen King
8
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
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Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
Elie Wiesel
10
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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Hogg (Samuel R. Delaney)
Hogg
Samuel R. Delaney
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Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
Chuck Palahniuk
13
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
14
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
V.C. Andrews
15
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
16
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
17
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
18
Tender Is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)
Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica
19
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
20
The 120 Days of Sodom (The Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
The Marquis de Sade
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Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
Alan Moore
22
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
Mona Awad
23
Earthlings (Sayuka Murata)
Earthlings
Sayuka Murata
24
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
25
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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