Darkest Books of All Time

1.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,181 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,325 ratings
3.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,714 ratings
4.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,918 ratings
5.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,473 ratings
6.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,085 ratings
7.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,406 ratings
8.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,826 ratings
9.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,416 ratings
10.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,224 ratings
11.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,918 ratings
12.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,432 ratings
13.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,175 ratings
14.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,848 ratings
15.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,163 ratings
16.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,454 ratings
17.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,691 ratings
18.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,644 ratings
19.
Glamorama
Glamorama 3.55 avg rating — 25,093 ratings
20.
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead 3.71 avg rating — 45,606 ratings
21.
The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory 3.76 avg rating — 104,977 ratings
22.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,226 ratings
23.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,213 ratings
24.
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream 4.11 avg rating — 63,285 ratings
25.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,484 ratings
26.
The Beasts of Success
The Beasts of Success 4.28 avg rating — 508 ratings
27.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,606 ratings
28.
Invisible Monsters
Invisible Monsters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 149,316 ratings
29.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,108 ratings
30.
The Book With No Name (Bourbon Kid, #1)
The Book With No Name (Bourbon Kid, #1)
by: Anonymous
3.84 avg rating — 7,268 ratings
31.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,463 ratings
32.
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,911 ratings
33.
Lunar Park
Lunar Park 3.65 avg rating — 30,301 ratings
34.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,200 ratings
35.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,365 ratings
36.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,743 ratings
37.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,505 ratings
38.
Factotum
Factotum 3.92 avg rating — 74,338 ratings
39.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,523 ratings
40.
Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 17,413 ratings
41.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,823 ratings
42.
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 259,256 ratings
43.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,213 ratings
44.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,114 ratings
45.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,460 ratings
46.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,330 ratings
47.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,328 ratings
48.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,313 ratings
49.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,601 ratings
50.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,234 ratings
51.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In 4.04 avg rating — 118,291 ratings
52.
Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution 4.32 avg rating — 6,865 ratings
53.
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,319 ratings
54.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,777 ratings
55.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,149 ratings
56.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating — 668,856 ratings
57.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,290 ratings
58.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,980 ratings
59.
Needful Things
Needful Things 3.98 avg rating — 270,589 ratings
60.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,443 ratings
61.
Mean Spirited
Mean Spirited 4.28 avg rating — 5,615 ratings
62.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,391 ratings
63.
The Witches of Scotland Book 1 (The Dream Dancers: Akashic Chronicles, #1)
The Witches of Scotland Book 1 (The Dream Dancers: Akashic Chronicles, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 6,825 ratings
64.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,357 ratings
65.
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions 4.12 avg rating — 20,722 ratings
66.
The Standoff (Jack Widow, #12)
The Standoff (Jack Widow, #12) 4.41 avg rating — 2,307 ratings
67.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,098 ratings
68.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,048 ratings
69.
The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7; Diogenes, #3)
The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7; Diogenes, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 39,113 ratings
70.
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 362,957 ratings
71.
Wayward Spirits (Witches of Palmetto Point #2)
Wayward Spirits (Witches of Palmetto Point #2) 4.42 avg rating — 7,386 ratings
72.
The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden
The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden 3.71 avg rating — 6,958 ratings
73.
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town 3.86 avg rating — 82,844 ratings
74.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,520 ratings
75.
A Very Bad Thing
A Very Bad Thing 4.15 avg rating — 40,373 ratings
76.
The Last Guest House
The Last Guest House 3.79 avg rating — 3,584 ratings
77.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,397 ratings
78.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,176 ratings
79.
Black Fox: An Indigenous Horror Novel
Black Fox: An Indigenous Horror Novel 4.02 avg rating — 559 ratings
80.
Dark Places
Dark Places 3.94 avg rating — 816,069 ratings
81.
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door 3.92 avg rating — 52,217 ratings
82.
Child of God
Child of God 3.82 avg rating — 52,914 ratings
83.
Devil's Snare (Witches of Palmetto Point #3)
Devil's Snare (Witches of Palmetto Point #3) 4.40 avg rating — 6,032 ratings
84.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,669 ratings
85.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,049 ratings
86.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn 3.92 avg rating — 28,774 ratings
87.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories 4.02 avg rating — 115,387 ratings
88.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me 3.85 avg rating — 24,518 ratings
89.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,944 ratings
90.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,489 ratings
91.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,159 ratings
92.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating — 207,214 ratings
93.
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree 4.38 avg rating — 1,209,764 ratings
94.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,469 ratings
95.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating — 96,898 ratings
96.
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado 4.08 avg rating — 85,823 ratings
97.
Haunted
Haunted 3.59 avg rating — 109,647 ratings
98.
Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 114,434 ratings
99.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,341 ratings
100.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,254 ratings
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