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Hastyreader: The Darkest, Most Disturbing Books of All Time (2020 Update)

"Well written "good" books create worlds and characters you don't want to leave. Dark and disturbing books create worlds so disgusting and inhuman that all you can ever think about is how to escape them.
In what might be an ironic twist of fate, it's the dark and disturbing books that teach one to be optimistic. No matter how bad your life is, at least you aren't eaten from the inside out by hungry rats.
The list below contains some of the most depraved, violent, creepy, and disgusting books ever written. You'll feel the need to throw them at the wall, you'll feel something that conventional "good" books can't really transmit, at least not at the same intensity."

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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
1
Harlan Ellison
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
2
Dalton Trumbo
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
3
Mark Z. Danielewski
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
4
Nevil Shute
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
5
Vladimir Nabokov
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
6
Daniel Keyes
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
7
Cormac McCarthy
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
8
Elie Wiesel
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
9
Franz Kafka
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
10
John Fowles
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
11
Bret Easton Ellis
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
12
Truman Capote
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
13
Lionel Shriver
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
14
Neal Shusterman
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
15
Margaret Atwood
The Girl Next Door (Ruth Rendell)
The Girl Next Door
16
Ruth Rendell
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
17
Stephen King
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
18
Jose Saramago
It (Stephen King)
It
19
Stephen King
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
20
William S. Burroughs
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) -  Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
21
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
22
Iain Banks
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
23
Anthony Burgess
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
24
Cormac McCarthy
Escape From Camp 14 (Blaine Harden)
Escape From Camp 14
25
Blaine Harden
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
26
Irvine Welsh
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