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Flavorwire's 50 Great Novels About Madness

"Not so much into March Madness? Well, perhaps you should look at it another way. March is the perfect month for reading books about madness — it is a transitional time, after all, possessed of both lion and lamb. Plus, you’ll have ample reading time, both outside and inside. The books herein, it should be noted, are those that deal with a kind of literary madness — obsession and absurdity and hallucination — not directly focusing on mental illness proper, whenever the two can be separated. So you won’t find The Bell Jar or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest or The Yellow Wallpaper here, though those are all excellent reads."
--- Emily Temple, Flavorwire
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
1
Vladimir Nabokov
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
2
Jorge Luis Borges
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
4
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
5
Lewis Carroll
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
6
Hunter S. Thompson
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
7
Herman Melville
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
8
Stephen King
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
9
Franz Kafka
Atmospheric Disturbances
Atmospheric Disturbances
10
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
11
Emily Brontë
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
12
John Fowles
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
13
Jean Rhys
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
14
Italo Calvino
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
15
Kobo Abe
Mao II (Don Delillo)
Mao II
16
Don Delillo
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
17
Mikhail Bulgakov
Endless Love
Endless Love
18
The Vanishers
The Vanishers
19
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
20
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
21
Miguel De Cervantes
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
22
Samuel Beckett
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
23
William Golding
The Wave by Todd Strasser
The Wave by Todd Strasser
24
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
25
Iris Murdoch
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
26
Mary Shelley
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
27
L. Frank Baum
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
28
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
29
H.G. Wells
The Complete Tales
The Complete Tales
30
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
31
Donna Tartt
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
32
The Fever (Megan Abbott)
The Fever
33
Megan Abbott
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros
34
Eugene Ionesco
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
35
Joseph Conrad
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
36
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Orange Eats Creeps
The Orange Eats Creeps
37
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
38
Jeff Vandermeer
Silence Once Begun (Jesse Ball)
Silence Once Begun
39
Jesse Ball
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
40
Albert Camus
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