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Existentialist Fiction

Films, novels, and plays that explore questions and concepts of an existential nature; these explorations vary in excessiveness and emotion.
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An American Dream (Norman Mailer)
An American Dream (Norman Mailer)
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
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Dangling Man
Dangling Man
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A Disaffection (James Kelman)
A Disaffection (James Kelman)
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
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Endgame
Endgame
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The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall (Albert Camus)
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Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
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Happy Days (Samuel Beckett)
Happy Days (Samuel Beckett)
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Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
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House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
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The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape
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Malone Dies
Malone Dies
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The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
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Mercier Et Camier
Mercier Et Camier
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The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
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Molloy
Molloy
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The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
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Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
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Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
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No Exit and Three Other Plays (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit and Three Other Plays (Jean-Paul Sartre)
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Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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Not I (1973)
Not I (1973)
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
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Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
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The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
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