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Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 187 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.12 — 554,309 ratings — published 2002
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,453,990 ratings — published 1915
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.14 — 317,159 ratings — published 1994
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 89 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.95 — 341,765 ratings — published 2009
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.09 — 203,191 ratings — published 2000
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.11 — 153,716 ratings — published 1985
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.21 — 493,189 ratings — published 2020
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.94 — 401,172 ratings — published 1925
After Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.74 — 190,724 ratings — published 2004
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.80 — 309,522 ratings — published 2014
The Hearing Trumpet (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.99 — 12,648 ratings — published 1974
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.06 — 612,660 ratings — published 1871
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.45 — 338,513 ratings — published 2019
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,114,963 ratings — published 1967
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,492,807 ratings — published 1969
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.28 — 426,989 ratings — published 1967
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.94 — 142,592 ratings — published 1982
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,152 ratings — published 1967
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.60 — 102,615 ratings — published 2018
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,107,000 ratings — published 2011
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,110 ratings — published 1959
Nadja (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.53 — 13,413 ratings — published 1928
Dance Dance Dance (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.04 — 100,627 ratings — published 1988
The Strange Library (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.54 — 70,391 ratings — published 2005
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.65 — 398,248 ratings — published 2007
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.99 — 738,610 ratings — published 1987
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.01 — 659,591 ratings — published 2013
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.01 — 113,151 ratings — published 1979
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.90 — 79,496 ratings — published 2009
Fever Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.72 — 53,542 ratings — published 2014
Sputnik Sweetheart (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.83 — 182,876 ratings — published 1999
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,685 ratings — published 2017
The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.88 — 39,986 ratings — published 1962
Story of the Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.64 — 25,748 ratings — published 1928
The Blind Owl (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.95 — 35,212 ratings — published 1937
The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.69 — 143,208 ratings — published 1994
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,507,859 ratings — published 1943
Ubik (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.11 — 124,241 ratings — published 1969
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.10 — 993,918 ratings — published 2001
The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.91 — 76,593 ratings — published 1926
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.50 — 205,375 ratings — published 2016
The Elephant Vanishes (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.82 — 58,647 ratings — published 1993
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.06 — 380,897 ratings — published 1971
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.13 — 787,246 ratings — published 2002
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,029,247 ratings — published 1979
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.99 — 440,694 ratings — published 1865
Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.10 — 98,356 ratings — published 1972
Uzumaki (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as surreal)
avg rating 4.45 — 89,840 ratings — published 1998
The Starless Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as surreal)
avg rating 3.84 — 236,335 ratings — published 2019
“The Behemoth & The Godspawn Surfer by Stewart Stafford
Jagged flesh in the behemoth's belly,
The city encircled by its tongue's pall,
I drank toxic fumes and pumice smoke,
As I tried surfing along a lava waterfall.
My obsidian bone board, surging fire,
Cryptid blood drips from a snapping jaw,
In a flash of the beast's fungal jawline,
I counted the vacant dead within its maw.
In a blaze, I was in its mouth and deeper,
I rounded the gullet's scalding turn,
Into a sea of swirling bones, stomach bile,
Where half-chewed skyscrapers churn.
"Leave me, Godspawn!" the monster roared,
"Spoil not my prey feasting for my fangs to cut!"
My board speared into its festering heart,
It ejected me in a howling thunderclap of sulphur soot.
And hurled me skyward, sand-blasted, and bruised,
The plume cleared, and the beast stood, wound-free—
Lava floods scorched, the city’s debt — a lifeblood hue,
By sunrise, my perennial task returned to enslave me.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
Jagged flesh in the behemoth's belly,
The city encircled by its tongue's pall,
I drank toxic fumes and pumice smoke,
As I tried surfing along a lava waterfall.
My obsidian bone board, surging fire,
Cryptid blood drips from a snapping jaw,
In a flash of the beast's fungal jawline,
I counted the vacant dead within its maw.
In a blaze, I was in its mouth and deeper,
I rounded the gullet's scalding turn,
Into a sea of swirling bones, stomach bile,
Where half-chewed skyscrapers churn.
"Leave me, Godspawn!" the monster roared,
"Spoil not my prey feasting for my fangs to cut!"
My board speared into its festering heart,
It ejected me in a howling thunderclap of sulphur soot.
And hurled me skyward, sand-blasted, and bruised,
The plume cleared, and the beast stood, wound-free—
Lava floods scorched, the city’s debt — a lifeblood hue,
By sunrise, my perennial task returned to enslave me.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
“This is Lilly Heaven saying good night, and to all a very good night. Good night everybody. Here's wishing you pleasant dreams. Sleep tight. From all of us to all of you, a warm good night. And now we must, I'm afraid, say "good night." Good night, ladies and gentlemen, and good night. Thanks a lot and God bless you. This is Lilly signing off and wishing all of you out there from all of us in here the very best possible good night. I can only hope that you enjoyed watching us as much as we enjoyed being here. Good night. Pleasant dreams. Sleep tight. It's been wonderful being with you, and I hope you'll invite us into your living room again tomorrow night. From the actors and myself, from the staff here, I want to wish you all the best possible night and day before we meet again. It's been wonderful being with you. It's been truly grand. I only wish we could go on but I'm afraid our time is up, and so this is your Lily saying good night to you. Pleasant dreams. Good night all. Good night to you all. Good night to all of you. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night. To all of you out there from all of us here good night. And pleasant dreams till we meet again. Good night to you all. Good night. Good night. Good night. Good night.”
― War and Four Other Plays - Acting Edition
― War and Four Other Plays - Acting Edition
