Narcopolis by Jeet ThayilA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisMoon Tiger by Penelope LivelyTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Most Unique Books Of All Time
362 books — 156 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukAngels by Denis JohnsonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Most original
1,201 books — 653 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiThe Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperThe Blade Artist by Irvine WelshThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Taboo Reads
1,769 books — 2,636 voters
Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFrisk by Dennis CooperFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Information by Martin Amis
New Cult Classics
291 books — 152 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Trainspotting by Irvine WelshThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Well Dodgy Characters
361 books — 177 voters
Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldFactotum by Charles BukowskiRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 554 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiCrime by Irvine WelshOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynHell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Best EXPLICIT books
647 books — 268 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonTrainspotting by Irvine WelshOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
Books That Leave An Impact
423 books — 140 voters

Junky by William S. BurroughsAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisSkagboys by Irvine WelshA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessDead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh
Weird and Wonderful Stories
316 books — 156 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William GoldingFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,189 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksJunky by William S. BurroughsAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisSharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Awful People Doing Awful Things
452 books — 209 voters
Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSkagboys by Irvine WelshFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Cult fction
359 books — 205 voters

The End of Everything by Megan AbbottThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeDead Babies by Martin AmisHunger by Knut HamsunDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Bizarre books
665 books — 415 voters

Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisThe Blade Artist by Irvine WelshHunger by Knut HamsunRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 483 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck KlostermanThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Sluts by Dennis CooperSurvivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Twisted Tales
673 books — 400 voters

Glue by Irvine WelshThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovSkagboys by Irvine WelshAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,184 voters
The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton EllisThe Secret History by Donna TarttOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyNutshell by Ian McEwanInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,090 voters

Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Fall by Albert CamusAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisDiary by Chuck PalahniukIsland by Aldous Huxley
Quality Dark Fiction
2,501 books — 3,217 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisBut What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck Klosterman
Transgressive and Bizzaro Fiction
319 books — 132 voters
Concrete Island by J.G. BallardLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshIsland by Aldous HuxleyHell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,713 voters

The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonSave Yourself by Kelly BraffetCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,122 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Blade Artist by Irvine WelshA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
Contemporary Cult Fiction
492 books — 449 voters

Novel with Cocaine by M. AgueevFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldKilling Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
Cult fiction
538 books — 466 voters