Explore Transgressive Fiction
Well, here we are, so what can you expect from the books featured here?
You’ll get visceral and gruesome, you’ll get metaphor and satire, but you’ll also get nuance and subtlety. You’ll get both emotional and intellectual challenge and stimulation. Sometimes, maybe you’ll be revolted or confused, other times perhaps melancholy or sad, but, what you won’t be is bored. You won’t love every book you find on here, but if ever you find yourself tired of this journey of discovery, that’s the moment your consciousness, soul, or whatever you want to call it, begins to die.
– Your (possibly unreliable) Narrator
- The Marbled Swarm
- The Master and Margarita
- The Sluts
- I Miss the World
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- On the Road
- You Will Know Me
- Dermaphoria
- Dogrun
- Brighton Rock
- Killing Yourself to Live
- Darkness Visible
- The Exit Man
- Breakfast of Champions
- The Goldfinch
- Less Than Zero
- Nineteen Seventy Four
- How the Dead Live
- The Killer Inside Me
- Cows
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Darkness at Noon
- The Information
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- The Man in the High Castle
- The Contortionist’s Handbook
- Tampa
- The Prince
- 1984
- Slaughterhouse Five
- The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
- Brave New World
- Time’s Arrow
- Cosmic Banditos
- Give Me Your Hand
- Sick to Death
- Big Sur
- The Bachman Books
- The Setting Sun
- Save Yourself
- Trust Me
- The Children Act
- In the Miso Soup
- The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
- Lady Chatterly’s Lover
- The Drowned World
- In Search of Captain Zero
- If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller
- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
- The Doors of Perception
- The Rum Diary
- West is San Francisco
- Trip the Light Fantastic
- On Chesil Beach
- The Dharma Bums
- The Secret History
- Growth of the Soil
- Trainspotting
- Invisible Monsters
- Dreams of Leaving
- Nutshell
- The Death of Bunny Munro
- Necropolis
- The Five Gates of Hell
- Disintegration
- Money Shot
- Jesus’ Son
- Symbiosis
- Animal Farm
- Lord Jim
- Skagboys
- The Dice Man
- Great Apes
- The Sexy Part of the Bible
- Post Office
- Assuming Names: A Con Artist’s Masquerade
- The Road
- The New York Trilogy
- The Cement Garden
- The Rules of Attraction
- A Certain Age
- The Catcher in the Rye
- A Clockwork Orange
- Adjustment Day
- Lunar Park
- Dead Men’s Trousers
- Diary of a Drug Fiend
- The Stranger
- Pan
- The 120 Days of Sodom
- The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
- Down to No Good
- Invisible Cities
- Tropic of Cancer
- Ubik
- Foreskin’s Lament
- American Psycho
- Tropic of Capricorn
- No Longer Human
- Dead Babies
- Requiem for a Dream
- Scorched Atlas
- Lolita
- No Country for Old Men
- The King of Methlehem
- Crime and Punishment
- High-Rise
- The Elephant Tree
- Pale Fire
- Sharp Objects
- Miami Purity
- Audition
- The Quiet American
- Porno
- The Blade Artist
- Passing for Human
- The Book of Lies
- Never Anyone But You
- The Basketball Diaries
- The Fall
- Notes From the Underground
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Fuck-Up
- Mongrels
- The Trial
- The Plague
- Franny and Zooey
- A Scanner Darkly
- Generation X
- Down Solo
- The Folly of Loving Life
- Cocaine Nights
- Women
- Concrete Island
- Geek Love
- Diary of a Lost Girl
- Dark Places
- Island
- The Stud Book
- Money
- Three Hundred Million
- Junky
- Moon Tiger
- Play it as it Lays
- Sepultura
- Exquisite Corpse
- Savage Night
- Fur People
- House of Incest
- Last Exit to Brooklyn
- Girlfriend in a Coma
- The Wasp Factory
- Tree of Smoke
- Novel With Cocaine
- Choke
- Voluntary Madness
- Penny Dreadful
- Microserfs
- Frisk
- Kiss Me, Judas
- Coin Locker Babies
- The Demon
- Cat’s Cradle
- Piercing
- The Metamorphosis
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Heart of a Dog
- Clown Girl
- Naked Lunch
- Delta of Venus
- The Zombie Room
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Dirtbags
- Glamorama
- The End of the Affair
- Choke Hold
- Apathy and Other Small Victories
- The Soft Machine
- Ham on Rye
- In Wolves’ Clothing
- High Life
- Narcopolis
- Ulysses
- The Book of Revelation
- Filth
- Staring Into the Abyss
- Crash
- Hunger
- Hell’s Angels
- Lost Souls
- Never Mind Nirvana
- HASHTAG
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- The Bell Jar
- Suicide Casanova
- Howl and Other Poems
- The Book of Illusions
- Hell’s Half Acre
- Gone Girl
- Lord of the Flies
- The Room
- Iguana Love
- Blood and Guts in High School
- Between the Shadow and Lo
- The Insult
- Hey Nostradamus!
