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Hastyreader: The Darkest, Most Disturbing Books of All Time (2020 Update)

"Well written "good" books create worlds and characters you don't want to leave. Dark and disturbing books create worlds so disgusting and inhuman that all you can ever think about is how to escape them.
In what might be an ironic twist of fate, it's the dark and disturbing books that teach one to be optimistic. No matter how bad your life is, at least you aren't eaten from the inside out by hungry rats.
The list below contains some of the most depraved, violent, creepy, and disgusting books ever written. You'll feel the need to throw them at the wall, you'll feel something that conventional "good" books can't really transmit, at least not at the same intensity."

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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Harlan Ellison
2
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
3
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
4
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
Nevil Shute
5
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
6
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
7
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
8
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
Elie Wiesel
9
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
10
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
John Fowles
11
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
12
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
13
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
14
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
Neal Shusterman
15
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
16
The Girl Next Door (Ruth Rendell)
The Girl Next Door
Ruth Rendell
17
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
Stephen King
18
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
Jose Saramago
19
It (Stephen King)
It
Stephen King
20
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
21
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) -  Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
22
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
23
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
24
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
25
Escape From Camp 14 (Blaine Harden)
Escape From Camp 14
Blaine Harden
26
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
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