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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
893 books — 973 voters
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
978 books — 615 voters

Stolen by A.R. KeoghInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuWilder Girls by Rory Power
LGBTQIA Horror and Dark Fiction
323 books — 254 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick RobertsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Depraved, perverse and subversive fiction and non-fiction
367 books — 178 voters

Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime IsayamaDeath Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaDeadman Wonderland, Vol. 1 by Jinsei KataokaBlack Butler I by Yana TobosoFuture Diary, Volume 01 by Sakae Esuno
Transgressive Manga
87 books — 159 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick RobertsA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonThe Witches of Scotland by Steven P. AitchisonWayward Spirits by Wendy Wang
Transgressive and Bizzaro Fiction
322 books — 132 voters

The Carer by Scott L. NelsonDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneRed Goliath by Oscar OrtizA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Groundbreaking Books
108 books — 96 voters
Dynasty of the Damned by Kaitlyn WadsworthThe Kyanite Alliance by Nora HalliwellWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Dark Feminist Books
129 books — 86 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
89 books — 84 voters
The Victory Perspective by E.J. KellettThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAstronomicon minorem - DMT, Cthulhu and You by Khurt KhaveCreatures of the Dark by Stella PurpleCabello by Grea Alexander
Sinister Literature
49 books — 29 voters

Object Found by Gusztáv BágerThe Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeAnxiety by Danny WinterWeaving Wyrd by Elle MortThe Life We Lead by Angel Anthony Cordero
Dark Poetry
37 books — 29 voters
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

God's Unwanted Child by Reece LeRescheAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisPainted Faces by L.H. CoswaySkagboys by Irvine WelshJunkyard Dog by Bijou Hunter
Swear-y books
57 books — 18 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Lost Symbol by Dan BrownDeception Point by Dan BrownThe Voynich Manuscript by Unknown .The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
Books That Won't Be Made Into Films
51 books — 17 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen KingFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesTrain to the Edge of the Moon by Asper Blurry
Weirdest Fiction that Makes You Think
44 books — 15 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
14 books — 13 voters

Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-MasochA Brotherly Valentine by Rhett BlueMy Virgin Butt for My Big Brother by Rhett BlueReal Brotherly Loving by Rhett BlueBig Brother's Little Caregiver by Rhett Blue
Sexually transgressive
66 books — 11 voters
Knock Knock by S.P. MiskowskiTwenty-Eight Teeth of Rage by Ennis DrakeChuggie and the Desecration of Stagwater by Brent Michael KelleyIdols & Cons by S.S. MichaelsL'Ombre de l'Etoile, tome 1 by Marina Tirion
Books I Love from Omnium Gatherum
49 books — 9 voters

White Noise by Don DeLilloThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmPersephone in the Late Anthropocene by Megan GrumblingHigh-Rise by J.G. BallardThe Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley
Existential Horror
23 books — 2 voters
Elizabeth Peyton by Elizabeth PeytonMoravagine by Blaise CendrarsEquus by Peter ShafferJunky by William S. BurroughsThee Psychick Bible by Genesis P-Orridge
Elias Rønnenfelt Reading List
33 books — 2 voters

Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.Tears into Wine by Joe WestPost Office by Charles BukowskiStrange Fle$h by Joe WestA Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Modern Gritty Realism & Transgressive Fiction
28 books — 2 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

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