Disturbing Books

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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 301 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.77 — 385,026 ratings — published 2017
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 223 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.87 — 939,601 ratings — published 1955
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 196 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.80 — 359,505 ratings — published 1991
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,211,884 ratings — published 2006
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.10 — 420,933 ratings — published 2020
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We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.08 — 211,619 ratings — published 2003
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The Wasp Factory The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.75 — 108,071 ratings — published 1984
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,177,915 ratings — published 1954
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,397,446 ratings — published 1985
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The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.92 — 54,954 ratings — published 1989
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Verity Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 129 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,721,421 ratings — published 2018
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,401,114 ratings — published 1949
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.00 — 766,149 ratings — published 1962
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.59 — 110,981 ratings — published 2005
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,421,309 ratings — published 2012
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Tampa Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 115 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.34 — 57,498 ratings — published 2013
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.04 — 548,261 ratings — published 1985
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Exquisite Corpse Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.79 — 25,583 ratings — published 1996
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,028,745 ratings — published 2006
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 109 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.85 — 236,918 ratings — published 1979
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 103 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.08 — 832,336 ratings — published 2010
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Pretty Girls Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.01 — 692,798 ratings — published 2015
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 95 times as disturbing)
avg rating 2.93 — 57,021 ratings — published 2021
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 93 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.14 — 459,396 ratings — published 1995
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Earthlings Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.60 — 98,432 ratings — published 2018
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 833,996 ratings — published 2009
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.65 — 369,096 ratings — published 2007
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The Troop The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.83 — 124,184 ratings — published 2014
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Brother Brother (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.91 — 71,048 ratings — published 2015
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.46 — 98,326 ratings — published 1959
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,355,335 ratings — published 1956
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Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.78 — 34,022 ratings — published 2008
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,456,358 ratings — published 2002
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 198,579 ratings — published 2000
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,817,149 ratings — published 2008
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.28 — 912,277 ratings — published 2015
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,428,609 ratings — published 2005
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,405,433 ratings — published 1915
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 640,025 ratings — published 1996
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The Collector The Collector (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.97 — 92,813 ratings — published 1963
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.15 — 217,077 ratings — published 1985
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Cows Cows (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as disturbing)
avg rating 2.70 — 13,876 ratings — published 1998
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Johnny Got His Gun Johnny Got His Gun (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.21 — 48,474 ratings — published 1939
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 841,270 ratings — published 1987
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 65 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.51 — 199,595 ratings — published 2016
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Lapvona Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 64 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.53 — 97,903 ratings — published 2022
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Gone to See the River Man Gone to See the River Man (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.65 — 23,892 ratings — published 2020
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.46 — 320,461 ratings — published 2019
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The Butterfly Garden  (The Collector, #1) The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 278,781 ratings — published 2016
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Unwind (Unwind, #1) Unwind (Unwind, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.17 — 248,312 ratings — published 2007
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Roger Scruton
“Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane: it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring chilling.”
Roger Scruton, Beauty

“All those dumb spooky movies like Friday the 13th, they all start in a house or a forest, or an abandoned cabin, or whatever, so you end up thinking you have to be scared of them. But you don’t. Not really. That whispering voice is never in the woods.

- S. E. Tolsen, Bunny”
S. E. Tolsen

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