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Goodreads "Quality Dark Fiction" 2021 Update - Now 4.44 Times as Long - Page 8

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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Junky (William S. Burroughs)
Junky
281
William S. Burroughs
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
282
Vladimir Nabokov
Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
Time's Arrow
283
Martin Amis
In the Miso Soup (Ryū Murakami)
In the Miso Soup
284
Ryū Murakami
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
285
Richard K. Morgan
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
286
P.D. James
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
287
Arundhati Roy
Crime (Irvine Welsh)
Crime
288
Irvine Welsh
Coin Locker Babies (Ryū Murakami)
Coin Locker Babies
289
Ryū Murakami
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
290
Shirley Jackson
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
291
Paul Auster
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
292
Haruki Murakami
Hawthorne's Short Stories (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Hawthorne's Short Stories
293
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Replay (Ken Grimwood)
Replay
294
Ken Grimwood
Blackbirds (Chuck Wendig)
Blackbirds
295
Chuck Wendig
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn
296
Henry Miller
The Haunting of Alaizable Cray
The Haunting of Alaizable Cray
297
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (Chris Wooding)
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
298
Chris Wooding
Books of Blood: Volumes, One, Two and Three (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood: Volumes, One, Two and Three
299
Clive Barker
But What If We're Wrong? (Chuck Klosterman)
But What If We're Wrong?
300
Chuck Klosterman
Concrete Island (J.G. Ballard)
Concrete Island
301
J.G. Ballard
The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper)
The Dark Is Rising Sequence
302
Susan Cooper
Noctuary (Thomas Ligotti)
Noctuary
303
Thomas Ligotti
The Scar (China Miéville)
The Scar
304
China Miéville
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
305
Dalton Trumbo
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
306
Hubert Selby Jr
Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon)
Harvest Home
307
Thomas Tryon
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
308
Denis Johnson
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
309
Leo Tolstoy
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
310
H.P. Lovecraft
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
311
William S. Burroughs
Save Yourself (Kelly Braffet)
Save Yourself
312
Kelly Braffet
The Terror (Dan Simmons)
The Terror
313
Dan Simmons
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
314
Kurt Vonnegut
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
315
Kathy Acker
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World
316
J.G. Ballard
Beat the Reaper (Josh Bazell)
Beat the Reaper
317
Josh Bazell
Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
Anathem
318
Neal Stephenson
In a Glass Darkly (Sheridan Le Fanu)
In a Glass Darkly
319
Sheridan Le Fanu
Changes (Jim Butcher)
Changes
320
Jim Butcher
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