Chuck Palahniuk





Chuck Palahniuk

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February 21, 1962 in Pasco, Washington, The United States

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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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We were feeling frisky last Friday and decided to have some fun on Twitter and Facebook.  It had been a while since we did any sort of photo contest.  The last one, which involved fans taking pictures of themselves as characters from the books as well as acting out scenarios, was a big success and winners got audiobook apps from Blackstone Audio.  



This time, things turned grisly.  The ...

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Average rating: 3.69 · 272,466 ratings · 18,124 reviews · 18 distinct works
Fight Club
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 74,133 ratings — published 1996 — 65 editions
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Choke
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 51,723 ratings — published 2001 — 43 editions
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Invisible Monsters
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 29,927 ratings — published 1999 — 36 editions
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Survivor
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 30,507 ratings — published 1999 — 32 editions
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Lullaby
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 28,140 ratings — published 2003 — 34 editions
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Diary
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 23,507 ratings — published 2003 — 32 editions
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Haunted
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 22,778 ratings — published 2005 — 31 editions
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Rant : An Oral Biography of Bu...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 17,506 ratings — published 2007 — 35 editions
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Snuff
3.04 of 5 stars 3.04 avg rating — 13,873 ratings — published 2008 — 31 editions
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Stranger Than Fiction
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 9,181 ratings — published 2004 — 24 editions
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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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“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

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

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
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