Most Disturbing Books

Descrição
Add/vote for books that disturbed you in some way, whether it was the overall tone of the book or just one or two tasteless scenes.
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O Senhor das Moscas
de William Golding
49,540 membros
745 resenhas
½ 3.7
13 Members
hipdeep, generalkala, SqueakyChu, Moomin_Mama, souloftherose, thecoroner, martensgirl, alex68, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, jeffza, bcrowl399, Bwoo67
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The pig-hunting scene.
2
American Psycho
de Bret Easton Ellis
13,859 membros
289 resenhas
½ 3.7
9 Members
SqueakyChu, Moomin_Mama, thecoroner, martensgirl, alex68, jeffza, dwherring, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Rats, cheese and broken glass...
3
Trainspotting
de Irvine Welsh
7,748 membros
79 resenhas
4
8 Members
SqueakyChu, Moomin_Mama, blackdove07, thecoroner, lewbs, martensgirl, alex68, Bwoo67
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The images in Renton's mind while shagging his sister-in-law were too much for the film version, I guess.
4
O Perfume - A História de um Assassino
de Patrick Süskind
18,099 membros
447 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
KimarieBee, blackdove07, martensgirl, alex68, ahef1963, bcrowl399, Bwoo67
5
1984
de George Orwell
81,832 membros
1,268 resenhas
4.2
6 Members
Moomin_Mama, lewbs, martensgirl, alex68, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: "We are the dead".
6
Ensaio sobre a cegueira
de José Saramago
13,029 membros
390 resenhas
4.1
6 Members
generalkala, SqueakyChu, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
7
LARANJA MECÂNICA
de Anthony Burgess
25,853 membros
386 resenhas
4
5 Members
SqueakyChu, blackdove07, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68
8
Never Let Me Go
de Kazuo Ishiguro
22,792 membros
938 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
Moomin_Mama, lewbs, alex68, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The overall idea and the sadness of it all.
9
Blood Meridian
de Cormac McCarthy
11,554 membros
272 resenhas
4.2
5 Members
Moomin_Mama, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, softsocks
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Judge Holden
10
Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
31,685 membros
559 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
thecoroner, alex68, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
11
O Processo
de Franz Kafka
19,862 membros
237 resenhas
4
4 Members
lewbs, alex68, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
12
A Metamorfose
de Franz Kafka
12,441 membros
219 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
lewbs, alex68, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
13
The Turn of the Screw
de Henry James
8,085 membros
247 resenhas
½ 3.4
4 Members
lewbs, alex68, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
14
We Need to Talk About Kevin
de Lionel Shriver
7,797 membros
396 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
generalkala, dara85, alex68, Bwoo67
15
Haunted
de Chuck Palahniuk
7,608 membros
150 resenhas
½ 3.4
4 Members
Moomin_Mama, martensgirl, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: A new use for a Resusci Anne, and something about a miscarried foetus...
16
The Wasp Factory
de Iain Banks
7,068 membros
200 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
SqueakyChu, Moomin_Mama, blackdove07, alex68
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Blowing up bunny.
17
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,694 membros
75 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
SqueakyChu, thecoroner, alex68, softsocks
18
Brave New World
de Aldous Huxley
53,829 membros
770 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda, softsocks
19
Of Mice and Men
de John Steinbeck
38,985 membros
659 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, Bwoo67
20
The Lovely Bones
de Alice Sebold
35,853 membros
939 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, martensgirl, Bwoo67
21
The Road
de Cormac McCarthy
34,364 membros
1,404 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
Moomin_Mama, sipthereader, lewbs
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Played on my mind long after reading.
22
Night
de Elie Wiesel
27,531 membros
571 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
Moomin_Mama, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Moshe the Beadle's story, and the arrival in Aushwitz.
23
In Cold Blood
de Truman Capote
23,700 membros
466 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
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2666
de Roberto Bolaño
6,618 membros
184 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, softsocks
25
The Exorcist
de William Peter Blatty
5,488 membros
151 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, Bwoo67
26
Under the Skin
de Michel Faber
2,463 membros
121 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
Moomin_Mama, blackdove07, Bwoo67
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: When all is revealed to the reader...
