Reddit List of Intense Books You Couldn't Finish

1.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating β€” 919,350 ratings
2.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,117,978 ratings
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The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating β€” 814,431 ratings
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The Dark Half
The Dark Half 3.81 avg rating β€” 149,888 ratings
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The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,001,906 ratings
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1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,227,605 ratings
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,650,683 ratings
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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,996 ratings
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Haunted
Haunted 3.59 avg rating β€” 109,658 ratings
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Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating β€” 74,830 ratings
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Duma Key
Duma Key 3.99 avg rating β€” 133,436 ratings
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The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,402,633 ratings
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Living Dead Girl
Living Dead Girl 3.78 avg rating β€” 33,768 ratings
14.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating β€” 545,814 ratings
15.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating β€” 96,905 ratings
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The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,010,704 ratings
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating β€” 669,021 ratings
18.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 62,571 ratings
19.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating β€” 826,381 ratings
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The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2)
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2) 4.24 avg rating β€” 282,867 ratings
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The Collector
The Collector 3.97 avg rating β€” 89,288 ratings
22.
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream 4.11 avg rating β€” 63,288 ratings
23.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating β€” 710,461 ratings
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Columbine
Columbine 4.29 avg rating β€” 99,754 ratings
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,187 ratings
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 477,045 ratings
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The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird 3.90 avg rating β€” 27,863 ratings
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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,154,248 ratings
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating β€” 370,621 ratings
30.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 455,082 ratings
31.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating β€” 83,118 ratings
32.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating β€” 49,528 ratings
33.
A Fan's Notes (A Fan's Notes, #1)
A Fan's Notes (A Fan's Notes, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 4,613 ratings
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Rage
Rage 3.71 avg rating β€” 55,126 ratings
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Tomie (The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, #1)
Tomie (The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, #1)
by: Junji Ito
4.02 avg rating β€” 3,509 ratings
36.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating β€” 349,257 ratings
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The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating β€” 141,880 ratings
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating β€” 204,560 ratings
39.
It
It 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,227,666 ratings
40.
Revival
Revival 3.81 avg rating β€” 137,091 ratings
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War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2)
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2) 4.43 avg rating β€” 38,940 ratings
42.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating β€” 95,152 ratings
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Filth
Filth 3.82 avg rating β€” 31,469 ratings
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Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 127,138 ratings
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This Book Hates You
This Book Hates You 3.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
46.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn 3.92 avg rating β€” 28,778 ratings
46.
What Happens In The Attic
What Happens In The Attic 3.50 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
48.
Guts
Guts 3.87 avg rating β€” 15,094 ratings
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Hurting My Toys: Spiritual Suicide
Hurting My Toys: Spiritual Suicide 3.59 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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Let Them Eat Snuff
Let Them Eat Snuff really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
51.
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0) 4.39 avg rating β€” 128,409 ratings
52.
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) 3.98 avg rating β€” 202,151 ratings
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The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom 3.07 avg rating β€” 14,384 ratings
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Pygmy
Pygmy 2.99 avg rating β€” 30,297 ratings
55.
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating β€” 51,315 ratings
56.
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life 3.96 avg rating β€” 141,524 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,391 ratings
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating β€” 763,776 ratings
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The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister
The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister 3.93 avg rating β€” 9,106 ratings
60.
When Rabbit Howls
When Rabbit Howls 4.05 avg rating β€” 17,789 ratings
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Tampa
Tampa 3.33 avg rating β€” 54,264 ratings
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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 β€” 90,425 ratings
63.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating β€” 324,744 ratings
64.
They Called It Passchendaele
They Called It Passchendaele 4.34 avg rating β€” 618 ratings
65.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.24 avg rating β€” 13,605 ratings
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Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees 3.97 avg rating β€” 67,614 ratings
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The Basement: Meditations on a Human Sacrifice
The Basement: Meditations on a Human Sacrifice 3.58 avg rating β€” 191 ratings
68.
The Other Side of the Mountain
The Other Side of the Mountain 4.10 avg rating β€” 582 ratings
69.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating β€” 320,942 ratings
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Among the Thugs
Among the Thugs 4.12 avg rating β€” 10,158 ratings
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For Love of Evil (Incarnations of Immortality, #6)
For Love of Evil (Incarnations of Immortality, #6) 4.12 avg rating β€” 14,777 ratings
72.
Coin Locker Babies
Coin Locker Babies 3.80 avg rating β€” 9,420 ratings
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Final Truth : The Autobiography of a Serial Killer
Final Truth : The Autobiography of a Serial Killer 4.11 avg rating β€” 712 ratings
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The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door 3.92 avg rating β€” 52,231 ratings
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The Cold Equations
The Cold Equations 3.85 avg rating β€” 831 ratings
76.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating β€” 47,429 ratings
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Blaze
Blaze 3.77 avg rating β€” 54,494 ratings
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City of Dark Magic (City of Dark Magic, #1)
City of Dark Magic (City of Dark Magic, #1) 3.48 avg rating β€” 10,935 ratings
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The Enchanter
The Enchanter 3.61 avg rating β€” 4,692 ratings
80.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,812 ratings
81.
Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,727 ratings
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Mister B. Gone
Mister B. Gone 3.35 avg rating β€” 15,435 ratings
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The Fifth Child
The Fifth Child 3.63 avg rating β€” 23,561 ratings
84.
We All Fall Down
We All Fall Down 3.80 avg rating β€” 2,645 ratings
85.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating β€” 39,335 ratings
86.
The Butcher of Leningrad
The Butcher of Leningrad 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
87.
Styxx (Dark-Hunter, #22)
Styxx (Dark-Hunter, #22) 4.58 avg rating β€” 23,186 ratings
88.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating β€” 67,950 ratings
89.
The Second World War: A Complete History
The Second World War: A Complete History 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,892 ratings
90.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,682,023 ratings
91.
Triangles
Triangles 3.95 avg rating β€” 9,965 ratings
92.
In Silent Graves (Cedar Hill #1)
In Silent Graves (Cedar Hill #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 807 ratings
93.
The Tears of Eros
The Tears of Eros 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,114 ratings
94.
For the Sake of All Living Things
For the Sake of All Living Things 4.12 avg rating β€” 116 ratings
95.
The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption
The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption 4.38 avg rating β€” 6,363 ratings
96.
Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero 4.12 avg rating β€” 15,828 ratings
97.
Freaks Like Us
Freaks Like Us 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,477 ratings
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The Mysterious Stranger
The Mysterious Stranger 4.12 avg rating β€” 11,375 ratings
99.
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 83,240 ratings
100.
Dead Meat
Dead Meat
by: Sue Coe
4.35 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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