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I would like to know the most haunting book you have read. Not necessarily the scariest, more of a lingering kind of creepy

>> No.10919508

I've never felt comfortable with The Judge from Blood Meridian, nor did I feel at ease when Sutter and Breece were on page in William Gay's Twilight. Not much in literature has left me creeped out in the sense of character. Regarding tone, though, I remember House of Leaves being really fucking unnerving, especially in the sections in which you have to translate the letters and in which the film crew are descending further and further into the infinite halls.

>> No.10919526

>>10919306
Utopia, Thomas Moore
Was required reading in highschool and I was immediately disturbed throughout and after reading it. Tried to figure out why, but the other student's didn't care and my teacher didn't understand what I was trying to say.
Just really put me off. I think the feeling of the death of the individual and the casual nature in which it was discussed might've been what really creeped me out.

>> No.10919572

>>10919306
I felt physical revulsion at the passage in IJ when a speaker at AA is recounting when their father used to rape her mentally disabled sister while she was in the same room, feigning sleep. When she got to the part of how she'd remove the mask her father would put on her sister and she saw the expression of pure, vacuous bliss on her face...I don't know, I just broke out in a cold sweat and felt nauseous.

>> No.10919590

>>10919572
Jesus Christ. I had forgotten about this. Makes me really question the motivations of reviewers when they described the book as hilarious. There are so many dark passage that just squeeze and break the heart. Fuck, anon.

>> No.10920057

>>10919306
The Trial.

>> No.10920086

The Magic Mountain. some of us want to be surrounded by death and oblivion and don't even know it. Yet we hide from both.

>> No.10920938

>>10919306
Something Happened by Joseph Heller

>> No.10920962

>>10919572
Got a hard on from reading this

>> No.10920974

>>10919526
>the death of the individual
I haven't read utopia, but bought it not so long ago, can you give me a tl;dr on this?

>> No.10922099

>>10919306
The Communist Manifesto

>> No.10922109

>>10919306
Bakker is a bit of a meme but Neuropath creeped me out.

>> No.10922905

>>10919306
paradise lost

>> No.10924084

>>10919306
American psycho. Bateman was a bit too relatable in his psychotic mannerisms.

>> No.10924683

>>10919526
>death of the individual
You depend on society to survive, get over it you autistic sperg

>> No.10924707

>>10919306
The bible.

The idea of something creating this fucking disaster is horrifying

>> No.10924732

>The Tartar Steppe
Soul shattering, they life trickle away and you can't wake up, it's a fucking nightmare