The Couple Next Door by Shari LapenaThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura DaveThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldNo Exit by Taylor  AdamsThe Only One Left by Riley Sager
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,307 books — 19,401 voters
Crime by Irvine WelshTime's Arrow by Martin AmisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,715 books — 3,769 voters

Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
2,065 books — 1,977 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshFight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisCoin Locker Babies by Ryū MurakamiThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Thrillers
5,131 books — 7,189 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
2,326 books — 2,873 voters
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis JohnsonThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksDarkness at Noon by Arthur KoestlerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,451 books — 2,987 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyDiary by Chuck PalahniukDubliners by James JoyceFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,593 books — 16,848 voters
Frisk by Dennis CooperAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisDead Babies by Martin AmisSkagboys by Irvine WelshThe Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.
Disturbingly Enticing
495 books — 195 voters

Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksTrainspotting by Irvine WelshRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Rooting for the Bad Guy
686 books — 1,484 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksFactotum by Charles BukowskiInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Anti-heroes in Books
603 books — 430 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyTampa by Alissa NuttingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHigh-Rise by J.G. Ballard
Most Messed Up
876 books — 562 voters

You Read a Book about What?
4,202 books — 2,574 voters
The Grifters by Jim Thompson
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,270 books — 792 voters

Audition by Ryū MurakamiFactotum by Charles BukowskiFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Weirdest Books Ever
1,186 books — 1,199 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperThe Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous HuxleyLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisIn the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,121 books — 1,754 voters

Nutshell by Ian McEwanRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Books That Changed My World
3,292 books — 3,525 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Fever by Megan AbbottInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Best Antiheroes
704 books — 615 voters

Porno by Irvine WelshAnd the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick CaveFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Cement Garden by Ian McEwanFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Darkest Books of All Time
1,313 books — 1,687 voters
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLolita by Vladimir NabokovAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Quality Dark Fiction
2,781 books — 4,172 voters

The Grifters by Jim ThompsonRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
582 books — 447 voters
Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukSkagboys by Irvine WelshLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Cult Classics
1,577 books — 2,069 voters

The Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperThe Blade Artist by Irvine WelshThe Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Transgressive Fiction
891 books — 970 voters
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksTrainspotting by Irvine WelshThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,262 books — 11,771 voters

Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisThe Fever by Megan AbbottSnuff by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksPiercing by Ryū Murakami
Best Unappreciated Books
4,386 books — 2,314 voters
New Adult Literature
7,209 books — 4,154 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Book Titles
12,480 books — 8,992 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,655 books — 6,354 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukAlmost Transparent Blue by Ryū MurakamiHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
MUST READS!!!
15,811 books — 12,189 voters
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwanBut What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck KlostermanTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterYou Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Must Read Books- Different Genres
15,645 books — 12,595 voters


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