1.The Lovely Bonesby Alice Sebold.

2.Dark Placesby Gillian Flynn.

3.Salem’s LotbyStephen King.

A book cover titled "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold next to a man with glasses and a mustache in dim lighting

4.The Shiningby Stephen King.

5.In Cold Bloodby Truman Capote.

6.Everything I Never Told Youby Celeste Ng.

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7.American Psychoby Bret Easton Ellis.

8.The Handmaid’s Taleby Margaret Atwood.

9.Gravity’s Rainbowby Thomas Pynchon.

Salem's Lot book cover next to a terrifying vampire face with glowing eyes

10.Phantomsby Dean Koontz.

11.The Wasp Factoryby Iain Banks.

12.Penpalby Dathan Auerbach.

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13.The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucketby Edgar Allan Poe.

14.Pet Semetaryby Stephen King.

15.Gone To See The River Manby Kristopher Triana.

Book cover for "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote next to black-and-white photos of two men

16.The House of the Scorpionby Nancy Farmer.

17.Oedipus The Kingby Sophocles.

18.ITby Stephen King.

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19.Miseryby Stephen King.

Left: "American Psycho" book cover with abstract face art. Right: Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, suit and tie

Left: Cover of "The Handmaid's Tale." Right: Character Offred in red attire and white bonnet

Book cover of "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon, featuring stylized rocket design with title in bold letters

Book cover of "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz next to a man in a jacket with fur collar, likely a scene from the film adaptation

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Book cover for "Penpal" by Dathan Auerbach featuring a silhouette in a foggy forest

Cover of "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring a ship and iceberg illustration

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Book cover of "Gone to See the River Man" by Kristopher Triana with abstract imagery

Book cover of "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer with a stylized scorpion graphic

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Cover of Stephen King's "Misery" featuring title and a dark figure in a room with a wheelchair