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18 Books So Disturbing, People Claim They Truly Traumatized Them

"Sure, horror movies are bad enough on their own...but there's something ESPECIALLY scary about a truly disturbing book that forces your imagination to do all the work.
And this week when Reddit user zackjbryson asked, "What is the most disturbing book that you have ever read? What made it disturbing?" it gave us a whole new crop of nightmares to read about." (Allie Hayes/Buzzfeed staff)
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
1
Iain Reid
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
2
Franz Kafka
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
3
Lionel Shriver
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
4
Jack Ketchum
The 120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
5
Marquis De Sade
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
6
Dalton Trumbo
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
7
Robert W. Chambers
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
8
Cormac McCarthy
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
9
Ian McEwan
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
10
Harlan Ellison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
11
Vladimir Nabokov
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
12
Iain Banks
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
13
Bret Easton Ellis
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
14
Natsuo Kirino
Zombie (Joyce Carol Oates)
Zombie
15
Joyce Carol Oates
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
16
V.C. Andrews
Come Closer (Sara Gran)
Come Closer
17
Sara Gran
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
18
Chuck Palahniuk
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