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100 Books That Were Just Too Disturbing to Finish - Page 3

"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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The Killing Lessons (Saul Black)
The Killing Lessons
81
Saul Black
The Story of O (Pauline Reage)
The Story of O
82
Pauline Reage
Naomi's Room, by Jonathan Aycliffe
Naomi's Room, by Jonathan Aycliffe
83
Tar Baby (Toni Morrison)
Tar Baby
84
Toni Morrison
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
85
Anthony Doerr
Damned (Chuck Pahlaniuk)
Damned
86
Chuck Pahlaniuk
The Museum of Innocence (Orhan Pamuk)
The Museum of Innocence
87
Orhan Pamuk
Hannibal Rising (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal Rising
88
Thomas Harris
Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes
Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes
89
Lasher (Anne Rice)
Lasher
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Anne Rice
One Last Summer (Catrin Collier)
One Last Summer
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Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
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Augusten Burroughs
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
93
Thomas Harris
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
94
Anne Brontë
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
The Bastard of Istanbul
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Elif Shafak
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
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Ray Bradbury
The Rats (James Herbert)
The Rats
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James Herbert
Wave (Sonali Deraniyagala)
Wave
98
Sonali Deraniyagala
The Shack (William Paul Young)
The Shack
99
William Paul Young
The Bone Tree (Greg Iles)
The Bone Tree
100
Greg Iles
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