1. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
2. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
3. Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler
4. The Collector by John Fowles
5. Zoe Letting Go by Nora Price
6. The Bitch Goddess Notebook by Martha O'Connor
7. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
8. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
9. A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L. Peck
10. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
11. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
12. The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
13. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
14. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
15. Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
16. The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker
17. Maus by Art Spiegelman
18. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
19. If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
Now it's your turn! What's the most disturbing book you've ever read? And what was it that made said book stick with you? Share in the comments below!
Stories have been edited for length and/or clarity.