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The Darkest Books of All Time

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George Orwell 1984
George Orwell 1984
1
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
2
Bret Easton Ellis
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
3
Cormac McCarthy
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
4
Anthony Burgess
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
5
William Golding
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
6
Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
8
Margaret Atwood
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
9
Ken Kesey
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
10
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
11
Iain Banks
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
12
Stephen King
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
13
Mary Shelley
Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Invisible Monsters
14
Chuck Palahniuk
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
15
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
16
Cormac McCarthy
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
17
Irvine Welsh
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
18
Bram Stoker
The Elephant Tree
The Elephant Tree
19
Factotum (Charles Bukowski)
Factotum
20
Charles Bukowski
Skagboys (Irvine Welsh)
Skagboys
21
Irvine Welsh
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
22
Joseph Conrad
Lunar Park (Bret Easton Ellis)
Lunar Park
23
Bret Easton Ellis
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
24
Franz Kafka
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
25
Emily Brontë
It (Stephen King)
It
26
Stephen King
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
27
Oscar Wilde
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
28
Sylvia Plath
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
29
Albert Camus
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
30
Thomas Harris
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
31
Franz Kafka
Night - Elie Wiesel
Night - Elie Wiesel
32
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
33
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
34
Stephen King
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
35
William Peter Blatty
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
36
Gillian Flynn
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
37
Stephen King
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
38
Anne Frank
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
39
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
40
Vladimir Nabokov
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