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25 Messed-Up Books That Made People Stop in the Middle of Reading and Think, "Um, What the Heck?!"

Recently, in the r/books subbreddit, user u/padmesolos asked, "What book made you go like 'What the f?' during or after reading it?" and whew, did bookworms come through with some absolutely nightmare-inducing answers!
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Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
1
Patrick Suskind
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
2
Bret Easton Ellis
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
3
Toni Morrison
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
4
Khalid Hosseini
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
5
John Fowles
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
6
Lionel Shriver
Apt Pupil (Stephen King)
Apt Pupil
7
Stephen King
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
8
Iain Banks
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
9
Elie Wiesel
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
10
William Golding
Hogg (Samuel R. Delaney)
Hogg
11
Samuel R. Delaney
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
12
Chuck Palahniuk
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
13
Mark Z. Danielewski
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
14
V.C. Andrews
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
15
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
16
David Foster Wallace
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
17
Cormac McCarthy
Tender Is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)
Tender Is the Flesh
18
Agustina Bazterrica
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
19
William S. Burroughs
The 120 Days of Sodom (The Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
20
The Marquis De Sade
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
21
Alan Moore
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
22
Mona Awad
Earthlings (Sayuka Murata)
Earthlings
23
Sayuka Murata
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
24
Dalton Trumbo
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
25
Kurt Vonnegut
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