Best Existential Fiction

1.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,677 ratings
2.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,694 ratings
3.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,523 ratings
4.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,163 ratings
5.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,353 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 — 78,036 ratings
7.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,363 ratings
8.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,115 ratings
9.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,888 ratings
10.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,185 ratings
11.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,546 ratings
12.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,750 ratings
13.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,751 ratings
14.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,927 ratings
15.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,659 ratings
16.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra 4.07 avg rating — 169,543 ratings
17.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating — 127,564 ratings
18.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,100 ratings
19.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,621 ratings
20.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,982 ratings
21.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,761 ratings
22.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 496,005 ratings
23.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,668 ratings
24.
No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.08 avg rating — 29,813 ratings
25.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,105 ratings
26.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating — 62,411 ratings
27.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,345 ratings
28.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,458 ratings
29.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,537 ratings
30.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,519 ratings
31.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,695 ratings
32.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,090 ratings
33.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,724 ratings
34.
King Lear (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)
King Lear (Oxford School Shakespeare Series) 3.91 avg rating — 232,695 ratings
35.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,932 ratings
36.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,074 ratings
37.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,577 ratings
38.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,523 ratings
39.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating — 38,433 ratings
40.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,254 ratings
41.
In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony 3.93 avg rating — 31,042 ratings
42.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 4.04 avg rating — 92,117 ratings
43.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,600 ratings
44.
Faust
Faust 3.90 avg rating — 48,400 ratings
45.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 63,606 ratings
46.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,479 ratings
47.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,346,119 ratings
48.
Sophie’s World
Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 275,137 ratings
49.
El túnel
El túnel 4.02 avg rating — 88,894 ratings
50.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating — 124,312 ratings
51.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,736 ratings
52.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,156 ratings
53.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,698 ratings
54.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,654 ratings
55.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,967 ratings
56.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 389,855 ratings
57.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,970 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 — 545,764 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 — 35,768 ratings
62.
A Clean Well-Lighted Place
A Clean Well-Lighted Place 4.09 avg rating — 6,870 ratings
63.
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life 4.16 avg rating — 9,940 ratings
64.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,199 ratings
65.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating — 118,744 ratings
66.
Demian
Demian 4.14 avg rating — 129,477 ratings
67.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,858 ratings
68.
No Exit
No Exit 4.11 avg rating — 44,804 ratings
69.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,214 ratings
70.
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 66,162 ratings
71.
The Possessed
The Possessed 4.30 avg rating — 59,725 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 — 103,289 ratings
75.
A Happy Death
A Happy Death 3.81 avg rating — 23,787 ratings
76.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,761 ratings
77.
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1)
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 15,713 ratings
78.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating — 30,064 ratings
79.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,126 ratings
80.
Endgame
Endgame 3.79 avg rating — 23,764 ratings
81.
The Magus
The Magus 4.05 avg rating — 62,323 ratings
82.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,938 ratings
83.
Le mur
Le mur 4.06 avg rating — 27,293 ratings
83.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,444 ratings
85.
A Personal Matter
A Personal Matter 3.90 avg rating — 15,079 ratings
86.
Immortality
Immortality 4.14 avg rating — 41,936 ratings
87.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,406 ratings
87.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,303 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 — 51,050 ratings
91.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 95,143 ratings
92.
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh 4.01 avg rating — 128,088 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 — 72,179 ratings
96.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,681 ratings
97.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,995 ratings
98.
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch 3.46 avg rating — 96,899 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 — 349,209 ratings
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