Transgressive

Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways. Because they are rebelling against the basic norms of society, protagonists of transgressive fiction may seem mentally ill, anti-social, or nihilistic. The genre deals extensively with taboo subject matters such as drugs, sexual activity, violence, incest, pedophilia, and crime.

American Psycho
Fight Club
Crash
A Clockwork Orange
Invisible Monsters
Lolita
Story of the Eye
Choke
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Trainspotting
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Haunted
The Wasp Factory
The Sluts
Less Than Zero
Elizabeth Peyton by Elizabeth PeytonMoravagine by Blaise CendrarsEquus by Peter ShafferJunky by William S. BurroughsThee Psychick Bible by Genesis P-Orridge
Elias Rønnenfelt Reading List
33 books — 2 voters
Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-MasochA Brotherly Valentine by Rhett BlueMy Virgin Butt for My Big Brother by Rhett BlueReal Brotherly Loving by Rhett BlueBig Brother's Little Caregiver by Rhett Blue
Sexually transgressive
66 books — 11 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Transgressive Fiction
894 books — 974 voters
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime IsayamaDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaDeadman Wonderland, Vol. 1 by Jinsei KataokaBlack Butler I by Yana TobosoFuture Diary, Volume 01 by Sakae Esuno
Transgressive Manga
87 books — 159 voters


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Casey Renee Kiser, NightMARE Crush

I like to judge people and it was clear to me that Colin’s life has been about as exciting as a cluster headache. You can tell this just from his humour tumour which runs through every conversation you have with him. I got the impression that Colin had arrived at his early fifties resenting the fact that he’s spent his entire career worshiping at the altar of Dynasty PLC. But he is now so indoctrinated by the world of corporate banking that he’s forgotten how to express the real him. This is w ...more
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