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The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 346 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,436,160 ratings — published 1942
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,462,595 ratings — published 1915
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.84 — 224,384 ratings — published 1951
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.17 — 98,311 ratings — published 1942
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.02 — 320,049 ratings — published 1947
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.94 — 403,106 ratings — published 1925
The Fall (Vintage International)
by (shelved 64 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.03 — 138,392 ratings — published 1956
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.21 — 65,899 ratings — published 1942
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,495,789 ratings — published 1969
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,491 ratings — published 1967
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.99 — 891,959 ratings — published 1961
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.91 — 76,913 ratings — published 1926
The Rebel (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.13 — 19,208 ratings — published 1951
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,607 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 — 2,033,605 ratings — published 1979
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.15 — 440,624 ratings — published 1963
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.54 — 152 ratings — published
Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.93 — 141,639 ratings — published 1938
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,238 ratings — published 1967
Exile and the Kingdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,071 ratings — published 1957
A Happy Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.80 — 26,137 ratings — published 1971
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.28 — 429,112 ratings — published 1967
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,335 ratings — published 1959
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.99 — 425,565 ratings — published 1983
La Cantatrice chauve (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,438 ratings — published 1950
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.06 — 613,795 ratings — published 1871
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.94 — 263,690 ratings — published 1948
The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.88 — 40,142 ratings — published 1962
The Metamorphosis (Graphic Novel Adaptation)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,004 ratings — published 2004
The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.33 — 28,624 ratings — published
Caligula (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.09 — 17,605 ratings — published 1944
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.11 — 556,076 ratings — published 2002
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.76 — 304,297 ratings — published 1759
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.17 — 238,035 ratings — published 1864
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 — 381,617 ratings — published 1971
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.69 — 98,843 ratings — published 1966
In the Penal Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.92 — 33,671 ratings — published 1918
Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.74 — 34,833 ratings — published 1927
Murphy (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.80 — 6,535 ratings — published 1938
Molloy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,023 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 — 339,662 ratings — published 1996
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,269 ratings — published 1959
Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.98 — 47,403 ratings — published 1946
Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.34 — 238,644 ratings — published 1989
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,103,009 ratings — published 1866
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdism)
avg rating 3.67 — 384,139 ratings — published 2016
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.24 — 274,750 ratings — published 1987
Cosmos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdism)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,921 ratings — published 1965
“He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent for words, neither for paints nor music; his uselessness is tremendously total.”
― Goldfish Tears
― Goldfish Tears
“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.”
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