What's the darkest book/story you've ever read?

I'm thinking of reading outside my usual light genres. Suggestions?

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The original Grimm's Fairy Tales were pretty dark. Hansel and Gretel murdered their parents after escaping the witch, the prince Cinderella married stuffed her step mom and sisters into barrels with spikes in the sides and rolled them down a long hill into a lake, etc.

helenS · 36-40, F

@UckfayOuyayOotay Yes they are very cruel. I wonder why this book is considered a childrens' book.

UckfayOuyayOotay · 51-55, M

@helenS The stories were written at a time when death and cruelty were common place. People were desensitized to it and in fact expected it. To write a story without these details would have been odd.