American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Most Messed Up
849 books — 518 voters
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Fall by Albert CamusHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Better Than Food Books
210 books — 41 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan PoeOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan PoeHamlet by William Shakespeare
Books that are Unforgettable
121 books — 10 voters
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand CélineThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Outsider by Colin WilsonThe Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous HuxleyThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Jim Morrison's Bookshelf
84 books — 17 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacJunky by William S. BurroughsHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergThe Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacChronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
Beatniks
176 books — 22 voters
Baby Doll by Tennessee WilliamsThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Plague by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Richey Edwards' Favourite Books
60 books — 3 voters

Ultra-Gash Inferno by Suehiro MaruoThe Book of Mr. Natural by Robert CrumbCrossed, Vol. 1 by Garth EnnisRipple by Dave CooperThe Complete Zap Comix Boxed Set by Robert Crumb
Comics in Bad Taste
63 books — 19 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
868 books — 967 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceFanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John ClelandHistoire d'O | Story of O by Pauline Réage
Literary Smut
146 books — 108 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,298 voters


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