Discussion: A few "most disturbing books" lists from around the web...
Well, hi! Long time no "talk," disturbingbooks! I notice we've gained a lot of new members since I finally got back to posting to Twitter on a reasonable basis, so welcome to the madhouse. And please feel free to post something anytime - we love reading your reviews & recommendations.
Seeing as we've not had a post for a while, I thought I'd just pop in and provide a few links to stir some discussion, and perhaps inspire folks to write about their own "Most Disturbing Books" while we're at it. Have a look at these, and see if you agree/disagree/can "out-disturb" these wusses! I'm leaving this post open (rare, I know) for Twitter followers to come check us out & see if they'd like to join in, but yes, you DO still need to have a Livejournal account AND be a member of our community to comment or vote.
Now to the lists:
If you find any other great lists or roundups out there, please feel free to link to them in the comments section. There can never be too many resources...
Now to the poll. Surely some of us are rolling our eyes at what mere mortals consider "disturbing," so it's time to weigh in on the list that comes up countless times if you Google "most disturbing books of all time": the Popcrunch one.
Poll The Popcrunch List: What's your take?
Other things worth discussing: Have you seen any of the film versions of the above-mentioned novels? Any you'd consider even more disturbing than the source material? Do any of the choices surprise you? Why?
FYI: I've scheduled each of these list links to be sent out individually on our Twitter feed as well, so if you don't have time to go through them all in one sitting, don't despair: you'll get the bite-sized version over the coming days. :)
Again, welcome to the fresh meat new members! If you're not sure how to start, check out our userinfo, browse our tags, or take a stroll through our Archives/memory section to see past posts. We look forward to your first entries about the books you think we should all be reading!
~prettyh/Heather/creator & co-mod of disturbingbooks
Seeing as we've not had a post for a while, I thought I'd just pop in and provide a few links to stir some discussion, and perhaps inspire folks to write about their own "Most Disturbing Books" while we're at it. Have a look at these, and see if you agree/disagree/can "out-disturb" these wusses! I'm leaving this post open (rare, I know) for Twitter followers to come check us out & see if they'd like to join in, but yes, you DO still need to have a Livejournal account AND be a member of our community to comment or vote.
Now to the lists:
- Popcrunch's Top 10 list
- Another Top 10 courtesy of ListVerse
- A user's Listmania! list on Amazon.Com
- Recommendations from forum users at bloody-disgusting.com
- Some picks over at CuriousTribe
If you find any other great lists or roundups out there, please feel free to link to them in the comments section. There can never be too many resources...
Now to the poll. Surely some of us are rolling our eyes at what mere mortals consider "disturbing," so it's time to weigh in on the list that comes up countless times if you Google "most disturbing books of all time": the Popcrunch one.
Poll The Popcrunch List: What's your take?
Other things worth discussing: Have you seen any of the film versions of the above-mentioned novels? Any you'd consider even more disturbing than the source material? Do any of the choices surprise you? Why?
FYI: I've scheduled each of these list links to be sent out individually on our Twitter feed as well, so if you don't have time to go through them all in one sitting, don't despair: you'll get the bite-sized version over the coming days. :)
Again, welcome to the fresh meat new members! If you're not sure how to start, check out our userinfo, browse our tags, or take a stroll through our Archives/memory section to see past posts. We look forward to your first entries about the books you think we should all be reading!
~prettyh/Heather/creator & co-mod of disturbingbooks