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 — 369,879 ratings — published 2017
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 224 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.87 — 932,783 ratings — published 1955
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 199 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.80 — 356,028 ratings — published 1991
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,201,929 ratings — published 2006
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 153 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.10 — 413,438 ratings — published 2020
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The Wasp Factory The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.75 — 107,021 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 — 210,026 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 — 3,157,082 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 — 2,372,761 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 — 54,207 ratings — published 1989
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Verity Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 128 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,665,534 ratings — published 2018
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,342,208 ratings — published 1949
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.00 — 761,752 ratings — published 1962
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.59 — 110,573 ratings — published 2005
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Tampa Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 117 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.33 — 56,522 ratings — published 2013
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,401,264 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 — 542,202 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 — 235,348 ratings — published 1979
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Exquisite Corpse Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.79 — 25,112 ratings — published 1996
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,019,282 ratings — published 2006
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 103 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.08 — 830,329 ratings — published 2010
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Pretty Girls Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.01 — 674,599 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 — 56,543 ratings — published 2021
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Earthlings Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.60 — 96,388 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 — 457,971 ratings — published 1995
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 829,276 ratings — published 2009
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The Troop The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.83 — 121,258 ratings — published 2014
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.65 — 354,693 ratings — published 2007
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Brother Brother (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.91 — 69,211 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 — 97,872 ratings — published 1959
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,347,865 ratings — published 1956
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Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.78 — 33,933 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 — 2,450,986 ratings — published 2002
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 196,183 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 — 9,741,869 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 — 3,413,210 ratings — published 2005
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,381,762 ratings — published 1915
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 636,218 ratings — published 1996
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The Collector The Collector (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.97 — 91,637 ratings — published 1963
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Cows Cows (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as disturbing)
avg rating 2.70 — 13,545 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 — 212,796 ratings — published 1985
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.28 — 895,910 ratings — published 2015
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 832,455 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 — 48,146 ratings — published 1939
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.47 — 309,352 ratings — published 2019
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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 — 195,701 ratings — published 2016
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Lapvona Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 3.53 — 95,391 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 — 23,377 ratings — published 2020
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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 — 273,084 ratings — published 2016
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as disturbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 331,959 ratings — published 1995
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Michael Bassey Johnson
“Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth.”
Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

Anthony Kiedis
“We had finished the set when a lovely young woman wandered into our dressing room. She had bleached-blond hair and fire-engine-red lips and giant eyelashes that made her look like a reincarnated southern version of Marilyn Monroe. As I was prone to do at that time, I made my move before anyone else could even talk to her. I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the bathroom and asked her if she could keep me company while I took a shower.
Once I got into the shower, she went into an impeccable rendition of Marilyn singing "Happy Birthday" to JFK. I got out of that shower ready to go. She immediately threw off her clothes and we made love on the floor. I had known the girl for five minutes, but I was certain of my affection for her. We spent the night together, and I found out more about her, including the fact that she went to Catholic school. (She would be the inspiration for a later song, "Catholic School Girls Rule.")
The next day we drove to Baton Rouge, and of course, she came with us. After we got offstage, she came up to me and said, "I have something to tell you. My father's the chief of police and the entire state of Louisiana is looking for me because I've gone missing. Oh, and besides that, I'm only fourteen."
I wasn't incredibly scared, because in my somewhat deluded mind, I knew that if she told the chief of police she was in love with me, he wasn't going to have me taken out to a field and shot, but I did want to get her the hell back home right away. So we had sex one more time, and she gave me an interesting compliment that I never forgot. She said, "When you make love to me, it's like you're a professional." I told her that she should give herself a little time and she'd realize that it was because she didn't have much to compare it to. And I put her on a bus and sent her back to New Orleans.”
Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue

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