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Most Disturbing Books

A list of some of the most disturbing books ever written, including some classics as well as modern fiction and other genres.
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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
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
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
8
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
Dave Pelzer
9
It (Stephen King)
It
Stephen King
10
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
11
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
12
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
Elie Wiesel
13
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
14
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
15
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Hubert Selby Jr.
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The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
17
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
18
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
Chuck Palahniuk
19
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
Stephen King
20
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
21
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
22
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
23
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
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Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
Anonymous
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis
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Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
Art Spiegelman
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
31
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
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