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Darkest Books of All Time - Page 2

The darkest books of all time, as voted for by members of Goodreads. A mixture of fiction and non-fiction.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
41
Ken Kesey
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
42
Vladimir Nabokov
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
43
Iain Banks
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
44
Jack Ketchum
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
45
Mark Z. Danielewski
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
46
Dante
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
47
Nevil Shute
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
48
Stephen King
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
49
Margaret Atwood
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
50
José Saramago
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
51
Hubert Selby Jr.
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
52
Cormac McCarthy
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called "It"
53
Dave Pelzer
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
54
Daphne Du Maurier
Apt Pupil
Apt Pupil
55
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
56
Thomas Harris
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
57
Lionel Shriver
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
58
William Faulkner
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
59
Hubert Selby Jr.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
60
Philip K. Dick
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal
61
Thomas Harris
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
62
Harlan Ellison
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
63
Edgar Allan Poe
Starblood
Starblood
64
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
65
Thomas Hardy
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
66
H.G. Wells
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
67
Jay Anson
The Sinner
The Sinner
68
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
69
William S. Burroughs
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
70
H.P. Lovecraft
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
71
Gillian Flynn
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
72
Paul Bowles
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
73
P.D. James
Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Invisible Monsters
74
Chuck Palahniuk
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
75
Jim Thompson
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
76
Ian McEwan
It Lives in the Basement (Sahara Foley)
It Lives in the Basement
77
Sahara Foley
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
78
Gillian Flynn
Needful Things (Stephen King)
Needful Things
79
Stephen King
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
80
J.G. Ballard
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