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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 502,587 ratings — published 2017
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Pretty Girls Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.00 — 811,913 ratings — published 2015
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.59 — 113,847 ratings — published 2005
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The Troop The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.82 — 147,234 ratings — published 2014
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 563,915 ratings — published 2018
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.78 — 362,207 ratings — published 2020
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 874,122 ratings — published 1987
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Evil at Heart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #3) Evil at Heart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #3)
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avg rating 4.04 — 16,468 ratings — published 2009
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Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1) Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1)
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avg rating 3.93 — 44,378 ratings — published 2007
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 386,454 ratings — published 1991
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Alchemised Alchemised (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 395,033 ratings — published 2025
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,408,069 ratings — published 2025
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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 712,025 ratings — published 2023
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 251,633 ratings — published 1985
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Ninth House (Ninth House Trilogy, #1) Ninth House (Ninth House Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 435,614 ratings — published 2019
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FantasticLand FantasticLand (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 64,068 ratings — published 2016
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Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1) Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 35,182 ratings — published 1999
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Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
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avg rating 4.22 — 237,038 ratings — published 2015
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The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 61,777 ratings — published 1989
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 4,510,752 ratings — published 2011
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Krampus: The Yule Lord Krampus: The Yule Lord (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 20,731 ratings — published 2012
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Let Me Go (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #6) Let Me Go (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #6)
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avg rating 4.02 — 9,949 ratings — published 2013
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.04 — 593,664 ratings — published 1985
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Sweetheart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #2) Sweetheart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #2)
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avg rating 4.05 — 21,982 ratings — published 2008
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 874,999 ratings — published 2009
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.36 — 10,363,785 ratings — published 2008
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
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avg rating 4.36 — 398,597 ratings — published 2021
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The Eyes Are the Best Part The Eyes Are the Best Part (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 81,197 ratings — published 2024
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100% Match 100% Match (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 2.98 — 25,690 ratings — published 2022
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So Thirsty So Thirsty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.47 — 33,723 ratings — published 2024
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.83 — 710,263 ratings — published 1886
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.09 — 201,200 ratings — published 2011
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Playground Playground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.41 — 22,767 ratings — published 2022
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The Slob The Slob (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.30 — 13,981 ratings — published 2019
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The September House The September House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.84 — 121,088 ratings — published 2023
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Exquisite Corpse Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.78 — 29,212 ratings — published 1996
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.92 — 60,098 ratings — published 2021
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Verity Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,351,210 ratings — published 2018
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The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
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avg rating 4.26 — 201,193 ratings — published 2020
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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 378,871 ratings — published 2019
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The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
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avg rating 4.33 — 257,998 ratings — published 2019
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The Chestnut Man The Chestnut Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.21 — 94,408 ratings — published 2019
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The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker, #3) The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker, #3)
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avg rating 4.22 — 15,161 ratings — published 2001
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The Outsider (Holly Gibney, #1) The Outsider (Holly Gibney, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 405,758 ratings — published 2018
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Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1) Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.82 — 54,918 ratings — published 2015
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Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1) Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.89 — 27,463 ratings — published 1999
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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,436,512 ratings — published 2015
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.07 — 387,877 ratings — published 1981
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Undone (Will Trent, #3) Undone (Will Trent, #3)
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avg rating 4.23 — 93,091 ratings — published 2009
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Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1) Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.13 — 12,925 ratings — published 2011
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The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeMacbeth by William ShakespeareWhack Job by Rachel McCarthy JamesThe Yard by Alex Grecian
The Morbid
131 books — 18 voters
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48 books — 16 voters

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