The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum. Sadly inspired by a true story. It’s a really great, well made book, but I recommend it only to those who aren’t sensitive to certain topics. Major content warning for this one.
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A Little Life.
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Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
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Maybe not the most extreme example but Dark Places by Gillian Flynn is an absolute powerhouse!
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We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
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Night by Elie Weisel
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Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica. Super dark, read it last year but still think about it
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The Treatment by Mo Hayder
Honorable mention: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
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*Blood Meridian* and *The* *Road,* both by Cormac McCarthy are tied in this regard.
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My Dark Vanessa
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Child of God by Cormac McCarthy.
Forever_Man on
Draußen vor Der Tür by Wolfgang Borchert is pretty fucking grim. But using post war German literature is kind of cheating.
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House of Sand and Fog is pretty depressing
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A little life. May not seem like it at first but it was heavy AF
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Probably a Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Requiem for a Dream, by Hubert Selby Jr.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is grim
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum. Sadly inspired by a true story. It’s a really great, well made book, but I recommend it only to those who aren’t sensitive to certain topics. Major content warning for this one.
A Little Life.
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Maybe not the most extreme example but Dark Places by Gillian Flynn is an absolute powerhouse!
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Night by Elie Weisel
Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica. Super dark, read it last year but still think about it
The Treatment by Mo Hayder
Honorable mention: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
*Blood Meridian* and *The* *Road,* both by Cormac McCarthy are tied in this regard.
My Dark Vanessa
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy.
Draußen vor Der Tür by Wolfgang Borchert is pretty fucking grim. But using post war German literature is kind of cheating.
House of Sand and Fog is pretty depressing
A little life. May not seem like it at first but it was heavy AF
Perfume?
“every man dies alone” by hans fallada.
A Child Called It