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Watchmojo's Top 10 Darkest Classic Novels You Need to Read

"Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world."
-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley-
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
3
William Golding
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Brontë
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
5
Bram Stoker
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
6
Kazuo Ishiguro
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
7
Richard Yates
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
9
Franz Kafka
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
10
Toni Morrison
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
11
Joseph Conrad
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
12
Vladimir Nabokov
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
13
Cormac McCarthy
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
14
Oscar Wilde
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
15
Dalton Trumbo
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
16
Markus Zusak
Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
Gerald's Game
17
Stephen King
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
18
Bret Easton Ellis
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
19
William S. Burroughs
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
20
Anthony Burgess
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