Best Existential Fiction

1.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,365 ratings
2.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,523 ratings
3.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,204 ratings
4.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,143 ratings
5.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,283 ratings
6.
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 4.19 avg rating — 78,030 ratings
7.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,305 ratings
8.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,098 ratings
9.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,802 ratings
10.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,106 ratings
11.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,485 ratings
12.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,840 ratings
13.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,726 ratings
14.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,822 ratings
15.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,304 ratings
16.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra 4.07 avg rating — 169,510 ratings
17.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating — 127,532 ratings
18.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,656 ratings
19.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,210 ratings
20.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,649 ratings
21.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,551 ratings
22.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,942 ratings
23.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,618 ratings
24.
No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.08 avg rating — 29,810 ratings
25.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,046 ratings
26.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating — 62,396 ratings
27.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,239 ratings
28.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,411 ratings
29.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,513 ratings
30.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,489 ratings
31.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,639 ratings
32.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,017 ratings
33.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,028 ratings
34.
King Lear (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)
King Lear (Oxford School Shakespeare Series) 3.91 avg rating — 232,682 ratings
35.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,673 ratings
36.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,792 ratings
37.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,098 ratings
38.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,519 ratings
39.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating — 38,424 ratings
40.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,245 ratings
41.
In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony 3.93 avg rating — 31,027 ratings
42.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 4.04 avg rating — 92,113 ratings
43.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,569 ratings
44.
Faust
Faust 3.90 avg rating — 48,393 ratings
45.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 63,597 ratings
46.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,460 ratings
47.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,676 ratings
48.
Sophie’s World
Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 275,117 ratings
49.
El túnel
El túnel 4.02 avg rating — 88,876 ratings
50.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating — 124,279 ratings
51.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,726 ratings
52.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,056 ratings
53.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,045 ratings
54.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,626 ratings
55.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,949 ratings
56.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 389,829 ratings
57.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,926 ratings
58.
God's Unwanted Child
God's Unwanted Child 4.15 avg rating — 34 ratings
59.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,710 ratings
60.
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable 4.28 avg rating — 9,327 ratings
61.
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet 4.40 avg rating — 35,764 ratings
62.
A Clean Well-Lighted Place
A Clean Well-Lighted Place 4.09 avg rating — 6,869 ratings
63.
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life 4.16 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
64.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,169 ratings
65.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating — 118,728 ratings
66.
Demian
Demian 4.14 avg rating — 129,444 ratings
67.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,845 ratings
68.
No Exit
No Exit 4.11 avg rating — 44,800 ratings
69.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,209 ratings
70.
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 66,159 ratings
71.
The Possessed
The Possessed 4.30 avg rating — 59,718 ratings
72.
A Confession
A Confession 4.07 avg rating — 54 ratings
72.
The Infinite Jeff: Part 1: Journey into Insight: A Parable of Change
The Infinite Jeff: Part 1: Journey into Insight: A Parable of Change 4.56 avg rating — 207 ratings
74.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,285 ratings
75.
A Happy Death
A Happy Death 3.81 avg rating — 23,777 ratings
76.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,635 ratings
77.
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1)
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 15,709 ratings
78.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating — 30,061 ratings
79.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,111 ratings
80.
Endgame
Endgame 3.79 avg rating — 23,762 ratings
81.
The Magus
The Magus 4.05 avg rating — 62,317 ratings
82.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,892 ratings
83.
Le mur
Le mur 4.06 avg rating — 27,289 ratings
83.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,340 ratings
85.
A Personal Matter
A Personal Matter 3.90 avg rating — 15,079 ratings
86.
Immortality
Immortality 4.14 avg rating — 41,923 ratings
87.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,300 ratings
87.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,298 ratings
89.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,597 ratings
90.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,031 ratings
91.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 95,129 ratings
92.
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh 4.01 avg rating — 128,074 ratings
93.
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays 4.03 avg rating — 6,404 ratings
94.
And Then Run
And Then Run 3.49 avg rating — 85 ratings
95.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,172 ratings
96.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,634 ratings
97.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,980 ratings
98.
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch 3.46 avg rating — 96,894 ratings
99.
Le premier homme
Le premier homme 3.97 avg rating — 11,598 ratings
100.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating — 349,113 ratings
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