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Chuck Palahniuk

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in Pasco, WA, The United States

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Written in stolen moments under truck chassis and on park benches to a soundtrack of The Downward Spiral and Pablo Honey, Fight Club came into existence. The adaptation of Fight Club was a flop at the box office, but achieved cult status on DVD. The film’s popularity drove sales of the novel. Chuck put out two novels in 1999, Survivor and Invisible Monsters. Choke, published in 2001, became Chuck’s first New York Times bestseller. Chuck’s work has always been infused with personal experience, and his next novel, Lullaby, was no exception. Chuck credits writing Lullaby with helping him cope with the tragic death of his father. Diary and the non-fiction guide to Portland, Fugitives and Refugees, were released in 2003. While on the road in sup ...more

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When historians look back on our generation's most prolific writers of fiction, names like Stephen King, Elmore Leonard, and Kurt Vonnegut will be at the top. But another name for that list is our own Chuck Palahniuk. Where I believe Chuck has those other names beat, is in the many different formats of writing he dips his toes into. Besides novels, Chuck has also dabbled in journalism, tour guide

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Chuck Palahniuk’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 1,908,092 ratings · 100,047 reviews · 183 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 665,188 ratings — published 1996 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Choke 3.71 avg rating — 224,854 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Monsters 3.99 avg rating — 154,539 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survivor 3.92 avg rating — 126,036 ratings — published 1999 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunted 3.59 avg rating — 113,425 ratings — published 2005 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lullaby 3.74 avg rating — 105,112 ratings — published 2002 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary 3.65 avg rating — 81,918 ratings — published 2003 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey 3.85 avg rating — 71,598 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snuff 3.22 avg rating — 68,132 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damned (Damned, #1) 3.41 avg rating — 59,831 ratings — published 2011 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fight Club (3 books)
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author),

Cameron Stewart (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator),

David W. Mack (Illustrator)

4.15 avg rating — 686,023 ratings

Damned (2 books)
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)

3.39 avg rating — 75,404 ratings

Fight Club 3 (4 books)
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author),

David W. Mack (Cover Art),

Cameron Stewart (Goodreads Author) (Artist),

Dave McCaig (Colorist)

3.11 avg rating — 1,580 ratings

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January 2017 New School Classic Poll

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - 258 pgs, 1989

47 votes, 19.3%

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk - 218 pgs, 1996

38 votes, 15.6%

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 242 pgs, 1902

34 votes, 13.9%

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - 412 pgs, 1905

25 votes, 10.2%

Ross Poldark by Winston Graham - 400 pgs, 1945

17 votes, 7.0%

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pgs, 1922

15 votes, 6.1%

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 184 pgs, 1946

15 votes, 6.1%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984

12 votes, 4.9%

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson - 240 pgs, 1919

10 votes, 4.1%

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati, 198 pgs, 1940

8 votes, 3.3%

The Reivers: A Reminiscence by William Faulkner - 320 pgs, 1962

7 votes, 2.9%

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau, 320 pgs, 1964

6 votes, 2.5%

The Vagabond by Colette - 252 pgs, 1910

6 votes, 2.5%

Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, 285 pgs, 1934

4 votes, 1.6%

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“Young people want mirrors. Older people want art.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Burnt Tongues

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