104 books
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38 voters
Violent Books
Showing 1-50 of 9,580
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as violent)
avg rating 4.15 — 232,006 ratings — published 1985
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as violent)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,089,762 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as violent)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,243,107 ratings — published 2009
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as violent)
avg rating 4.27 — 871,267 ratings — published 2014
The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as violent)
avg rating 3.95 — 44,095 ratings — published 2012
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as violent)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,773,710 ratings — published 1996
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as violent)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,796,461 ratings — published 2010
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as violent)
avg rating 4.00 — 781,593 ratings — published 1962
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as violent)
avg rating 3.80 — 371,884 ratings — published 1991
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as violent)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,254,351 ratings — published 1954
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as violent)
avg rating 4.16 — 516,871 ratings — published 2018
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as violent)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,432,499 ratings — published 2011
Battle Royale (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as violent)
avg rating 4.26 — 87,287 ratings — published 1999
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,744,932 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,394,880 ratings — published 2015
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,035,685 ratings — published 1998
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as violent)
avg rating 4.18 — 653,421 ratings — published 1996
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as violent)
avg rating 4.50 — 538,287 ratings — published 2015
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as violent)
avg rating 4.55 — 857,165 ratings — published 2000
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as violent)
avg rating 3.94 — 927,008 ratings — published 2021
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as violent)
avg rating 4.23 — 355,698 ratings — published 2015
Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as violent)
avg rating 4.43 — 92,313 ratings — published 2009
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.00 — 657,587 ratings — published 2023
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,242,292 ratings — published 2020
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.55 — 437,861 ratings — published 2016
The Library at Mount Char (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.05 — 83,990 ratings — published 2015
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,548,787 ratings — published 2012
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as violent)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,487,164 ratings — published 2005
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
by (shelved 12 times as violent)
avg rating 4.34 — 746,905 ratings — published 2011
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as violent)
avg rating 4.17 — 802,117 ratings — published 2005
Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,183 ratings — published 2014
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,872,988 ratings — published 2013
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 3.90 — 223,362 ratings — published 2004
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,294,121 ratings — published 1986
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,061,913 ratings — published 2006
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as violent)
avg rating 4.22 — 323,836 ratings — published 2006
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.07 — 629,324 ratings — published 2022
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.56 — 787,890 ratings — published 2016
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,181,994 ratings — published 2015
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,458,575 ratings — published 1942
Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.00 — 755,694 ratings — published 2015
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as violent)
avg rating 4.17 — 258,685 ratings — published 2005
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,744,534 ratings — published 2023
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 3.68 — 119,993 ratings — published 2020
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.00 — 411,919 ratings — published 2019
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.18 — 190,073 ratings — published 2019
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,914,949 ratings — published 2018
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,311,384 ratings — published 2016
High-Rise (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 3.64 — 42,349 ratings — published 1975
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as violent)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,774,175 ratings — published 2007
“She smiled again and the sun came back out. Raced backward up from the sea and lit her face. He told himself to ignore it. It wasn’t that special. Not really. He couldn’t be sure, but if his display of ignorance could make her do it again, it might be worth checking out.”
― Black Fire
― Black Fire












