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Books That Disturbed Goodreads Readers

Did you ever read a book so disturbing that you had to put it down for a week before coming back to it? Are you still grimacing over that book that you read five years ago? If there's a book you've read that you just haven't been able to shake, then let everyone here know!
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The End of Alice (A.M. Homes)
The End of Alice
1
A.M. Homes
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
2
Albert Camus
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
3
Aldous Huxley
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
4
Alice Sebold
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)
The Stranger Beside Me
6
Ann Rule
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
7
Anne Frank
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
8
Anonymous
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
9
Anonymous
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
10
Anthony Burgess
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
11
Bret Easton Ellis
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
12
Bret Easton Ellis
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
13
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
14
Chuck Palahniuk
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
15
Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Invisible Monsters
16
Chuck Palahniuk
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
17
Cormac McCarthy
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
18
Cormac McCarthy
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
19
Cormac McCarthy
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
20
Dalton Trumbo
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called "It"
21
Dave Pelzer
Shutter Island (Denis Lehane)
Shutter Island
22
Denis Lehane
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
23
Dorothy Allison
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
24
E.L. James
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
25
Elie Wiesel
Living Dead Girl (Elizabeth Scott)
Living Dead Girl
26
Elizabeth Scott
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
27
Emily Bronte
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
28
Emma Donoghue
Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
29
Flora Rheta Schreiber
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
30
Franz Kafka
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
31
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
32
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
33
George Orwell
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
34
Georges Bataille
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
35
Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
36
Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
37
Gillian Flynn
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
38
Hubert Selby Jr
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
39
Hubert Selby Jr.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
40
Hunter S. Thompson
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