Best Philosophical Fiction

1.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,500 ratings
2.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,590 ratings
3.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
4.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,869 ratings
5.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,515 ratings
6.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,798 ratings
7.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,339 ratings
8.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,152 ratings
9.
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 — 78,034 ratings
10.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,674 ratings
11.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,327 ratings
12.
Sophie’s World
Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 275,128 ratings
13.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,735 ratings
14.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,146 ratings
15.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,840 ratings
16.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,525 ratings
17.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,788 ratings
18.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
19.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra 4.07 avg rating — 169,529 ratings
20.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,400 ratings
21.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,284 ratings
22.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner #1)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner #1) 4.09 avg rating — 495,973 ratings
23.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,125 ratings
24.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,212 ratings
25.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 63,602 ratings
26.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
27.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,309 ratings
28.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,264 ratings
29.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 241,454 ratings
30.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
31.
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek 4.04 avg rating — 56,532 ratings
32.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,597 ratings
33.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick 3.56 avg rating — 602,794 ratings
34.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,919 ratings
35.
Demian
Demian 4.14 avg rating — 129,454 ratings
36.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,329 ratings
37.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,469 ratings
38.
Remembrance of Things Past (3 Volume Set)
Remembrance of Things Past (3 Volume Set) 4.34 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
39.
Clotho's Loom
Clotho's Loom 4.10 avg rating — 51 ratings
40.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,175 ratings
41.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,341 ratings
42.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,059 ratings
43.
A Confession
A Confession 4.07 avg rating — 54 ratings
44.
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1)
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 102,549 ratings
45.
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund 4.22 avg rating — 69,808 ratings
46.
A Perfect Square
A Perfect Square 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings
47.
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet 4.40 avg rating — 35,766 ratings
48.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,026 ratings
49.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,348 ratings
50.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
51.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,300 ratings
52.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,248 ratings
53.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,798 ratings
54.
When Nietzsche Wept
When Nietzsche Wept 4.36 avg rating — 80,660 ratings
55.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating — 127,541 ratings
56.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating — 118,737 ratings
57.
The Razor’s Edge
The Razor’s Edge 4.19 avg rating — 52,473 ratings
58.
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life 4.16 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
59.
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) 4.29 avg rating — 166,700 ratings
60.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating — 124,293 ratings
61.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,641 ratings
62.
The Modern Man: A philosophical divagation about the evil banality of daily acts
The Modern Man: A philosophical divagation about the evil banality of daily acts 3.96 avg rating — 76 ratings
63.
The Wall
The Wall 4.06 avg rating — 27,289 ratings
64.
Immortality
Immortality 4.14 avg rating — 41,930 ratings
65.
The Immoralist
The Immoralist 3.55 avg rating — 13,271 ratings
66.
Jacques the Fatalist
Jacques the Fatalist 3.80 avg rating — 9,455 ratings
67.
Existing the Moments
Existing the Moments 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
68.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,281 ratings
69.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,327 ratings
70.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating — 93,530 ratings
71.
The Confusions of Young Törless
The Confusions of Young Törless 3.67 avg rating — 9,865 ratings
72.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,521 ratings
73.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,996 ratings
74.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,742 ratings
75.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
76.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,942 ratings
77.
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
Dune Messiah (Dune #2) 3.89 avg rating — 380,061 ratings
78.
Death on the Installment Plan
Death on the Installment Plan 4.21 avg rating — 9,038 ratings
78.
Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
Children of Dune (Dune, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 237,008 ratings
80.
The Geranium Woman
The Geranium Woman 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
81.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,847 ratings
82.
Fictions
Fictions 4.40 avg rating — 75,853 ratings
83.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,103 ratings
84.
The Lord Chandos Letter and Other Writings
The Lord Chandos Letter and Other Writings 3.92 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
85.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,655 ratings
86.
Demons
Demons 4.30 avg rating — 59,723 ratings
87.
Ox Herding: A Secular Pilgrimage
Ox Herding: A Secular Pilgrimage 2.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
87.
Insight (The Infinite Jeff #1)
Insight (The Infinite Jeff #1) 4.56 avg rating — 207 ratings
87.
Turtle A
Turtle A 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings
87.
Finché la vittima non sarà nostra
Finché la vittima non sarà nostra 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
91.
Anathem
Anathem 4.17 avg rating — 74,554 ratings
92.
Wittgenstein’s Mistress
Wittgenstein’s Mistress 3.92 avg rating — 7,090 ratings
93.
Traveler of the Century
Traveler of the Century 3.83 avg rating — 2,199 ratings
94.
Adaptation
Adaptation 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
95.
Combray (In Search of Lost Time, #1.1)
Combray (In Search of Lost Time, #1.1) 3.60 avg rating — 2,062 ratings
96.
VALIS
VALIS 3.92 avg rating — 32,015 ratings
97.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,986 ratings
98.
Ilmurinn: Saga af MorĂ°ingja
Ilmurinn: Saga af Morðingja 4.04 avg rating — 530,105 ratings
99.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
100.
The Long Weekend
The Long Weekend 4.60 avg rating — 42 ratings
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