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Fyodor Dostoyevsky 2008

Genre: Crime Classics Literary
Feels: Searing Morally grey Dark

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Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1941

Why it fits

Just as searing and dark, but more cathartic and contemplative

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American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis 1991

Its own thing

Hard, and nobody dresses it up

Literary Thriller Crime Dark Searing Gritty Unflinching

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We Need to Talk about Kevin

Lionel Shriver 2003

Why it fits

Just as searing and morally grey, but more unflinching and haunting

Literary Thriller Dark Morally grey Unflinching Haunting

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Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov 1777

Its own thing

No good guys here

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Defending Jacob

William Landay 2012

Its own thing

No good guys here

Crime Thriller Literary Morally grey Searing Propulsive Tense

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Under the volcano

Malcolm Lowry 1947

Its own thing

It leaves something behind

Classics Literary Dark Melancholic Haunting

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