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Absurdist Books
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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,483,112 ratings — published 1915
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,457,589 ratings — published 1942
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.84 — 225,661 ratings — published 1951
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.94 — 407,818 ratings — published 1925
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,503,784 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 895,273 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 — 2,044,604 ratings — published 1979
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,747 ratings — published 1967
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 442,884 ratings — published 1963
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 323,019 ratings — published 1947
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.16 — 100,863 ratings — published 1942
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 616,474 ratings — published 1871
The Fall (Vintage International)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 140,174 ratings — published 1956
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 283,002 ratings — published 1973
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,473 ratings — published 1967
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 77,759 ratings — published 1926
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.60 — 105,996 ratings — published 2018
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 248,208 ratings — published 1999
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 577,257 ratings — published 1999
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.28 — 434,178 ratings — published 1967
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.88 — 138,268 ratings — published 2001
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.25 — 833,970 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 — 383,481 ratings — published 1971
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.95 — 213,681 ratings — published 2000
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,822 ratings — published 1957
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 183,649 ratings — published 2002
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 427,650 ratings — published 1983
The Nose (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 19,526 ratings — published 1836
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.46 — 369,195 ratings — published 2020
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,606,980 ratings — published 1948
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.86 — 186,864 ratings — published 2000
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 176,060 ratings — published 2000
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.09 — 118,302 ratings — published 2005
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.38 — 340,531 ratings — published 1996
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.21 — 66,197 ratings — published 1942
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 124,679 ratings — published 2006
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,591 ratings — published 1959
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.97 — 155,570 ratings — published 2001
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 161,566 ratings — published 2001
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.05 — 137,110 ratings — published 2003
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 118,052 ratings — published 2006
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,672,676 ratings — published 1945
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 130,419 ratings — published 2001
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 444,725 ratings — published 1865
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 160,843 ratings — published 1959
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.01 — 141,849 ratings — published 2002
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,964 ratings — published 2004
Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.73 — 35,126 ratings — published 1927
The Birthday Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,283 ratings — published 1957
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.69 — 99,725 ratings — published 1966
“Writing destroys the pleasure of reading for all serious writers, by serious I mean those whose foremost topics are sex and death. Never again can you read without stopping to take note of peculiar adjectives and curious turns of phrase. To write well is to steal well. Perhaps this is why I excel at the craft. I was a thief before taking up the martyrdom of the pen. One takes these notes, scrawled on receipts and napkins, places them in front of him like a child with its toys, and constructs the sublime world of imagination.”
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