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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 408,327 ratings — published 2017
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Pretty Girls Pretty Girls (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 724,747 ratings — published 2015
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,541 ratings — published 2005
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The Troop The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.83 — 127,910 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 — 491,590 ratings — published 2018
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 855,488 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 — 16,241 ratings — published 2009
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 364,883 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 — 627,809 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)
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avg rating 3.78 — 314,141 ratings — published 2020
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FantasticLand FantasticLand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.83 — 53,022 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 — 33,435 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 — 230,081 ratings — published 2015
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The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 56,079 ratings — published 1989
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Krampus: The Yule Lord Krampus: The Yule Lord (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 19,865 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 — 9,786 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 — 557,930 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 — 43,501 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 — 21,560 ratings — published 2008
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 842,919 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 4.35 — 9,964,503 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 — 1,090,328 ratings — published 2025
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100% Match 100% Match (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.00 — 22,540 ratings — published 2022
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So Thirsty So Thirsty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 3.48 — 27,616 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 — 669,256 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 — 199,040 ratings — published 2011
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The Slob The Slob (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.33 — 12,427 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 — 57,643 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 — 223,469 ratings — published 1985
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Verity Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,855,770 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 — 356,677 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 — 403,906 ratings — published 2019
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The Chestnut Man The Chestnut Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,913 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 — 14,706 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 — 383,860 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 — 52,574 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 — 25,758 ratings — published 1999
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Undone (Will Trent, #3) Undone (Will Trent, #3)
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avg rating 4.23 — 85,332 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 — 12,589 ratings — published 2011
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Triptych (Will Trent, #1) Triptych (Will Trent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 129,044 ratings — published 2006
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,369,753 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 — 29,004 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 — 2,441,109 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 — 12,757 ratings — published 2012
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,395,500 ratings — published 2011
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The Terror The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,606 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 — 12,379 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 — 3,742,033 ratings — published 2010
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Alchemised Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as gruesome)
avg rating 4.38 — 201,865 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 3.35 — 2,647 ratings — published
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiLord of the Flies by William GoldingTender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
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