Disturbing Books

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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.77 — 369,121 ratings — published 2017
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 224 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.87 — 932,484 ratings — published 1955
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 199 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.80 — 355,826 ratings — published 1991
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,201,524 ratings — published 2006
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 153 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.10 — 413,094 ratings — published 2020
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The Wasp Factory The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.75 — 106,954 ratings — published 1984
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We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.08 — 209,916 ratings — published 2003
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,156,313 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 — 2,371,779 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 — 54,169 ratings — published 1989
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Verity Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 128 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,663,052 ratings — published 2018
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,339,879 ratings — published 1949
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.00 — 761,530 ratings — published 1962
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.59 — 110,551 ratings — published 2005
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Tampa Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 117 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.33 — 56,485 ratings — published 2013
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,400,403 ratings — published 2012
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.04 — 541,897 ratings — published 1985
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 110 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.85 — 235,281 ratings — published 1979
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Exquisite Corpse Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.79 — 25,085 ratings — published 1996
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,018,955 ratings — published 2006
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 103 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.08 — 830,222 ratings — published 2010
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Pretty Girls Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.01 — 673,706 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 — 56,525 ratings — published 2021
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Earthlings Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.60 — 96,295 ratings — published 2018
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.14 — 457,928 ratings — published 1995
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 829,044 ratings — published 2009
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The Troop The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.83 — 121,093 ratings — published 2014
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.65 — 354,069 ratings — published 2007
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Brother Brother (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.91 — 69,114 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 — 97,755 ratings — published 1959
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,347,609 ratings — published 1956
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Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.78 — 33,929 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 — 2,450,771 ratings — published 2002
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 196,074 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 — 9,739,082 ratings — published 2008
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,412,567 ratings — published 2005
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,380,884 ratings — published 1915
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 636,085 ratings — published 1996
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The Collector The Collector (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.97 — 91,538 ratings — published 1963
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Cows Cows (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as disturbing)
avg rating 2.70 — 13,532 ratings — published 1998
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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 — 212,646 ratings — published 1985
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.28 — 895,280 ratings — published 2015
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 832,024 ratings — published 1987
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Johnny Got His Gun Johnny Got His Gun (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.21 — 48,131 ratings — published 1939
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 64 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.51 — 195,537 ratings — published 2016
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Lapvona Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.53 — 95,278 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 — 23,349 ratings — published 2020
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.47 — 308,817 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 — 272,830 ratings — published 2016
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 331,814 ratings — published 1995
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“Everyone knows it’s not the hardest thing in the world to paint a woman as unstable. There are road maps. Centuries of examples of best practice by gentlemen such as myself who are willing to indulge their heinous tendencies”
Gilly Macmillan (author)

Robert Cormier
“I don't laugh very much," he said, realizing the truth of the statement as he made it, this sudden bit of knowledge disturbing him.”
Robert Cormier, Tenderness

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