“You are one of 100 boys in a race.
You must walk at or over 4 mph, or you are killed by gunshot after 2 warnings.
The race ends when one boy is left.”
Unsplash / Aziz Acharki
1.The Long Walk
You are one of 100 boys in a race.
You must walk at or over 4 mph, or you are killed by gunshot after 2 warnings.
The race ends when one boy is left.
Unsplash / Aziz Acharki
SPOILERS: You start walking.
You get tired and hungry, and your feet are in pain.
You keep walking because you are strong.
Then, you end up in a state of absolute misery.
You keep walking because you know if you stop walking, you will die.
Then you get your foot ran over by a half-track and you die.
This is done by their parents, added note: theyre awake while being dismembered.
daisybobaisy
3.Haunted
Guts made me physically sick.
I had too sit down for five and down a glass of water after.
zoddledoddleoddle
5.Shadowland
One of my favorite books.
I like to describe it as Harry Potter, if it had been written by Stephen King.
mouse-chauffeur
6.White Noise
White Noise by Don Delillo.
That book fucked me up in high school.
Id never been afraid of death because I had never really thought about it.
But White Noise made me think about it a lot and made me actually terrified of it.
I dont even remember much of the book but I remember how desperate and insignificant it made me feel.
gmsdancergirl
7.Horns
Horns by Joe Hill.
Dude is Stephen Kings son, andit shows.
Full of murder, rape, and disturbing imagery.
The best book I will never read again.
Also has an okay movie adaptation starting Daniel Radcliff.
Springwood_Slasher
8.The Adventures Of Arthur Gordon Pym
The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe.
atomictartar
9.Geralds Game
Geralds Gameby Stephen King.
I read it ten years ago when I was 16 and it still haunts me.
That didnt keep me from watching the movie adaptation though.
ProudlyOffended
10.Lolita
I can handle horror, genocide, death, destruction, and mayhem.
I can not handle the rape and sexualization of a little girl.
Phate4569
11.Tiger, Tiger
Tiger, Tiger by Margaux Fragoso.
LeatherMushroom
12.The Trial
The Trial by Franz Kafka, or anything by Franz Kafka.
coolrainythoughts
13.Blood Meridian
Blood Meridianhad its disturbing moments, such as the tree of dead babies.
He describes his experiences in the book.
regdayrf2
15.The Handmaids Tale
The Handmaids Tale.
SPOILERS: After having sex with Nick, Offred whispers her real name into his ear.
Its more private and intimate than anything else she can offer him, including her body.
When the book is closing, she doesnt know if Nick is saving her or turning her in.
She doesnt know if she should trust Nick, and we dont either.
And we want to, but we cant.
Its heartbreakingly sad and depressing.
SeeMeRollinUpPops
16.Piercing
Piercing by Ryu Murakami is up there.
If youve read that book then you know about that bathroom scene.
That walk into the bathroom scene.
An intense, gut-wrenching account of the genocide in Rwanda.
confuciusbundy
18.Naked Lunch
Naked Lunchhas some unforgettable descriptions of sexual torture that are beyond comprehension.
Burroughs had some serious issues.
elquenuncahabla
19.The Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang.
Its a non-fiction, documenting the Japanese atrocities in the Chinese city of Nanking during WW2.
Theres also a section in the middle with photos of said atrocities.
Believe it or not, but the text is even more gruesome than the pictures.
the-cartmaniac
20.120 Days Of Sodom
It wasnt even the disgusting sexual fetishes that were the most shocking.
It was the absolute moral depravity of the book, sadism and disregard for human life and suffering.
SelfishAndTooYoung
21.Night
Nightby Elie Wiesel.
Its about a teenage boys first-hand experience at the death camps with his father during World War II.
Jillian0424
22.Carrie
Carrie byStephen King.
The movie doesnt do it justice.
The interactions between Carrie and her mother made my stomach turn.
I did like it though.
tattooedteacup
23.American Psycho
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is pretty fucked up.
Theres a lot of stuff that isnt in the movie.
The imagery sticks with you.
nolasagne
24.Anatomy Of A Lynching
Anatomy of a Lynching by James McGovern.
I was a history education student and one of my classes required this book be read.
I couldnt finish it.
Ive held that piece of advice close to me ever since.
Petrol_in_my_eyes
25.The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door.
seanprefect
27.Generals Die In Bed
Its about a mans experience in the trenches in WW1.
I highly recommend this book to anyone with any interest in WW1.
