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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 3

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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The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
82
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
Terry Pratchett
83
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
84
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
Stephen King
85
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
Mark Danielewski
86
'Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
'Salem's Lot
Stephen King
87
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
88
Battle Royale (Koushun Tatami)
Battle Royale
Koushun Tatami
89
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
90
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
Stephen King
91
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
92
Fevre Dream (George R.R. Martin)
Fevre Dream
George R.R. Martin
93
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
94
Weaveworld (Clive Barker)
Weaveworld
Clive Barker
95
Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
Neil Gaiman
96
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
Chuck Palahniuk
97
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
José Saramago
98
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Max Brooks)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks
99
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
100
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
101
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
H.P. Lovecraft
102
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
Justin Cronin
103
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
104
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
105
The Other (Thomas Tryon)
The Other
Thomas Tryon
106
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
107
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
108
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
109
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
William Gibson
110
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
111
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan
112
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
A Scanner Darkly
Philip K. Dick
113
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
114
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Philip Pullman
115
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
Big Sur
Jack Kerouac
116
Diary (Chuck Palahniuk)
Diary
Chuck Palahniuk
117
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
118
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
119
The Strain (Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan)
The Strain
Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan
120
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
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