The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
Did you ever read a book so disturbing that you had to put it down for a week before coming back to it? Are you still grimacing over that book that you read five years ago? If there's a book you've read that you just haven't been able to shake, then let everyone here know!
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list created July 10th, 2009
by Alexander Supertramp (votes) .
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If you want to read a disturbing book about WW2, read The Painted Bird. Most disturbing book I have read so far.
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PS: I don't intend to specifically list the LDS version, but that is the version that is already on the list.
PPS: After letting it stew in my subconscious for a while, I remembered the name of the Bible guide: Listening to the Great Teacher.
Its listed as disturbing because of how old fashioned it is that's why the King James bible is listed and not a book that just says bible on it or the story of Jesus
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couldn't agree more with you :)
couldn't agree more with you :)
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the description is most DISTURBING books ever written. And I gotta say the bible definitely belongs up there. This isn't about sacrilege. I mean, Have you ever read it? Genuinely disturbing.
On a loosely related sidenote: Not that I give two shits what people say about the Bible, There are some pretty awesome books that are extremely disturbing. Though the bible isn't one.
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Amen to that. I mean I definitely liked them but even I can admit that it was A: diturbing, B: cliched, C: Very sappy, and D: many other things causing others to dislike it (not the least of which being annoying and overrated).
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HaHa! I liked the series but wouldn't call them disturbing.
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Thankfully, being sacrilegious is a choice.
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I think (as a Christian) the Bible should be disturbing-it should make people stop & think about their lives & maybe question everything they thought they knew!
Disturbing doesn't have to mean "bad" or "gross." That which disturbs water makes it move.
The Bible should move us to change.
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Possibly it is disturbing that it is so popular?
I think it says a lot about how inaccurate this list is by the fact The End of Alice is #38. Or perhaps just means that more people should read it.
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I don't see why some of the dystopian novels are on here. Disturbing? Not really... well, I suppose I can see where some people are coming from with most of them, but really, they aren't that bad. Now, the ones that definitely DO NOT BELONG is the Twilight saga.
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i read it and i felt it was pretty weaksauce. still entertaining, but nothing i have read has disturbed me yet.
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Haha, you jumped in just before I could! Exactly what I was going to say - together, we'll up it's popularity as a truly disturbing book, clearly!
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Haha, you jumped in just before I could! Exactly what I was going to say - together, we'll up it's popularity as a truly disturbing book, cl..."
Clawde and Lulu, no i havent even heard of it, but i will definitely check it out and add it to my list to-read. I have 3 library books to get through atm but i'll read it eventually.
Thanks!!
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I agree. By far my top vote for most disturbing book. The things they do ti her are just wrong, man.
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Twilight seems to be on almost every list here on Goodreads. Apparently, the Twihards have infiltrated our ranks.
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