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 Drowned World
Less Than Zero
On Chesil Beach
Crime and Punishment
Delta of Venus
The Rum Diary
Piercing
Skagboys
Voluntary Madness
And the Ass Saw the Angel
Brighton Rock
Generation X
Lolita
The Book of Lies
In Search of Captain Zero
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Five Gates of Hell
The Dice Man
The Wasp Factory
Diary of a Lost Girl
Nutshell
A Scanner Darkly
Heart of a Dog
Between the Shadow and Lo
Cosmic Banditos
Moon Tiger
The Room
The Bachman Books
Dark Places
In the Miso Soup
Nineteen Seventy Four
How the Dead Live
The Rules of Attraction
Tropic of Cancer
Choke Hold
Geek Love
Great Apes
The Cement Garden
Fight Club
Women
Kiss Me, Judas
Island
Brave New World
Frisk
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Cows
Pan
Sharp Objects
Never Anyone But You
Sepultura
The Man in the High Castle
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The King of Methlehem
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller
Hope: A Tragedy
Post Office
The Death of Bunny Munro
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Year of Magical Thinking
The 120 Days of Sodom
Choke
The Killer Inside Me
Trust Me
Down Solo
Dead Men’s Trousers
Miami Purity
Dogrun
No Longer Human
Girlfriend in a Coma
The Quiet American
The Master and Margarita
The Setting Sun
Suicide Casanova
Growth of the Soil
Lord of the Flies
The Zombie Room
Filth
West is San Francisco
Howl and Other Poems
Darkness Visible
Necropolis
The Book of Revelation
Passing for Human
Junky
Iguana Love
Microserfs
The Blade Artist
The Sluts
Hell’s Half Acre
The Book of Illusions
The Secret History
Adjustment Day
Heart of Darkness
The Road
Blood and Guts in High School
Cocaine Nights
In Wolves’ Clothing
The Insult
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Concrete Island
Ham on Rye
Give Me Your Hand
No Country for Old Men
High Life
Story of the Eye
Down to No Good
Trip the Light Fantastic
The Exit Man
Hey Nostradamus!
The Fuck-Up
Dreams of Leaving
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Basketball Diaries
Hell’s Angels
Hunger
Slaughterhouse Five
Mongrels
You Will Know Me
4 3 2 1
The Plague
Jesus’ Son
Time’s Arrow
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
The Marbled Swarm
A Certain Age
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Diary of a Drug Fiend
Animal Farm
Tampa
The Prince
Lunar Park
Requiem for a Dream
Narcopolis
Exquisite Corpse
Gone Girl
Lady Chatterly’s Lover
The Children Act
The Stranger
Glamorama
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Novel With Cocaine
Dark Rooms
The Information
Audition
The Demon
Scorched Atlas
Sick to Death
Tropic of Capricorn
1984
The Contortionist’s Handbook
Fight Club 2
Penny Dreadful
High-Rise
Franny and Zooey
Factotum
Naked Lunch
Tree of Smoke
Assuming Names: A Con Artist’s Masquerade
I Miss the World
Apathy and Other Small Victories
Foreskin’s Lament
Symbiosis
Notes From the Underground
Crash
Lost Souls
The Stud Book
Trainspotting
The Goldfinch
Three Hundred Million
Dermaphoria
Dare Me
House of Incest
Never Mind Nirvana
Darkness at Noon
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Money Shot
Dirtbags
Lord Jim
Invisible Cities
The End of the Affair
Disintegration
A Clockwork Orange
Savage Night
The Elephant Tree
Clown Girl
Invisible Monsters
HASHTAG
Killing Yourself to Live
The Folly of Loving Life
The Soft Machine
Breakfast of Champions
Ulysses
Coin Locker Babies
Play it as it Lays
Fur People
Cat’s Cradle
The Doors of Perception
Big Sur
Staring Into the Abyss
Slaves of New York
The Sexy Part of the Bible
The Trial
The Metamorphosis
Fahrenheit 451
The Fall
The Catcher in the Rye
Dead Babies
On the Road
The Dharma Bums
Porno
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
The Bell Jar
The New York Trilogy
Save Yourself
Ubik
American Psycho
Money
