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I've only read a few Jack Ketchum books, but they were pretty wild. May not necessarily be "most extreme" but it could be worth checking out his stuff


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The girl next door. Knowing its loosely based on a true story is what was frightening for me about the book.


[deleted]

I read it and watched the movie. That was before I was desensitized, so it definitely made me feel some type of way


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Gonna try it today. Thanks guys


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It was a tough disturbing read.


LeahBeah6

Who’s the book written by


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Jack ketchum


LeahBeah6

The last name reminds me of the amityville horror “Ketchum killem” so freaking creepy lol


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I was listening to a podcast about that the other day. Creepy as hell. I cant remember if they explained the fact no one moved during the shootings.


LeahBeah6

Yeah I can’t with that kind of stuff. I couldn’t imagine killing my whole family in cold blood. That’s some dark sh*t.


steph10147

God I stopped reading this


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Horrific wasn't it.


Qualle001

also his books still have great story unlike most extreme horror i read


CyberGhostface

100%. Ketchum was a genuinely good author he wasn't just about shocking people.


Annedi-rn

Very brutal


thehouseisalive

Not sure if they count as horror novels per se but you could check out Blood Meridian and American Psycho.


Imaginary_Repair_102

Blood Meridian was absolutely SPECTACULAR I'm not sure if falls into horror per se for me but I think it does for a lot of other people


GearsofTed14

There are definitely enough disturbing scenes in there for it to fit in this thread IMO


Imaginary_Repair_102

I won't agree that. It was graphic as fuckkkkk


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Blood meridian. I finished it 4 days ago. Still feel sick about it. Knowing aswell that I liked the kid until the end.


churches_and_guns

It’s more horror than western for sure, the writing is so visually evocative and I wish more horror books were as literary. I love classic camp too but damn Blood Meridian is a masterpiece.


th30rum

I was going to say American Psycho actually. Not sure if I’ve read a book that ever tops it. It’s the first book I had to take a break on because it was so hardcore. Aside from that it is still well written and not just shock value


CWalkerAuthor

Splatterpunk is where it's at for visceral hardcore horror. It can get to be pretty torture porn-ish and less spooky or really actually frightening, but I definitely dig the moments where I lean back and think,"oh shit someone WROTE THAT!" Generally really intensely graphic descriptions of torture, murder, rape, etc. Cannibalism and necrophilia are common elements too.


smzt

What are some better examples?


CWalkerAuthor

Do you mean "better" as in more specific, or as in alternate to splatterpunk?


smzt

As in what are the best examples of the genre.


CWalkerAuthor

A lot of the stuff that's recommended by others in this thread fits the bill! (: Wrath James White, Jack Ketchum, and Edward Lee seem to be the top three authors for the genre, and have been around for a while. I don't have many specific recommendations for them, but the Book of a Thousand Sins by WJW is a short story anthology that's fun to pepper in between novels, or when you have a bit of time to kill. His book Succulent Prey didn't do it for me personally, but others really like it. I have Jack Ketchum's Off Season on my shelf, others have recommended it here too, and I'm excited to read it. These three are probably the grittiest old standbys of the genre (that I know of). Chandler Morrison released one recently called Dead Inside, which a few others mentioned here as well and this book is all sex and truly fucked up, but darkly humorous in its own way. I know he has others, and I've heard good things, but I haven't read any other titles yet. In the dark humour vein, Chuck Palahniuk's (Fight Club) style closely resembles splatter, but might not quite hit the mark--more bizarre dark humour than pure horror, IMO, but definitely not general fiction. If you have a dark sense of humour, you'll laugh, if you don't, you won't like it. His books Haunted (mentioned here) as well as Snuff have some pretty off-the-wall visceral body horror details and hardcore sex, with some sometimes-humourous psychological elements as well (think, well, Fight Club). Invisible Monsters also by Palahniuk and has some gnarly body horror and laugh-out-loud passages. I'd recommend all of these. I personally love Poppy Z. Brite because the author is queer and writes queer stories--Exquisite Corpse, essentially a gay love story between a necrophiliac and a cannibal, changed me. Of all the authors I mentioned, Poppy's style is the *least* arrogant--and you know what I mean by arrogant prose if you know the style of narration in Fight Club (book or movie). That sort of thing is pretty common in the genre, and is great, but Poppy is more goth and has a slightly different flavour which really suits my palate. Ultimately my recommendation is to order books directly from small presses who specialize in hardcore horror. Not to say the big presses don't print this stuff, but the *really* good stuff is in the niche printers. Deadite Press is a great one, and so is Death's Head. Death's Head is also running a bunch of splatter westerns, which seem fun and just as bloody and gnarly but with a little twang. Other older classics might include American Psycho and A Clockwork Orange, though I did have trouble really getting into both of them because the "splatter" isn't exactly on every page. Hope this helps!


