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/Lit/ Guide to Dark and Disturbing Literature

These are books selected as disturbing by the literature board of 4chan. Have fun finding these. Best of luck in avoiding any lists yourself :0
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Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
1
William Shakespeare
A Modest Proposal (Jonathon Swift)
A Modest Proposal
2
Jonathon Swift
Justine (The Marquis De Sade)
Justine
3
The Marquis De Sade
Down There
Down There
4
The Torture Garden (Octave Mirbeau)
The Torture Garden
5
Octave Mirbeau
The Maimed (Hermann Ungar)
The Maimed
6
Hermann Ungar
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
7
Georges Bataille
Irene's Cunt (Louis Aragon)
Irene's Cunt
8
Louis Aragon
Les Chants De Maldoror
Les Chants De Maldoror
9
Death on the Installment Plan (L. F. Celine)
Death on the Installment Plan
10
L. F. Celine
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Tadeusz Borowski)
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
11
Tadeusz Borowski
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
12
Steps (Jerzy Kosinski)
Steps
13
Jerzy Kosinski
The Atrocity Exhibition (J. G. Ballard)
The Atrocity Exhibition
14
J. G. Ballard
Eden Eden Eden (Pierre Guyotat)
Eden Eden Eden
15
Pierre Guyotat
The Obscene Bird of Night
The Obscene Bird of Night
16
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
17
Cormac McCarthy
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
18
Elfriede Jelinek
Mygale (Thierry Jonquet)
Mygale
19
Thierry Jonquet
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
20
Iain Banks
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe (Thomas Ligotti)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
21
Thomas Ligotti
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
22
Jack Ketchum
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
23
Katherine Dunn
Frisk (Dennis Cooper)
Frisk
24
Dennis Cooper
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
25
Bret Easton Ellis
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
26
Dorothy Allison
Babyfucker (Urs Allemann)
Babyfucker
27
Urs Allemann
Complete Manual of Suicide (Wataru Tsurumi)
Complete Manual of Suicide
28
Wataru Tsurumi
The Consumer (Michael Gira)
The Consumer
29
Michael Gira
House Rules (Heather Lewis)
House Rules
30
Heather Lewis
The Tunnel (William Gass)
The Tunnel
31
William Gass
Blasted (Sarah Kane)
Blasted
32
Sarah Kane
Hogg (Samuel R. Delaney)
Hogg
33
Samuel R. Delaney
The Eyes (Jesus I. Aldapuerta)
The Eyes
34
Jesus I. Aldapuerta
The End of Alice
The End of Alice
35
The Taste of a Man (Slaveka Drakulić)
The Taste of a Man
36
Slaveka Drakulić
In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
37
Cows
Cows
38
Platform (Michel Houellebecq)
Platform
39
Michel Houellebecq
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (J.T. Leroy)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
40
J.T. Leroy
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