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Against Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.78 — 15,964 ratings — published 1884
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,011,610 ratings — published 1890
Les Fleurs du Mal (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.19 — 83,860 ratings — published 1857
Là-Bas (Down There)
by (shelved 35 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.95 — 4,997 ratings — published 1891
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.55 — 152 ratings — published
Salomé (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.71 — 21,936 ratings — published 1891
The Torture Garden (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,973 ratings — published 1899
Venus in Furs (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.62 — 17,760 ratings — published 1870
Il piacere (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.49 — 8,513 ratings — published 1889
Nightmares of an Ether Drinker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.95 — 244 ratings — published 1895
Les Diaboliques (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 17 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.72 — 2,138 ratings — published 1874
Monsieur Vénus (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,123 ratings — published 1884
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,154,900 ratings — published 1925
Paris Spleen (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.23 — 16,161 ratings — published 1857
Monsieur de Phocas (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 197 ratings — published 1901
Death in Venice (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.67 — 74,289 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 — 3,395 ratings — published 1892
The Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral Ruins (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 72 ratings — published 1990
French Decadent Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.96 — 219 ratings — published 2013
Maldoror and the Complete Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,024 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 — 132,032 ratings — published 1945
Mademoiselle de Maupin (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,468 ratings — published 1835
Salammbo (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.73 — 6,987 ratings — published 1862
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.06 — 389,437 ratings — published 1971
The Hill of Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,451 ratings — published 1907
Disagreeable Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.53 — 616 ratings — published 1894
Dreamers of Decadence (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.37 — 145 ratings — published 1969
On Wine and Hashish (Hesperus Classics)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,351 ratings — published 1851
The Great God Pan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.66 — 17,933 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 — 605 ratings — published 1986
Bel-Ami (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.87 — 51,823 ratings — published 1885
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.17 — 416,523 ratings — published 1895
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,785 ratings — published 1873
The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.05 — 65 ratings — published 1997
The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy, and Perversion from Fin-de-Siècle France (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.42 — 104 ratings — published 1998
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,988 ratings — published 1959
The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.33 — 30 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 — 2,191 ratings — published 1863
Contes cruels (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.60 — 812 ratings — published 1883
Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.84 — 73,868 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 Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.11 — 88 ratings — published 2018
Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.69 — 16 ratings — published 2018
Dream Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.76 — 23,599 ratings — published 1926
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.21 — 38,670 ratings — published 1901
Illuminations (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.31 — 14,407 ratings — published 1875
Tomorrow's Eve (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.13 — 749 ratings — published 1886
The Romantic Agony (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 308 ratings — published 1930
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,765 ratings — published 1990
“The suburbs dream of violence. Asleep in their drowsy villas, sheltered by benevolent shopping malls, they wait patiently for the nightmares that will wake them into a more passionate world.”
― Kingdom Come
― Kingdom Come
“A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground.”
― Nana
― Nana
