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1		A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 793,239 ratings score: 15,200, and 161 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Holy Bible: New International Version by Anonymous 4.63 avg rating — 100,313 ratings score: 14,696, and 148 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 100,933 ratings score: 11,243, and 114 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 624,449 ratings score: 10,743, and 110 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 213,705 ratings score: 10,154, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 664,930 ratings score: 8,932, and 97 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3.80 avg rating — 382,713 ratings score: 8,745, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 796,473 ratings score: 8,704, and 95 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,996,267 ratings score: 8,607, and 95 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.91 avg rating — 1,564,597 ratings score: 8,518, and 90 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,529,518 ratings score: 8,431, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.76 avg rating — 115,596 ratings score: 8,205, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 154,500 ratings score: 7,527, and 82 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson 4.06 avg rating — 389,191 ratings score: 6,798, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) by Irvine Welsh 4.12 avg rating — 186,471 ratings score: 6,610, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		Factotum by Charles Bukowski 3.91 avg rating — 78,103 ratings score: 6,356, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. 4.12 avg rating — 70,178 ratings score: 6,140, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis 3.65 avg rating — 31,554 ratings score: 6,094, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 451,465 ratings score: 5,828, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20		The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.22 avg rating — 2,079,049 ratings score: 5,706, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21		Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) by Irvine Welsh 4.07 avg rating — 18,480 ratings score: 5,629, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22		Codex Seraphinianus. Ein Orbis Pictus des Universums der Phantasie. by Luigi Serafini 4.49 avg rating — 3,967 ratings score: 5,028, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23		Geek Love by Katherine Dunn 3.95 avg rating — 75,348 ratings score: 4,774, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24		Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 4.02 avg rating — 50,300 ratings score: 4,590, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25		Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.98 avg rating — 2,156,820 ratings score: 4,216, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26		Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.95 avg rating — 1,789,040 ratings score: 4,179, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27		Finnegans Wake by James Joyce 3.68 avg rating — 13,917 ratings score: 4,116, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28		The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 4.14 avg rating — 326,250 ratings score: 3,883, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29		If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.01 avg rating — 117,294 ratings score: 3,668, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30		A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick 4.02 avg rating — 113,516 ratings score: 3,488, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31		Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution by Edward Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 6,515 ratings score: 3,457, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32		Ubik by Philip K. Dick 4.11 avg rating — 129,305 ratings score: 3,207, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33		Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 3.81 avg rating — 80,392 ratings score: 3,139, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34		Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.03 avg rating — 4,818,000 ratings score: 3,075, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35		Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.71 avg rating — 3,319,631 ratings score: 3,004, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36		Mean Spirited by Nick Roberts (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 10,010 ratings score: 2,964, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37		Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 106,100 ratings score: 2,923, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38		The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea 4.01 avg rating — 16,349 ratings score: 2,888, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39		The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,531,266 ratings score: 2,834, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40		Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 71,590 ratings score: 2,748, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41		The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) by Paul Auster 3.86 avg rating — 90,372 ratings score: 2,731, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42		The Witches of Scotland (The Dream Dancers: Akashic Chronicles, #1) by Steven P. Aitchison (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 8,785 ratings score: 2,688, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43		Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire 3.50 avg rating — 697,427 ratings score: 2,619, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44		The Girls Are Gone by Michael Brodkorb (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 8,337 ratings score: 2,611, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45		Crash by J.G. Ballard 3.65 avg rating — 34,625 ratings score: 2,531, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46		The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 87,552 ratings score: 2,463, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47		Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 4.11 avg rating — 577,769 ratings score: 2,420, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48		The Standoff (Jack Widow, #12) by Scott Blade (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 2,931 ratings score: 2,389, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49		Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 1,097 ratings score: 2,386, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50		A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 50,110 ratings score: 2,358, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51		Black Fox: An Indigenous Horror Novel by Jack Moffet 3.98 avg rating — 564 ratings score: 2,315, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52		The Last Guest House by Caroline Mitchell (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 4,293 ratings score: 2,300, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53		The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.04 avg rating — 1,318,571 ratings score: 