The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Olive Kitteredge by Elizabeth Strout
The lowlands by Jhumpa Lahiri
Never let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

I love dark books too!

Dennis Lehane (Gone Baby Gone etc)

Anonymous wrote:The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

The Secret History by Tartt is a dark one as well.

I'm going to use this thread as "books to avoid reading".

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Kinder Than Solitude

Fiction:

Little Bee

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bee-Novel-Chris-Cleave/dp/1416589643

Never Let Me Go

http://www.amazon.com/Never-Let-Me-Kazuo-Ishiguro-ebook/dp/B000FCK2TW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413318156&sr=1-1&keywords=never+let+me+go

Non-Fiction:

The Looming Tower

http://www.amazon.com/Looming-Tower-Lawrence-Wright-ebook/dp/B000JMKNTW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413318418&sr=1-1&keywords=looming+tower

I keep thinking of more!


Classics like Jane Eyre and Rebecca

(cont.)

"Me & Emma" (Or maybe it is called "Emma & Me") ??

Books by Nikki French

Beautiful Girl

Orphan masters son
Rape of Nanking
Anything from john krakauer
Touching the void
The pearl
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

House of Sand and Fog. Andre Dubus

Anonymous wrote:The Kite Runner.

Another vote for 10 Days in Memorial

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (an excellent novel about life during the Chenyan War)

Second "Constellation".

Anonymous wrote:VC Andrews' Dollanganger series or My Sweet Audrina.

Totally agree!!

If you want any dark/heavy novels to read, I recommend anything by the incomparable V.C. Andrews. Those books are the epitome of heavy/dark.

Also, writer Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects, Dark Places and Gone Girl are some great reads.

Happy Reading!

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt