Sep 11th, 2014, 8:44 am
jessickanz wrote:Hey guys, I am looking for books that are disturbing. I have googled a ton of lists but I have read a lot of them.

Some examples of books I read and liked are; American Psycho, Cows by Matthew Stokoe, the End of Alice, all of Gillian Flynn's novels, The Room and Requiem for a Dream, both of Carol Topolski's novels and all of William S Burrough's novels.

Huge thanks in advance :)


The novels of the late (British) writer Charles Williams . . . a former member of the Inklings . . .
Sep 11th, 2014, 8:44 am

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Oct 9th, 2014, 8:49 pm
crash... reviewers actually recommended that the author see a psychiatrist.
Oct 9th, 2014, 8:49 pm
Dec 13th, 2014, 2:26 am
Pam Godwin - Deliver, Vanquish
Extremely disturbing reads.
Dec 13th, 2014, 2:26 am
Dec 30th, 2014, 4:19 am
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk is pretty disturbing. Such a good read!
Dec 30th, 2014, 4:19 am
Jan 19th, 2015, 4:34 pm
Off the top of my head: Dennis Cooper's novels.
Jan 19th, 2015, 4:34 pm
Jan 19th, 2015, 5:37 pm
Oh, I just thought of another one: The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave. Pretty disturbing, i'd say. Always in a good way, of course
Jan 19th, 2015, 5:37 pm
Jan 23rd, 2015, 11:33 pm
Chosen by Barbara Elsborg... I'm still traumatized
Jan 23rd, 2015, 11:33 pm
Feb 5th, 2015, 7:50 pm
'I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream' and 'Let the Right One In' (previously mentioned) were definitely weird and distorubing

'This Book is Full of Spiders' by David Wong gave me the heebie-jeebies in a way the first one ('John Dies at the End') didn't. 'NOS4A2' by Joe Hill got pretty disturbing, too.
Feb 5th, 2015, 7:50 pm
Feb 21st, 2015, 3:17 am
How disturbing? Like creepy disturbing or eew disturbing? Gruesome gore or dark romance weirdness?
Feb 21st, 2015, 3:17 am
May 16th, 2015, 3:43 am
Lolita, the book is pretty disturbing.
May 16th, 2015, 3:43 am
Jun 2nd, 2015, 7:58 pm
dark eden by chris beckett. sci fi incest and inbreeding what could be creepier. real good read and an original premise for a change.
Jun 2nd, 2015, 7:58 pm
Jun 2nd, 2015, 10:37 pm
Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim

This book forever changed my reading of the word entasis. Disturbing, indeed.

For flavor, check out pages 130 - 133.

https://books.google.com/books?id=rG2r5PEN_6IC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=pimp+iceberg+slim+entasis&source=bl&ots=3Y-ptTw-1r&sig=fSR8o8s_AiuUwGgDMU9vyUs53DI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TiduVevxKrCBsQSWr4DADA&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=pimp%20iceberg%20slim%20entasis&f=false

Google books is awesome.
Jun 2nd, 2015, 10:37 pm

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Feb 23rd, 2016, 1:04 am
"The Incarnations" by Susan Barker. It's just a whole load of messed up, from start to finish.

Edit: Also, Poppy Z. Brite's books.
Feb 23rd, 2016, 1:04 am
Mar 21st, 2016, 1:51 pm
Anything by Richard Laymon is very disturbing.
Mar 21st, 2016, 1:51 pm
Jun 14th, 2018, 2:26 pm
How about 2016 MAN Booker International Prize Winner "The Vegetarian" by Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith...
Jun 14th, 2018, 2:26 pm