Im a creature of habit and live most of my life in a very defined comfort zone. I’ve realized recently how boring it truly is so I’m trying to push my boundaries, including in my reading. I normally read sappy romance and young adult, but I’ve started to explore the disturbing horror genre after realizing how much I like horror movies. I’ve just read the book Playground by Aron Beauregard. Please suggest me some books similar to it. I can handle gore and disturbing themes but I’m not great with plain out gross things (such as the sex scenes in Playground). So please suggest creepy, disturbing, unsettling horror!
by hellojell-o
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Tender is the flesh. It’s pretty known in the horror book genre.
Woom. This one’s a bit more… psychological per-say. There’s alot of just… messed up stuff.
The troop.
‘University Physics with Modern Physics’ by Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman
{{Vellum, by Duncan}} {{Ink, by Duncan}} one of the most disturbing series I have read.
oh i have so many,chuck palahniuk is notoriously disturbing, organ meats by k-ming chang is full of a lot of bizarre imagery, for something nsfw and disturbing, exquisite corpse is one of my favorites. clive barkers books of blood are strange and wonderful.
one i’ve heard good things about is penpal, i’ve yet to read it personally though
No. It isn’t good for your soul.
Tender is the flesh
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
Penpal by dathan Auerbach
Diary of an Oxygen thief by Anonymous
Chameleon in a candy story by Anonymous
Bunny by Mona awad
Anything my Ryu Murakami.
The Chain was pretty messed up
No exactly horror, but both Child of God and Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy are very dark and gothic and yes, disturbing.
Last exit to Brooklyn and The Room
Both by Hubert Selby Jr
The Infected Trilogy by Scott Sigler.
Kinda obvious, but since no one’s mentioned it yet – American Psycho.
The Dumb House