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
15,662 books — 17,994 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
2,459 books — 2,295 voters

Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,965 books — 1,429 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshFight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisCoin Locker Babies by Ryū MurakamiThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Thrillers
4,657 books — 5,725 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
2,144 books — 1,785 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
2,229 books — 1,804 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
7,337 books — 15,893 voters
Frisk by Dennis CooperAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisDead Babies by Martin AmisSkagboys by Irvine WelshThe Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.
Disturbingly Enticing
498 books — 197 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
687 books — 1,470 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksFactotum by Charles BukowskiInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 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
862 books — 524 voters

You Read a Book about What?
4,084 books — 2,139 voters
The Grifters by Jim Thompson
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 791 voters

Audition by Ryū MurakamiFactotum by Charles BukowskiFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Weirdest Books Ever
1,185 books — 1,193 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 — 1,772 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
3,289 books — 3,260 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
701 books — 585 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
1,302 books — 1,719 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
2,543 books — 3,258 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...
581 books — 444 voters
Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukSkagboys by Irvine WelshLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Cult Classics
1,569 books — 2,120 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
873 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
3,244 books — 11,520 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
4,374 books — 2,210 voters
New Adult Literature
7,165 books — 3,980 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
11,894 books — 8,168 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,518 books — 5,821 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!!!
14,947 books — 10,492 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
14,405 books — 10,484 voters


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