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The Most Disturbing Novels of All Time

While we often discuss lovely, life-affirming quotes and sweetly memorable scenes in books, reader slovenia46 recently suggested we talked about the grim. We did a quick sweep of the books desk – and here are some of our most disturbing reads.
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120 Days of Sodom
120 Days of Sodom
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Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
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Asterios Polyp
Asterios Polyp
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Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina
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Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: The Killing Joke
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Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
10
Beside the Sea
Beside the Sea
11
Birdie (Tracey Lindberg)
Birdie (Tracey Lindberg)
12
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
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Blankets
Blankets
14
Blindness
Blindness
15
Blood and Guts in High School
Blood and Guts in High School
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
17
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
18
Books of Blood
Books of Blood
19
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
20
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
21
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn
22
Carrie
Carrie
23
Child of God
Child of God
24
City of God (Paulo Lins)
City of God (Paulo Lins)
25
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
26
The Collector
The Collector
27
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
28
Cujo
Cujo
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Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
30
Dhalgren
Dhalgren
31
Dissolving Classroom (Junji Ito)
Dissolving Classroom (Junji Ito)
32
Dream Country (Neil Gaiman)
Dream Country (Neil Gaiman)
33
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
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Exquisite Corpse
Exquisite Corpse
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
36
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
37
Flowers in the Attic
Flowers in the Attic
38
From Hell
From Hell
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Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
40
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
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