Chuck Palahniuk





Chuck Palahniuk

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February 21, 1962

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Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American Transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist of Ukrainian ancestry born in Pasco, Washington. The press release for his book, Rant, states he is now living in Vancouver, Washington. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher.


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Published on June 17, 2013 09:09 • 83 views
Average rating: 3.79 · 629,262 ratings · 29,105 reviews · 38 distinct works · Similar authors
Fight Club
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 178,479 ratings — published 1996 — 83 editions
Choke
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 95,883 ratings — published 2001 — 59 editions
Invisible Monsters
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 54,159 ratings — published 1999 — 42 editions
Survivor
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 51,919 ratings — published 1999 — 40 editions
Lullaby
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 46,979 ratings — published 1999 — 50 editions
Haunted
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 41,070 ratings — published 2005 — 39 editions
Diary
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 38,888 ratings — published 2003 — 44 editions
Rant
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 31,241 ratings — published 2007 — 47 editions
Snuff
3.12 of 5 stars 3.12 avg rating — 26,451 ratings — published 2008 — 42 editions
Stranger Than Fiction
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 14,697 ratings — published 2004 — 34 editions
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3.364896241474387 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 13,782 ratings

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Interviews

May 2010, Chuck Palahniuk
"Weird and creepy but true, I've been reading lots of Judy Blume. Being a 48-year-old male reading about adolescent sex in Forever gets me lots of stares in airports...At this point I am an authority on menstruation." ...More

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“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

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