Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Push by SapphireGuts by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,300 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukWhite Noise by Don DeLilloInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 585 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Style as Text
251 books — 129 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Ergodic Literature
60 books — 63 voters

White Noise by Don DeLilloHigh-Rise by J.G. BallardFight Club by Chuck PalahniukSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukLess Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Existential Horror
23 books — 2 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiWhite Noise by Don DeLillo
Postmodern Novels
102 books — 111 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSkagboys by Irvine WelshTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Transgressive and Bizzaro Fiction
319 books — 131 voters