Bret Easton Ellis is the master of revealing the dark side of any city, and 1980's New York is no exception. In American Psycho, protagonist Patrick Bateman is a successful, normal-seeming Wall Street banker with a horrifying series of nighttime hobbies, including torture and murder. Terrifying because it seems so real, "American Psycho" will haunt you long after you put it down.

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis, Vintage, 416 pp.