The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written

1.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,187 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,485 ratings
3.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,514 ratings
4.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,924 ratings
5.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,237 ratings
6.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,051 ratings
7.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating — 308,857 ratings
8.
A Story of Yesterday
A Story of Yesterday 4.53 avg rating — 16,488 ratings
9.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,212 ratings
10.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,730 ratings
11.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,717 ratings
12.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,471 ratings
13.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,548 ratings
14.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,270 ratings
15.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,480 ratings
16.
The Zombie Room
The Zombie Room 3.88 avg rating — 35,859 ratings
17.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,127 ratings
18.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,514 ratings
19.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating — 207,216 ratings
20.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,607 ratings
21.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,220 ratings
22.
Haunted
Haunted 3.59 avg rating — 109,649 ratings
23.
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,340 ratings
24.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,423 ratings
25.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,962 ratings
26.
The Elephant Tree
The Elephant Tree 3.85 avg rating — 35,346 ratings
27.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,528 ratings
28.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,416 ratings
29.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,371 ratings
30.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating — 215,620 ratings
31.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,872 ratings
32.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,347 ratings
33.
The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory 3.76 avg rating — 104,977 ratings
34.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,209 ratings
35.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,470 ratings
36.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating — 668,867 ratings
37.
Local Woman Missing
Local Woman Missing 4.13 avg rating — 687,636 ratings
38.
Dark Places
Dark Places 3.94 avg rating — 816,081 ratings
39.
Hidden Pictures
Hidden Pictures 4.16 avg rating — 505,254 ratings
40.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,439 ratings
41.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,474 ratings
42.
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders 4.06 avg rating — 152,014 ratings
43.
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 362,964 ratings
44.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,262 ratings
45.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,148 ratings
46.
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 259,258 ratings
47.
Pretty Girls
Pretty Girls 4.01 avg rating — 631,747 ratings
48.
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door 3.92 avg rating — 52,221 ratings
49.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,177 ratings
50.
A Flicker in the Dark
A Flicker in the Dark 3.98 avg rating — 555,133 ratings
51.
No Exit
No Exit 3.99 avg rating — 203,752 ratings
52.
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me 3.83 avg rating — 1,100,552 ratings
53.
Final Girls
Final Girls 3.82 avg rating — 243,451 ratings
54.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,998 ratings
55.
The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom 3.07 avg rating — 14,380 ratings
56.
Then She Was Gone
Then She Was Gone 4.04 avg rating — 913,642 ratings
57.
The Only One Left
The Only One Left 4.13 avg rating — 518,802 ratings
58.
Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors 3.97 avg rating — 720,187 ratings
59.
The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 190,806 ratings
60.
The Couple Next Door
The Couple Next Door 3.80 avg rating — 682,801 ratings
61.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,421 ratings
62.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,253 ratings
63.
Home Before Dark
Home Before Dark 4.05 avg rating — 277,205 ratings
64.
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream 4.11 avg rating — 63,286 ratings
65.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,665 ratings
66.
Carrie
Carrie 3.99 avg rating — 813,714 ratings
67.
Gray After Dark
Gray After Dark 4.20 avg rating — 81,821 ratings
68.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,108 ratings
69.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,654 ratings
70.
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,912 ratings
71.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,679 ratings
72.
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities 3.99 avg rating — 90,419 ratings
73.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,160 ratings
74.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,653 ratings
75.
Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating — 58,130 ratings
76.
The Roommate
The Roommate 3.78 avg rating — 12,195 ratings
77.
Those Empty Eyes
Those Empty Eyes 4.16 avg rating — 76,488 ratings
78.
Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)
Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12) 4.24 avg rating — 43,722 ratings
79.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,945 ratings
80.
The Club
The Club 3.29 avg rating — 122,252 ratings
81.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating — 96,898 ratings
82.
What Lies in the Woods
What Lies in the Woods 3.95 avg rating — 184,414 ratings
83.
Ask for Andrea
Ask for Andrea 4.09 avg rating — 170,613 ratings
84.
The Collector
The Collector 3.97 avg rating — 89,279 ratings
85.
Look Closer
Look Closer 4.17 avg rating — 124,880 ratings
86.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,961 ratings
87.
The Shards
The Shards really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,478 ratings
88.
Not Forever, But For Now
Not Forever, But For Now 3.05 avg rating — 4,769 ratings
89.
No One Can Know
No One Can Know 3.66 avg rating — 73,688 ratings
90.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,244 ratings
91.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk 4.06 avg rating — 224,375 ratings
92.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,212 ratings
93.
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 1,832,700 ratings
94.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,255 ratings
95.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,562 ratings
96.
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 74,676 ratings
97.
The Girl Who Was Taken
The Girl Who Was Taken 4.18 avg rating — 150,994 ratings
98.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 71,407 ratings
99.
Head Like a Hole
Head Like a Hole 3.85 avg rating — 5,758 ratings
100.
Invisible Monsters
Invisible Monsters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 149,317 ratings
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