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Most Disturbing Books Ever Written as Voted by Readers

Did you ever read a book so disturbing that you had to put it down for a week before coming back to it? Are you still grimacing over that book that you read five years ago?
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
2
William Golding
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
4
Dave Pelzer
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
5
Anthony Burgess
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
6
Vladimir Nabokov
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
7
Anonymous
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
8
Cormac McCarthy
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
10
V.C. Andrews
It (Stephen King)
It
11
Stephen King
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
12
Elie Wiesel
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
13
Lionel Shriver
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
14
Patrick Suskind
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
15
Chuck Palahniuk
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
17
Stephen King
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
18
Stephen King
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
19
Alice Sebold
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
20
Stieg Larsson
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
21
Truman Capote
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
22
Ray Bradbury
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
23
Suzanne Collins
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
24
Aldous Huxley
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
25
Franz Kafka
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
26
Gillian Flynn
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
27
Anne Frank
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
28
Emma Donoghue
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
29
Vincent Bugliosi
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
30
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
31
Khalid Hosseini
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
32
Mark Z. Danielewski
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
33
Cormac McCarthy
Pet Semetary (Stephen King)
Pet Semetary
34
Stephen King
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
35
William Peter Blatty
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
36
Iain Banks
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
37
Thomas Harris
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
38
Chuck Palahniuk
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
39
Jack Ketchum
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
40
John Steinbeck
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