Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHaunted by Chuck PalahniukHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,269 books — 11,599 voters
A Season in Carcosa by Joseph S. Pulver Sr.The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird BarronThe Shadow at the Bottom of the World by Thomas LigottiSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas LigottiGrimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,219 books — 1,158 voters

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. LovecraftHaunted by Chuck PalahniukThe White Hands and Other Weird Tales by Mark SamuelsThe Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales by Mark SamuelsThe Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron
Great dark short stories
134 books — 55 voters
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird BarronNorth American Lake Monsters by Nathan BallingrudTeatro Grottesco by Thomas LigottiThe White Hands and Other Weird Tales by Mark SamuelsFugue State by Brian Evenson
Dark Literature
273 books — 177 voters

The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales by Mark SamuelsTeatro Grottesco by Thomas LigottiMonstrous Affections by David NickleDark Corners by Michael BrayCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. James
Most Terrifying Short Stories
376 books — 495 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiHaunted by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Crooked God Machine by Autumn Christian
Twisted Tales
675 books — 400 voters

The Crooked God Machine by Autumn Christian
Horror Novels You Might Have Missed
95 books — 103 voters
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John  LanganThe Grimscribe's Puppets by Joseph S. Pulver Sr.
Dark Fiction
68 books — 28 voters