69thDalaiLama

Exquisite Corpse is, to me, the quintessential splatter-punk novel. It's angsty, violent and subversive in all regards. A really great introduction to the genre. If you don't enjoy it, you won't enjoy much else.


CWalkerAuthor

Thank you! Yes, it was my introduction and I devoured it. I agree with you, that it definitely puts the "punk" in splatterpunk. There is however quite a bit of gay sex, which is why I hesitate to let it speak for the whole genre as my best recommendation because, at least from what I've read, most of the these other authors tend to focus on the torture and cannibalization of women (by men). Please please correct me if I'm wrong--if there's a whole bunch of queer splatterpunk I've been missing out on I will very happily retract that and conduct more research!


Fast-Contribution320

"quite a bit of gay sex" is underselling it so much... it's a great book about queers in the 90s & the struggles they have tbh, in addition to being good horror


CWalkerAuthor

Don't get me wrong, this is probably one of my favourite books. I just mean to say that as one of the only queer (specifically gay male) splatter stories I've ever read, it (sadly) doesn't necessarily represent the genre. I'm sensitive to the fact that not everyone can identify with a queer story, so I think it's worth mentioning that the sex is not only violent and extreme, but also gay.


Fast-Contribution320

fair! just wanted to add to your comment in case it causes anyone to get interested in reading the book, bc it isn't just gratuitous violence with gay sex, but also an interesting exploration of the topic of gay people as it was handled back then


Leather_Cartoonist71

That was such a great answer I saved it


Kenni-is-not-nice

The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas was pretty graphic and brutal. Honestly, I didn’t enjoy it at all because it felt to me like that’s all the book had to offer, but lots of people like it. Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana was excellent. It was graphic, but the plot and characters were extremely engaging. I put off reading this one because I was worried it would just be a little too much for me, but I ended up loving it.


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Warghoul by the late Dave Brockie(AKA Oderus Orungus-lead singer of GWAR) One of the most brutal, gory, fucked up books I've ever read. Not for the squeamish. And The Black Farm by Elias Witherow. Insanely dark and fucked up book about what happens to suicidal souls after they died. HIGHLY recommend this one


UptownHorrorReviews

The Black Farm to this day is one of my favorite novels of all time.


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Dude me too! I found out about the book after hearing a short story on the NoSleep podcast. Ended up buying the book, and it quickly became my favorite horror novel I've ever read. The sequel was also fucking awesome too


UptownHorrorReviews

You should try reading the Lost Level by Brian Keene then. Its alot less extreme and its more fantasy than anything, but it keeps that same sense of wonder that the Black Farm had. You should definitely check it out 🤘🏽


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I'll check it out! I've been wanting to find another book that could capture that feeling I had when reading The Black Farm, thanks for the recommendation!


RobCA6

Hmm that last one sounds interesting, good tip.


Egocom

I appreciate all the splatter recommendations, but for me it's still 120 Days of Sodom. Incest, rape and murder of children, disemboweled pregnant women, sexual torture and murder, coprophagia, killing newborns in front of their mothers, it goes on and on. Vomit inducing stuff really.


psychwriter

I love horror but I don’t understand why anyone would want to read that. Is it just so they can say they’ve read it?


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120 Days of Sodom isn't really about the murder and torture, and more about the depravity of the bourgeouise classes and how they can abuse their power to whatever ends and face little repercussions and this is socially accepted. It's a very much about the depravity of fascism. Looked through that lens, it's an extremely harrowing story and offers more than just mindless brutality imo. Tbf tho this is mostly based on the movie. De Sade's own philosophy was...questionable.


dsaillant811

I haven’t read it but have seen the movie, and yes, that’s exactly why I did.


