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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 2

This dark challenge is mostly sinister & ghoulish, but is also amusing at times, given some of the entries.
According to Alan Baxter, the Goodreads author who originally compiled this list, "my novels are dark fantasy thrillers, so I thought I'd make a list with quality dark fiction, particularly dark genre fiction and include books that have appealed to me or that have inspired my writing over the years."
BTW, is 444 (the length of this list) supposed to be a special number like 666?
Only books with 2000+ ratings and 3+ votes were included. A few partially overlapping titles have been retained.
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avg. score: 56 of 444 (13%)
required scores: 1, 26, 44, 59, 80 

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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
42
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
43
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
44
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
45
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
46
The Zombie Room (R.D. Ronald)
The Zombie Room
R.D. Ronald
47
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
48
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
49
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist
50
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury
51
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
52
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
53
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
54
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
55
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
56
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
57
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
58
The Night Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko)
The Night Watch
Sergei Lukyanenko
59
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood
60
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
61
Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore)
Batman: The Killing Joke
Alan Moore
62
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin
63
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
64
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
65
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
Tr. Seamus Heaney
66
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
Mervyn Peake
67
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
68
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
69
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
Stephen King
70
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
Richard Adams
71
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
72
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Angela Carter
73
The Island of Doctor Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells
74
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
Peter Straub
75
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
76
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
77
Perdido Street Station (China MiƩville)
Perdido Street Station
China MiƩville
78
The Talisman (Stephen King)
The Talisman
Stephen King
79
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
80
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
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