Absurdist Fiction

1.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,500 ratings
2.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,327 ratings
3.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,998 ratings
4.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,588 ratings
5.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,353 ratings
6.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,279 ratings
7.
The Craziest Book Ever Written
The Craziest Book Ever Written
by: Mr. W
3.56 avg rating — 151 ratings
8.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating — 96,897 ratings
9.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4.25 avg rating — 809,841 ratings
10.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,387 ratings
11.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,106 ratings
12.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,284 ratings
13.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,309 ratings
14.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,329 ratings
15.
The Atrocity Exhibition
The Atrocity Exhibition 3.76 avg rating — 7,023 ratings
16.
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions 4.06 avg rating — 275,070 ratings
17.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,638 ratings
18.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,327 ratings
19.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,986 ratings
20.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 4.04 avg rating — 92,115 ratings
21.
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 559,224 ratings
22.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,525 ratings
23.
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 265,346 ratings
24.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,105 ratings
25.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) 4.38 avg rating — 334,641 ratings
26.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 63,602 ratings
27.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,735 ratings
28.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.33 avg rating — 28,034 ratings
29.
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) 3.86 avg rating — 84,262 ratings
29.
No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.08 avg rating — 29,810 ratings
31.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating — 127,542 ratings
32.
Still Life with Woodpecker
Still Life with Woodpecker 4.04 avg rating — 82,592 ratings
33.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,152 ratings
34.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,664 ratings
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Dead Souls
Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 93,263 ratings
36.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,055 ratings
37.
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman 3.97 avg rating — 22,247 ratings
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On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,503 ratings
39.
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark 4.02 avg rating — 100 ratings
40.
The Twelve Chairs
The Twelve Chairs
by: Ilya Ilf
4.39 avg rating — 24,132 ratings
41.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,780 ratings
42.
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
43.
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove 4.38 avg rating — 1,164,820 ratings
44.
Grendel
Grendel 3.69 avg rating — 41,618 ratings
45.
The Hunting of the Snark
The Hunting of the Snark 4.02 avg rating — 6,807 ratings
46.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,251 ratings
47.
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 122,555 ratings
48.
The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 923,926 ratings
49.
There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting me on the Head with an Umbrella
There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting me on the Head with an Umbrella 3.75 avg rating — 339 ratings
50.
Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson
Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson 4.02 avg rating — 6,052 ratings
51.
Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)
Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 43,093 ratings
52.
Seeing
Seeing 3.86 avg rating — 30,390 ratings
53.
Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
Small Gods (Discworld, #13) 4.32 avg rating — 130,414 ratings
54.
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol 4.35 avg rating — 15,180 ratings
55.
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays 4.03 avg rating — 6,404 ratings
56.
Timequake
Timequake 3.73 avg rating — 39,904 ratings
56.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,097 ratings
58.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,569 ratings
58.
Ubu Roi
Ubu Roi 3.55 avg rating — 7,301 ratings
60.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,998 ratings
61.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating — 93,741 ratings
62.
Greegs & Ladders
Greegs & Ladders 3.08 avg rating — 277 ratings
62.
The Strangest
The Strangest 3.92 avg rating — 65 ratings
62.
The Forlorn Exotic
The Forlorn Exotic 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
62.
Accumulation
Accumulation 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings
62.
Unhappily Ever After: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups
Unhappily Ever After: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups 4.35 avg rating — 51 ratings
62.
OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages
OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages 3.73 avg rating — 126 ratings
62.
The Sick Box (The Sick Box Trilogy, #1)
The Sick Box (The Sick Box Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Dogs of Orninica
Dogs of Orninica 3.78 avg rating — 54 ratings
70.
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene 4.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
71.
Death by Zamboni
Death by Zamboni 3.49 avg rating — 92 ratings
71.
Leverage
Leverage 4.29 avg rating — 110 ratings
73.
A Question of Sanity
A Question of Sanity 4.24 avg rating — 111 ratings
74.
Galápagos
Galápagos 3.87 avg rating — 86,764 ratings
75.
Nowhere Boulevard
Nowhere Boulevard 4.50 avg rating — 103 ratings
76.
The Dreaming
The Dreaming 4.80 avg rating — 102 ratings
77.
The Anarchist Kosher Cookbook
The Anarchist Kosher Cookbook 3.95 avg rating — 44 ratings
78.
The Caretaker
The Caretaker 3.66 avg rating — 4,291 ratings
79.
Rapid Eye Movement
Rapid Eye Movement 4.64 avg rating — 153 ratings
80.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 296,854 ratings
81.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal 4.23 avg rating — 179,760 ratings
82.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,251 ratings
83.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party 3.71 avg rating — 12,852 ratings
83.
A Postmodern Belch
A Postmodern Belch 3.82 avg rating — 50 ratings
83.
Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana 3.94 avg rating — 39,687 ratings
86.
The Street of Crocodiles
The Street of Crocodiles 3.98 avg rating — 13,381 ratings
87.
The Mrożek Reader
The Mrożek Reader 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
88.
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel 4.31 avg rating — 11,360 ratings
88.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,660 ratings
90.
The Dwarf
The Dwarf 3.69 avg rating — 7,662 ratings
91.
The Dice Man
The Dice Man 3.55 avg rating — 21,819 ratings
92.
The Garden of Good and Evil Pancakes
The Garden of Good and Evil Pancakes 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings
92.
The Factory
The Factory 3.31 avg rating — 10,364 ratings
92.
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 71,433 ratings
95.
American Gods
American Gods 4.10 avg rating — 978,807 ratings
96.
A Universal History of Iniquity
A Universal History of Iniquity 3.90 avg rating — 11,299 ratings
97.
Bill, The Galactic Hero (Bill, The Galactic Hero, #1)
Bill, The Galactic Hero (Bill, The Galactic Hero, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 4,771 ratings
97.
The United States of Air
The United States of Air 3.27 avg rating — 131 ratings
97.
Friend of the Devil
Friend of the Devil 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
97.
Endowed, a comic novel
Endowed, a comic novel 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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