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Absurdist Books
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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,461,910 ratings — published 1915
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,435,380 ratings — published 1942
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.84 — 224,343 ratings — published 1951
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.94 — 402,939 ratings — published 1925
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,495,557 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 891,853 ratings — published 1961
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,482 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 — 2,033,247 ratings — published 1979
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 440,565 ratings — published 1963
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 319,966 ratings — published 1947
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.17 — 98,245 ratings — published 1942
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 613,689 ratings — published 1871
The Fall (Vintage International)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 138,336 ratings — published 1956
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 281,756 ratings — published 1973
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,230 ratings — published 1967
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 76,884 ratings — published 1926
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.60 — 103,349 ratings — published 2018
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 247,022 ratings — published 1999
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 574,667 ratings — published 1999
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.28 — 428,950 ratings — published 1967
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.88 — 137,868 ratings — published 2001
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.25 — 830,303 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 — 381,558 ratings — published 1971
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.95 — 212,727 ratings — published 2000
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,603 ratings — published 1957
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 183,053 ratings — published 2002
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 425,485 ratings — published 1983
The Nose (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 19,073 ratings — published 1836
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,553,146 ratings — published 1948
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.86 — 186,027 ratings — published 2000
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 175,300 ratings — published 2000
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.09 — 117,769 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 — 339,627 ratings — published 1996
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.21 — 65,888 ratings — published 1942
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 124,366 ratings — published 2006
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.48 — 302,778 ratings — published 2020
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,331 ratings — published 1959
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.97 — 154,848 ratings — published 2001
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 160,879 ratings — published 2001
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.05 — 136,563 ratings — published 2003
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 117,545 ratings — published 2006
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,627,198 ratings — published 1945
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 129,867 ratings — published 2001
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.12 — 555,928 ratings — published 2002
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 159,701 ratings — published 1959
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.01 — 141,273 ratings — published 2002
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,440 ratings — published 2004
Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.74 — 34,823 ratings — published 1927
The Birthday Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,204 ratings — published 1957
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.69 — 98,813 ratings — published 1966
“I'm pretty sure planet Earth is just a huge open-air prison, and we're all stuck here because we did something terrible in a prior existence.
I mean, if you were on the outside looking in at this floating muddy ball, what would you think! Personally, I"m lookin' forward to my sentence being over.”
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I mean, if you were on the outside looking in at this floating muddy ball, what would you think! Personally, I"m lookin' forward to my sentence being over.”
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“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