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Porno
de Irvine Welsh
2,132 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.6
3 Members
Moomin_Mama, thecoroner, martensgirl
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Shock for the sake of shock, objectifying women in the same way as porno. This is where I stopped reading Irvine Welsh.
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Filth
de Irvine Welsh
2,077 membros
28 resenhas
½ 3.6
3 Members
Moomin_Mama, martensgirl, Bwoo67
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The scurfy, flaky skin on the young girl's shoulders and chest - this book is Filth alright.
29
The 120 Days of Sodom
de Marquis de Sade
1,303 membros
25 resenhas
3.1
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, Bwoo67
30
O Apanhador no Campo de Centeio
de J. D. Salinger
69,481 membros
1,078 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, Bwoo67
31
The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,211 membros
1,137 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
32
O Estrangeiro
de Albert Camus
35,462 membros
501 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
33
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
de Susanna Clarke
26,959 membros
772 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
cej1027: The part about mutilating the dead bodies of war enemies freaked me out. Partly because I was in the middle of eating lunch when I got to that bit.
34
The Shining
de Stephen King
23,134 membros
453 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Bwoo67
35
Gone Girl
de Gillian Flynn
22,059 membros
1,542 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
dara85, Bwoo67
Explicações
dara85: How could anyone be so calculating, manipulating and vengeful?
36
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
de Robert Louis Stevenson
17,117 membros
315 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
37
House of Leaves
de Mark Z. Danielewski
15,630 membros
374 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
38
11/22/63
de Stephen King
13,544 membros
761 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
generalkala, dara85
39
Disgrace
de J. M. Coetzee
10,859 membros
274 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
40
Educated: A Memoir
de Tara Westover
9,747 membros
511 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
dara85, ManWithAnAgenda
41
Tropic of Cancer
de Henry Miller
8,814 membros
131 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
42
The Castle
de Franz Kafka
8,316 membros
93 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
lewbs, softsocks
43
The Tin Drum
de Günter Grass
7,586 membros
93 resenhas
4
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
44
The Island of Dr. Moreau
de H. G. Wells
7,245 membros
172 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
45
Geek Love
de Katherine Dunn
6,138 membros
162 resenhas
4
2 Members
thecoroner, Bwoo67
46
If This Is a Man
de Primo Levi
6,062 membros
98 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
47
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
de William S. Burroughs
4,278 membros
57 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
48
Battle Royale
de Koushun Takami
4,219 membros
113 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
49
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories
de Tim Burton
3,727 membros
59 resenhas
4
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, softsocks
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Poor Oyster Boy!
50
Crash
de J. G. Ballard
3,543 membros
77 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
51
Out
de Natsuo Kirino
3,290 membros
128 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
52
The Plague Dogs
de Richard Adams
2,191 membros
40 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
cej1027: This book will be one of my favorites, but it's still very upsetting. The POV is animal research victims.
53
The Five Chinese Brothers
de Claire Huchet Bishop
1,835 membros
54 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, ahef1963
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The threat of execution hanging over the brothers, and the ways in which this was attempted, were horrifying.
54
Glue
de Irvine Welsh
1,375 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, martensgirl
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The scene with the guard dog seemed gratuitous and unnecessary - yeah yeah, I know it's Irvine Welsh but still...
55
Marabou Stork Nightmares
de Irvine Welsh
1,358 membros
12 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, martensgirl
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: About the damage wreaked by sexual abuse. Pulls no punches.
56
The End of Alice
de A. M. Homes
1,190 membros
31 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
alex68, softsocks
57
Tampa
de Alissa Nutting
949 membros
79 resenhas
½ 3.4
2 Members
thecoroner, Bwoo67
58
Coin Locker Babies
de Ryū Murakami
945 membros
14 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
thecoroner, softsocks
59
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
de Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
531 membros
4.1
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
60
Others
de James Herbert
522 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
KimarieBee, Bwoo67
Explicações
KimarieBee: It was the afterword that was truly disturbing
61
The Tenant
de Roland Topor
450 membros
12 resenhas
4
2 Members
bluepiano, softsocks
62
The Road Through the Wall
de Shirley Jackson
370 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
63
Let's Go Play at the Adams'
de Mendal W. Johnson
348 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.4
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, Bwoo67
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The hot poker, and the lasting psychological damage to all involved.
