Edgy Fiction

Explore gripping and unconventional stories with our list of edgy fiction books. Discover bold narratives, dark themes, and provocative reads that push literary boundaries.

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The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions …
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Less Than Zero

by Bret Easton Ellis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The timeless classic from the acclaimed author of American Psycho about the lost generation of 1980s Los Angeles who experienced …
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A Million Little Pieces

 

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Lunar Park

by Bret Easton Ellis

A somewhat autobiographical novel about the life of the author, with some things true, other things exagerrated and other things completely fictitious.
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The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully …
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Glamorama

by Bret Easton Ellis

The New York Times bestselling author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero delivers a gripping and brilliant dissection of our celebrity obsessed culture. • …
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My friend Leonard

 

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The Informers

by Bret Easton Ellis

From the New York Times bestselling author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero comes a nihilistic novel set in the early eighties that portrays …
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Fight Club: A Novel

by Chuck Palahniuk

"Fight Club's estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours …
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Quentin Tarantino

 

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Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk

Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious …
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

50th Anniversary Edition • With an introduction by Caity Weaver, acclaimed New York Times journalist This cult classic of gonzo journalism is the best chronicle …
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The Rum Diary

by Hunter S. Thompson

The irreverent writer's long lost novel, written before his nonfiction became popular, chronicles a journalist's enthusiastic, drunken foray through 1950s San Juan.
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Fear and loathing

 

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High Fidelity

by Nick Hornby

From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and …
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Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

Huxley's story shows a futuristic World State where all emotion, love, art, and human individuality have been replaced by social stability. An ominous warning to …
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Forgotten Fire

 

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Ella Minnow Pea

 

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The truth (with jokes)

 

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