Hey guys! i love to read all genres, but these days i am more in the mood for soething really dark, deep and maybe something moraly disturbing. Any suggestions?
Alan Heathcock's debut collection of short stories are all pretty dark, deep (though not sure what you mean by morally disturbing). It's 'literary' but still entertaining, focusing on telling stories, and the prose is very straightforward and honest, not at all self-conscious. It's good material to not only read and enjoy, if you're looking for some dark stories, but also to go back and study the craft, as I find it all of the highest quality writing as well. He has an author's website, as well as tons of reviews posted online, if you're interested in checking it out.
Perfume by Patrick Suskind Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy. Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Monk by Matthew Lewis Turn of the Screw by Wilkie Collins Hound of Death by Agatha Christie Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man Marquis de Sade Holy Willie's Prayer by Robert Burns Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearne Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates (be prepared for rotten ending though as in rubbish) Trial of Socrates by Plato. Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.
Edgar Allan Poe. For less dark stories try Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy, Jim Butcher, Brad Thor, Stephen Hunter, Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Orwell, JD Salinger, Oscar Wilde, and Alexandre Dumas.
Alas, disturbing. Well, the closest I could suggest would be The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. If you want a 'how about we go kill everything and have a bunch of sex' kind of book you could also go for The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon.
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis Ferdinand Celine. It's the most depressing book I've ever read.
Patterson has a wide range of books out. I recommend any of the Alex Cross novels if you're hungry for a little murder investigation.
Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West--by Cormac McCarthy. It's dark. Some loss of sanity may be involved.