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The Most Disturbing Novels of All Time - Page 2

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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Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
41
Stephen King
Ghost World (Daniel Clowes)
Ghost World
42
Daniel Clowes
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum)
The Girl Next Door
43
Jack Ketchum
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
44
Stieg Larsson
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
45
Jeannette Walls
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
46
Anonymous
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
47
Gillian Flynn
Guts
Guts
48
Gyo (Junji Ito)
Gyo
49
Junji Ito
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
50
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
51
Margaret Atwood
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal
52
Thomas Harris
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
53
Chuck Palahniuk
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
54
Shirley Jackson
Hellstar Remina (Junji Ito)
Hellstar Remina
55
Junji Ito
Houdini Heart
Houdini Heart
56
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
57
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
58
Suzanne Collins
In the Miso Soup (Ryu Murakami)
In the Miso Soup
59
Ryu Murakami
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
60
Ralph Ellison
It (Stephen King)
It
61
Stephen King
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
62
Toni Morrison
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
63
Dalton Trumbo
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
64
Haruki Murakami
Kisscut (Karin Slaughter)
Kisscut
65
Karin Slaughter
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
66
Khalid Hosseini
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
67
Hubert Selby Jr.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2
68
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
69
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let's Go Play at the Adams
Let's Go Play at the Adams
70
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
71
Vladimir Nabokov
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
72
Stephen King
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
73
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
74
Art Spiegelman
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
75
Stephen King
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
76
Suzanne Collins
Monsters (Ken Dahl)
Monsters
77
Ken Dahl
My Friend Dahmer
My Friend Dahmer
78
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
79
William S. Burroughs
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
80
Kazuo Ishiguro
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