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Decadence Books
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Against Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.79 — 15,458 ratings — published 1884
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,916,768 ratings — published 1890
Les Fleurs du Mal (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.19 — 82,394 ratings — published 1857
Là-Bas (Down There)
by (shelved 36 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,817 ratings — published 1891
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.54 — 152 ratings — published
Salomé (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.71 — 21,290 ratings — published 1891
The Torture Garden (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,867 ratings — published 1899
Venus in Furs (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.62 — 17,004 ratings — published 1870
Nightmares of an Ether Drinker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.96 — 231 ratings — published 1895
Les Diaboliques (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 18 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,070 ratings — published 1874
Il piacere (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.49 — 7,905 ratings — published 1889
Monsieur Vénus (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,048 ratings — published 1884
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,986,586 ratings — published 1925
Paris Spleen (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.23 — 15,635 ratings — published 1857
Monsieur de Phocas (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 186 ratings — published 1901
Death in Venice (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.68 — 70,098 ratings — published 1911
The Soul-Drinker and Other Decadent Fantasies (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.21 — 42 ratings — published 2016
Bruges-La-Morte (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,223 ratings — published 1892
The Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral Ruins (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.14 — 70 ratings — published 1990
French Decadent Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.96 — 216 ratings — published 2013
Maldoror and the Complete Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,988 ratings — published 1869
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.00 — 127,899 ratings — published 1945
Mademoiselle de Maupin (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,429 ratings — published 1835
The Hill of Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,380 ratings — published 1907
Disagreeable Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.54 — 569 ratings — published 1894
Salammbo (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.73 — 6,742 ratings — published 1862
Dreamers of Decadence (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.38 — 144 ratings — published 1969
On Wine and Hashish (Hesperus Classics)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,328 ratings — published 1851
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.06 — 381,725 ratings — published 1971
The Great God Pan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.67 — 17,012 ratings — published 1890
Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.30 — 599 ratings — published 1986
Bel-Ami (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.86 — 49,857 ratings — published 1885
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.17 — 409,184 ratings — published 1895
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,744 ratings — published 1873
The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.03 — 63 ratings — published 1997
The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy, and Perversion from Fin-de-Siècle France (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.44 — 102 ratings — published 1998
Tomorrow's Eve (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.14 — 722 ratings — published 1886
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,284 ratings — published 1959
The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.34 — 29 ratings — published 1992
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Phaidon Arts and Letters)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,136 ratings — published 1863
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,672 ratings — published 1990
Contes cruels (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.61 — 787 ratings — published 1883
Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.84 — 72,092 ratings — published 1953
The Book of Masks: An Anthology of French Symbolist & Decadent Writing (Atlas Arkhive, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.14 — 77 ratings — published 1896
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.26 — 15,462 ratings — published 1890
The Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 80 ratings — published 2018
Misty Thule (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.11 — 19 ratings — published 1891
Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.69 — 16 ratings — published 2018
The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.95 — 296 ratings — published 2001
The Book of Jade (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.08 — 64 ratings — published 1901
“Decline is also a form of voluptuousness, just like growth. Autumn is just as sensual as springtime. There is as much greatness in dying as in procreation.”
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“The habit is now confirmed in me of spending the greater part of the day in sleep, while by night I wander far and wide through the city under the sedative influence of a tincture which has become necessary to my life”
― Xélucha and Others
― Xélucha and Others












