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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 2

This dark challenge is mostly sinister & ghoulish, but is also amusing at times, given some of the entries.
According to Alan Baxter, the Goodreads author who originally compiled this list, "my novels are dark fantasy thrillers, so I thought I'd make a list with quality dark fiction, particularly dark genre fiction and include books that have appealed to me or that have inspired my writing over the years."
BTW, is 444 (the length of this list) supposed to be a special number like 666?
Only books with 2000+ ratings and 3+ votes were included. A few partially overlapping titles have been retained.
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avg. score: 56 of 444 (13%)
required scores: 1, 26, 44, 59, 80 

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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
41
Kurt Vonnegut
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
42
H.P. Lovecraft
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
43
Gillian Flynn
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
44
Alice Sebold
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
45
H.G. Wells
The Zombie Room (R.D. Ronald)
The Zombie Room
46
R.D. Ronald
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
47
Joseph Conrad
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
48
Shirley Jackson
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
49
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
50
Ray Bradbury
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
51
Stieg Larsson
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
52
Henry James
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
53
Thomas Harris
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
54
Philip K. Dick
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
55
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
56
Albert Camus
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
57
Vladimir Nabokov
The Night Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko)
The Night Watch
58
Sergei Lukyanenko
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
59
Margaret Atwood
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
60
Elizabeth Kostova
Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore)
Batman: The Killing Joke
61
Alan Moore
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
62
Ira Levin
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
63
Richard Matheson
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
64
William Peter Blatty
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
65
Tr. Seamus Heaney
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
66
Mervyn Peake
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
67
Franz Kafka
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
68
Cormac McCarthy
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
69
Stephen King
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
70
Richard Adams
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
71
Charles Dickens
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
72
Angela Carter
The Island of Doctor Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
73
H.G. Wells
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
74
Peter Straub
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
75
Gaston Leroux
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
76
H.G. Wells
Perdido Street Station (China MiƩville)
Perdido Street Station
77
China MiƩville
The Talisman (Stephen King)
The Talisman
78
Stephen King
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
79
Sylvia Plath
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
80
Homer
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