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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,532,545 ratings — published 1915
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,508,494 ratings — published 1942
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.84 — 227,989 ratings — published 1951
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.93 — 417,907 ratings — published 1925
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,521,133 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 902,214 ratings — published 1961
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,067,800 ratings — published 1979
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 94,188 ratings — published 1967
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 447,523 ratings — published 1963
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 330,117 ratings — published 1947
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.16 — 106,589 ratings — published 1942
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 621,824 ratings — published 1871
The Fall (Vintage International)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 144,322 ratings — published 1956
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 285,376 ratings — published 1973
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 79,540 ratings — published 1926
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,974 ratings — published 1967
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.60 — 110,840 ratings — published 2018
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 250,555 ratings — published 1999
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 584,078 ratings — published 1999
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.28 — 445,279 ratings — published 1925
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.79 — 25,117 ratings — published 1957
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.88 — 138,965 ratings — published 2001
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.44 — 550,768 ratings — published 2020
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.25 — 843,268 ratings — published 1990
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 387,352 ratings — published 1971
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.95 — 215,593 ratings — published 2000
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 184,771 ratings — published 2002
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 431,700 ratings — published 1983
The Nose (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 20,426 ratings — published 1836
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,719,187 ratings — published 1949
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.86 — 188,488 ratings — published 2000
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 177,629 ratings — published 2000
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.09 — 119,370 ratings — published 2005
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.21 — 66,746 ratings — published 1942
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,380 ratings — published 2006
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,989 ratings — published 1959
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 163,170 ratings — published 1959
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.97 — 156,941 ratings — published 2001
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 163,014 ratings — published 2001
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.05 — 138,246 ratings — published 2003
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.38 — 342,090 ratings — published 1996
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 119,119 ratings — published 2006
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,777,607 ratings — published 1945
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 131,680 ratings — published 2001
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.00 — 145,625 ratings — published 1871
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 450,948 ratings — published 1865
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.01 — 143,076 ratings — published 2002
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 127,051 ratings — published 2004
Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.73 — 35,676 ratings — published 1927
The Birthday Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.70 — 13,357 ratings — published 1957
“He tapped into the Zen of ignorance, the enlightenment of absurdity.”
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“Throughout the whole absurd life I'd lived, a dark wind had been rising toward me from somewhere deep in my future, across years that were still to come...”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
