Comments on: Top 10 Most Disturbing Novels

By: Jordybear

Jordybear — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:41:39 +0000

An Evil Cradling?! Can’t remember the author but a true story about a journalist held hostage in Beruit I believe. Pretty chilling stuff with a surprisingly pleasant ending!

By: dizy

dizy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:06:25 +0000

i dont think that perfume belongs on this list. perfume on a disturbing novels list is like buddy holly’s work (everyday, oh boy, etc.) being on a list of most disturbing music. some people thought buddy was disturbing, but his work was accepted by critics and his listeners as aesthetically beautiful artistic expression. perfume is no different; the subject matter is raw but the form is everything art should be: thrilling.

By: lia7567

lia7567 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:32:57 +0000

I would have included ballard’s crash. I could barely get through chapter 2.

By: therush

therush — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:02:24 +0000

No “Lolita”? Having read a few of these books I’d have to say “Lolita” deserves a place. dazza is also correct. “120 Days of Sodom” is completely messed up.

By: dazza

dazza — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:19:49 +0000

wheres the 120 days of sodom . it has a bit where a surgeon makes a women shit out of her vagina

By: frogmanster

frogmanster — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:46:06 +0000

Another great book that should be on this list is And The Ass Saw The Angel by Nick Cave. Thrilling and disturbing.

By: Beergrl

Beergrl — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:18:38 +0000

I’ve pulled the evil Haunted trick on more than one friend, who I convinced Guts was the best story ever written. I’ve had more than one book thrown at me for that.

Great list! Geek Love! I’ve got some new ones to look for!

By: chrilew

chrilew — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:13:18 +0000

I’m so glad for the “House of Leaves” mentions. To me, disturbing doesn’t mean gore and sexual deviance, it means disturbing. Like, I can’t wrap my mind around this. I’ve read “House of Leaves” three times now (I pick it up every 2 years or so) and every time I read it I get unsettled. Brilliant, brilliant book. I am also a graphic artist with a love for typography, so it really stimulates my creative side as well. Someone mentioned how the layout gets more chaotic with the story, and it’s so true. It’s baffling to me, and truly screws with my mind.
Blood, guts, sex…I can get that in the movies.
Do yourself a favor and devote some time to “House of Leaves”. And don’t skip the footnotes for an easier read, they are what really get you into a twisted state of mind.

By: MohawkJim

MohawkJim — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:15:46 +0000

This seems more like a “books you should read” list. All these books seem very interesting to me! I’m going to see if my schools library has them or not. If this is disturbing then I guess I like disturbing ;]
Then again, everything described as disturbing on this website isn’t worthy of that word in my opinion

By: lindajems

lindajems — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:07:31 +0000

I just knew that the first book would be haunted. I was going dowN the list thinking to my self it would be something if haunted ended up being number one…and then i scroll down and there it is…READ THE STORY ‘GUTS’