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Don't Read It With the Lights Off: The 100 Most Disturbing Novels Ever Written Per Goodreads - Page 2

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The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom
41
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
42
Stephenie Meyer
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
43
Lois Lowry
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
44
Gillian Flynn
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
45
José Saramago
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
46
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
47
Alice Walker
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
48
Gillian Flynn
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
49
John Fowles
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
50
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
51
Koushun Takami
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
52
Emily Bronte
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
53
Suzanne Collins
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
54
Hubert Selby Jr.
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
55
Katherine Dunn
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
56
Thomas Harris
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
57
Mary Shelley
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
58
John Boyne
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
59
Irvine Welsh
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
60
Stephen King
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
61
Stephen King
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
62
J.D. Salinger
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
63
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Exquisite Corpse
Exquisite Corpse
64
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
65
Neal Shusterman
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
66
Jerzy Kosinski
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
67
Albert Camus
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
68
Khaled Hosseini
Houdini Heart
Houdini Heart
69
Cujo (Stephen King)
Cujo
70
Stephen King
Living Dead Girl
Living Dead Girl
71
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
72
Gillian Flynn
The End of Alice
The End of Alice
73
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
74
Janet Fitch
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
75
John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
76
Jeannette Walls
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal
77
Thomas Harris
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
78
Dennis Lehane
Psycho Save Us
Psycho Save Us
79
When Rabbit Howls
When Rabbit Howls
80
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