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Quality Dark Fiction

These are the top 100 books from the list 'quality dark fiction' on Goodreads. I excluded any novels that had fewer than a 1000 ratings from the list.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
2
Bram Stoker
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
3
Neil Gaiman
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
4
Edgar Allen Poe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
5
Mary Shelley
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
6
Oscar Wilde
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
7
Cormac McCarthy
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
8
William Golding
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
9
Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
10
George Orwell
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
11
Stephen King
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
12
Anthony Burgess
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
13
Anne Rice
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
14
Margaret Atwood
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
16
Suzanne Collins
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
17
Neil Gaiman
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
18
Patrick Suskind
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
19
Neil Gaiman
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
20
Emily Brontë
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
21
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
22
Stephen King
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
23
Richard Matheson
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
25
Alan Moore
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
26
Franz Kafka
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
27
Daphne Du Maurier
Sandman: Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (Neil Gaiman)
Sandman: Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
28
Neil Gaiman
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
29
Thomas Harris
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
30
Alice Sebold
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
31
H.P Lovecraft
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
32
H.G. Wells
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
33
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
34
Ray Bradbury
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
35
Gillian Flynn
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
36
Henry James
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
37
Joseph Conrad
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
38
Kurt Vonnegut
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
39
Kazuo Ishiguro
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
40
Bret Easton Ellis
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