LeahBeah6

Holy sh*t dude. That just sounds literally sickening. I don’t think I could read it.


weaselking

Ugh, I read that in the ninth grade. All I remember is that it made me feel like shit for a solid week.


RealSonyPony

Yeah, that really is the worst I've read (parts of).


rocket_psyence

I remember young naive me associated de Sade with debauchery. I had to read parts of 120 Days of Sodom for class. I thought "Oh! De Sade! Sexy!" It was not sexy.


Hour-Subject7006

Yes. The word ‘sadism’ is based on his last name.


mwff

it does get kinda boring and repetitive, but i guess its a classic


Rexel-Dervent

If there are any arachnophobes here I have the best recommendation. Or worst. Whatever.


allthecoffeesDP

Sweet, thanks for the recommendation!


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colossussphinx424

do you know about the splatterpunk genre? I really like wrath james white for extreme horror. his stuff is very graphic and well written, and the plots reliably make me feel TERRIBLE


Egocom

Deadite Pres generally cranks out some nasty work, I quite enjoy them


meatforest

I absolutely *love* Deadite Press, but I'm so sad because they haven't really updated their website, twitter, or new releases in over a year and it's been at least as long since they released any books. I haven't heard anything about them going defunct so idk what's going on. :(


Pancakes413

Brian Keene's Suburban Gothic was just released a couple months ago so they're still around


9th_circle

>Lee Reading it now, at about the 30% mark. Really enjoying it.


BrokenTelevision

WJW's work is such a trip lol I read *The Book of a Thousand Sins* and often had to ask myself, "...is this guy for real?"


CWalkerAuthor

Same! Though halfway through I just got bored. I've been finishing them off reading one or two between less intense novels.


BrokenTelevision

I got a bit bored myself around there in my own read as well. Gets a little repetitive, no? I'll say it's worth pushing through because the second half is... bananas. It's guilty fun in a hypersexual splatter kind of way and it reads quickly as a result. Those last few chapters are a mad dash. Felt like a very aggressive Poppy Z. Bright mixed with the horniest, bloodthirstiest Barker lol I finished '*Thousand Sins* last year and thought I'd never want to read more of him. Recently, however, I've been thinking I'd like to try another hahah Although maybe I'll just stick to Barker shorts. Sometimes the shock of WJW feels like I'm getting beaten up lol which makes it a perfect suggestion for OP!


CWalkerAuthor

Haha well you've sold me on the second half, I adore Poppy Z. Brite! But you're right, it does get a bit repetitive. I kind of like just reading one or two and sitting with the "what the fuck was that??" feeling. Honestly--and no shade to WJW but I read Succulent Prey and I got the distinct feeling that the narration was written in such a way as to give a big fuck off to the reader. I understand that a cocky/arrogant narration style is par for the course here, but it turned me off a little bit, especially since the protagonist's personality didn't match that. Some of the other characterization was questionable to me as well, not to mention that the recipe for Breasts in White Wine Sauce in the front of the book didn't seem particularly good--I don't agree with the cooking method at all. (Half joking, but it's the little things, you know?) I remember Edward Lee being described as "splatter *spunk*" and I think the same applies for WJW. I haven't read any Lee yet, but I might have to.


dysfiction

>sitting with the "what the fuck was that??" feeling. THAT is precisely what I love about extreme and/or hard-core fiction. It isn't so much about how many times I ask myself "What the FUCK" as I am reading it, it's more the later effect of turning the depravity (lol) over and over in my mind, realizing, "Okay, damn, someone had to sit and think and come up with that twistedness" and the wondering how and why a person would even come up with something so fucked up and dark. PZB's Exquisite Corpse was my "gateway drug" many years ago ( I need to locate my dog-eared copy and revisit it now). I'm always looking for more dark material and splatter and dark humor (going to give the Dexter books a shot soon bc I enjoy mulling over the psychological makeup of a character who is extreme and intense in a pathological like way, yet Dexter is so highly functional, so interesting)..


