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Cynical Books
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,955,714 ratings — published 1890
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,060,724 ratings — published 1925
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,088,909 ratings — published 1992
Diary of an Oxygen Thief (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 2.71 — 78,674 ratings — published 2006
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,128,011 ratings — published 1866
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.09 — 526,846 ratings — published 1968
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,968,632 ratings — published 1951
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.00 — 784,899 ratings — published 1962
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.89 — 26,171 ratings — published 1936
The Rules of Attraction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.72 — 52,699 ratings — published 1987
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,517,064 ratings — published 2012
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,504,597 ratings — published 1915
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.22 — 327,446 ratings — published 2006
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,120,121 ratings — published 2023
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.06 — 284,051 ratings — published 1973
Thank You for Smoking (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.94 — 13,295 ratings — published 1994
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,511,112 ratings — published 1969
Post Office (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.92 — 142,215 ratings — published 1971
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.94 — 588,248 ratings — published -500
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.59 — 598,867 ratings — published 2018
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,511,944 ratings — published 1985
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.98 — 801,832 ratings — published 2007
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.15 — 444,912 ratings — published 1963
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,273,978 ratings — published 1954
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.20 — 790,472 ratings — published 1962
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.80 — 374,687 ratings — published 1991
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,168 ratings — published 1911
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,279,358 ratings — published 1963
Less Than Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.62 — 104,567 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 3.50 — 693,470 ratings — published 1995
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 4.37 — 210,384 ratings — published 2008
Hollywood (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cynical)
avg rating 3.81 — 28,152 ratings — published 1989
Wild Dark Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.07 — 525,766 ratings — published 2025
Half His Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.26 — 150,310 ratings — published 2026
Be Gay, Do Crime: Sixteen Stories of Queer Chaos (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.48 — 1,047 ratings — published 2025
Eileen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.56 — 134,573 ratings — published 2015
This Will Be Fun (This Will Be, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.37 — 8,652 ratings — published 2024
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,572,015 ratings — published 2022
Firsts Are Always Messy (Firsts Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.17 — 675 ratings — published 2024
The Easter Parade (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,113 ratings — published 1976
Silent Flames (Dark & Silent Night, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,854 ratings — published 2025
The Humiliated Wife: A Husband's Betrayal & Grovel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.74 — 3,800 ratings — published
Américana (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.40 — 6,620 ratings — published 1971
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.84 — 394,807 ratings — published 1513
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 4.46 — 340,648 ratings — published 2023
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as cynical)
avg rating 3.69 — 100,445 ratings — published 1966
“Go to Old Delhi,and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages. They see the organs of their brothers lying around them.They know they are next, yet they cannot rebel. They do not try to get out of the coop. The very same thing is done with humans in this country.”
― The White Tiger
― The White Tiger
“Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.
--Brianna Fraser to Roger MacKenzie”
― An Echo in the Bone
--Brianna Fraser to Roger MacKenzie”
― An Echo in the Bone
