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The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
456 books — 780 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde1984 by George OrwellThe Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherThe Stranger by Albert CamusSophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Best Philosophical Fiction
356 books — 749 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
The Stranger by Albert CamusMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklGoya y las Pinturas Negras desde la psicología de Jung by Javier De Prada ParejaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Myth, Meaning, and Experience
272 books — 110 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
168 books — 103 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyNot Okay by Brett Axel
Dark Literary Fiction
138 books — 55 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
254 books — 27 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceHard Wired by Jebb A. RebalWake the Wicked by Christian Baloga
Most Badass Young Adult Books of All Time
27 books — 21 voters

Altered Perceptions by Dr. Wayne C DeesBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyTime Stamping by Richard BrantleyThe Last Syllable by Valeriano DiviacchiMeandering - Stories of Past, Present and Future by Francis Mont
Books for the Long Night
13 books — 20 voters
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
61 Essential Postmodern Reads: Los Angeles Times
66 books — 12 voters

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmTender Is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaMy Work is Not Yet Done by Thomas LigottiPatti 209 by K.G. AndersonA Fair System, Probably by Ken Mazaika
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Horror in Fiction
74 books — 8 voters
Lakewood by Megan GiddingsWaste by Eugene MartenBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David ProsserGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part I
103 books — 5 voters

Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonThe Egg Man by Carlton Mellick IIIGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.The Last Syllable by Valeriano DiviacchiExtreme Makeover by Dan Wells
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part III
40 books — 5 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Unhappy Endings: Speculative Fiction With A Tragic Ending Part I
102 books — 5 voters

Here by Richard McGuireThe Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram VEchos of the Canyon by Betty Nadine ThomasPlummet by Sherwin TjiaSacred Heart by Liz Suburbia
Graphic Novels for the Existential AF
11 books — 3 voters
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

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna BervoetsMetal from Heaven by August ClarkeGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Trust by Hernan DiazLand of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part II
101 books — 3 voters
Children of Jotunheim by Mehmet ÇalışkanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanTHE HUMAN AND THE COSMOS by Mehmet ÇalışkanThe Raven Tower by Ann LeckieLord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Books where Gods are vulnerable
12 books — 3 voters

Grendel by John GardnerThe Foxhunter by Dr Andrew J RynneThe Last Syllable by Valeriano DiviacchiThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Book of Sorrows by Walter Wangerin Jr.
Unhappy Endings: Speculative Fiction With A Tragic Ending Part II
36 books — 3 voters
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. VaughanSaikano by Shin TakahashiThe Foxhunter by Dr Andrew J RynneFrom Hell by Alan MooreCerebus, Vol. 16 by Dave Sim
Unhappy Endings: Comics With A Tragic Ending
51 books — 3 voters

Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Great God Pan by Arthur MachenThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Weird Edition II
63 books — 3 voters
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori GottliebMaking Room for Madness in Mental Health by Marcus EvansThe Christopher Bollas Reader by Christopher BollasOn Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored by Adam PhillipsBraving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
books every therapist should read!
18 books — 2 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
Reality 2.0 by William Truax
Books that Redefine Reality
1 book — 2 voters

Animal Man, Vol. 3 by Grant MorrisonDAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy by Elizabeth R. WollheimThe Craziest Book Ever Written by Mr. WOpen Sesame by Tom HoltCerebus, Vol. 10 by Dave Sim
When a Creation Turns on Its Creator in Fiction
63 books — 1 voter
The Fisherman by John LanganThe Weird by Ann VanderMeerThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John LanganThis Thing Between Us by Gus MorenoThe Haar by David Sodergren
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Weird Edition I
100 books — 1 voter

The Croning by Laird BarronThe Cthulhu Heresy and Other Lovecraftian Sins by Peter RawlikNew Cthulhu by Paula GuranSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas LigottiThe Complete Lovecraft, Volume 1 by H.P. Lovecraft
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Yoo-hoo, Cthulhu! Edition
84 books — 1 voter

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