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100 Books That Were Just Too Disturbing to Finish

"Most of us will read across the genres and inevitably that means that we will encounter one or two titles that push us out of our comfort zone; sometimes the subject matter can be so disturbing that it even stops us from finishing a book. "
Credit goes to Shan Williams and https://forreadingaddicts.co.uk/polls-and-discussion/100-books-that-were-just-too-disturbing-to-finish/
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
1
Vladimir Nabokov
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called "It"
2
Dave Pelzer
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
3
Bret Easton Ellis
Insomnia (Stephen King)
Insomnia
4
Stephen King
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
5
Alice Sebold
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
6
Gabriel García Márquez
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
7
Stephen King
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
8
Emma Donoghue
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
9
Cormac McCarthy
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
10
Mark Z. Danielewski
Intensity (Dean Koontz)
Intensity
11
Dean Koontz
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Anne Rice)
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
12
Anne Rice
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
13
William S. Burroughs
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
14
Khalid Hosseini
50 Shades of Grey (E. L. James)
50 Shades of Grey
15
E. L. James
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
16
Khaled Hosseini
It (Stephen King)
It
17
Stephen King
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
18
Stephen King
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
19
Stephen King
Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper
Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper
20
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
21
Joe Hill
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
22
Iain Banks
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
23
Gillian Flynn
The Dead Wife's Handbook (Hannah Beckerman)
The Dead Wife's Handbook
24
Hannah Beckerman
Dr. Sleep (Stephen King)
Dr. Sleep
25
Stephen King
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
26
Anonymous
Wideacre (Phillipa Gregory)
Wideacre
27
Phillipa Gregory
Consequences (J. E. Sparks)
Consequences
28
J. E. Sparks
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
29
Lionel Shriver
The I-5 Killer (Anne Rule)
The I-5 Killer
30
Anne Rule
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
31
Anthony Burgess
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
32
William Golding
Others (James Herbert)
Others
33
James Herbert
Salems Lot (Stephen King)
Salems Lot
34
Stephen King
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
35
V.C. Andrews
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
36
Anne Frank
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
37
Ian McEwan
Bag of Bones (Stephen King)
Bag of Bones
38
Stephen King
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
39
Vincent Bugliosi
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
40
Stephen King
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