Pale Fire
Explore Transgressive Fiction
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Brighton Rock
The 120 Days of Sodom
The Wasp Factory
Lolita
Pan
Heart of a Dog
The End of the Affair
In the Miso Soup
The Year of Magical Thinking
Factotum
Diary of a Lost Girl
Cosmic Banditos
The Rum Diary
Fur People
Darkness Visible
In Wolves’ Clothing
The Book of Lies
Give Me Your Hand
The Basketball Diaries
The Book of Revelation
Jesus’ Son
High Life
The Sexy Part of the Bible
Howl and Other Poems
Clown Girl
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Symbiosis
Lunar Park
Moon Tiger
Piercing
Hunger
Money Shot
Tropic of Capricorn
The Trial
The King of Methlehem
Delta of Venus
A Clockwork Orange
Adjustment Day
Women
Dark Places
A Scanner Darkly
On Chesil Beach
The Zombie Room
Scorched Atlas
And the Ass Saw the Angel
The Fuck-Up
Trainspotting
The Man in the High Castle
Play it as it Lays
The Sluts
Less Than Zero
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
No Longer Human
The Doors of Perception
Coin Locker Babies
High-Rise
The Contortionist’s Handbook
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
West is San Francisco
1984
Dogrun
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
The Setting Sun
Dare Me
Penny Dreadful
Sharp Objects
The Drowned World
Disintegration
Down to No Good
Tree of Smoke
Nutshell
Mongrels
Ulysses
Trip the Light Fantastic
The Bachman Books
Lady Chatterly’s Lover
Concrete Island
Ham on Rye
The Room
Junky
The Rules of Attraction
Three Hundred Million
The Insult
Necropolis
Suicide Casanova
Naked Lunch
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller
Savage Night
Diary of a Drug Fiend
Time’s Arrow
Franny and Zooey
The Information
Slaughterhouse Five
The Secret History
The Elephant Tree
Skagboys
Cocaine Nights
The Dharma Bums
Microserfs
The Folly of Loving Life
Gone Girl
The Marbled Swarm
Never Anyone But You
Sick to Death
Cat’s Cradle
Dark Rooms
Lord of the Flies
The Killer Inside Me
Fight Club
Never Mind Nirvana
Notes From the Underground
Novel With Cocaine
Geek Love
I Miss the World
Glamorama
The Catcher in the Rye
Generation X
Big Sur
Great Apes
Filth
The Stranger
Save Yourself
Dermaphoria
The Prince
The Five Gates of Hell
Girlfriend in a Coma
Down Solo
The Book of Illusions
You Will Know Me
American Psycho
Lost Souls
Heart of Darkness
Brave New World
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Invisible Monsters
The Fall
Ubik
Hope: A Tragedy
The Dice Man
Killing Yourself to Live
Choke Hold
Sepultura
The Death of Bunny Munro
The Bell Jar
Apathy and Other Small Victories
The Soft Machine
Money
Passing for Human
Island
Foreskin’s Lament
Assuming Names: A Con Artist’s Masquerade
Growth of the Soil
Slaves of New York
Tropic of Cancer
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Narcopolis
Invisible Cities
The Cement Garden
Pale Fire
4 3 2 1
House of Incest
Dead Men’s Trousers
Hell’s Angels
The Stud Book
Nineteen Seventy Four
Exquisite Corpse
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
The Demon
Hey Nostradamus!
Dead Babies
The Children Act
Fahrenheit 451
The Road
Iguana Love
Tampa
The Master and Margarita
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
How the Dead Live
Trust Me
The Metamorphosis
The Quiet American
No Country for Old Men
On the Road
Cows
The Blade Artist
Hell’s Half Acre
The Exit Man
HASHTAG
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Goldfinch
The Plague
Darkness at Noon
Blood and Guts in High School
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Audition
Story of the Eye
Staring Into the Abyss
Between the Shadow and Lo
The New York Trilogy
Post Office
Frisk
Kiss Me, Judas
Dreams of Leaving
Crash
Lord Jim
Fight Club 2
Animal Farm
Voluntary Madness
Breakfast of Champions
Porno
Dirtbags
Choke
In Search of Captain Zero
Requiem for a Dream
A Certain Age
Miami Purity
Crime and Punishment