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Existentialist Books
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The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,370,299 ratings — published 1942
Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.93 — 137,819 ratings — published 1938
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,394,636 ratings — published
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.02 — 310,465 ratings — published 1947
The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.03 — 132,839 ratings — published 1956
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.84 — 220,600 ratings — published 1951
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.94 — 389,087 ratings — published 1925
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,061,154 ratings — published 1866
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.22 — 64,862 ratings — published 1942
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.17 — 222,132 ratings — published 1864
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.39 — 381,387 ratings — published 1880
Being and Nothingness (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.99 — 34,789 ratings — published 1943
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.11 — 537,779 ratings — published 1984
Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.98 — 45,695 ratings — published 1946
Fear and Trembling (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.00 — 30,969 ratings — published 1843
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.07 — 174,179 ratings — published 1883
The Rebel (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.14 — 18,640 ratings — published 1951
No Exit (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.11 — 46,149 ratings — published 1944
Steppenwolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.13 — 212,685 ratings — published 1927
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.17 — 90,526 ratings — published 1942
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.08 — 867,170 ratings — published 1922
El túnel (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.02 — 92,510 ratings — published 1948
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.37 — 861,089 ratings — published 1946
At the Existentialist Café (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.24 — 19,050 ratings — published 2016
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.19 — 78,366 ratings — published 1864
On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.12 — 35,137 ratings — published 1887
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,859,186 ratings — published 1951
The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.88 — 38,839 ratings — published 1962
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,190 ratings — published 1843
Being and Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.05 — 27,581 ratings — published 1927
A Happy Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.81 — 24,912 ratings — published 1971
Exile and the Kingdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.83 — 15,611 ratings — published 1957
Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.03 — 112,583 ratings — published 1886
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,375,016 ratings — published 1949
Existentialism and Human Emotions (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,953 ratings — published 1957
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.14 — 216,817 ratings — published 1886
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.04 — 92,669 ratings — published 1967
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.40 — 37,094 ratings — published 1982
The Idiot (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.21 — 214,120 ratings — published 1869
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.92 — 74,456 ratings — published 1926
Phenomenology of Perception (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,392 ratings — published 1945
Demons (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.30 — 61,792 ratings — published 1872
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.26 — 20,323 ratings — published 1882
The Second Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.18 — 46,889 ratings — published 1949
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.92 — 201,013 ratings — published 1952
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as existentialist)
avg rating 3.98 — 15,940 ratings — published 1945
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.28 — 414,196 ratings — published 1967
The Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.08 — 26,708 ratings — published 1939
The Ethics of Ambiguity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,988 ratings — published 1947
Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existentialist)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,640 ratings — published 1958
“Being “subjectively objective” is to encompass every subjective perspective by appreciation, making oneself unique within the opinionated crowd. Both elements of subjectivity and objectivity must be incorporated in consonance with each other as no objectivity can be comprehended by our subjective ways of being. Objectivity lies in the realization of the existence of subjective realities. The only reality is the existence of multiple realities having their inception as human consciousness, which is the sole commonality. Subjectivity came into being with the advent of the mankind. Our varied perspectives to perceive consciousness gave it a subjective nature. It is only by the process of disintegration that one actualizes the objective aspect of consciousness residing at its core.”
― Memoir: The Cathartic Night
― Memoir: The Cathartic Night
“Why me? I have committed no sin? Anyway, what is even a ‘sin’? Who determines it? It’s all about subjectivity. Determination is a process of interpretation which is based upon observation. While observation on the other hand is the actualized outcome of our perception. For me it’s a sin to defy our own subjectivity and deny its existence in order to live an illusory life that is born out of Thanatos; the death instincts including fear, pride and ego. The only objectivity that is to be achieved through our respective subjectivity is to be true to ourselves, shed the lies which we have been feeding to ourselves under the influence of others; embrace the idiosyncratic nature of our being. Even if it cost our lives, we die not in denial but in acceptance. Nobody is free from their fate of death, but until then we are free to choose either to be an object of other’s reality or to be a subject of our own; defining our own essence as we exist. Even if life is an endless journey of meaningless repetition, I shall not surrender to this inevitable fate. I shall walk through it at my own pace and with no baggage forced upon me whatsoever. Let this be as my act of rebel against it. I refuse to override the preordained absurdity, its fundamental repetition by self-induced repetition lying in the substratum of denial. I AM FREE; FREE TO BE MYSELF!”
― Memoir: The Cathartic Night
― Memoir: The Cathartic Night
