Best Books That Disturbed Me (17 books)

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These are books that make it hard to sleep at night. Not because they are scary, but because they leave you with an unsettled feeling at the end.

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1		Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.89 avg rating — 2,277,101 ratings score: 498, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor. by Stephen P. Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 399, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 1,806,379 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 3.84 avg rating — 77,459 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Carrie by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 878,074 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 3.84 avg rating — 60,330 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips 4.38 avg rating — 18,530 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Bone People by Keri Hulme 4.03 avg rating — 24,541 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Break by Hannah Moskowitz (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 2,797 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Ann Marie's Asylum (Master and Apprentice, #1) by Christopher Rankin (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Lick the Razor by D.B. Tarpley (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs 3.92 avg rating — 1,377,834 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Exception by Christian Jungersen 3.82 avg rating — 2,848 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		When the Changewinds Blow (Changewinds, #1) by Jack L. Chalker 3.59 avg rating — 672 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Learning to Kiss in the Snow by D.B. Tarpley (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Dead by Morning (Rituals of the Night #1) by Kayla Krantz (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 404 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.99 avg rating — 510,994 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

17 books · 15 voters · list created December 10th, 2013 by Johnnie Ruffin (votes) .

Tags: best-books, books-that-disturbed-me, creepy, disturbing, fiction, unnerving

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