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Absurdist Books
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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,500,108 ratings — published 1915
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,473,666 ratings — published 1942
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.84 — 226,500 ratings — published 1951
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.94 — 411,139 ratings — published 1925
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,509,524 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 897,687 ratings — published 1961
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,052,114 ratings — published 1979
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,912 ratings — published 1967
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 444,475 ratings — published 1963
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 325,196 ratings — published 1947
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.16 — 102,674 ratings — published 1942
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 618,262 ratings — published 1871
The Fall (Vintage International)
by (shelved 16 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 141,473 ratings — published 1956
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 283,821 ratings — published 1973
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.91 — 78,318 ratings — published 1926
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,623 ratings — published 1967
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.60 — 107,652 ratings — published 2018
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 248,968 ratings — published 1999
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 578,976 ratings — published 1999
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.28 — 437,660 ratings — published 1967
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.88 — 138,513 ratings — published 2001
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.25 — 836,576 ratings — published 1990
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 384,858 ratings — published 1971
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.95 — 214,306 ratings — published 2000
Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,948 ratings — published 1957
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.22 — 184,032 ratings — published 2002
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 428,988 ratings — published 1983
The Nose (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 19,824 ratings — published 1836
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.46 — 423,128 ratings — published 2020
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,642,945 ratings — published 1948
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.86 — 187,415 ratings — published 2000
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.02 — 176,591 ratings — published 2000
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.09 — 118,676 ratings — published 2005
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.38 — 341,030 ratings — published 1996
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.21 — 66,404 ratings — published 1942
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 124,943 ratings — published 2006
Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,710 ratings — published 1959
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.15 — 161,588 ratings — published 1959
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.97 — 156,039 ratings — published 2001
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.06 — 162,068 ratings — published 2001
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.05 — 137,504 ratings — published 2003
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.04 — 118,437 ratings — published 2006
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,705,104 ratings — published 1945
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 130,851 ratings — published 2001
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.00 — 145,068 ratings — published 1871
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.99 — 446,656 ratings — published 1865
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.01 — 142,267 ratings — published 2002
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 4.03 — 126,343 ratings — published 2004
Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.73 — 35,286 ratings — published 1927
The Birthday Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as absurdist)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,314 ratings — published 1957
“Writing destroys the pleasure of reading for all serious writers, by serious I mean those whose foremost topics are sex and death. Never again can you read without stopping to take note of peculiar adjectives and curious turns of phrase. To write well is to steal well. Perhaps this is why I excel at the craft. I was a thief before taking up the martyrdom of the pen. One takes these notes, scrawled on receipts and napkins, places them in front of him like a child with its toys, and constructs the sublime world of imagination.”
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“He tapped into the Zen of ignorance, the enlightenment of absurdity.”
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