While this book is a personal favorite, it thoroughly divided my book club. A few others loved it as much as I did, and a few hated it (one member even advocated trashing every copy, an act that made my little librarian heart clench in shock and fear...) This book polarizes readers, and I think that can be good for a discussion. Fight Club became a touchstone book for disgruntled young men when it was published, and perhaps most importantly, got a whole generation of guys who didn't read at all to dive into a book. It is also so much more than what the titles suggest -- it's not just about violence, but zeroes in on peer pressure, consumerism, masculinity in the U.S., and the feeling of purposelessness and rage that many young men feel as they jump from college to work to settling down without any real sense of why they're following the path laid out for them. On top of tackling all this issues, this book is readable, wickedly funny, and exciting.

For me, this is also an excellent example of an unreliable narrator tale -- when that twist kicks in -- oh boy! You'll never be able to read the same book again.

Also, FYI, the film is just as brilliant, in my humble opinion, and well worth watching for Edward Norton and Brad Pitt's stellar performances, not to mention David Fincher's excellent direction. Another bonus is the excellent soundtrack.