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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,530,542 ratings — published 1915
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,503,718 ratings — published 1942
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The Plague The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.02 — 329,352 ratings — published 1947
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The Fall (Vintage International) The Fall (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.02 — 144,130 ratings — published 1956
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.50 — 213,830 ratings — published 2016
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Yol Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,080,021 ratings — published 2006
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.93 — 417,484 ratings — published 1925
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The Idiot The Idiot (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 229,561 ratings — published 1869
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Notes from Underground Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.16 — 254,487 ratings — published 1864
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The Death of Ivan Ilych The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.14 — 252,402 ratings — published 1886
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,723,265 ratings — published 1988
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The Art of Happiness The Art of Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,685 ratings — published -300
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The Nicomachean Ethics The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,943 ratings — published -350
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Diary of a Madman Diary of a Madman (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,001 ratings — published 1835
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A Short Stay in Hell A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.13 — 103,341 ratings — published 2011
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Nausea Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.93 — 145,847 ratings — published 1938
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.37 — 928,790 ratings — published 1946
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 46,836 ratings — published 1877
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.09 — 909,243 ratings — published 1922
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Choke Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.71 — 224,143 ratings — published 2001
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Candide Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.76 — 308,968 ratings — published 1759
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.80 — 378,979 ratings — published 1991
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,981,800 ratings — published 1890
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Grotesque Grotesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.74 — 14,728 ratings — published 2003
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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 61,837 ratings — published 1967
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One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 32,619 ratings — published 1925
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,986,380 ratings — published 1818
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,964,994 ratings — published 1963
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.98 — 128,396 ratings — published 1962
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.77 — 463,182 ratings — published 2017
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.66 — 403,839 ratings — published 2016
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The Myth of Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.16 — 106,253 ratings — published 1942
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Schoolgirl Schoolgirl (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.95 — 28,035 ratings — published 1939
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.18 — 355,459 ratings — published 1995
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,141,010 ratings — published 1932
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The First Man The First Man (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 12,878 ratings — published 1994
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The Setting Sun The Setting Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.96 — 47,365 ratings — published 1947
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Existentialism is a Humanism Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.98 — 49,068 ratings — published 1946
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Snuff Snuff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.22 — 67,854 ratings — published 2008
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,520,438 ratings — published 1969
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A Happy Death A Happy Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.80 — 27,280 ratings — published 1971
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 241,096 ratings — published 1985
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No Exit and Three Other Plays No Exit and Three Other Plays (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.08 — 30,355 ratings — published 1947
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Dead Souls Dead Souls (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 99,826 ratings — published 1842
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Almost Transparent Blue Almost Transparent Blue (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.28 — 14,204 ratings — published 1976
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The Rebel The Rebel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 19,742 ratings — published 1951
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Too Loud a Solitude Too Loud a Solitude (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.97 — 27,389 ratings — published 1976
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No Longer Human No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.93 — 282,718 ratings — published 1948
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,714,459 ratings — published 1949
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 661,071 ratings — published 1996
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