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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 5

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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required scores: 1, 26, 44, 59, 80 

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The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
161
Diane Setterfield
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
162
Neal Stephenson
Midnight Blue (Nancy Collins)
Midnight Blue
163
Nancy Collins
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
164
Henry Miller
High-Rise (J.G. Ballard)
High-Rise
165
J.G. Ballard
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
166
Jack Kerouac
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
167
Susanna Clarke
The Informers (Bret Easton Ellis)
The Informers
168
Bret Easton Ellis
Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
Ubik
169
Philip K. Dick
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
170
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lullaby (Chuck Palahniuk)
Lullaby
171
Chuck Palahniuk
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
172
H.P. Lovecraft
Nutshell (Ian McEwan)
Nutshell
173
Ian McEwan
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
174
Suzanne Collins
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
175
Aldous Huxley
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
176
Gillian Flynn
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Grant Morrison)
Batman: Arkham Asylum
177
Grant Morrison
The Rum Diary (Hunter S. Thompson)
The Rum Diary
178
Hunter S. Thompson
The Comfort of Strangers (Ian McEwan)
The Comfort of Strangers
179
Ian McEwan
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
180
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Information (Martin Amis)
The Information
181
Martin Amis
Glue (Irvine Welsh)
Glue
182
Irvine Welsh
The Marbled Swarm (Dennis Cooper)
The Marbled Swarm
183
Dennis Cooper
The End of Everything (Megan Abbott)
The End of Everything
184
Megan Abbott
The Steel Remains (Richard Morgan)
The Steel Remains
185
Richard Morgan
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
186
Graham Greene
Joyland (Stephen King)
Joyland
187
Stephen King
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
188
Neal Shusterman
The Bone Doll's Twin (Lynn Flewelling)
The Bone Doll's Twin
189
Lynn Flewelling
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
190
James Joyce
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
191
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nobody Move (Denis Johnson)
Nobody Move
192
Denis Johnson
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
193
Arthur Miller
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
194
Herman Melville
And the Ass Saw the Angel (Nick Cave)
And the Ass Saw the Angel
195
Nick Cave
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
196
Jim Thompson
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
197
Graham Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
198
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
King Rat (China Mieville)
King Rat
199
China Mieville
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
200
Ann Radcliffe
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