64
Tideland
de Mitch Cullin
172 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, softsocks
65
Transcript
de Heimrad Bäcker
25 membros
3 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
bluepiano, softsocks
66
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,525 membros
541 resenhas
3.8
Member
alex68
67
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
de Milan Kundera
22,449 membros
268 resenhas
4
Member
alex68
68
The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast
de C. S. Lewis
17,366 membros
153 resenhas
4.1
Member
cej1027
69
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
de Hunter S. Thompson
14,391 membros
192 resenhas
4
Member
alex68
70
The Virgin Suicides
de Jeffrey Eugenides
12,633 membros
255 resenhas
3.8
Member
sipthereader
71
Memórias do Subsolo
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,516 membros
155 resenhas
4.1
Member
alex68
72
A Child Called "It"
de Dave Pelzer
8,448 membros
301 resenhas
3.9
Member
dara85
73
A Little Life
de Hanya Yanagihara
7,455 membros
326 resenhas
4.1
Member
sipthereader
74
Verity
de Colleen Hoover
6,317 membros
216 resenhas
3.9
Member
dara85
75
Flowers In The Attic
de V. C. Andrews
6,298 membros
187 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
76
Sophie's Choice
de William Styron
5,997 membros
87 resenhas
4.1
Member
alex68
77
The Collector
de John Fowles
5,050 membros
123 resenhas
3.9
Member
alex68
78
On the Beach
de Nevil Shute
4,880 membros
177 resenhas
3.9
Member
alex68
79
This Present Darkness
de Frank E. Peretti
4,561 membros
60 resenhas
3.9
Member
cej1027
Explicações
cej1027: The demon imagery here bugged me for weeks.
80
When the Wind Blows
de James Patterson
4,381 membros
67 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
81
The Bone People
de Keri Hulme
3,817 membros
112 resenhas
4.1
Member
RuMuse
Explicações
RuMuse: A great and psychologically gripping book that is disturbing as hell to read. Controversial winner of the Booker Prize in 1985.
82
Push
de Sapphire
3,660 membros
160 resenhas
3.8
Member
cej1027
Explicações
cej1027: I try really hard not to think about this book.
83
The Cement Garden
de Ian McEwan
3,558 membros
97 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
84
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda
de Philip Gourevitch
3,478 membros
66 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
alex68
85
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
de Lois Lenski
3,109 membros
35 resenhas
3.8
Member
cej1027
Explicações
cej1027: Not for the reason you'd think. The blonde hair worship really p***ed me off after a while.
86
Last Exit to Brooklyn
de Hubert Selby Jr.
3,015 membros
34 resenhas
3.8
Member
alex68
87
Deliverance
de James Dickey
2,576 membros
58 resenhas
3.9
Member
alex68
88
The Bridge on the Drina
de Ivo Andrić
2,370 membros
67 resenhas
4.2
Member
alex68
89
Requiem for a Dream
de Hubert Selby Jr.
2,348 membros
33 resenhas
4.1
Member
alex68
90
The King in Yellow
de Robert W. Chambers
1,915 membros
53 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
91
That Old Ace in the Hole
de Annie Proulx
1,807 membros
27 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
cej1027
Explicações
cej1027: I stopped reading when I got to the incest part.
92
for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
de Ntozake Shange
1,788 membros
23 resenhas
4
Member
cej1027
Explicações
cej1027: I stopped reading when it insinuated that casual sex is empowering to women.
93
The Girl Next Door
de Jack Ketchum
1,551 membros
79 resenhas
4
Member
alex68
94
Christiane F: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict
de Christiane F.
1,388 membros
30 resenhas
4.1
Member
alex68
95
Zombie
de Joyce Carol Oates
1,203 membros
59 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
alex68
96
My Lobotomy
de Howard Dully
1,079 membros
47 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
97
Come Closer
de Sara Gran
939 membros
48 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
alex68
98
Intimacy
de Hanif Kureishi
866 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Moomin_Mama
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: Vile, vile, vile man, childish, self-absorbed and selfish.
99
When the Wind Blows
de Raymond Briggs
693 membros
20 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
Moomin_Mama
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: The poor couple being so badly prepared for nuclear war.
100
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
de Åsne Seierstad
619 membros
27 resenhas
4.2
Member
sipthereader