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99 Books That Were Too Disturbing to Finish - Page 2

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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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
41
Anthony Burgess
Filth
Filth
42
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
43
William Golding
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
44
Hanya Yanagihara
Others (James Herbert)
Others
45
James Herbert
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
46
Dorothy Allison
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
47
Stephen King
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
48
Elizabeth Gilbert
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
49
V.C. Andrews
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
50
Haruki Murakami
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
51
Anne Frank
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
52
Alex Haley
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
53
Ian McEwan
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
54
Arundhati Roy
Bag of Bones (Stephen King)
Bag of Bones
55
Stephen King
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
56
Cormac McCarthy
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
57
Vincent Bugliosi
Lucky (Alice Sebold)
Lucky
58
Alice Sebold
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
59
Stephen King
Trilobites and Other Stories (Breece Pancake)
Trilobites and Other Stories
60
Breece Pancake
120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
120 Days of Sodom
61
Marquis De Sade
The Killing Lessons (Saul Black)
The Killing Lessons
62
Saul Black
The Story of O (Pauline Reage)
The Story of O
63
Pauline Reage
Naomi's Room, by Jonathan Aycliffe
Naomi's Room, by Jonathan Aycliffe
64
American Methods (Kristian Williams)
American Methods
65
Kristian Williams
Tar Baby
Tar Baby
66
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
67
Anthony Doerr
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
68
John Irving
Damned
Damned
69
Endurance (Jack Kilborn)
Endurance
70
Jack Kilborn
The Museum of Innocence (Orhan Pamuk)
The Museum of Innocence
71
Orhan Pamuk
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
72
Peter Straub
Hannibal Rising (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal Rising
73
Thomas Harris
Juliette
Juliette
74
Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes
Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes
75
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)
Mein Kampf
76
Adolf Hitler
Lasher (Anne Rice)
Lasher
77
Anne Rice
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
78
Neil Gaiman
One Last Summer (Catrin Collier)
One Last Summer
79
Catrin Collier
The Dentist of Auschwitz (Benjamin Jacobs)
The Dentist of Auschwitz
80
Benjamin Jacobs
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