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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 402,256 ratings — published 2017
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Pretty Girls Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.01 — 716,667 ratings — published 2015
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,378 ratings — published 2005
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The Troop The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.83 — 126,860 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 4.16 — 485,782 ratings — published 2018
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 851,954 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 — 16,224 ratings — published 2009
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American Psycho (Vintage Contemporaries) American Psycho (Vintage Contemporaries)
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avg rating 3.80 — 363,392 ratings — published 1991
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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 620,456 ratings — published 2023
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.79 — 312,230 ratings — published 2020
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FantasticLand FantasticLand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.83 — 52,466 ratings — published 2016
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Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1) Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.95 — 33,318 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 — 229,514 ratings — published 2015
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The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 55,763 ratings — published 1989
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Krampus: The Yule Lord Krampus: The Yule Lord (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 19,737 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 — 9,772 ratings — published 2013
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 555,265 ratings — published 1985
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Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1) Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1)
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avg rating 3.93 — 43,425 ratings — published 2007
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Sweetheart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #2) Sweetheart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #2)
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avg rating 4.05 — 21,545 ratings — published 2008
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.94 — 840,669 ratings — published 2009
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,934,783 ratings — published 2008
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,065,918 ratings — published 2025
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100% Match 100% Match (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.01 — 22,107 ratings — published 2022
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So Thirsty So Thirsty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.48 — 27,221 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 — 666,638 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 4.10 — 198,880 ratings — published 2011
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The Slob The Slob (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.33 — 12,312 ratings — published 2019
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 2.93 — 57,483 ratings — published 2021
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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 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.15 — 221,688 ratings — published 1985
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Verity Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,826,720 ratings — published 2018
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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)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.98 — 354,855 ratings — published 2019
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Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.00 — 402,174 ratings — published 2019
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The Chestnut Man The Chestnut Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,477 ratings — published 2019
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The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker, #3) The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.22 — 14,674 ratings — published 2001
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The Outsider (Holly Gibney #1) The Outsider (Holly Gibney #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.01 — 382,272 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 3.83 — 52,383 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 — 25,627 ratings — published 1999
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Undone (Will Trent, #3) Undone (Will Trent, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.23 — 84,754 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)
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avg rating 4.12 — 12,560 ratings — published 2011
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Triptych (Will Trent, #1) Triptych (Will Trent, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.13 — 128,252 ratings — published 2006
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,366,605 ratings — published 1956
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Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1) Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.04 — 28,903 ratings — published 1991
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,420,420 ratings — published 2012
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Kill You Twice (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #5) Kill You Twice (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.15 — 12,735 ratings — published 2012
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,387,205 ratings — published 2011
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The Terror The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,179 ratings — published 2007
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The Night Season (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #4) The Night Season (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.90 — 12,362 ratings — published 2011
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,729,291 ratings — published 2010
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Alchemised Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.40 — 180,302 ratings — published 2025
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A Wife for Silas (The Dark Life of Silas #1) A Wife for Silas (The Dark Life of Silas #1)
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avg rating 3.36 — 2,574 ratings — published
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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
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