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
15,835 books — 18,463 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
2,547 books — 2,736 voters

Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
2,006 books — 1,660 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshFight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisCoin Locker Babies by Ryū MurakamiThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Thrillers
4,872 books — 6,191 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
2,220 books — 2,054 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
2,301 books — 1,989 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
7,439 books — 16,317 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
689 books — 1,472 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksFactotum by Charles BukowskiInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Anti-heroes in Books
601 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
878 books — 546 voters

You Read a Book about What?
4,121 books — 2,299 voters
The Grifters by Jim Thompson
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 790 voters

Audition by Ryū MurakamiFactotum by Charles BukowskiFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Weirdest Books Ever
1,184 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
1,122 books — 1,819 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
3,288 books — 3,255 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 — 584 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
1,312 books — 1,729 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
2,623 books — 3,564 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
1,576 books — 2,130 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
894 books — 974 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
3,281 books — 11,620 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
4,384 books — 2,240 voters
New Adult Literature
7,196 books — 4,144 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
12,092 books — 8,473 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,587 books — 5,960 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!!!
15,175 books — 10,830 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
14,844 books — 11,031 voters


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