The Fall by Albert CamusThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeFactotum by Charles Bukowski4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterSkagboys by Irvine Welsh
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,356 books — 2,095 voters
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,908 books — 1,329 voters

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoFight Club by Chuck PalahniukLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisDead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh
Thrillers
4,507 books — 5,471 voters
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It ... by Chuck KlostermanThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksHell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonJunky by William S. BurroughsFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
2,024 books — 1,628 voters

Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,124 books — 1,576 voters
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous HuxleyThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,390 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyStory of the Eye by Georges BatailleRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Disturbingly Enticing
498 books — 198 voters
Notes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFactotum by Charles Bukowski
Rooting for the Bad Guy
682 books — 1,468 voters

Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGlamorama by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 428 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Drowned World by J.G. BallardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Most Messed Up
829 books — 507 voters

The Room by Hubert Selby Jr.
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,268 books — 794 voters

Angels by Denis JohnsonSkagboys by Irvine WelshThe End of Everything by Megan AbbottFactotum by Charles BukowskiOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Weirdest Books Ever
1,189 books — 1,184 voters
Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoCrash by J.G. BallardAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles Bukowski
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,104 books — 1,738 voters

Tropic of Cancer by Henry MillerTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFight Club by Chuck PalahniukDead Men's Trousers by Irvine WelshThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Books That Changed My World
3,253 books — 3,190 voters
4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterTrainspotting by Irvine WelshBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 585 voters

Filth by Irvine WelshLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisGlamorama by Bret Easton EllisInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Darkest Books of All Time
1,269 books — 1,722 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Quality Dark Fiction
2,470 books — 3,216 voters

Train Dreams by Denis JohnsonThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksOn the Road by Jack KerouacMoon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
580 books — 444 voters
You Will Know Me by Megan AbbottNobody Move by Denis JohnsonFactotum by Charles BukowskiJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,144 voters

Women by Charles BukowskiSkagboys by Irvine WelshSnuff by Chuck PalahniukInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Transgressive Fiction
866 books — 969 voters
Dead Babies by Martin AmisUlysses by James JoyceThe Soft Machine by William S. BurroughsAnd the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick CaveDelta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,168 books — 11,097 voters

Frisk by Dennis CooperCrime by Irvine WelshOn the Road by Jack KerouacFactotum by Charles Bukowski
Best Unappreciated Books
4,353 books — 2,184 voters
Factotum by Charles BukowskiSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukThe Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyKilling Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
Best Book Titles
11,254 books — 7,562 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiAngels by Denis JohnsonA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,488 books — 5,728 voters
Tropic of Cancer by Henry MillerAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
MUST READS!!!
14,274 books — 9,934 voters

Coin Locker Babies by Ryū MurakamiDead Babies by Martin AmisUbik by Philip K. DickRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Must Read Books- Different Genres
13,526 books — 9,733 voters
The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksSkagboys by Irvine WelshA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCocaine Nights by J.G. BallardAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Favorite Books
14,082 books — 9,810 voters

Dark Places by Gillian FlynnA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessTrainspotting by Irvine WelshWomen by Charles Bukowski
Smart Summer Reads
12,514 books — 10,430 voters
The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksUbik by Philip K. DickTrain Dreams by Denis JohnsonInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Stories For Book Lovers
8,330 books — 8,208 voters


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