Top 10 of the most disturbing books that can actually traumatize you.

[@BookishTexan]

I will admit that as I have gotten older (50+) I avoid books that seem to center on the traumatic. So I appreciate your list as a kind of warning.

[@AnnNovella]

There you go! I read them so you don’t have to!

[@JuanGomezBarcena-zp7sg]

Thank you for your words about my book, Ann! :)

[@AnnNovella]

Thank you for writing such a wonderful book!

[@CriminOllyBlog]

This was great! So many books I hadn't even heard of!

[@AnnNovella]

haha that’s my jam!

[@yuriandrade8337]

Just read Tiger tiger and came in search for reviews... it is really traumatizing, such mixed feelings about regretting reading it and the book being so well written. But it is just so much to process, i really cant. This book just broke my soul. Margaux was so brave and resilient for writing this memoir.

[@karamiddleton2920]

Excellent video! I've added all these to my TBR. Also, new subscriber.

[@AnnNovella]

Welcome Kara!

[@AJDunnReads]

I haven't met a book yet that could traumatize me, and I'm always looking for them. 😂 Thanks for the recommendations!

[@AnnNovella]

My pleasure AJ

[@fiberartsyreads]

I keep putting off the Bryan Greenwood book because I want to and then really don’t want to read it if that makes sense. Excellent list, adding many to my list.

[@AnnNovella]

Thank you Fiberartsy!

[@PICODEGAYYO]

Happy i stumbled across your channel! Great list ❤️

[@AnnNovella]

Thanks Book Bean!

[@MsReadsAlot]

All the ugly and wonderful things definitely sounds like it deserves to be on the list. The kindly ones!!!!!! Oh my gosh. I read it years ago and there is a scene that has never left me. Still disturbing and traumatizing to this day. Interesting read but man 😢

[@AnnNovella]

Yes indeed, some scenes are impossible to digest.

[@alexandragabitto2573]

Books about acts of violence that could happen/will happen/happen daily hit different. They change you in ways that fiction can’t.

[@AnnNovella]

That is so true.

[@kevinsbookcase59]

There are some here I didn't even know were out there!!! Going to have to check them out!!! Thank you 😊

[@AnnNovella]

You’re welcome!

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

I’m trying not to do trauma this year 😂

[@AnnNovella]

You are a smart man, David!

[@swankscares]

I loved Tender is the Flesh. It blew my mind. Then right after it I read Meat. There is one sentence about 1/4 of the way in that just changes everything. They are both so well written that they draw you in and won't let go until the end. Both 5⭐ Swank

[@AnnNovella]

Ha, Meat! Never heard of that book, thank you for the tip!

[@swankscares]

😋

[@seanlaster901]

Exactly what I needed

[@danielkibira4064]

Thanx Mam for your choice picks and insightful analysis of these issues. I feel lucky to have found your channel. What are your thoughts of William Burroughs book NAKED LUNCH? Also you seem to be a lover of Memoirs so here's a recommendation DARKNESS VISIBLE by William Styron. 🙌🏾 Barakha 🌾✊🏾 Salema 🙏🏾💯

[@AnnNovella]

I haven’t read that one yet

[@danielkibira4064]

@@AnnNovella Okay take your time, but You will thank me later when finally you get to reading DARKNESS VISIBLE by William Styron, that book is a hidden gem.

[@zachreads]

CriminOlly sent me. You're right Tender Is the Flesh and The Wasp Factory are kind of a joke. To this list I would add Shackled by Ray Garton and The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum. They are what I call "jumping into the literary meatgrinder"

[@AnnNovella]

Oooh Zach, thank you for the tips!

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Are you trying to give us nightmares, Ann? I have visited the site of Auschwitz, it is a very sad place and they still gloss over what happened to the Sinto and Roma peoples exterminated there.

[@AnnNovella]

And the gay people!..

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

@@AnnNovella Indeed, our Polish guide focused very much on the Poles and Jews who were exterminated not the others.

[@AnnNovella]

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff they tell people what they want to hear, my uncle was held in Czechia

[@RememberedReads]

I better take notes, I'm always on board for some trauma! ;)

[@AnnNovella]

Lol!