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The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written From Goodreads

The problem with crowd sourced lists is that all three Twilight books can end up on s most disturbing list. That in itself disturbs me. I mean Dennis Cooper deserves to be on this list more than... 50 Shades of Gray, the novel every housewife in America has read. I'm making my own list next time
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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 Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
4
Anthony Burgess
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
5
Dave Pelzer
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
6
Vladimir Nabokov
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy 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
It (Stephen King)
It
10
Stephen King
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
11
V.C. Andrews
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
12
Patrick Suskind
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
13
Lionel Shriver
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
14
George Orwell
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
15
Elie Wiesel
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
16
Chuck Palahniuk
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
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
20
Ray Bradbury
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
21
Aldous Huxley
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
22
Stieg Larsson
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
23
Truman Capote
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
24
Franz Kafka
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
25
Gillian Flynn
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
26
Suzanne Collins
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
27
Iain Banks
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
28
Emma Donoghue
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
29
Anne Frank
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
30
Chuck Palahniuk
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
31
Vincent Bugliosi
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
32
Mark Z. Danielewski
Pet Cemetery
Pet Cemetery
33
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
34
Kazuo Ishiguro
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
35
Cormac McCarthy
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
36
Khalid Hosseini
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
37
William Peter Blatty
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
38
Gillian Flynn
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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