When I was younger I really REALLY liked reading, I'm mean reading like up to 5 books a week. As I've gotten older, however, I don't read as much because I'm very picky with my books 😅. I like darker stuff, but not horror because I often find it corny.
Some things I've read recently that I really enjoyed was "No Longer Human" by Dazai Osamu, and "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky. Also, a notable short style I've read recently that I enjoyed was "The Scarlett Ibis" by James Hurst.
by Guilty_Cattle3144
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Oh I read a lot of darker books!
Some stuff you might like:
[Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231233677-fifteen-dogs)
[The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57771850-the-netanyahus)
[Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60450976-children-of-paradise?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rY9NvMxQSn&rank=1)
The vegetarian – Han Kang
Catcher in the Rye
The Wager and The Art Thief
Something is killing the children
The night eaters
I’ll stop the world
The red palace
The long way down: the graphic novel
Foul lady fortune
The lies of the ajungo
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a historical novel about the Dominican Republic under Trujillo, his assassination and the aftermath. The first person narrative shifts from the daughter of a powerful Senator who hates her father (you find out why at the end), the Senator, Trujillo and his assassins. There are graphic, violent torture scenes at the end and some rapey scenes throughout. This is outstanding literature with rich characters and historically accurate.