Transgressive

Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways. Because they are rebelling against the basic norms of society, protagonists of transgressive fiction may seem mentally ill, anti-social, or nihilistic. The genre deals extensively with taboo subject matters such as drugs, sexual activity, violence, incest, pedophilia, and crime.

American Psycho
Fight Club
Invisible Monsters
A Clockwork Orange
Crash
Choke
Lolita
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Trainspotting
Story of the Eye
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Haunted
Survivor
Less Than Zero
The Wasp Factory
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Lost Symbol by Dan    BrownDeception Point by Dan    BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books That Won't Be Made Into Films
60 books — 17 voters
Uzumaki by Junji ItoThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanFragments of Horror by Junji ItoBlack Hole by Charles BurnsHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Surreal Horror
84 books — 75 voters

Killing Stalking Season 1 by KoogiMr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show by Suehiro MaruoBerserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro MiuraIchi the Killer, Tome 1 by Hideo YamamotoUzumaki by Junji Ito
Controversial Manga
13 books — 12 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Football Factory by John KingUnderworld by Don DeLilloThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPimp by Iceberg Slim
Irvine Welsh's favorite books
10 books — 1 voter

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTender Is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaHeathen's Barrow by Nash NelsonNot Okay by Brett AxelThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Most Disturbing Fiction Books
74 books — 23 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 967 voters

Neda Aria
You are not a reproductive machine. Do you get it? I saved you from slavery.
Neda Aria, Feminomaniacs

Neda Aria
I lost everything. My social value, my child, and my husband.
Neda Aria, Feminomaniacs

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