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Absurdist Books
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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,405,997 ratings — published 1915
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,381,556 ratings — published 1942
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.84 — 221,291 ratings — published 1951
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,476,030 ratings — published 1969
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.94 — 391,470 ratings — published 1925
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 883,939 ratings — published 1961
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 92,853 ratings — published 1967
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,005,330 ratings — published 1979
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 435,331 ratings — published 1963
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 312,151 ratings — published 1947
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.17 — 91,938 ratings — published 1942
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 606,736 ratings — published 1871
The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 133,802 ratings — published 1956
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 278,908 ratings — published 1973
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.96 — 22,824 ratings — published 1967
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.60 — 98,456 ratings — published 2018
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 74,887 ratings — published 1926
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 244,162 ratings — published 1999
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 567,733 ratings — published 1999
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.28 — 416,530 ratings — published 1967
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,217 ratings — published 1957
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.25 — 821,571 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 — 376,922 ratings — published 1971
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.95 — 210,347 ratings — published 2000
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.88 — 137,032 ratings — published 2001
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 181,453 ratings — published 2002
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 420,416 ratings — published 1983
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.86 — 183,930 ratings — published 2000
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.01 — 173,359 ratings — published 2000
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.08 — 116,484 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 — 337,572 ratings — published 1996
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 65,086 ratings — published 1942
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 123,621 ratings — published 2006
The Nose (Penguin Little Black Classics, #46)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 17,840 ratings — published 1836
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,402,663 ratings — published 1949
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.83 — 19,800 ratings — published 1959
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.97 — 153,248 ratings — published 2001
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 159,180 ratings — published 2001
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.05 — 135,206 ratings — published 2003
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 116,261 ratings — published 2006
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,501,342 ratings — published 1945
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 128,408 ratings — published 2001
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.49 — 191,706 ratings — published 2020
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 157,115 ratings — published 1959
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.01 — 139,835 ratings — published 2002
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 124,124 ratings — published 2004
Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.74 — 34,131 ratings — published 1927
The Birthday Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,038 ratings — published 1957
Endgame & Act Without Words (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,154 ratings — published 1957
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.12 — 544,464 ratings — published 2002
“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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“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
