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50 of the Most Disturbing Books of All Time

Dark, terrifying, shocking, chilling. These books have it all. Here are 50 of the most disturbing books of all time.
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
2
V.C. Andrews
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
3
Anthony Burgess
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
4
Vladimir Nabokov
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
5
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
6
Margaret Atwood
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
7
Cormac McCarthy
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
8
Iain Banks
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
9
Lionel Shriver
Zombie (Joyce Carol Oates)
Zombie
10
Joyce Carol Oates
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
11
Dalton Trumbo
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
12
Chuck Palahniuk
Go Ask Alice (Beatrice Sparks)
Go Ask Alice
13
Beatrice Sparks
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
14
Ray Bradbury
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
16
George Orwell
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
17
Katherine Dunn
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
18
Harlan Ellison
Justine (Marquis De Sade)
Justine
19
Marquis De Sade
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
20
William S. Burroughs
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
21
Patrick Suskind
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
22
Kazuo Ishiguro
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
23
Dennis Lehane
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
24
John Fowles
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
25
Alice Sebold
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
26
Neal Shusterman
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
27
Shirley Jackson
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
28
John Boyne
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
29
Emma Donoghue
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
30
Mark Z. Danielewski
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
31
Flannery O'Connor
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
32
José Saramago
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
33
Truman Capote
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
34
Thomas Pynchon
It (Stephen King)
It
35
Stephen King
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
36
Jack Ketchum
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
37
William Golding
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
38
Jerzy Kosinski
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
39
Irvine Welsh
Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite)
Exquisite Corpse
40
Poppy Z. Brite
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