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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,383,874 ratings — published 1942
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,408,242 ratings — published 1915
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The Plague The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.02 — 312,460 ratings — published 1947
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,408,562 ratings — published 1949
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The Fall The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 134,013 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 3.51 — 199,957 ratings — published 2016
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,029,704 ratings — published 2006
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 391,888 ratings — published 1925
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The Idiot The Idiot (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 215,634 ratings — published 1869
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Notes from Underground Notes from Underground (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 225,180 ratings — published 1864
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,069,498 ratings — published 1866
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The Death of Ivan Ilych The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 219,933 ratings — published 1886
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,538,209 ratings — published 1988
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,207,944 ratings — published 1963
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White Nights White Nights (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 331,308 ratings — published 1848
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Diary of a Madman Diary of a Madman (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 4,456 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 4.16 — 58,523 ratings — published 2011
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Nausea Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.93 — 138,670 ratings — published 1938
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 867,824 ratings — published 1946
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 40,636 ratings — published 1877
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 871,331 ratings — published 1922
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Choke Choke (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 220,625 ratings — published 2001
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Candide Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.76 — 300,254 ratings — published 1759
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 359,912 ratings — published 1991
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,858,947 ratings — published 1890
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Grotesque Grotesque (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 14,000 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 3.89 — 53,019 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 — 30,118 ratings — published 1925
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,866,035 ratings — published 1818
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,809,999 ratings — published 1953
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 124,675 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 — 386,569 ratings — published 2017
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.67 — 369,099 ratings — published 2016
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The Myth of Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 92,208 ratings — published 1942
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Schoolgirl Schoolgirl (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 24,965 ratings — published 1939
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 335,691 ratings — published 1995
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,064,433 ratings — published 1932
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The First Man The First Man (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 12,123 ratings — published 1994
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The Setting Sun The Setting Sun (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 42,525 ratings — published 1947
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Existentialism is a Humanism Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 46,074 ratings — published 1946
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Snuff Snuff (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.22 — 66,741 ratings — published 2008
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,476,790 ratings — published 1969
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A Happy Death A Happy Death (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 25,180 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 4.15 — 217,502 ratings — published 1985
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No Exit and Three Other Plays No Exit and Three Other Plays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 30,012 ratings — published 1947
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Dead Souls Dead Souls (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 95,827 ratings — published 1842
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Almost Transparent Blue Almost Transparent Blue (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.29 — 13,348 ratings — published 1976
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The Rebel The Rebel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 18,763 ratings — published 1951
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Too Loud a Solitude Too Loud a Solitude (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 26,128 ratings — published 1976
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No Longer Human No Longer Human (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 248,718 ratings — published 1948
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