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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,564,824 ratings — published 1915
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,531,504 ratings — published 1942
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.84 — 229,054 ratings — published 1952
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.93 — 423,164 ratings — published 1925
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,529,605 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 905,462 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 — 2,079,161 ratings — published 1979
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 94,372 ratings — published 1967
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 449,746 ratings — published 1963
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 333,757 ratings — published 1947
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 624,471 ratings — published 1871
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.16 — 109,513 ratings — published 1942
The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 146,550 ratings — published 1956
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,238 ratings — published 1967
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 286,554 ratings — published 1973
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 80,473 ratings — published 1926
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.60 — 113,296 ratings — published 2018
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 251,769 ratings — published 1999
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.25 — 847,570 ratings — published 1990
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 587,201 ratings — published 1999
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.28 — 451,510 ratings — published 1967
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.79 — 25,249 ratings — published 1957
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.88 — 139,317 ratings — published 2001
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.43 — 642,201 ratings — published 2020
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 — 389,210 ratings — published 1971
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.95 — 216,552 ratings — published 2000
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 185,418 ratings — published 2002
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 433,753 ratings — published 1983
The Nose (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 20,893 ratings — published 1836
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,774,986 ratings — published 1949
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.86 — 189,301 ratings — published 2000
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 178,351 ratings — published 2000
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.09 — 119,836 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 — 344,222 ratings — published 1996
The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.21 — 67,117 ratings — published 1942
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,684 ratings — published 2006
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.83 — 21,182 ratings — published 1959
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 164,278 ratings — published 1959
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.97 — 157,516 ratings — published 2001
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 163,648 ratings — published 2001
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.05 — 138,759 ratings — published 2003
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 119,581 ratings — published 2006
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,818,444 ratings — published 1945
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 132,225 ratings — published 2001
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.11 — 577,817 ratings — published 2002
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 — 146,053 ratings — published 1871
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.44 — 372,972 ratings — published 2019
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 453,875 ratings — published 1865
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.01 — 143,622 ratings — published 2002
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 127,529 ratings — published 2004
“A non sequitur in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
― Quest in Peace: An Alluvial Allegory of Allusive Allegations
― Quest in Peace: An Alluvial Allegory of Allusive Allegations
“Like the playwrights of the Absurd, Woolrich recognized that a senseless story best mirrors a senseless existence.”
― The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich
― The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich
