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Decadence Books
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Against Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.80 — 15,050 ratings — published 1884
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,831,792 ratings — published 1890
Les Fleurs du Mal (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.19 — 79,241 ratings — published 1857
Là-Bas (Down There)
by (shelved 34 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,676 ratings — published 1891
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.52 — 153 ratings — published
Salomé (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.71 — 20,602 ratings — published 1891
The Torture Garden (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,826 ratings — published 1899
Venus in Furs (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.63 — 16,371 ratings — published 1870
Il piacere (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.49 — 7,635 ratings — published 1889
Nightmares of an Ether Drinker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.94 — 225 ratings — published 1895
Les Diaboliques (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 17 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,986 ratings — published 1874
Monsieur Vénus (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.80 — 975 ratings — published 1884
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,819,292 ratings — published 1925
Paris Spleen (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.24 — 15,356 ratings — published 1857
Monsieur de Phocas (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.12 — 184 ratings — published 1901
Bruges-La-Morte (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,017 ratings — published 1892
Death in Venice (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.69 — 66,954 ratings — published 1911
The Soul-Drinker and Other Decadent Fantasies (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.24 — 41 ratings — published 2016
The Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral Ruins (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.17 — 69 ratings — published 1990
French Decadent Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.96 — 216 ratings — published 2013
Maldoror and the Complete Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,941 ratings — published 1869
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.00 — 125,401 ratings — published 1945
Mademoiselle de Maupin (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,399 ratings — published 1835
Disagreeable Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.55 — 559 ratings — published 1894
Salammbo (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.73 — 6,528 ratings — published 1862
Dreamers of Decadence (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.39 — 142 ratings — published 1969
On Wine and Hashish (Hesperus Classics)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,306 ratings — published 1851
Tomorrow's Eve (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.17 — 684 ratings — published 1886
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.06 — 374,886 ratings — published 1971
The Great God Pan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.67 — 16,254 ratings — published 1890
Bel-Ami (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.86 — 48,228 ratings — published 1885
Contes cruels (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.63 — 747 ratings — published 1883
The Hill of Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,338 ratings — published 1907
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.17 — 401,832 ratings — published 1895
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,722 ratings — published 1873
The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.05 — 62 ratings — published 1997
The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy, and Perversion from Fin-de-Siècle France (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.45 — 100 ratings — published 1998
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.46 — 97,885 ratings — published 1959
Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.30 — 588 ratings — published 1986
The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.34 — 29 ratings — published 1992
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Phaidon Arts and Letters)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,068 ratings — published 1863
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,602 ratings — published 1990
Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.84 — 70,735 ratings — published 1953
The Book of Masks: An Anthology of French Symbolist & Decadent Writing (Atlas Arkhive, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.14 — 77 ratings — published 1896
The Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 78 ratings — published 2018
Misty Thule (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.11 — 19 ratings — published 1891
Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.69 — 16 ratings — published 2018
The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.95 — 294 ratings — published 2001
The Book of Jade (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.16 — 62 ratings — published 1901
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.47 — 15,334 ratings — published 1908
“A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground.”
― Nana
― Nana
“I was performing my ritual of sipping tea, shooting flirtatious glances and planning murder”
― Peach Blossom Pavilion
― Peach Blossom Pavilion












