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American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.80 — 379,598 ratings — published 1991
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.18 — 661,744 ratings — published 1996
Crash (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.66 — 34,375 ratings — published 1973
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.00 — 789,911 ratings — published 1962
Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.99 — 154,024 ratings — published 1999
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 68 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.87 — 974,454 ratings — published 1955
Story of the Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.64 — 26,632 ratings — published 1928
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.71 — 224,265 ratings — published 2001
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,548 ratings — published 1959
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.12 — 185,609 ratings — published 1993
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.96 — 34,034 ratings — published 1964
The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.76 — 114,877 ratings — published 1984
The Sluts (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,894 ratings — published 2004
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.59 — 113,056 ratings — published 2005
Less Than Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.62 — 106,027 ratings — published 1985
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.93 — 125,645 ratings — published 1999
Requiem for a Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.12 — 69,892 ratings — published 1978
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.06 — 387,516 ratings — published 1971
Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 39 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.33 — 62,675 ratings — published 2013
Lullaby (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.74 — 104,845 ratings — published 2002
Sister Sable (The Mad Queen #1)
by (shelved 34 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.50 — 3,044 ratings — published 2015
Frisk (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.66 — 4,440 ratings — published 1991
The Rules of Attraction (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.72 — 53,094 ratings — published 1987
Filth (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,799 ratings — published 1998
Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.78 — 28,198 ratings — published 1996
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 31 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,630 ratings — published 2014
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.20 — 793,944 ratings — published 1962
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.95 — 74,980 ratings — published 1989
Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.84 — 73,404 ratings — published 1953
In the Miso Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.61 — 49,548 ratings — published 1997
Lunar Park (Vintage Contemporaries)
by (shelved 27 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.65 — 31,422 ratings — published 2005
Post Office (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.92 — 143,264 ratings — published 1971
Snuff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.22 — 67,901 ratings — published 2008
Tropic of Cancer (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.65 — 79,782 ratings — published 1934
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.84 — 71,418 ratings — published 2007
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,510,885 ratings — published 1942
Blood and Guts in High School (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.46 — 7,444 ratings — published 1984
The 120 Days of Sodom: A Classic of Extreme French Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.05 — 15,552 ratings — published 1785
Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.65 — 81,742 ratings — published 2003
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,522,044 ratings — published 1969
Cows (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as transgressive)
avg rating 2.67 — 15,862 ratings — published 1998
Hogg (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as transgressive)
avg rating 2.83 — 1,912 ratings — published 1994
The Necrophiliac (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,712 ratings — published 1972
Closer (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.64 — 5,011 ratings — published 1989
Factotum (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.92 — 77,707 ratings — published 1975
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,997,186 ratings — published 1951
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as transgressive)
avg rating 4.04 — 581,277 ratings — published 1985
The Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.70 — 6,706 ratings — published 1971
Child of God (Vintage International)
by (shelved 21 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.81 — 58,517 ratings — published 1973
Almost Transparent Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as transgressive)
avg rating 3.28 — 14,230 ratings — published 1976
“To arrive at the unknown through the disordering of all the senses, that's the point. The sufferings will be tremendous, but one must be strong, be born a poet: it is in no way my fault.”
― Illuminations
― Illuminations
“I like to judge people and it was clear to me that Colin’s life has been about as exciting as a cluster headache. You can tell this just from his humour tumour which runs through every conversation you have with him. I got the impression that Colin had arrived at his early fifties resenting the fact that he’s spent his entire career worshiping at the altar of Dynasty PLC. But he is now so indoctrinated by the world of corporate banking that he’s forgotten how to express the real him.
This is what a life working for large corporations does to people. The workplace is a place not to be you; it’s a place to be the corporate you. The you that doesn’t really exist. We all see this corporate you and pretend that it’s a normal part of life. But we know that something isn’t quite right. We know that the real you is slowly fading away like old wallpaper. The corporate you is a myth; just like Icarus. And yet we are powerless against it. All of us are powerless against the wrath of the corporate world.”
― Spark
This is what a life working for large corporations does to people. The workplace is a place not to be you; it’s a place to be the corporate you. The you that doesn’t really exist. We all see this corporate you and pretend that it’s a normal part of life. But we know that something isn’t quite right. We know that the real you is slowly fading away like old wallpaper. The corporate you is a myth; just like Icarus. And yet we are powerless against it. All of us are powerless against the wrath of the corporate world.”
― Spark
