Surrealism

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact.

Kafka on the Shore
Nadja
The Metamorphosis
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Hearing Trumpet
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Manifestoes of Surrealism
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
The Trial
The Master and Margarita
After Dark
Story of the Eye
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
Paris Peasant
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Reality Warping Fiction
338 books — 174 voters

Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeTHE AETHER LOOP by Thomas TrueArea X by Jeff VandermeerRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Dreamscapes
114 books — 75 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWilder Girls by Rory PowerUzumaki by Junji ItoIt by Stephen  KingDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Body Horror
55 books — 43 voters

André Breton
The imaginary is what tends to become real.
André Breton

René Daumal
This place has only three exits, sir: Madness, and Death.
Rene Daumal, A Night of Serious Drinking

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