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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 (Albert Camus)
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The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (Douglas Adams)
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Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
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The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
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The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall (Albert Camus)
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Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
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Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
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Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
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Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
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The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
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Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
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The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brian)
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brian)
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A Dirty Job (Christopher Moore)
A Dirty Job (Christopher Moore)
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One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Jasper Fforde)
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Jasper Fforde)
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The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
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The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
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Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
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Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
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The Tenant (Roland Topor)
The Tenant (Roland Topor)
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Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
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Watt (Samuel Beckett)
Watt (Samuel Beckett)
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The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf & Yevgeny Petrov)
The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf & Yevgeny Petrov)
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The Austere Academy (Lemony Snicket)
The Austere Academy (Lemony Snicket)
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John Dies at the End (David Wong)
John Dies at the End (David Wong)
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