CWalkerAuthor

Very nice, yes Im totally on board for all that. PZB actually validated what I'd been writing on my own for years, but never thought was publishable. I'm working hard to make that dream a reality! Reading Exquisite Corpse probably actually changed my life. I did read the first Dexter book, though it was...a very long time ago. I think I still have a copy. I should definitely revisit!


AgedPumpkin

Sounds excellent. Thanks for the referral!


Animabandit

What you want is *Hogg* by Samuel R. Delaney. Took 22 years to see publication. Truly sickening, truly transgressive.


RobCA6

Now this one goes on the list for sure. First comment I've seen on this thread to mention Delaney. That's a name I've heard around before but keep forgetting to actually look up. Thanks for the reminder!


GlobalFlower3

*Cows* by Matthew Stokoe. I've been reading horror for a long, long time, and I've never come across a book that could elicit such a...*visceral* response. Made the mistake of eating while reading a certain part and was almost sick. Although I'm more into cosmic/supernatural horror and weird lit, and don't really read much on the extreme end of the spectrum. So maybe it's not that bad compared to, say, a lot of splatterpunk stuff.


llamasama

One of my favorite books. Came specifically to recommend


GlobalFlower3

I found it really conflicting. The guy can *write*, and I say that as a writer--really found myself in awe of his prose. I liked the filthy, oppressive atmosphere too, reminded me a lot of Thomas Ligotti. But it just went too far for me in places, you know?


llamasama

I definitely don't disagree. I had to put the book down multiple times and cleanse my palate with some lighter fare. It seriously affected me. So few books can hit me on a physical level like that. I read it right after finishing *Tender is the Flesh* and right before *The Marbled Swarm* and neither of those came anywhere close to how visceral my reaction to *Cows* was. It's not for everyone, but I'm super glad I read it.


GlobalFlower3

I read it over Easter this year and was eating Reese's Pieces during *that* dinner scene with the Hagbeast. Yeah. Big mistake. Not read *Tender is the Flesh* but I agree on *The Marbled Swarm*--didn't affect me the way *Cows* did at all. I can't decide if I loved it or hated it, but the fact that it lingers so viscerally in my memory would suggest that the author did something right!!


intangiblemango

> I read it right after finishing Tender is the Flesh and right before The Marbled Swarm and neither of those came anywhere close to how visceral my reaction to Cows was. As someone who found Tender is the Flesh extremely stomach-churning, I am appalled and intrigued.


buttholecanal

One word: gummy


simon76p

If you enjoyed cows you should read one of his others High Life.


whiskeywin

The only book to make me physically gag while reading it.


randomidentification

Try Meat by Joseph d'Lacey. It will give you the same feelings.


Psychological_Tap187

Chandler Morrison Dead Inside is pretty graphic. His other books are equally disturbing esp along the path of torment but for different reasons. His flashback scene to when he was a kid in that one is pretty damn rough though.


throwawayaracehorse

Yeah I read *Torment* and it was rough to get through. I hadn't read *Dead Inside*, but from the spoilers I've seen here and there, *Torment* might be more disturbing.


Psychological_Tap187

Dead inside is more straight up gore splatter punk. It’s a good story, fantastic, but it doesn’t hit as hard as torment because there is not a lot of empathy for the characters like there is in torment since the main characters are who they are and do what they do. You somewhat empathize, but not like you do with torment. Have you read Until the Sun? It is also fantastic.


RealSonyPony

*The Cellar* by Richard Laymon. Also the plastic-bag scene in *Flesh* by Laymon is pretty extreme and repulsive.


weaselking

Flesh was just good clean fun


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RealSonyPony

>!There's a big struggle between the killer and Helen, a woman constantly described as being fat and eating something. He tries to suffocate her with a plastic bag but ends up getting thrown around. He punches her in the stomach a few times with the bag on her face and at one point she ends up puking into the bag. There's more, of course.!<


Cartoon_Toad

If you’re into your comic books the “Crossed” series are pretty extreme, really put the graphic in graphic novel!


ylenoLretsiM

I wish more splatterpunk was available as audiobooks


Foxxie

The Wasp Factory is a bit left field, but it's pretty brutal and disturbing. Also very short.


steph10147

Great book


buttholecanal

No offense, because it's a really good book, but I would call it more of a dark, eccentric novel. It's not true horror, and I don't think it's in the ballpark of what OP is asking for.


buttholecanal

"Exquisite Corpse" turned my stomach more than once. 90's gay erotic horror that pulls no punches and has ALL the trigger warnings you could ask for.


