Big Books of Summer
Genres

Existential


Existential Books

The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
Nausea
The Plague
The Trial
Man's Search for Meaning
Crime and Punishment
Notes from Underground
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Steppenwolf
Waiting for Godot
Siddhartha
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
The Fall (Vintage International)
No Longer Human
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Lists

The War in Heaven by Mano SoteloDaytripper by Fábio MoonAsterios Polyp by David MazzucchelliThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
Spiritual, Religious, Psychological, and Philosophical Graphic Novels
10 books — 3 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSiddhartha by Hermann HesseSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert CamusThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
books for your existential crisis
167 books — 102 voters

Ethereal by Phillip BainbridgeSeven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun Tzu
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
253 books — 26 voters
Come Closer by Sara GranThe Moustache by Emmanuel CarrèrePig Tales by Marie DarrieussecqAbsorbed by Kylie WhiteheadThe Dinner by Herman Koch
Nicole(tiktoker) weird book collection
15 books — 2 voters

Quotes Tagged “Existential”

Justin Cronin
“ I have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.' That's T.S. Eliot, in case you were wondering. An oldie but a goodie. When it came to existential exhaustion, the man was one smart cookie. ...more ”
― Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors
20 likes

Philip K. Dick
“ We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine. ”
― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
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Videos Tagged “Existential”

To Sleep as Animals: Hot August Nights
To Sleep as Animals: Hot August Nights
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Summer Reads Book Sale
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Groups Tagged "Existential"

Interpretation of Everything In here we analyze literature and cinema from an existential and psychoanalytic perspective.
13 members, last active 2 years ago
Shine & Shadow Welcome to Shine & Shadow. We are a group focused on monthly group reads and discussions. We hav…more
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Tania Zaverta Chance Q&A A group for serious readers & writers.…more
127 members, last active 6 years ago