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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, by Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
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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)
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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)
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Escape From Camp 14 (Blaine Harden)
Escape From Camp 14 (Blaine Harden)
26
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
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