10 Disturbing and Controversial Horror Books

These stories are not for the faint of heart.

By Jessica Ferri & Catherine Phelan | Updated Sep 7, 2021 | Published May 17, 2018

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Buy The Sopaths at Amazon

The Sopaths

By Piers Anthony

Buy The Great God Pan at Amazon

The Great God Pan

By Arthur Machen

Buy Shackled at Amazon

Shackled

By Ray Garton

Buy Daddy Love at Amazon

Daddy Love

By Joyce Carol Oates

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Buy The Devil of Nanking at Amazon

The Devil of Nanking

By Mo Hayder

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American Psycho

By Bret Easton Ellis

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The Resurrectionist

By Wrath James White

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It

By Stephen King

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Haunted

By Chuck Palahniuk

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Blood Meridian

By Cormac McCarthy

Banned and Controversial