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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,481,734 ratings — published 1915
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,456,148 ratings — published 1942
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The Plague The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.02 — 322,821 ratings — published 1947
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The Fall (Vintage International) The Fall (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 140,054 ratings — published 1956
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.50 — 208,859 ratings — published 2016
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,060,894 ratings — published 2006
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.94 — 407,495 ratings — published 1925
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The Idiot The Idiot (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 224,071 ratings — published 1869
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Notes from Underground Notes from Underground (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 242,757 ratings — published 1864
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The Death of Ivan Ilych The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.14 — 236,951 ratings — published 1886
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,654,805 ratings — published 1988
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The Art of Happiness The Art of Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,498 ratings — published -300
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The Nicomachean Ethics The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.00 — 61,950 ratings — published -350
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Diary of a Madman Diary of a Madman (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.83 — 4,796 ratings — published 1835
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A Short Stay in Hell A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.14 — 80,430 ratings — published 2011
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Nausea Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.93 — 142,899 ratings — published 1938
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.37 — 906,484 ratings — published 1946
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.03 — 44,218 ratings — published 1877
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 894,295 ratings — published 1922
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Choke Choke (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 222,859 ratings — published 2001
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Candide Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.76 — 305,754 ratings — published 1759
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 371,534 ratings — published 1991
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,935,513 ratings — published 1890
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Grotesque Grotesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.74 — 14,427 ratings — published 2003
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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 58,483 ratings — published 1967
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One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 31,557 ratings — published 1925
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,947,704 ratings — published 1818
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,908,324 ratings — published 1953
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 126,945 ratings — published 1962
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.77 — 433,229 ratings — published 2017
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.67 — 390,720 ratings — published 2016
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The Myth of Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.16 — 100,700 ratings — published 1942
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Schoolgirl Schoolgirl (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.96 — 26,864 ratings — published 1939
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 347,666 ratings — published 1995
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,112,429 ratings — published 1932
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The First Man The First Man (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 12,594 ratings — published 1994
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The Setting Sun The Setting Sun (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 45,392 ratings — published 1947
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Existentialism is a Humanism Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 3.98 — 47,870 ratings — published 1946
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Snuff Snuff (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.22 — 67,440 ratings — published 2008
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,503,235 ratings — published 1969
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A Happy Death A Happy Death (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 26,494 ratings — published 1971
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 231,464 ratings — published 1985
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No Exit and Three Other Plays No Exit and Three Other Plays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 30,236 ratings — published 1947
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Dead Souls Dead Souls (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 98,320 ratings — published 1842
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Almost Transparent Blue Almost Transparent Blue (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.29 — 13,917 ratings — published 1976
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The Rebel The Rebel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 19,375 ratings — published 1951
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Too Loud a Solitude Too Loud a Solitude (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 26,926 ratings — published 1976
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No Longer Human No Longer Human (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 269,261 ratings — published 1948
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as existential-novels)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,603,402 ratings — published 1948
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 652,984 ratings — published 1996
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