Deirdre Dertinger's votes on the list 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

Listopia > Deirdre Dertinger's votes on the list 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks (32 Books)

1		Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.13 avg rating — 119,357 ratings	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
2		Women by Charles Bukowski 3.80 avg rating — 86,488 ratings	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
3		Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,846,490 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	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
4		The Information by Martin Amis 3.60 avg rating — 6,530 ratings	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
5		Porno (Mark Renton, #3) by Irvine Welsh 3.85 avg rating — 26,873 ratings	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
6		The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.94 avg rating — 396,728 ratings	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
7		Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. 4.11 avg rating — 65,775 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	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
8		The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald 3.92 avg rating — 40,895 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	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
9		The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1) by William S. Burroughs 3.43 avg rating — 7,069 ratings	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
10		Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey 4.26 avg rating — 23,936 ratings	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
11		Factotum by Charles Bukowski 3.92 avg rating — 76,063 ratings	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
12		American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3.80 avg rating — 363,378 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	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
13		A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 770,990 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	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
14		Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 151,695 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	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
15		The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson 3.85 avg rating — 65,933 ratings	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
16		Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 4.17 avg rating — 57,717 ratings	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
17		Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 103,673 ratings	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
18		Concrete Island by J.G. Ballard 3.67 avg rating — 10,426 ratings	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
19		If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.01 avg rating — 112,282 ratings	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
20		The Fever by Megan Abbott (Goodreads Author) 3.10 avg rating — 26,760 ratings	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
21		The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard 3.47 avg rating — 20,758 ratings	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
22		Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) by Irvine Welsh 4.07 avg rating — 17,919 ratings	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
23		Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) by Irvine Welsh 4.11 avg rating — 179,527 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	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
24		One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 780,948 ratings	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
25		Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis 3.65 avg rating — 30,895 ratings	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
26		Big Sur by Jack Kerouac 3.84 avg rating — 37,977 ratings	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
27		The Sluts by Dennis Cooper 3.77 avg rating — 9,732 ratings	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
28		Novel with Cocaine by M. Agueev 3.84 avg rating — 3,635 ratings	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
29		The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.75 avg rating — 109,352 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	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
30		The Bachman Books by Richard Bachman (Pseudonym) 4.15 avg rating — 75,648 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	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
31		The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald 3.90 avg rating — 41,008 ratings Deirdre rated it 2 stars See Review	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
32		Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 644,226 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	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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Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

99 books — 14 voters

Piercing by Ryū Murakami

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Messed Up Book Club List

114 books — 26 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The anti-hero in fiction

344 books — 300 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Books where the protagonist is feeling lost looking for some meaning in their life

109 books — 67 voters

In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

101 books — 13 voters

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