Book recommendations?

For one, I'm impressed to find someone not obsessed with The Hunger Games...FINALLY! Those poor, not-so-good books. And second, I'm impressed that your favorite author is Mr. Palahniuk! So here are my suggestions. Not all of them are best to be examined in a classroom setting, but I'm sure quite a few ought to work!

The Ruins, by Scott Smith (fast-paced, interesting, but most of all, dark, disturbing, chilling, terrifying, and amazing)

Ghost Story, by Peter Straub (an eerie book, with nearly unforgettable characters and a dark, chilling type of story, this one has moments I will carry with me forever, some that really did scare me, and some that are either disgusting, or intriguing in a dark sort of way. A true classic of horror)

Hell House, by Richard Matheson (Matheson is among my favorite authors of all time, and once known as the master of horror--still is, if you ask me--this book is a simple proof of that. It's more than just a haunted house story, it's a SMART haunted house story, that somehow manages to be believable, even plausible. With a brilliant cast of characters from various walks of life, each with their own vivid, realistic characterizations and points of view on ghosts and such, this book is disturbing and dark on suggestive levels, and sometimes blatant levels)

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman (I could literally suggest anything by this brilliant author, this book in particular. He blends imaginative fantasy with reality seamlessly, and the atmospheres of most of his books are surprisingly dark, especially this book, which is actually very sad at the same time. It's really hard to explain, but Gaiman is an amazing, amazing author. Others by him i would suggest in particular, would be "American Gods," "Neverwhere," and "Coraline.")

I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (another horror classic, this one, if you ask me, would probably be the best for classroom examination. It's generally short, yet so full of content. Robert Neville is another one of those unforgettable characters, and watching him descend partly into insanity, examine his past, and deal with the crisis at hand of surviving and getting by in a world full of vampires, all of which are somehow made into eerie creatures that Matheson provides somehow logical, believable explanations for, is an experience well worth the read)

These are the best I've got for you!

Cheers!

If you haven't already read them, the Game of Thrones novels are fantastic. Great satires of human nature and the difficulties and temptations that come with being in a position of power. Aside from being sexually explicit at times, there is no heavy romance in it.

Also, World War Z is one of the best concepts I've ever seen. It examines the realism of how mankind would truly react to a zombie outbreak, from individuals to militaries to entire governments. Makes you really think about how you would act in a crisis situation.

Well it's not dark or twisted but there is death and weirdness!

It's called

"of mice and men"

By John Steinbeck

He also made grapes of wrath but I never read this one

By the way these both are high school classic summer readings!!

The count of monte cristo is toooo!

Hidden Camera, Zoran Zivkovic

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, twisted, interesting, a book you'll never want to put down.