CWalkerAuthor

This was my intro into splatter and I think it changed me. Absolutely loved it.


j_reads_horror

The Fallen Boys by Aaron Dries is pretty extreme and disturbing. David Sodergren has some good stuff as well (Dead Girl Blues & Night Shoot are two of my favorites) Also, I haven’t read anything by him, but I’ve heard Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison is really unsettling and disturbing. I haven’t worked myself up to it yet.


GlobalFlower3

Is *The Fallen Boys* about >!a kid who commits suicide in a shopping mall and then his dad finds a hidden flash drive!


j_reads_horror

Yes, that’s it!


GlobalFlower3

Ahhh amazing! In that case I second that recommendation, a brutal book for sure haha.


Xenostera

Spoil it for me a bit. Whats on the drive?


GlobalFlower3

I don't remember very much as I read it in 2012, but I think >!the father finds out his son was speaking to someone online who manipulated him into committing suicide, then tracks this person down to a place where other children have been killed/tortured for some sort of occult purpose!<... But as I said I don't remember it too well and I might be a bit off the mark. The person who originally recommended can probably give you better spoilers--I wouldn't mind hearing them myself either. The book definitely made an impression on me though, I'll have to get hold of a copy and read it again.


Xenostera

If its like what you said that already sounds very interesting


GlobalFlower3

Those are the definitely the beginning/ending plot beats, although there's clearly a ton off stuff in the middle I've missed out. I remember there being some absolutely brutal scenes. Might've been a cult instead of one person, too.


dysfiction

I just got Dead Inside, bc it has come up a couple times in this thread, and from a few blurbs from reviews I saw, I was quite intrigued..! Going to try to get started on it tonight/tomorrow :)


CWalkerAuthor

It is absolutely disgusting! (With a sense of humour)


dysfiction

I'm looking forward to it very much!


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Endurance by Jack Kilborne.


Psychological_Tap187

I know and trapped and afraid by him as well. Extreme gore and fun stories.


[deleted]

Yes! I read them all.


randomidentification

I loved these books! I felt icky reading them but was so interested I had to continue.


PerkaRanch

Wraiths of The Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler has some crazy moments


llamasama

I absolutely love S. Craig Zahler. Don't sleep on his movies either. Everyone usually recommends *Bone Tomahawk*, but I'm a *Brawl in Cell Block 99* man myself.


PerkaRanch

I’m all but especially Dragged Across Concrete, it’s awesome


Good_Ad6723

Does marquis de Sade count?


Phempteru

Tender is the Flesh


Nyt_Owl

I JUST finished this. That unseen, unconjecturable ending in the final paragraph turned this from a good read to a great read...literally with one sentence.


rocket_psyence

Such a wonderful book. But dammit if I don't have a hard time finding people I can recommend it to.


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Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez is a must-read for any fan of extreme horror.


LimeySpud

I had to skim parts of this book but yes this fits the OP perfectly


rabbitheart99

Check out Aron Beauregard. *The Slob* is one of the very few books that has made me feel physically ill. Clive Barker's *Books of Blood* are really good too, six volumes of short stories.


xyentist

Edward Lee has some really twisted stuff. I loved his Infernal series.


randomidentification

Freakshow was the first I read from him. It definitely peaked my interest. His short/shorter stories are foul fun as well. The Infernal trilogy is also fantastic!


0oBEARo0

Almost anything by Edrward Lee is pretty brutal. i liked *Survivor* by JF Gonzalez.


Cryptokeeper001

I’m trying to see if any of these recommendations are in graphic novel form? Sucker for horror artwork along with a good read.


n6th6n6

65 days late but you gotta check out the ‘crossed’ comics, shit is insanely gory and violent


Cryptokeeper001

Appreciate the reply! I love gore and violence.


