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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 3

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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The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
81
Neil Gaiman
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
82
Terry Pratchett
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
83
Erin Morgenstern
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
84
Stephen King
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
85
Mark Danielewski
'Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
'Salem's Lot
86
Stephen King
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
87
Toni Morrison
Battle Royale (Koushun Tatami)
Battle Royale
88
Koushun Tatami
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
89
William S. Burroughs
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
90
Stephen King
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
91
Charles Dickens
Fevre Dream (George R.R. Martin)
Fevre Dream
92
George R.R. Martin
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
93
Ernest Hemingway
Weaveworld (Clive Barker)
Weaveworld
94
Clive Barker
Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
95
Neil Gaiman
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
96
Chuck Palahniuk
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
97
José Saramago
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Max Brooks)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
98
Max Brooks
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
99
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
100
Joseph Heller
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
101
H.P. Lovecraft
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
102
Justin Cronin
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
103
Italo Calvino
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
104
Wilkie Collins
The Other (Thomas Tryon)
The Other
105
Thomas Tryon
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
106
Dante Alighieri
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
107
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
108
Mikhail Bulgakov
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
109
William Gibson
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
110
Paul Auster
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
111
Ian McEwan
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
A Scanner Darkly
112
Philip K. Dick
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
113
Donna Tartt
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
114
Philip Pullman
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
Big Sur
115
Jack Kerouac
Diary (Chuck Palahniuk)
Diary
116
Chuck Palahniuk
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
117
Truman Capote
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
118
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Strain (Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan)
The Strain
119
Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
120
Khaled Hosseini
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