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/lit/'s Dark and Disturbing Literature (Revised and Expanded 2019)

Earlier this year /lit/ revisited their Dark and Disturbing list. Some works were dropped and many more were added. General consensus is that of vast improvement.
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The 120 Days of Sodom (The Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
1
The Marquis De Sade
Justine (The Marquis De Sade)
Justine
2
The Marquis De Sade
A Season in Hell
A Season in Hell
3
A Sentimental Novel (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
A Sentimental Novel
4
Alain Robbe-Grillet
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
5
Bret Easton Ellis
Assisted Living (Nikanor Teratologen)
Assisted Living
6
Nikanor Teratologen
Babyfucker (Urs Allemann)
Babyfucker
7
Urs Allemann
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
8
Dorothy Allison
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
9
Kathy Acker
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
10
Cormac McCarthy
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
11
Cormac McCarthy
Cleansed (Sarah Kane)
Cleansed
12
Sarah Kane
4.48 Psychosis (Sarah Kane)
4.48 Psychosis
13
Sarah Kane
Cows
Cows
14
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
15
J.G. Ballard
The Atrocity Exhibition (J. G. Ballard)
The Atrocity Exhibition
16
J. G. Ballard
Dark Spring (Unica Zürn)
Dark Spring
17
Unica Zürn
Death on the Installment Plan (L. F. Celine)
Death on the Installment Plan
18
L. F. Celine
The Diary of a Rapist (Evan S. Connell)
The Diary of a Rapist
19
Evan S. Connell
Eden Eden Eden (Pierre Guyotat)
Eden Eden Eden
20
Pierre Guyotat
Tomb for 500,000 (Pierre Guyotat)
Tomb for 500,000
21
Pierre Guyotat
Frisk (Dennis Cooper)
Frisk
22
Dennis Cooper
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
23
Katherine Dunn
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
24
Chuck Palahniuk
Heliogabalus: Or, the Crowned Anarchist (Antonin Artaud)
Heliogabalus: Or, the Crowned Anarchist
25
Antonin Artaud
Selected Writings (Antonin Artaud)
Selected Writings
26
Antonin Artaud
Hogg (Samuel R. Delaney)
Hogg
27
Samuel R. Delaney
In the Miso Soup (Ryu Murakami)
In the Miso Soup
28
Ryu Murakami
Maldoror (Comte De Lautréamont)
Maldoror
29
Comte De Lautréamont
Mouchette (Georges Bernanos)
Mouchette
30
Georges Bernanos
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
31
William S. Burroughs
Ordeal (Linda Lovelace)
Ordeal
32
Linda Lovelace
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
33
Patrick Suskind
Petrolio (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Petrolio
34
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pig Island (Mo Hayder)
Pig Island
35
Mo Hayder
Proxy (Peter Sotos)
Proxy
36
Peter Sotos
Steps (Jerzy Kosinski)
Steps
37
Jerzy Kosinski
Story of the Eye
Story of the Eye
38
Sweating Blood (Léon Bloy)
Sweating Blood
39
Léon Bloy
The Consumer (Michael Gira)
The Consumer
40
Michael Gira
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