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118 voters
Violent Books
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as violent)
avg rating 4.15 — 222,273 ratings — published 1985
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as violent)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,945,803 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as violent)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,171,406 ratings — published 2009
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as violent)
avg rating 4.27 — 789,969 ratings — published 2014
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as violent)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,741,201 ratings — published 1996
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as violent)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,733,878 ratings — published 2010
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as violent)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,209,864 ratings — published 1954
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as violent)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,390,290 ratings — published 2011
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as violent)
avg rating 4.00 — 771,729 ratings — published 1962
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as violent)
avg rating 4.16 — 487,879 ratings — published 2018
American Psycho (Vintage Contemporaries)
by (shelved 19 times as violent)
avg rating 3.80 — 363,905 ratings — published 1991
Battle Royale (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as violent)
avg rating 4.26 — 85,942 ratings — published 1999
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,568,426 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,237,648 ratings — published 2015
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,023,089 ratings — published 1998
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.18 — 644,826 ratings — published 1996
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as violent)
avg rating 4.55 — 847,875 ratings — published 2000
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as violent)
avg rating 3.94 — 890,452 ratings — published 2021
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as violent)
avg rating 4.50 — 485,128 ratings — published 2015
Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as violent)
avg rating 4.43 — 91,540 ratings — published 2009
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.01 — 623,045 ratings — published 2023
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,191,349 ratings — published 2020
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.54 — 395,277 ratings — published 2016
The Library at Mount Char (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.06 — 80,370 ratings — published 2015
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.24 — 348,740 ratings — published 2015
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,428,028 ratings — published 2012
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 12 times as violent)
avg rating 4.34 — 739,716 ratings — published 2011
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as violent)
avg rating 4.17 — 793,599 ratings — published 2005
Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,074 ratings — published 2014
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,041,052 ratings — published 2006
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.22 — 313,541 ratings — published 2006
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.07 — 603,666 ratings — published 2022
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,157,875 ratings — published 2015
Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.01 — 719,757 ratings — published 2015
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,774,910 ratings — published 2013
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,274,359 ratings — published 1986
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.17 — 249,329 ratings — published 2005
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,614,923 ratings — published 2023
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.19 — 184,244 ratings — published 2019
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,870,098 ratings — published 2018
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.57 — 772,472 ratings — published 2016
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,156,223 ratings — published 1991
Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 3.78 — 124,222 ratings — published 2013
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 3.83 — 77,908 ratings — published 2013
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,625,668 ratings — published 2012
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.49 — 981,427 ratings — published 2006
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 3.89 — 643,886 ratings — published 2010
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,503,681 ratings — published 2003
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.02 — 568,401 ratings — published 2006
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 8 times as violent)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,074,818 ratings — published 2025
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