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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 6

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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201
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
202
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
203
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
H.P. Lovecraft
204
Rant (Chuck Palahniuk)
Rant
Chuck Palahniuk
205
Dare Me (Megan Abbott)
Dare Me
Megan Abbott
206
Lost Souls (Poppy Z. Brite)
Lost Souls
Poppy Z. Brite
207
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
208
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Charlotte Perkins-Gilman)
The Yellow Wall-Paper
Charlotte Perkins-Gilman
209
The Rules of Attraction (Bret Easton Ellis)
The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis
210
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
Allen Ginsberg
211
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick
212
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol
213
Porno (Irvine Welsh)
Porno
Irvine Welsh
214
Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
Storm Front
Jim Butcher
215
The Sluts (Dennis Cooper)
The Sluts
Dennis Cooper
216
Women (Charles Bukowski)
Women
Charles Bukowski
217
The Blade Artist (Irvine Welsh)
The Blade Artist
Irvine Welsh
218
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey
219
The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
The Magicians
Lev Grossman
220
I Am Not a Serial Killer (Dan Wells)
I Am Not a Serial Killer
Dan Wells
221
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
222
Island (Aldous Huxley)
Island
Aldous Huxley
223
Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
Tampa
Alissa Nutting
224
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
225
Frisk (Dennis Cooper)
Frisk
Dennis Cooper
226
Song of Kali (Dan Simmons)
Song of Kali
Dan Simmons
227
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
Stephen King
228
Horns (Joe Hill)
Horns
Joe Hill
229
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
Emma Donoghue
230
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
Charles Burns
231
Dead Babies (Martin Amis)
Dead Babies
Martin Amis
232
Dead Men's Trousers (Irvine Welsh)
Dead Men's Trousers
Irvine Welsh
233
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
Georges Bataille
234
Anna Dressed in Blood (Kendare Blake)
Anna Dressed in Blood
Kendare Blake
235
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
236
The Children Act (Ian McEwan)
The Children Act
Ian McEwan
237
Night's Master (Tanith Lee)
Night's Master
Tanith Lee
238
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
239
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
240
Stormbringer (Michael Moorcock)
Stormbringer
Michael Moorcock
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