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99 Books That Were Too Disturbing to Finish

99 books that were too disturbing to finish, voted by readers and compiled by forreadingaddicts.co.uk. One book is missing from the list as I could not track it down. I would also like to make clear that I do not personally agree with all the entries on this list.
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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 Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
6
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
12
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
13
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
14
Khaled Hosseini
Fifth Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifth 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 Semetary (Stephen King)
Pet Semetary
18
Stephen King
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
19
Stephen King
Out of the Shadows (Ann Marie West)
Out of the Shadows
20
Ann Marie West
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
21
Joe Hill
The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind
The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind
22
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
23
Iain Banks
Under the Dome (Stephen King)
Under the Dome
24
Stephen King
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
25
Gillian Flynn
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
26
Gillian Flynn
The Dead Wife's Handbook (Hannah Beckerman)
The Dead Wife's Handbook
27
Hannah Beckerman
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
28
Sylvia Plath
Dr. Sleep (Stephen King)
Dr. Sleep
29
Stephen King
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
30
Stieg Larsson
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
31
Anonymous
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
32
Janet Fitch
Wideacre (Phillipa Gregory)
Wideacre
33
Phillipa Gregory
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
34
Jay Anson
Consequences (J. E. Sparks)
Consequences
35
J. E. Sparks
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
36
Frank McCourt
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
37
Lionel Shriver
From a Buick 8 (Stephen King)
From a Buick 8
38
Stephen King
The I-5 Killer (Anne Rule)
The I-5 Killer
39
Anne Rule
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
40
John Boyne
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