2,240, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54		The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7; Diogenes, #3) by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 40,574 ratings score: 2,205, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55		The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien 3.96 avg rating — 24,237 ratings score: 2,114, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56		Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 28,449 ratings score: 2,025, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57		1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) by Haruki Murakami 3.95 avg rating — 349,844 ratings score: 2,024, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58		Wayward Spirits (Witches of Palmetto Point #2) by Wendy Wang (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 7,632 ratings score: 2,023, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59		Devil's Snare (Witches of Palmetto Point #3) by Wendy Wang (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 6,239 ratings score: 2,022, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60		John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) by David Wong (Pseudonym) 3.85 avg rating — 87,500 ratings score: 2,000, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61		Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind 4.04 avg rating — 586,788 ratings score: 1,947, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62		The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 4,016,664 ratings score: 1,944, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63		Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 141,861 ratings score: 1,937, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64		The Voynich Manuscript by Unknown 4.29 avg rating — 1,118 ratings score: 1,936, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65		Valis by Philip K. Dick 3.91 avg rating — 33,918 ratings score: 1,930, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66		The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 3.72 avg rating — 23,421 ratings score: 1,880, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67		Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.08 avg rating — 79,679 ratings score: 1,773, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68		We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 3.90 avg rating — 320,118 ratings score: 1,733, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69		Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.06 avg rating — 286,541 ratings score: 1,729, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70		Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.19 avg rating — 79,171 ratings score: 1,680, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71		The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 201,904 ratings score: 1,674, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72		Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 905,431 ratings score: 1,673, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73		Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) by Douglas Adams 3.97 avg rating — 151,086 ratings score: 1,629, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74		The World According to Garp by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 242,811 ratings score: 1,556, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75		The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 3.59 avg rating — 244,966 ratings score: 1,551, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76		Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. 3.96 avg rating — 34,192 ratings score: 1,550, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77		The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,090,104 ratings score: 1,517, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78		The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 22,381 ratings score: 1,513, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79		Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 449,726 ratings score: 1,511, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80		Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille 3.64 avg rating — 26,837 ratings score: 1,493, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81		Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.29 avg rating — 1,161,109 ratings score: 1,466, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82		Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.16 avg rating — 261,199 ratings score: 1,438, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83		Hunger by Knut Hamsun 4.03 avg rating — 68,716 ratings score: 1,420, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84		The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 3.71 avg rating — 73,650 ratings score: 1,416, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85		Angels by Denis Johnson 3.99 avg rating — 6,512 ratings score: 1,372, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86		The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.40 avg rating — 416,383 ratings score: 1,363, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87		The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard 3.75 avg rating — 7,524 ratings score: 1,359, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88		Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont 4.25 avg rating — 4,024 ratings score: 1,326, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89		Moon Palace by Paul Auster 3.98 avg rating — 30,536 ratings score: 1,286, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90		The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft 4.03 avg rating — 111,776 ratings score: 1,285, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91		Tampa by Alissa Nutting (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 63,402 ratings score: 1,282, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92		Piercing by Ryū Murakami 3.68 avg rating — 22,099 ratings score: 1,237, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac 3.93 avg rating — 103,911 ratings score: 1,203, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94		Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett 4.28 avg rating — 9,640 ratings score: 1,191, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95		Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges 4.39 avg rating — 83,924 ratings score: 1,190, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96		Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 113,399 ratings score: 1,186, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97		Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes 4.05 avg rating — 8,609 ratings score: 1,181, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98		Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3.84 avg rating — 229,041 ratings score: 1,180, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99		The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.93 avg rating — 423,102 ratings score: 1,169, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100		A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.97 avg rating — 1,313,646 ratings score: 1,158, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by AnnSecret (last edited Dec 29, 2010 03:20AM) (new)