- Hope: A Tragedy
- Story of the Eye
- Fight Club 2
- 4 3 2 1
- Heart of Darkness
- Slaves of New York
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- Factotum
- Dare Me
- And the Ass Saw the Angel
- Dark Rooms
- Fight Club
Explore Transgressive Fiction
- Invisible Cities
- Cocaine Nights
- Kiss Me, Judas
- The Children Act
- Less Than Zero
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- Never Mind Nirvana
- Lord Jim
- Disintegration
- Frisk
- Down Solo
- Trip the Light Fantastic
- Invisible Monsters
- Cosmic Banditos
- Staring Into the Abyss
- A Scanner Darkly
- No Longer Human
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Great Apes
- Generation X
- Savage Night
- High Life
- Three Hundred Million
- Hey Nostradamus!
- Darkness at Noon
- Pan
- Requiem for a Dream
- Tree of Smoke
- Pale Fire
- The Room
- The Stranger
- Hunger
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Piercing
- Lolita
- The Cement Garden
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- I Miss the World
- The Trial
- In Wolves’ Clothing
- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
- Nutshell
- Heart of Darkness
- HASHTAG
- And the Ass Saw the Angel
- Time’s Arrow
- If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller
- The Quiet American
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- Story of the Eye
- Tampa
- Lady Chatterly’s Lover
- The Book of Illusions
- Crash
- The Demon
- Growth of the Soil
- Choke Hold
- Killing Yourself to Live
- Big Sur
- Cat’s Cradle
- The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
- Brave New World
- The Setting Sun
- The Soft Machine
- Factotum
- Hell’s Angels
- The Blade Artist
- Sepultura
- In the Miso Soup
- 1984
- Coin Locker Babies
- Necropolis
- The Drowned World
- The Wasp Factory
- Dermaphoria
- On Chesil Beach
- Microserfs
- Apathy and Other Small Victories
- Clown Girl
- Crime and Punishment
- The Fuck-Up
- Down to No Good
- The Metamorphosis
- The Secret History
- Glamorama
- Diary of a Drug Fiend
- Foreskin’s Lament
- The King of Methlehem
- Diary of a Lost Girl
- Miami Purity
- In Search of Captain Zero
- Filth
- The Five Gates of Hell
- On the Road
- Dead Men’s Trousers
- Scorched Atlas
- The New York Trilogy
- Dirtbags
- Symbiosis
- Slaughterhouse Five
- No Country for Old Men
- Moon Tiger
- 4 3 2 1
- Geek Love
- Lord of the Flies
- The Death of Bunny Munro
- The Dharma Bums
- The End of the Affair
- Naked Lunch
- Trust Me
- Fur People
- Lost Souls
- Women
- Last Exit to Brooklyn
- Trainspotting
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
- High-Rise
- The Exit Man
- The Marbled Swarm
- Voluntary Madness
- Penny Dreadful
- Give Me Your Hand
- Brighton Rock
- The Sexy Part of the Bible
- Nineteen Seventy Four
- The Basketball Diaries
- Novel With Cocaine
- Save Yourself
- Choke
- Adjustment Day
- The Doors of Perception
- Dreams of Leaving
- The Book of Lies
- Girlfriend in a Coma
- Exquisite Corpse
- Post Office
- The Dice Man
- Ham on Rye
- The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
- Iguana Love
- Money
- Dead Babies
- Mongrels
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Fall
- The Stud Book
- Passing for Human
- Jesus’ Son
- The Bell Jar
- Cows
- Delta of Venus
- Porno
- The Folly of Loving Life
- Narcopolis
- The Contortionist’s Handbook
- Gone Girl
- The Book of Revelation
- The Insult
- The Killer Inside Me
- Notes From the Underground
- Dogrun
- The Bachman Books
- Blood and Guts in High School
- American Psycho
- The Prince
- Money Shot
- The Elephant Tree
- The Road
- Play it as it Lays
- The Information
- Concrete Island
- Fight Club 2
- The Rules of Attraction
- Island
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Franny and Zooey
- The Plague
- A Clockwork Orange
- Never Anyone But You
- Suicide Casanova
- The Goldfinch
- Sharp Objects
- You Will Know Me
- Howl and Other Poems
- Sick to Death
- Darkness Visible
- The Rum Diary
- Animal Farm
- Hope: A Tragedy
- House of Incest
- West is San Francisco
- A Certain Age
- Heart of a Dog
- Dare Me
- How the Dead Live
- Ubik
- Ulysses
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Skagboys
- The 120 Days of Sodom
- Tropic of Cancer
- The Master and Margarita
- Between the Shadow and Lo
- Slaves of New York
- Hell’s Half Acre
- The Sluts
- The Man in the High Castle
- Junky
- Lunar Park
- Audition
- Dark Places
- The Zombie Room
- Assuming Names: A Con Artist’s Masquerade
- Dark Rooms
- The Catcher in the Rye
- Breakfast of Champions
- Fight Club