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Protagonists You're Not Supposed to Look Up To

Look, they're obviously unreliable narrators and people who make very poor decisions and just because they're the protagonist doesn't mean they're the "hero" or that you should take anything they say as gospel.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
2
Albert Camus
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
3
Anthony Burgess
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
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Stephen King
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
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Bret Easton Ellis
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
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Patrick Suskind
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
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Gillian Flynn
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
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Emily Bronte
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Hunter S. Thompson
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oscar Wilde
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
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J.D. Salinger
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
14
Donna Tartt
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
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Vladimir Nabokov
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
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Miguel De Cervantes
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
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John Kennedy Toole
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
18
Chuck Palahniuk
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
19
John Milton
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
20
Katherine Dunn
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
21
James Clavell
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
22
Gustave Flaubert
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
23
Patrick Rothfuss
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
24
Irvine Welsh
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
25
Cormac McCarthy
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
26
Patricia Highsmith
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
27
Ken Kesey
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
28
Iain Banks
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
29
William Shakespeare
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
30
Alan Moore
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
31
Alan Moore
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
32
Robert Louis Stevenson
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
33
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
34
Jeff Lindsay
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
35
Hubert Selby Jr.
Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Invisible Monsters
36
Chuck Palahniuk
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
37
William Shakespeare
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
38
John Gardner
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
39
Karl Ove Knausgaard
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
40
Osamu Dazai
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