Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/94027646-wesley-vangilder">Wesley Vangilder</a> (42 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wesley Vangilder (42 Lists)

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers

1,223 books — 1,021 voters

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

Money by Martin Amis

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

Timeless Classics for Reading Challengers

238 books — 139 voters

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard

Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men

1,194 books — 338 voters

But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck Klosterman

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

The Fever by Megan Abbott

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Favourite Psychological thrillers

276 books — 193 voters

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

If You Enjoyed Gone Girl, You Might Also Like...

239 books — 198 voters

Best "World" Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives, and Suspense...

1,124 books — 880 voters

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

Audition by Ryū Murakami

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1,772 books — 1,612 voters

Junky by William S. Burroughs

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun

Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers

822 books — 328 voters

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvine Welsh

The Information by Martin Amis

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

Best Literary Mysteries

2,551 books — 4,598 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

Best Teen Horror/Suspense/Thriller

939 books — 1,565 voters

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

If You Loved The Hunger Games

683 books — 1,347 voters

The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.

The Room by Hubert Selby Jr.

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson

Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis

Best Action-Adventure Novels

2,522 books — 2,710 voters

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

2,208 books — 4,470 voters

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

The Bachman Books by Richard Bachman

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Thrillers You Must Read!

4,722 books — 6,635 voters

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

4,605 books — 5,601 voters

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Frisk by Dennis Cooper

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Fever by Megan Abbott

Best Crime & Mystery Books

7,316 books — 15,568 voters

Angels by Denis Johnson

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Frisk by Dennis Cooper

Rooting for the Bad Guy

683 books — 1,467 voters

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Books That Changed My World

3,277 books — 3,185 voters

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Perfume by Patrick Süskind

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Quality Dark Fiction

2,508 books — 3,230 voters

Porno by Irvine Welsh

Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

1,567 books — 2,120 voters

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

Best Transgressive Fiction

868 books — 966 voters

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written

3,196 books — 11,302 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

14,374 books — 9,976 voters

Filth by Irvine Welsh

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

All-Time Awesome Books

11,905 books — 7,626 voters

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Almost Transparent Blue by Ryū Murakami

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value

8,063 books — 5,742 voters

Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

The Trial by Franz Kafka

Filth by Irvine Welsh

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Smart Summer Reads

12,706 books — 10,634 voters

Glue by Irvine Welsh

Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis

Stories For Book Lovers

8,345 books — 8,389 voters

The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Invisible by Paul Auster

In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

Books With Unforgettable Characters

9,440 books — 8,421 voters

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis

Must Read Classics

1,861 books — 4,649 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

I'm glad someone made me read this book

10,712 books — 10,323 voters

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