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Pushing Boundaries: Best Transgressive Fiction - Page 2

Disturbing, often challenging literature, the focus is on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual and/or illicit ways. Rebelling against the basic norms of society, the protagonists of transgressive fiction may seem mentally ill, anti-social, or nihilistic.
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Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
41
Haruki Murakami
Rules of Attraction
Rules of Attraction
42
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
43
Gillian Flynn
Diary
Diary
44
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
45
Stephen King
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
46
Iain Banks
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
47
Stephen King
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
48
Milan Kundera
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
49
Jack Kerouac
Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
50
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
51
Robert Louis Stevenson
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
52
John Steinbeck
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
53
Lionel Shriver
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
54
Hermann Hesse
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
55
Kurt Vonnegut
Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
Galapagos
56
Kurt Vonnegut
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
57
Cormac McCarthy
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
58
Cormac McCarthy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
59
Joseph Heller
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
60
Thomas Mann
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
61
The Room (Hubert Selby Jr.)
The Room
62
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
63
Mark Haddon
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
64
Martin Amis
Delta of Venus (Anaïs Nin)
Delta of Venus
65
Anaïs Nin
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
66
Survivor (Chuck Palahniuk)
Survivor
67
Chuck Palahniuk
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
68
Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
69
Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
70
Stieg Larsson
Lullaby (Chuck Palahniuk)
Lullaby
71
Chuck Palahniuk
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
A Scanner Darkly
72
Philip K. Dick
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
73
Franz Kafka
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
74
Edgar Allan Poe
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
75
Haruki Murakami
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
76
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
77
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
78
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Heart of a Dog
79
Mikhail Bulgakov
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
80
Cormac McCarthy
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