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Ranker's Best Absurdist Fiction Novels

"Absurdist fiction began in the late 19th and early 20th century out of modernist literature with authors spanning this period such as Joseph Heller, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Albert Camus, plus many more of the best novelists. Absurdist fiction novels let the reader judge the characters and these novels do not have a set moral of the story, which is left up to the reader's interpretation, as well. There usually is not a set plot or theme is these type of novels and are used to study human behavior than understand it. Absurd fiction novels use the techniques of satire, dark humor and incongruity to make them the best in their genre." - ranker.com
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
1
Albert Camus
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
2
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
3
Franz Kafka
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
4
Kurt Vonnegut
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
5
Lewis Carroll
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
6
Joseph Heller
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide
7
Douglas Adams
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
8
Samuel Beckett
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
9
Kurt Vonnegut
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
10
Ken Kesey
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
11
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
12
Albert Camus
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
14
Hunter S. Thompson
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
15
Ralph Ellison
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
16
Tom Stoppard
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
17
Albert Camus
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
18
Jean-Paul Sartre
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
19
John Kennedy Toole
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
20
Patrick Suskind
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
21
Haruki Murakami
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros
22
Eugene Ionesco
Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
Still Life With Woodpecker
23
Tom Robbins
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
24
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice
25
Thomas Pynchon
The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
The Birthday Party
26
Harold Pinter
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
27
Samuel Beckett
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brian)
The Third Policeman
28
Flann O'Brian
A Dirty Job (Christopher Moore)
A Dirty Job
29
Christopher Moore
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Jasper Fforde)
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
30
Jasper Fforde
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
31
G.K. Chesterton
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
32
Samuel Beckett
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
33
Samuel Beckett
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
34
Vladimir Nabokov
The Tenant (Roland Topor)
The Tenant
35
Roland Topor
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
36
Samuel Beckett
Watt (Samuel Beckett)
Watt
37
Samuel Beckett
The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf & Yevgeny Petrov)
The Twelve Chairs
38
Ilya Ilf & Yevgeny Petrov
The Austere Academy (Lemony Snicket)
The Austere Academy
39
Lemony Snicket
John Dies at the End (David Wong)
John Dies at the End
40
David Wong
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