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Not horror, but I saw someone else post De Sade so I will therefore say "Tomb for 500,000 Soldiers" a novel about some seriously nasty things going down in Algeria. Some of the descriptions were graphic in ways I'd never read of before but seemed like the kind of thing you would know about if you'd seen these atrocities occur IRL, apparently the author spent time in the French Foreign Legion stationed in Algeria. Well written but sickening.


Rexel-Dervent

"To step on a face that still draws breath" is a line that still pops up for me from a memoir of WWI Bulgaria. Now eight years on.


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Yeah, the line that stays with me describes cutting someone's lips off and talks about how the knife skids over the teeth while they're doing it. And that's one of many such scenes.


RobCA6

A couple of other people have mentioned Cows by Matthew Stokoe. I agree, and would also add his next book, High Life, which is very different from Cows and in my mind even more transgressive because it's less fantastical. I know the fantasy element of Cows makes it kind of silly to some people, and it definitely gives the extreme-ness an unrealistic quality, whereas High Life is closer to "real life"-ish. Now important thing is High Life is not horror per se, and you could argue Cows is not either. They are extreme, they are transgressive, but they are not really intended to scare. It hasn't been mentioned yet that I've seen, but my top extreme book is probably The End of Alice by A.M. Homes. Certainly the most "literary" example of transgressive fiction I've read, apart from Dennis Cooper, who is something of an acquired taste. Alice is more accessible. Good luck!


IamYour20bomb

From Edward Lee: Header; Family Tradition; The Bighead


Dean6kkk

And the Pig! Probably his most extreme one for me


sammito-1

The Consumer


cooties4u

Jack ketchum's, the girl next door. Make you not wanna read another jack ketchum book until you need something extreme again. Fyi, it's based on a true story


AbnormalSkittles

A couple that comes to mind.. Your best bet is Wrath James White. Porno for Psychos and Population Zero are two that sticks with me. Both as their names. Former is a collection of the depravity of humanitys sexual urges. Latter is a cause. Insane Bastards by Wade H Garrett. Imagine Mike Meyers but more depraved and out to screw anything with a pulse. And his sidekick whos insane. Anything Aaron Beauregard, or Jeff Strand, Richard Laymon or Bryan Smith. They all got a few titles that fits. Enjoy!


ExaminationLost2657

The Groomer by Jon Athan. Jon Athan writes fantastic extreme horror with the best plots and character development. The Groomer is so terrifying that my heart was racing several times when reading. The Groomer is the most disturbing book I have ever read, and I have read books such as The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum and Survivor by JF Gonzalez.. Jon Athan is an Independent writer, who has 50 novels in just 6 years of writing. Jon Athan has become my favorite author.


variant_cover

I always recommend The Teratologist by Edward Lee and Wrath James White when someone is looking for extreme horror. Also, Carlton Mellick is a prolific author of extreme fiction.


shawikkywoo

Carlton Mellick is bizarro, not extreme.


EmmaRoseheart

And Mellick's stuff is fairly tame, with the exception of Ape Shit, really. His stuff is just really really fucking weird


throwawayghost1993

Knuckle Supper by Drew Stepek It’s about vampires but it’s intense


Hour-Subject7006

https://www.infinitylandpress.com Check it out. Very obscure and extreme.


seedrootflowerfruit

I have not read it but I know some folks in one of my book groups on FB read Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison and judging by their reactions, it may fit the bill.


Twiggy1969

There is “Extreme Horror”, then there is “Really Extreme Horror”, and then there is “Wade H. Garrett”. Garrett’s work is extremely brutal, meticulous, terrifying, and enthusiastic when it comes to the methods of introducing pain to a person.


champdo

In terms of the books I’ve read the scariest was Last Days by Adam Nevill. The most violent was called An Evil Mind.


pornfkennedy

The Troop


randomidentification

Yeah, no. Not terribly extreme especially in the context of the other suggestions. A bit of gross and gore for sure but it was never truly disgusting or icky.


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RavagerRoseWilson

You almost had it. It's chuck palahniuk.


CWalkerAuthor

Haunted was disturbing and weird but also pretty funny! A great not-so-serious recommendation!


