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Don't Read It With the Lights Off: The 100 Most Disturbing Novels Ever Written Per Goodreads

All that horrifies in this world does not occur on a screen.
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American Psycho
American Psycho
1
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
2
William Golding
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
A Clockwork Oragne
A Clockwork Oragne
4
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
5
Cormac McCarthy
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
6
Vladimir Nabokov
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
7
V.C. Andrews
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
8
Margaret Atwood
It (Stephen King)
It
9
Stephen King
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
10
Elie Wiesel
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
11
Chuck Palahniuk
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
12
George Orwell
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
13
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
14
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
15
Lionel Shriver
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
16
Stephen King
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
17
Stephen King
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
18
Suzanne Collins
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
19
Stieg Larsson
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
21
Ray Bradbury
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
22
Franz Kafka
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
23
Khaled Hosseini
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
24
Cormac McCarthy
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
25
Kazuo Ishiguro
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
26
Mark Z. Danielewski
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
27
Stephen King
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
28
Emma Donoghue
Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
Breaking Dawn
29
Stephenie Meyer
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
30
Anonymous
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
31
William Peter Blatty
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
32
Dalton Trumbo
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
33
Chuck Palahniuk
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
34
Iain Banks
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
35
John Steinbeck
Push (Sapphire)
Push
36
Sapphire
Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
Silence of the Lambs
37
Thomas Harris
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
38
Jack Ketchum
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
39
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
40
Stephen King
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