# The Most Disgusting Works Ever Written **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204 "2010-10-15T01:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/81 "2010-10-16T04:14:32Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > I won’t deny that I am morbidly fascinated by de Sade but I can’t see any normal person being “aroused” by it since almost all the sex is perverted . Oh, honey. That’s…adorable. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/82 "2010-10-16T04:25:31Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > This might be the thread for figuring out what this book was called that I read about 10 years ago. > > It was written by a man on death row in the US and published after his execution. It was essentially his confession. I remember that he had killed his cousin (or niece?) and her friend after raping them, and stuffed the bodies in a hot water tank (I think). In another rape and murder, he raped and killed a toddler and it’s mother. I vividly remember one murder where he cut her nipples off and stuffed them in her mouth while she was still alive. I think some of the women’s bodies were dropped in to some sort of marshy area. > > Anyone know this book? Is the last line of the book “We call it The Aristocrats!” ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/83 "2010-10-16T06:00:17Z")
Naked Lunch by W.S. Burroughs. Pick up a copy at a bookstore/library, open it to a random page, and start reading. Frankly I think Palahniuk’s Guts is tame in comparison, and Naked Lunch goes on and on for 200 pages. It’s incredibly obscene, at parts it seems satirical and at others you just go “whoaa.” The non-linear, scatterbrained structure makes it even less comfortable to read. Think stuff like a couple hanging a boy, using him as a sexual aid, then lighting themselves on fire and jumping out a high-rise window. And there’s lots of rimming too. On the plus side, for some reason after I read it I really, really, really didn’t want to try heroine… ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/84 "2010-10-16T07:12:12Z")
I vote for the the [Turner Diaries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turner_Diaries) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/85 "2010-10-16T08:10:22Z")
> [@wheresmymind](#): > > On the plus side, for some reason after I read it I really, really, really didn’t want to try heroine… Well, yes, villainesses are much more fun. The bad girls always are. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/86 "2010-10-16T11:36:43Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > > [@Guinastasia](#): > > > > How can you make such a judgment, and say it should be banned, and that the man is evil in carnate, when YOU’VE NEVER EVEN READ THE MATERIAL IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! > > Isn’t that how most book-banners operate? I really don’t understand the OP’s motivation in this thread. So far I’ve thought: 1. Finding creepy titillating books to read - but this doesn’t seem to be the case. 2. Discussing creepy titillating books to condemn them without reading them, by looking them up on wikipedia. 3. Pissing off my local librarian by demanding these books that I don’t want to read are banned so that others can also not read them. 4. Freaking out my local librarian by checking out these books either one by one, or all at once, while giggling and fondling my hatchet. 5. Discussing _Hogg_ under a new username, and waiting for hilarity to ensue. > [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > I vote for the the [Turner Diaries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turner_Diaries) Man, that book is so badly written, and so nasty. I’ve read the first couple chapters and it lacks both literary and social merit. I can’t stand racist/nazi/skinhead types, but that book makes me want to hunt them down and teach them how to write. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/87 "2010-10-16T14:12:37Z")
> [@](#): > > (The bible) is the most disgusting work ever written beyond any reasonable doubt. Well, then, there is no need for further discussion. Thanks for clearing that up for us. mmm ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/88 "2010-10-16T14:24:32Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > (The bible) is the most disgusting work ever written beyond any reasonable doubt. > > Well, then, there is no need for further discussion. > > Thanks for clearing that up for us. > mmm No problem! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/89 "2010-10-16T14:37:56Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > 1. Finding creepy titillating books to read - but this doesn’t seem to be the case. I’m still not convinced it isn’t this one, actually… ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/90 "2010-10-16T14:45:44Z")
> [@wheresmymind](#): > > Naked Lunch by W.S. Burroughs. Pick up a copy at a bookstore/library, open it to a random page, and start reading. Frankly I think Palahniuk’s Guts is tame in comparison, and Naked Lunch goes on and on for 200 pages. It’s incredibly obscene, at parts it seems satirical and at others you just go “whoaa.” The non-linear, scatterbrained structure makes it even less comfortable to read. Think stuff like a couple hanging a boy, using him as a sexual aid, then lighting themselves on fire and jumping out a high-rise window. **And there’s lots of rimming too.** Bolding mine. I just love how _that_ has to get a special mention after the murder, necrophilia, and flaming suicide. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/91 "2010-10-16T14:49:21Z")
> [@Peeta\_Mellark](#): > > > [@wheresmymind](#): > > > > Naked Lunch by W.S. Burroughs. Pick up a copy at a bookstore/library, open it to a random page, and start reading. Frankly I think Palahniuk’s Guts is tame in comparison, and Naked Lunch goes on and on for 200 pages. It’s incredibly obscene, at parts it seems satirical and at others you just go “whoaa.” The non-linear, scatterbrained structure makes it even less comfortable to read. Think stuff like a couple hanging a boy, using him as a sexual aid, then lighting themselves on fire and jumping out a high-rise window. **And there’s lots of rimming too.** > > Bolding mine. > > I just love how _that_ has to get a special mention after the murder, necrophilia, and flaming suicide. 😃 It’s a case of [Arson, Murder and Jaywalking](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking). ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/92 "2010-10-16T15:10:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > _The Rape of Nanking_ Read this for my History of Japan class. So terrible and sickening. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/93 "2010-10-16T18:56:17Z")
> [@Chakra Nadmara](#): > > [Vomit some more.](http://www.amazon.com/Allergy-Free-Desserts-Gluten-free-Dairy-free-Egg-free/dp/0470448466) ☹ Although I’m sure some people do need it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/94 "2010-10-17T01:39:38Z")
I’m still standing by my vote for _Twilight_ and anything else by Stephanie Meyers. Vampires shouldn’t sparkle. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/95 "2010-10-17T03:03:26Z")
I"m drawing a blank on the name; but there’s some novel that is reputed to be a favorite of psychos and serial killers, one of whom remarked after reading it that “for the very first time, I felt someone understood me”. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/96 "2010-10-17T03:12:14Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I"m drawing a blank on the name; but there’s some novel that is reputed to be a favorite of psychos and serial killers, one of whom remarked after reading it that “for the very first time, I felt someone understood me”. Catcher in the Rye? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/97 "2010-10-17T03:34:38Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I"m drawing a blank on the name; but there’s some novel that is reputed to be a favorite of psychos and serial killers, one of whom remarked after reading it that “for the very first time, I felt someone understood me”. [The Killer Inside Me](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killer_Inside_Me)? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/98 "2010-10-17T03:42:39Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I"m drawing a blank on the name; but there’s some novel that is reputed to be a favorite of psychos and serial killers, one of whom remarked after reading it that “for the very first time, I felt someone understood me”. The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/99 "2010-10-17T16:58:25Z")
Ah, I _finally_ found it: [The Collector by John Fowles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204/100 "2010-10-17T17:18:41Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > > [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > > > I won’t deny that I am morbidly fascinated by de Sade but I can’t see any normal person being “aroused” by it since almost all the sex is perverted . > > Oh, honey. > > That’s…adorable. You’re supposed to mime patting him on the head, I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-works-ever-written/557204.md?page=6)