Save Yourself by Kelly BraffetMoon Tiger by Penelope LivelyFactotum by Charles BukowskiFrisk by Dennis CooperAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,423 books — 2,166 voters
The Grifters by Jim ThompsonThe Death of Bunny Munro by Nick CaveDead Babies by Martin AmisA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,957 books — 1,392 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSkagboys by Irvine Welsh
Thrillers
4,590 books — 5,589 voters
Choke by Chuck PalahniukFight Club by Chuck PalahniukBlood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerTampa by Alissa NuttingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
2,094 books — 1,704 voters

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,189 books — 1,654 voters
The Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,561 voters

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynSkagboys by Irvine WelshTrainspotting by Irvine WelshRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Disturbingly Enticing
498 books — 198 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Rooting for the Bad Guy
683 books — 1,467 voters

Trainspotting by Irvine WelshInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles Bukowski
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 429 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTropic of Capricorn by Henry MillerThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksKilling Yourself to Live by Chuck KlostermanDead Babies by Martin Amis
Most Messed Up
845 books — 514 voters

But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck Klosterman
You Read a Book about What?
4,028 books — 2,077 voters

Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,267 books — 792 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,185 voters

The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwanBut What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck KlostermanInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,719 voters
Crime by Irvine WelshAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,189 voters

Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFactotum by Charles BukowskiBut What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck KlostermanA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 586 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Factotum by Charles BukowskiBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,715 voters

Big Sur by Jack KerouacFight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous HuxleyInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Quality Dark Fiction
2,502 books — 3,218 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFactotum by Charles BukowskiLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisSkagboys by Irvine WelshNutshell by Ian McEwan
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 445 voters

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLess Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,123 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshTrainspotting by Irvine WelshLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Post Office by Charles Bukowski
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 968 voters

Invisible by Paul AusterTrain Dreams by Denis JohnsonLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,190 books — 11,281 voters
Women by Charles BukowskiLast Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik
Best Unappreciated Books
4,346 books — 2,180 voters

Skagboys by Irvine WelshFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyThe Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
Best Book Titles
11,373 books — 7,755 voters
Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,487 books — 5,715 voters

Audition by Ryū MurakamiLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
MUST READS!!!
14,447 books — 10,012 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynNutshell by Ian McEwanFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Must Read Books- Different Genres
13,696 books — 9,848 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Favorite Books
14,231 books — 9,836 voters
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
Smart Summer Reads
12,611 books — 10,491 voters


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