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The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 382 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,532,714 ratings — published 1942
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,565,948 ratings — published 1915
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.84 — 229,128 ratings — published 1952
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.16 — 109,643 ratings — published 1942
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.02 — 333,978 ratings — published 1947
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.93 — 423,480 ratings — published 1925
The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.02 — 146,679 ratings — published 1956
The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.21 — 67,132 ratings — published 1942
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,529,958 ratings — published 1969
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.04 — 94,380 ratings — published 1967
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.91 — 80,517 ratings — published 1926
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.99 — 905,643 ratings — published 1961
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.13 — 19,959 ratings — published 1951
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.79 — 25,256 ratings — published 1957
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,079,720 ratings — published 1979
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.15 — 449,873 ratings — published 1963
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.55 — 152 ratings — published
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,242 ratings — published 1967
Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.93 — 147,614 ratings — published 1938
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.28 — 451,784 ratings — published 1967
A Happy Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.80 — 27,775 ratings — published 1971
Exile and the Kingdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.82 — 16,744 ratings — published 1957
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.83 — 21,193 ratings — published 1959
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.99 — 433,872 ratings — published 1983
La Cantatrice chauve (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,710 ratings — published 1950
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.06 — 624,637 ratings — published 1871
The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.88 — 42,415 ratings — published 1962
Caligula (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,483 ratings — published 1944
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.92 — 290,084 ratings — published 1948
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.76 — 310,781 ratings — published 1759
The Metamorphosis (Graphic Novel Adaptation)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,175 ratings — published 2004
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.11 — 574,425 ratings — published 2002
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.16 — 261,564 ratings — published 1864
In the Penal Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.92 — 35,558 ratings — published 1918
The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.33 — 29,051 ratings — published 1915
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.06 — 389,284 ratings — published 1971
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.69 — 102,250 ratings — published 1965
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,161,998 ratings — published 1866
Invitation to a Beheading (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.91 — 21,063 ratings — published 1938
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.83 — 23,442 ratings — published 1921
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.06 — 286,613 ratings — published 1973
Dead Souls (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.97 — 100,776 ratings — published 1842
Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.73 — 36,006 ratings — published 1927
Murphy (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.80 — 6,711 ratings — published 1938
Molloy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,456 ratings — published 1951
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.38 — 344,263 ratings — published 1996
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,953 ratings — published 1959
The Box Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.57 — 8,086 ratings — published 1973
“I even seemed to be moving in kind of robotic, audio-animatronic fashion, beep boop.”
― Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity
― Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity
“Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because it's optimistic, but because it can't take ideals seriously in the first place. The prevailing attitude is Absurdism. A postmodern magazine may be irreverent, but not bitterly irreverent, for it's not purposefully irreverent; its aim is indiscriminate, because everyone is equally ridiculous. And anyway, there's no moral basis for passing judgment. Just sit back and enjoy the show.”
― The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
― The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
