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    I want to read a completely messed up and disturbing book

    by devanquest

    25 Comments

    1. I put American Psycho in the local “Friends of Library” donation box after finishing it. Maybe I’m a wuss but it disturbed me enough that I wanted it outta my house. 

    2. Lovely Bones is a very disturbing book. A Little Life also a slog through torment.

    3. The short story Guts by Chuck Palahniuk goes pretty hardcore. It’s DEEPLY disturbing in a very body horror, visceral kind of way. Fair warning.

    4. **The Wasp Factory** by *Iain Banks.* It’s about teenager Frank Cauldhame, living an isolated existence on a remote Scottish island, whose life is dominated by bizarre rituals and rules.

    5. avidreader_1410 on

      The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks

      The Cellar, by Minette Walters

      And the all time winner – Let’s Go Play at the Adams, by Mental Johnson

    6. mythologizing on

      Earthlings by Sayaka Murata. I would highly recommend looking at content warnings before reading it if you think you might be triggered by any type of sensitive topic

    7. vaporwave710 on

      Blood Meridian was pretty dark. Lot of descriptions about people being scalped.

    8. Rare-Trust2451 on

      “A Child Called It” is heartbreaking and a true story. Trigger Warning: Severe child neglect and abuse.

    9. starstreakss on

      haunting adeline. what is even more disturbing is people’s reactions to it

    10. CalidriaKing on

      Tampa by Alissa Nutting isn’t exactly the MOST disturbing book ever, but it’s certainly one of the most audacious I’ve read and I’d be shocked to see anybody reading it in public.

      Also I can’t even pick up an Ania Ahlborn. The plot summaries alone are nightmare fuel.

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