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Darkest Books of All Time

The darkest books of all time, as voted for by members of Goodreads. A mixture of fiction and non-fiction.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
2
Cormac McCarthy
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
3
William Golding
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
4
Bret Easton Ellis
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
5
Anthony Burgess
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
8
Margaret Atwood
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
9
Stephen King
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
11
Cormac McCarthy
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
12
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
13
Ray Bradbury
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
14
Chuck Palahniuk
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
15
Thomas Harris
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
16
Franz Kafka
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
17
Joseph Conrad
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
18
Stephen King
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
19
Oscar Wilde
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
20
Albert Camus
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
21
Kazuo Ishiguro
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
22
Elie Wiesel
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
23
Sylvia Plath
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
24
John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
25
Franz Kafka
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
26
William Peter Blatty
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
27
Gillian Flynn
It (Stephen King)
It
28
Stephen King
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
29
Stephen King
Sorrow's Point
Sorrow's Point
30
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
31
Erich Maria Remarque
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
32
Cormac McCarthy
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
33
Anne Frank
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
34
Patrick Suskind
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
35
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
36
Stieg Larsson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
37
Robert Louis Stevenson
Watership Down - Richard Adams
Watership Down - Richard Adams
38
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
39
Kurt Vonnegut
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
40
William Shakespeare
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