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The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,543,916 ratings — published 1942
Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 148,191 ratings — published 1938
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,576,630 ratings — published 1915
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 426,185 ratings — published 1925
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 335,838 ratings — published 1947
The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 147,613 ratings — published 1956
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,168,815 ratings — published 1866
Steppenwolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 228,414 ratings — published 1927
A Happy Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 27,974 ratings — published 1971
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 264,247 ratings — published 1864
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 266,270 ratings — published 1886
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 572,031 ratings — published 1984
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 79,265 ratings — published 1864
Hunger (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 69,092 ratings — published 1890
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 229,649 ratings — published 1952
The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 42,674 ratings — published 1962
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 110,884 ratings — published 1942
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 293,082 ratings — published 1948
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 16,868 ratings — published 1945
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 419,176 ratings — published 1879
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 920,239 ratings — published 1922
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 537,759 ratings — published 1968
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 733,081 ratings — published 1995
The Tartar Steppe (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 48,041 ratings — published 1940
Demons (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 68,547 ratings — published 1871
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 20,023 ratings — published 1951
The Sheltering Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 31,876 ratings — published 1949
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 80,920 ratings — published 1926
The Hour of the Star (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 68,435 ratings — published 1977
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 327,230 ratings — published 1994
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 207,416 ratings — published 1952
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 311,561 ratings — published 1759
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,026,724 ratings — published 1951
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,095,234 ratings — published 1601
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,775,273 ratings — published 1988
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 94,510 ratings — published 1967
Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 367,166 ratings — published 1995
No Exit and Three Other Plays (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 30,458 ratings — published 1947
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 666,578 ratings — published 1996
Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,361 ratings — published 1915
The Idiot (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 234,140 ratings — published 1869
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,327,396 ratings — published 1963
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 211,504 ratings — published 2013
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,163,686 ratings — published 1932
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,020,998 ratings — published 1890
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 454,388 ratings — published 1967
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 40,398 ratings — published 1982
Hopscotch (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 51,811 ratings — published 1963
Ubik (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 129,896 ratings — published 1969
The Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 28,040 ratings — published 1939
“To those who claim I lack respect for the human race — I will say that, after all, I removed the phrase ‘depressed neurotic monkeys’ from all the places in the book; and not just because I like and respect monkeys. What does that tell you?”
― The Weather Forecast in Hell
― The Weather Forecast in Hell
“Q: Who do you think will hate this book?
Readers who need likable characters, happy endings, or faith in humanity’s progress.”
― The Weather Forecast in Hell
Readers who need likable characters, happy endings, or faith in humanity’s progress.”
― The Weather Forecast in Hell
