After DFW's "Eclectic/Obscure Fictions for Writers" Syllabus

1.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,600 ratings
2.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,853 ratings
3.
In Watermelon Sugar
In Watermelon Sugar 3.78 avg rating — 24,495 ratings
4.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,277 ratings
5.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,068 ratings
6.
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories 4.18 avg rating — 6,084 ratings
7.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,152 ratings
8.
Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating — 85,254 ratings
9.
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 26,126 ratings
10.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline 4.21 avg rating — 22,038 ratings
11.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
12.
Speedboat
Speedboat 3.76 avg rating — 7,257 ratings
13.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,771 ratings
14.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,141 ratings
15.
The Simulacra
The Simulacra 3.62 avg rating — 5,986 ratings
16.
Jesus’ Son
Jesus’ Son 4.13 avg rating — 39,235 ratings
17.
Lost in the Funhouse
Lost in the Funhouse 3.68 avg rating — 6,617 ratings
17.
Cathedral
Cathedral 4.24 avg rating — 38,961 ratings
19.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,175 ratings
20.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,348 ratings
21.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,172 ratings
22.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating — 34,741 ratings
23.
Carrie
Carrie 3.99 avg rating — 813,693 ratings
24.
Sam Dunn Is Dead: Futurist Novel
Sam Dunn Is Dead: Futurist Novel 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings
24.
Canti del caos
Canti del caos 3.75 avg rating — 153 ratings
26.
Darconville's Cat
Darconville's Cat 4.28 avg rating — 599 ratings
27.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
28.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating — 4,610 ratings
28.
Blubber Island
Blubber Island 3.36 avg rating — 72 ratings
30.
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow 3.76 avg rating — 17,622 ratings
30.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,457 ratings
32.
Desperate Characters
Desperate Characters
by: Paula Fox
3.52 avg rating — 9,440 ratings
33.
House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories 3.61 avg rating — 8,978 ratings
34.
The Rocking-Horse Winner
The Rocking-Horse Winner 3.84 avg rating — 7,074 ratings
35.
Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark 3.63 avg rating — 11,521 ratings
36.
Appointment in Samarra
Appointment in Samarra 3.81 avg rating — 16,052 ratings
37.
Why I Live at the P.O.
Why I Live at the P.O. 4.13 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
37.
To Build a Fire and Other Stories
To Build a Fire and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 5,077 ratings
37.
A Clean Well-Lighted Place
A Clean Well-Lighted Place 4.09 avg rating — 6,868 ratings
40.
The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories
The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating — 644 ratings
41.
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt 3.86 avg rating — 8,013 ratings
42.
Venus Drive
Venus Drive 3.76 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
43.
Gryphon: New and Selected Stories
Gryphon: New and Selected Stories 3.85 avg rating — 858 ratings
44.
Where Are the Children? (Where Are the Children, #1)
Where Are the Children? (Where Are the Children, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 59,978 ratings
44.
Precarious: Stories of Love, Sex, and Misunderstanding
Precarious: Stories of Love, Sex, and Misunderstanding
by: Al Riske
3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
44.
God's Mountain
God's Mountain 3.83 avg rating — 2,917 ratings
44.
Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes
Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
44.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 71,406 ratings
44.
The Lost Scrapbook
The Lost Scrapbook
by: Evan Dara
4.29 avg rating — 479 ratings
50.
Rock Star
Rock Star 3.90 avg rating — 5,869 ratings
50.
The Egghead Republic
The Egghead Republic 3.78 avg rating — 283 ratings
50.
El Troiacord
El Troiacord it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
53.
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 18,144 ratings
53.
Don't Forget to Breathe (Migrations, Volume I)
Don't Forget to Breathe (Migrations, Volume I) 2.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
53.
Tabu
Tabu 3.50 avg rating — 286 ratings
53.
The Street of Crocodiles
The Street of Crocodiles 3.98 avg rating — 13,381 ratings
53.
El jardĂ­ dels set crepuscles
El jardí dels set crepuscles 4.03 avg rating — 239 ratings
58.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday 3.61 avg rating — 9,373 ratings
58.
Point Omega
Point Omega 3.45 avg rating — 9,893 ratings
58.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,248 ratings
58.
ĂŤgur NeblĂ­
Ígur Neblí 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
62.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch 4.20 avg rating — 47,314 ratings
63.
Pandemonium
Pandemonium 3.81 avg rating — 3,343 ratings
63.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,697 ratings
65.
Los Sorias
Los Sorias 4.26 avg rating — 117 ratings
66.
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost 3.88 avg rating — 68,384 ratings
66.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating — 108,212 ratings
68.
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,673 ratings
69.
Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form
Pity the Bathtub Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form 4.06 avg rating — 687 ratings
70.
What Narcissism Means to Me
What Narcissism Means to Me 4.08 avg rating — 1,894 ratings
71.
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned 3.88 avg rating — 9,090 ratings
72.
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 1,526 ratings
72.
The Boat
The Boat
by: Nam Le
3.62 avg rating — 5,996 ratings
74.
The Art of Struggle
The Art of Struggle 3.69 avg rating — 280 ratings
75.
The zebra storyteller
The zebra storyteller 3.91 avg rating — 55 ratings
76.
God Lives in St. Petersburg and Other Stories
God Lives in St. Petersburg and Other Stories 3.74 avg rating — 385 ratings
77.
Where You'll Find Me and Other Stories
Where You'll Find Me and Other Stories 3.76 avg rating — 759 ratings
78.
Getting into Death
Getting into Death 3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings
79.
Time With Children
Time With Children 4.05 avg rating — 39 ratings