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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 8

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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281
Junky (William S. Burroughs)
Junky
William S. Burroughs
282
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
283
Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
Time's Arrow
Martin Amis
284
In the Miso Soup (Ryū Murakami)
In the Miso Soup
Ryū Murakami
285
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
Richard K. Morgan
286
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
P.D. James
287
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
288
Crime (Irvine Welsh)
Crime
Irvine Welsh
289
Coin Locker Babies (Ryū Murakami)
Coin Locker Babies
Ryū Murakami
290
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
291
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
Paul Auster
292
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
293
Hawthorne's Short Stories (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Hawthorne's Short Stories
Nathaniel Hawthorne
294
Replay (Ken Grimwood)
Replay
Ken Grimwood
295
Blackbirds (Chuck Wendig)
Blackbirds
Chuck Wendig
296
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn
Henry Miller
297
The Haunting of Alaizable Cray
The Haunting of Alaizable Cray
298
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (Chris Wooding)
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Chris Wooding
299
Books of Blood: Volumes, One, Two and Three (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood: Volumes, One, Two and Three
Clive Barker
300
But What If We're Wrong? (Chuck Klosterman)
But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman
301
Concrete Island (J.G. Ballard)
Concrete Island
J.G. Ballard
302
The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper)
The Dark Is Rising Sequence
Susan Cooper
303
Noctuary (Thomas Ligotti)
Noctuary
Thomas Ligotti
304
The Scar (China Miéville)
The Scar
China Miéville
305
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
306
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Hubert Selby Jr
307
Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon)
Harvest Home
Thomas Tryon
308
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
309
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
310
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
311
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
William S. Burroughs
312
Save Yourself (Kelly Braffet)
Save Yourself
Kelly Braffet
313
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
The Terror
Dan Simmons
314
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut
315
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
Kathy Acker
316
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World
J.G. Ballard
317
Beat the Reaper (Josh Bazell)
Beat the Reaper
Josh Bazell
318
Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
Anathem
Neal Stephenson
319
In a Glass Darkly (Sheridan Le Fanu)
In a Glass Darkly
Sheridan Le Fanu
320
Changes (Jim Butcher)
Changes
Jim Butcher
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