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50 Books to Take You Through an Existential Crisis

These are 50 books that can entirely upend your understanding of life. If you're going through an existential crisis, they're the books you end up reading. If you read them, you end up going through an existential crisis.
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Eyeless in Gaza
Eyeless in Gaza
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
2
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
3
W. Somerset Maugham
Star Maker
Star Maker
4
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
5
The Psychopath Test (Jon Ronson)
The Psychopath Test
6
Jon Ronson
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
7
Stephen King
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
8
H.G. Wells
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
9
Henry Miller
The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception
10
Aldous Huxley
VALIS Trilogy (Philip K. Dick)
VALIS Trilogy
11
Philip K. Dick
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
12
Albert Camus
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
13
Milan Kundera
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
14
Leo Tolstoy
Island
Island
15
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
17
Leo Tolstoy
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
18
Samuel Beckett
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
19
Leo Tolstoy
Rosy Crucifixion (Henry Miller)
Rosy Crucifixion
20
Henry Miller
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
21
Yuval Noah Harari
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
22
Samuel R. Delany
The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
The Story of an African Farm
23
Olive Schreiner
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death (Irvin D. Yalom)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
24
Irvin D. Yalom
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
25
David Foster Wallace
The Humans (Matt Haig)
The Humans
26
Matt Haig
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
27
George Saunders
Consider the Lobster
Consider the Lobster
28
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
29
Bret Easton Ellis
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
30
Kurt Vonnegut
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
31
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
32
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Definitely Maybe
Definitely Maybe
33
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
34
Philip K. Dick
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
35
Philip K. Dick
The Girl Next Door, by Jack Ketchum
The Girl Next Door, by Jack Ketchum
36
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
37
Mark Z. Danielewski
Haunted (Chuck Palahniuk)
Haunted
38
Chuck Palahniuk
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
39
Vladimir Nabokov
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
40
William Styron
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