Dark Fiction Books

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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,479,452 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 — 42,641 ratings — published 2012
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Red Russia Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 39 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,372 ratings — published 2017
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 368,086 ratings — published 1991
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 847,694 ratings — published 2009
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,051,900 ratings — published 2006
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 776,928 ratings — published 1962
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,240,791 ratings — published 2006
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,232,732 ratings — published 1954
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 649,204 ratings — published 1996
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,553,857 ratings — published 1948
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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 — 3,472,054 ratings — published 2005
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,496,362 ratings — published 1897
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The Wasp Factory The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 111,327 ratings — published 1984
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Invisible Monsters Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 152,357 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 4.14 — 1,915,073 ratings — published 1890
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 420,679 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 221,578 ratings — published 2004
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.66 — 449,133 ratings — published 2020
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 434,255 ratings — published 2020
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,055,713 ratings — published 1992
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 840,230 ratings — published 2010
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,928,676 ratings — published 1818
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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 19 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 31,810 ratings — published 2023
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Everything and Nothing Everything and Nothing (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.38 — 1,741 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 — 2,882,306 ratings — published 1953
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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 — 660,191 ratings — published 2013
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We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 216,260 ratings — published 2003
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,465,349 ratings — published 1985
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Shutter Island Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 230,184 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 — 564,011 ratings — published 1996
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.64 — 360,293 ratings — published 2018
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,844 ratings — published 2005
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 655,714 ratings — published 1976
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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 3.91 — 302,125 ratings — published 1962
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.45 — 341,617 ratings — published 2019
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,470,413 ratings — published 2002
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 788,828 ratings — published 2002
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Exquisite Corpse Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 26,680 ratings — published 1996
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 282,949 ratings — published 1993
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You (You, #1) You (You, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 294,954 ratings — published 2014
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Trainspotting Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 181,514 ratings — published 1993
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Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 67,250 ratings — published 1978
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 204,089 ratings — published 2000
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The Butterfly Garden  (The Collector, #1) The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 293,799 ratings — published 2016
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,318,898 ratings — published 2015
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The Good Son The Good Son (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 819 ratings — published 2015
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,364,277 ratings — published 2011
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,102,759 ratings — published 1866
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 784,883 ratings — published 1962
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T.M. Frazier
“He thrust into me as if he were trying to climb into my soul.”
T.M. Frazier, The Dark Light of Day

Mehmet A. Zengin
“Police Chief Adrian stood in silence as he entered Fericire for the first time in twenty years. Every detail revived a hatred he had buried beneath discipline and professionalism.”
Mehmet A. Zengin, THE IRRESISTIBLE ALLURE OF BRUTALITY

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