Dec 29, 2010 03:20AM

AnnSecret

The Holy Bible is 2nd on this list? That makes me want to LOL and yell "blasphemy" at the same time.

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message 2: by Hakim (new)

Jan 10, 2012 01:57PM

Hakim

Cheers for that list

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message 3: by Eric (new)

Oct 31, 2012 07:47AM

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Angel Dust Apocalypse needs to be here.

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Oct 31, 2012 11:43AM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads

You could add it; it's easy to add books to lists. At the top of the page, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 5: by Eric (new)

Oct 31, 2012 12:25PM

Eric

Thanks, learned something new.

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message 6: by Guillermo (new)

Apr 09, 2013 01:13AM

Guillermo Galvan

The Bible is #1. God does act in mysterious ways.

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message 7: by Gregsamsa (new)

Jul 17, 2013 06:13PM

Gregsamsa

I just came from the "Best Books Ever" list and this one was quite a welcome palate-cleanser after seeing that the top books EVER were dominated by the Harry Potter/Twilight/Hunger Games set.

As for The Holy Bible here's a choice passage:

"When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by his private parts: Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her." --Deut. 25:11-12 KJV 2003

Pretty weird, especially for those of us without discernment.

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message 8: by Tammie (new)

Sep 12, 2013 09:21AM

Tammie

I had to scroll through this list to see what was weird. I'm still laughing over Creepy-Ass Dolls. That has got to be one weird book!

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message 9: by Loren (new)

Oct 14, 2013 11:29PM

Loren Butler

I burned the The Holy Bible my parents got me for xmas for a ritual then stole sandman porters now I am going to drown in the puget sound soon.,

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message 10: by ☘Misericordia☘ (new)

Oct 14, 2015 10:09AM

☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣

Ahem, the Bible? At least half of these books are good.

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message 11: by Donna (new)

Apr 14, 2018 12:15AM

Donna Davis

Tammie wrote: "I had to scroll through this list to see what was weird. I'm still laughing over Creepy-Ass Dolls. That has got to be one weird book!"
Right? I saw it and realized my 21 year old daughter would absolutely love that messed-up book for her birthday. I went to a separate screen on my PC and ordered it before I was even done voting on the list.

The cool thing about this list is how subjective it is--why did I vote for Stephen King's The Tommyknockers, but not his other work, all of which is undeniably weird? It's so reflexive, like my instincts all landed in my mouse hand.

This may be the only list I've felt comfortable voting for a few titles I haven't read or even browsed...because how could Creepy-Ass Dolls NOT be weird? And I am ordering my list by weirdness level as opposed to which are my favorite reads. So much fun!

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message 12: by Cedric (new)

Apr 14, 2019 09:26PM

Cedric

I love this list because it's so.,,,,weird! One person's wierd is another person's normal! The unifying theme in the one's I have read here is that they are dark, rather than what I would think of as weird. But plenty of the titles sound weird enough!

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message 13: by Astrid (last edited Apr 23, 2019 11:03AM) (new)

Apr 23, 2019 06:24AM

Astrid Galactic

OMG! I've found my ultimate list of lists. I want to read every book listed.

It all started many, many decades ago when I wandered into the Adult section of the library and finally found a few books that appeared interesting. It was the '60s and life was getting weird and I was bored. It was time for me to move on and start discovering more of life beyond my dull little girl existence. The first book I read from this new world for me was Hubert Selby, Jr's "Last Exit To Brooklyn." Didn't find out until many years later that it had originally been banned. I didn't know. I just thought, "Okay, I had moved over from the Children's section of the library to the Adult section. Adult subjects. That's fine."

Think the second was Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." Loved it!

It was all sideways from there...

Last Exit to Brooklyn

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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message 14: by Donna (new)

Apr 23, 2019 02:12PM

Donna Davis

The system found and removed 3 duplicates.

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message 15: by Randall (new)

May 07, 2019 10:23PM

Randall Barsch

Excited to find such a wonderful list on here. I'm new to goodreads and could use some friends that also enjoy bizarre and weird books. Cheers!

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message 16: by Astrid (last edited May 08, 2019 03:43AM) (new)

May 08, 2019 03:38AM

Astrid Galactic

@Randall - Hi. You mentioned you are new here and looking for friends. I'm not here to socialize. Only wanted a way to keep track of some of my reading which I can't even begin to remember all of. You look interesting so I thought I'd follow along. Enjoy your journey.

It looks like some of your books should qualify for this list. :-D

This is an amazing book site. None other come close.

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message 17: by Gionysius (new)

Jan 21, 2023 05:22PM

Gionysius

Maybe I missed it, but Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson by Gurdjieff should definitely be on this list. I will add it.

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message 18: by Pandora (last edited Jun 28, 2023 06:02AM) (new)

Jun 28, 2023 06:01AM

Pandora Hecate

lmao, why is the bible there, not complaining or anything but why lllol

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