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Cynical Books
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,895,428 ratings — published 1890
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,947,359 ratings — published 1925
Diary of an Oxygen Thief (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 2.71 — 76,046 ratings — published 2006
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.09 — 515,588 ratings — published 1968
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,909,105 ratings — published 1951
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.00 — 772,892 ratings — published 1962
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.89 — 25,518 ratings — published 1936
The Rules of Attraction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.72 — 51,922 ratings — published 1987
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,462,434 ratings — published 2012
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,443,078 ratings — published 1915
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.22 — 314,791 ratings — published 2006
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,049,645 ratings — published 2023
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.06 — 280,710 ratings — published 1973
Thank You for Smoking (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.94 — 13,186 ratings — published 1994
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,488,905 ratings — published 1969
Post Office (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.93 — 139,991 ratings — published 1971
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.94 — 575,005 ratings — published -500
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.60 — 570,701 ratings — published 2018
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,090,763 ratings — published 1866
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,442,446 ratings — published 1985
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.98 — 783,724 ratings — published 2007
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 438,686 ratings — published 1963
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,214,889 ratings — published 1954
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.20 — 782,199 ratings — published 1962
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.80 — 364,812 ratings — published 1991
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,105 ratings — published 1911
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,233,714 ratings — published 1963
Less Than Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.61 — 100,553 ratings — published 1985
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.51 — 687,569 ratings — published 1995
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.36 — 202,129 ratings — published 2008
Hollywood (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.81 — 27,746 ratings — published 1989
Firsts Are Always Messy (Firsts Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 609 ratings — published
The Easter Parade (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.03 — 10,797 ratings — published 1976
Silent Flames (Dark & Silent Night, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,120 ratings — published 2025
The Humiliated Wife: A Husband's Betrayal & Grovel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,277 ratings — published
Américana (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.40 — 6,509 ratings — published 1971
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.84 — 384,774 ratings — published 1532
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.46 — 284,729 ratings — published 2023
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.69 — 98,034 ratings — published 1966
Бураттини. Фашизм прошел (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.48 — 83 ratings — published 2011
Serotonin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.58 — 32,382 ratings — published 2019
A pediatra (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,712 ratings — published 2021
Seven Short Novels (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.87 — 77 ratings — published
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,040,649 ratings — published 1992
The Looking Glass War (George Smiley, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.73 — 18,766 ratings — published 1965
우리에겐 더 많은 돈이 필요하다: 더 나은 삶을 꿈꾸는 당신을 위한 야망 독려 에세이 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.01 — 627,456 ratings — published 2023
“Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit.”
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“Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.”
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