The Couple Next Door by Shari LapenaThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura DaveThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldNo Exit by Taylor  AdamsThe Only One Left by Riley Sager
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,031 books — 17,220 voters
Crime by Irvine WelshTime's Arrow by Martin AmisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,356 books — 2,095 voters

Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,908 books — 1,329 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshFight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisCoin Locker Babies by Ryū MurakamiThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Thrillers
4,509 books — 5,473 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
2,024 books — 1,628 voters
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis JohnsonThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksDarkness at Noon by Arthur KoestlerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,124 books — 1,576 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyDiary by Chuck PalahniukDubliners by James JoyceFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,389 voters
Frisk by Dennis CooperAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisDead Babies by Martin AmisSkagboys by Irvine WelshThe Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.
Disturbingly Enticing
498 books — 198 voters

Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksTrainspotting by Irvine WelshRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Rooting for the Bad Guy
682 books — 1,468 voters
Skagboys by Irvine WelshThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksFactotum by Charles BukowskiInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 428 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyTampa by Alissa NuttingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHigh-Rise by J.G. Ballard
Most Messed Up
829 books — 507 voters

You Read a Book about What?
4,044 books — 2,069 voters
The Grifters by Jim Thompson
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,268 books — 794 voters

Audition by Ryū MurakamiFactotum by Charles BukowskiFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Weirdest Books Ever
1,189 books — 1,184 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperThe Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous HuxleyLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisIn the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,104 books — 1,738 voters

Nutshell by Ian McEwanRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Books That Changed My World
3,253 books — 3,190 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Fever by Megan AbbottInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 585 voters

Porno by Irvine WelshAnd the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick CaveFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Cement Garden by Ian McEwanFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Darkest Books of All Time
1,268 books — 1,721 voters
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLolita by Vladimir NabokovAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Quality Dark Fiction
2,469 books — 3,216 voters

The Grifters by Jim ThompsonRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
580 books — 444 voters
Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukSkagboys by Irvine WelshLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,145 voters

The Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperThe Blade Artist by Irvine WelshThe Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Transgressive Fiction
866 books — 969 voters
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksTrainspotting by Irvine WelshThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,096 voters

Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisThe Fever by Megan AbbottSnuff by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksPiercing by Ryū Murakami
Best Unappreciated Books
4,353 books — 2,184 voters
New Adult Literature
7,169 books — 3,923 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Book Titles
11,254 books — 7,563 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,488 books — 5,728 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukAlmost Transparent Blue by Ryū MurakamiHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
MUST READS!!!
14,281 books — 9,935 voters
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwanBut What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck KlostermanTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterYou Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Must Read Books- Different Genres
13,526 books — 9,735 voters


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