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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 6

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 Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
201
Wilkie Collins
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
202
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
203
H.P. Lovecraft
Rant (Chuck Palahniuk)
Rant
204
Chuck Palahniuk
Dare Me (Megan Abbott)
Dare Me
205
Megan Abbott
Lost Souls (Poppy Z. Brite)
Lost Souls
206
Poppy Z. Brite
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
207
Horace Walpole
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Charlotte Perkins-Gilman)
The Yellow Wall-Paper
208
Charlotte Perkins-Gilman
The Rules of Attraction (Bret Easton Ellis)
The Rules of Attraction
209
Bret Easton Ellis
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
210
Allen Ginsberg
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
211
Philip K. Dick
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
212
Nikolai Gogol
Porno (Irvine Welsh)
Porno
213
Irvine Welsh
Storm Front (Jim Butcher)
Storm Front
214
Jim Butcher
The Sluts (Dennis Cooper)
The Sluts
215
Dennis Cooper
Women (Charles Bukowski)
Women
216
Charles Bukowski
The Blade Artist (Irvine Welsh)
The Blade Artist
217
Irvine Welsh
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
218
Ken Kesey
The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
The Magicians
219
Lev Grossman
I Am Not a Serial Killer (Dan Wells)
I Am Not a Serial Killer
220
Dan Wells
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
221
Donna Tartt
Island (Aldous Huxley)
Island
222
Aldous Huxley
Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
Tampa
223
Alissa Nutting
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
224
Ransom Riggs
Frisk (Dennis Cooper)
Frisk
225
Dennis Cooper
Song of Kali (Dan Simmons)
Song of Kali
226
Dan Simmons
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
227
Stephen King
Horns (Joe Hill)
Horns
228
Joe Hill
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
229
Emma Donoghue
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
230
Charles Burns
Dead Babies (Martin Amis)
Dead Babies
231
Martin Amis
Dead Men's Trousers (Irvine Welsh)
Dead Men's Trousers
232
Irvine Welsh
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
233
Georges Bataille
Anna Dressed in Blood (Kendare Blake)
Anna Dressed in Blood
234
Kendare Blake
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
235
Haruki Murakami
The Children Act (Ian McEwan)
The Children Act
236
Ian McEwan
Night's Master (Tanith Lee)
Night's Master
237
Tanith Lee
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
238
Aravind Adiga
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
239
Thomas Hardy
Stormbringer (Michael Moorcock)
Stormbringer
240
Michael Moorcock
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