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The Doomsday Butcher (Cole Chambers FBI Profiler Thrillers #1) The Doomsday Butcher (Cole Chambers FBI Profiler Thrillers #1)
by (shelved 56 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 7,254 ratings — published
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,580,150 ratings — published 2012
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The Zombie Room The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 46,093 ratings — published 2012
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Red Russia Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 39 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,537 ratings — published 2017
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 386,168 ratings — published 1991
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Yol Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,099,876 ratings — published 2006
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 874,443 ratings — published 2009
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 796,796 ratings — published 1962
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,293,167 ratings — published 2006
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The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 606,368 ratings — published 1988
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 667,965 ratings — published 1996
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,338,301 ratings — published 1954
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,824,088 ratings — published 1949
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The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1) The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 28,972 ratings — published 1995
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,543,816 ratings — published 2005
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,573,382 ratings — published 1897
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,148,841 ratings — published 1992
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The Wasp Factory The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 116,433 ratings — published 1984
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,357 ratings — published 2023
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 500,601 ratings — published 2017
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 455,725 ratings — published 2020
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Invisible Monsters Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 155,036 ratings — published 1999
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,032,084 ratings — published 1890
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.66 — 477,171 ratings — published 2020
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The Butterfly Garden  (The Collector, #1) The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 329,759 ratings — published 2016
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 227,277 ratings — published 2004
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Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1) Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 35,156 ratings — published 1999
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 851,136 ratings — published 2010
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Frankenstein Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,036,496 ratings — published 1818
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The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1) The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 106,105 ratings — published 2017
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Everything and Nothing Everything and Nothing (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.39 — 1,818 ratings — published 2011
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,021,127 ratings — published 1963
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 668,589 ratings — published 2013
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.59 — 113,809 ratings — published 2005
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Shadow Man (Smoky Barrett, #1) Shadow Man (Smoky Barrett, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,910 ratings — published 2006
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Shutter Island Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 242,157 ratings — published 2003
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1) Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 570,560 ratings — published 1996
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.43 — 380,468 ratings — published 2019
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.63 — 387,453 ratings — published 2018
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We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 225,030 ratings — published 2003
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,587,357 ratings — published 1985
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 445,294 ratings — published 1993
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UNSUB (UNSUB, #1) UNSUB (UNSUB, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 18,348 ratings — published 2017
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 331,279 ratings — published 1962
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 294,970 ratings — published 1993
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Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 70,476 ratings — published 1978
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,494,070 ratings — published 2002
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 216,824 ratings — published 2000
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 812,402 ratings — published 2002
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Exquisite Corpse Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 29,161 ratings — published 1996
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Augusta Achard
“It was clear that the city had none of the dignity of older capitals. It did not swagger like London, preen like Paris, or prize artistry like Vienna. Manchester was a brute. It pushed up its sleeves, and it smoked, and hammered, and grew.”
― Augusta Achard

Meredith McGough
“Some sacrifices echo through eternity.”
― Meredith McGough, THE SHADOWS OF THE PAST: A Gothic Supernatural Thriller

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