86 books
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78 voters
Grotesque Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,230
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,446,202 ratings — published 1915
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.54 — 101,686 ratings — published 2022
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.77 — 410,103 ratings — published 2017
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.95 — 73,297 ratings — published 1989
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.65 — 393,269 ratings — published 2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.04 — 558,611 ratings — published 1985
Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.79 — 26,315 ratings — published 1996
The Gargoyle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.98 — 50,929 ratings — published 2008
Wise Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.82 — 38,033 ratings — published 1952
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 2.93 — 57,709 ratings — published 2021
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.46 — 335,405 ratings — published 2019
In the Miso Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.62 — 45,881 ratings — published 1997
Crash (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.61 — 30,992 ratings — published 1973
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.94 — 399,378 ratings — published 1925
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,898,742 ratings — published 1890
Audition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.55 — 20,368 ratings — published 1997
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.18 — 646,223 ratings — published 1996
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.71 — 221,748 ratings — published 2001
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.60 — 101,823 ratings — published 2018
Uzumaki (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.45 — 89,402 ratings — published 1998
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.83 — 128,219 ratings — published 2014
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.87 — 951,177 ratings — published 1955
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.65 — 16,299 ratings — published 1532
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,910,956 ratings — published 1818
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.14 — 41,641 ratings — published 2011
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.09 — 202,428 ratings — published 2000
Grotesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.74 — 14,192 ratings — published 2003
Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.99 — 151,978 ratings — published 1999
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.28 — 425,024 ratings — published 1967
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.80 — 365,274 ratings — published 1991
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,217,852 ratings — published 1954
Playground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.43 — 19,966 ratings — published 2022
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.66 — 445,976 ratings — published 2020
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.60 — 572,085 ratings — published 2018
The 120 Days of Sodom (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.06 — 15,007 ratings — published 1785
A Certain Hunger (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.70 — 68,276 ratings — published 2019
Coin Locker Babies (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,793 ratings — published 1980
Piercing (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.68 — 20,011 ratings — published 1994
The Gone World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 29,168 ratings — published 2018
The Ruins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.69 — 67,507 ratings — published 2006
The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.38 — 40,931 ratings — published 1971
The Tenant (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,277 ratings — published 1964
On Ugliness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.88 — 19,115 ratings — published 2007
The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.75 — 110,066 ratings — published 1984
Eileen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.56 — 130,809 ratings — published 2015
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.99 — 119,984 ratings — published 1940
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,446,456 ratings — published 1985
Saga, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 4.15 — 363,034 ratings — published 2012
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 299,204 ratings — published 1962
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as grotesque)
avg rating 3.98 — 75,664 ratings — published 2000
“Well, then,' the Cat went on, 'you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
“It was as if they had made themselves deliberately grotesque.”
― Apartment 16
― Apartment 16