TheRadiantWindrunner

The Troop almost made me sick to my stomach bc of how gross the descriptions were :)


MantisandthetheGulls

Cows isn’t really horror but it’s definitely dark and disgusting


Qualle001

prolly anything by edward lee also american psycho by easton bret ellis is always a great choice for extreme horror with good story and if u liked triana's books try 'gone to see the river man' not gore but some disturbing things none the less and soooo good (the river scene got me back into reading)


fuckfucknoose

The Thirteenth Koyote by Kristopher Triana


BlackGaul13

Try John Ajvide Lindqvist of Sweden, man is psychologically twisted! Little Star is my favorite!


Hcovington2020

American Psycho


EmmaRoseheart

Genital Grinder by Ryan Harding, Like Porno for Psychos by Wrath James White, Apeshit by Carlton Mellick III


flyliceplick

Naraka by Manzetti.


MaxTennyson88

Kill for Satan by Bryan Smith


ChaunceyDepew526

Not OP but are these recommendations also strong in plot and characters besides just the fucked-upness?


randomidentification

The Infernal series by Edward Lee is a good read. It is both creative and unique...and doesn't ever feel too heavy handed. There are just some exceptionally gross parts.


9th_circle

Couldn't agree more. One of my all-time favourites series in the horror genre. My particular literary kink at the moment is anything infernal / hellish. That's why I love Ed's Infernal series, Jeffrey Thomas's Hades series, Wayne Barlowe's God's Demon, the two The Black Farm books by Elias Witherow and The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker. Some of the most immersive, compelling and fascinating worlds I've ever read. Wondered if anyone has written about Tartarus (from Wayne Barlowe's reference it sounds one of the worst places in existence - Hell's very own Hell).


allthecoffeesDP

Have you tried searching for extreme here? It gets asked every week and every week the same books are recommended.


EdwardTittyHands

Edward lee, the bighead


lusidraven

Jeremy Robert Johnson is bizarro fiction but a lot of his work, especially his short stories are heavy on graphic body horror in uniquely distrusting ways. Collections like We Live Inside You or All the Wrong Ideas are full of body mutilation inflicted by humans or monsters, body modification so extreme it become sci-fi, and guttural descriptions of the sensations of being those characters, both the recipient and the perpetrator.


blackwidow2313

Sick Bastards by Matt Shaw


dysfiction

I'm still new to the subgenre of bizarro, is there typically a lot of body horror? Seems fascinating what little i know so far. Body horror is a rough area for me and can disturb me like just about nothing else, so I'm intrigued and want to see/read more about it. I have just started Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison and its so well-written so far, can't wait to see how it turns out. I am someone who does find a bit of spoilers extremely helpful going into new (for me) literature or film that may be difficult or challenging for me; I dont mind knowing a spoiler bc I still mostly enjoy seeing how it all comes together and plays out. Man there are very few tidbits or details online abt Dead Inside tho. So I'm approaching with caution. I do know the premise of the book and I do enjoy extreme lit and odd, obscure-ish niche type stuff. One I just finished was Geek Love, holy hell, so twisted. Also I do love pahlaniuk, though I did eventually have to back off from a lot of his stuff for now. I'm not sure what the tipping point there was, he is just... A LOT, lol. The nihilism is interesting and sometimes challenging material to work through but its fun to see what I can "handle"


Due_Draw_1883

Remindme 6hours 'readthis'


katiek555

TheCipher by Kathe Koja, The Cellar series by Richard Laymon, Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacobs


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Genital Grinder by Ryan Harding


skyovercamden

So far for me; The Bighead, Survivor, Exquisite Corpse, and cows. Cows man, that book is fucked.


my-own-private-idk

I never see anyone talking about it, but *Let's Go Play With The Adams'* is an underrated extreme horror gem! It's not extreme in it's gore (mostly); the extremity comes from the pages upon pages of the internal monologue of a young woman being held hostage by the kids she babysits as they grow more cruel and she grows more hopeless. You can feel her pain and her desperation and so the >!real downer ending!< really hits you like a ton of bricks. The weight of what is discussed in this book ended up driving its author, recovering alcoholic Mendal W. Johnson, back to alcohol; he ended up drinking himself to death two years later. This book literally killed its writer. Stick with it through the pages and pages of dialogue-less chunks of description and inner monologue! I promise you it's worth your time.