Best Transgressive Fiction Novels - April 2024

Different Seasons: Four Novellas

• ASIN: B018ER7L3Y
• ASIN: B018ER7L3Y
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Fight Club: A Novel

The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club.Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation’s most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club’s estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basements of bars. There, two men fight "as long as they have to." This is a gloriously original work that exposes the darkness at the core of our modern world.

• ASIN: 0393355942
• ASIN: 0393355942
• ISBN: 0393355942
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Sister Sable (The Mad Queen Book 1)

THE FIRST TENET OF THE WIND: Do not get caught.Sister Sable has lived by the first tenet for seven years, but when an unexpected accident reveals the runaway nun to the clergy, she is forced to embrace the remaining four.THE SECOND TENET OF THE WIND: Win by any means.With the King's spymaster committed to killing her, and his general regretting he didn't, Sable enters a deadly game.THE THIRD TENET OF THE WIND: The purpose of picking up a blade is to cut the enemy.Scaring them is discretionary.THE FOURTH TENET OF THE WIND: Have no preferred weapon.Even so, she likes the axe.THE FIFTH TENET OF T... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0135HUFPY
• ASIN: B0135HUFPY

Adjustment Day: A Novel

“An irreverent satirical fantasy about a sudden and violent upheaval.… Think Tom Robbins channeling Jonathan Swift.” —David Takami, Seattle TimesAdjustment Day is an ingenious darkly comic work in which Chuck Palahniuk does what he does best: skewer the absurdities in our society. Geriatric politicians bring the nation to the brink of a third world war to control the burgeoning population of young males, while working-class men dream of burying the elites. Adjustment Day’s arrival makes real the logical conclusion of every separatist fantasy, alternative fact, and conspiracy theory l... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0777T1T89
• ASIN: B0777T1T89
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

The Meursault Investigation: A Novel

A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 — Michiko Kakutani, The Top Books of 2015, New York Times — TIME Magazine Top Ten Books of 2015 — Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year — Financial Times Best Books of the Year“A tour-de-force reimagining of Camus’s The Stranger, from the point of view of the mute Arab victims.” —The New Yorker He was the brother of “the Arab” killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus’s classic novel. Seventy years after that event, Harun, who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling’s memory, refuses to... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1590517512
• ASIN: 1590517512
• ISBN: 1590517512
• Brand: Other Press NY
• Manufacturer: Other Press

Beautiful You: A Novel

"A billion husbands are about to be replaced."From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of a new product that gives new meaning to the term "self-help." Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a big Manhattan law firm with an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C. Linus Maxwell, a software mega-billionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. After dining at Manh... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00JYWUHDA
• ASIN: B00JYWUHDA
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color

An all-new collection of short fiction from the author of Fight Club, that also doubles as an adult coloring book!New York Times bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk presents Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color, his first ever coloring book for adults. Bait is both the coloring book debut and the second short story collection for Palahniuk, author of Lullaby and Fight Club. The 8.5 x 11 inch hardcover album contains eight bizarre tales, illustrated in detailed black and white by Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Lee Bermejo (The Suiciders), Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy), and more. Each story is pai... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1506703119
• ASIN: 1506703119
• ISBN: 1506703119
• Brand: Dark Horse Books
• Manufacturer: Dark Horse Books

We Run Bad

America's in the throes of the Great Recession, and Tim's dreams of flipping a house have collapsed along with the housing market. After abandoning his new home as a lost cause, he's caught up in the poker craze and moves to Atlantic City with a new dream of "playing poker for a living", but soon finds himself stuck in a dizzying spell of bad luck at the card tables. Or maybe he just sucks at poker, like everybody else. His money all gone, and finding that it's actually difficult to drink oneself to death at 1am, he's suddenly offered a chance to make his money back, and then some, by running ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DDL22LZ
• ASIN: B07DDL22LZ
• Manufacturer: The Okie Doke Book Publishing Corporation

Sick to Death

Knowing you're dying can be murder. When Gage Adder finds out he has inoperable cancer, things really start to look up for him. He leaves his soul-crushing job, joins a nice terminal illness support group, and takes up an exciting new hobby: Vigilantism.Gage's support group friends Jenna and Ellison don't approve of his violent activities. Jenna says fighting never solves anything. Poison, on the other hand... When the three decide to team up and hit the streets, suddenly no rapist, pedophile or other odious criminal in the city is safe.They are the sickest of superheroes. Their superpower is ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01LI2SZIC
• ASIN: B01LI2SZIC
• Manufacturer: White Rock Press

Mr. Suicide

Winner of the 2015 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel Like everyone else in the world, you've wanted to do things people say you shouldn't do.How many times in your life have you wanted to slap someone? Really, literally strike them? You can't even begin to count the times. Hundreds. Thousands. You're not exaggerating. You're not engaging in... whatchamacallit? Hyperbole? You're not engaging in hyperbole.Maybe the impulse flashed through your brain for only a moment, like lightning, when someone tried to skip ahead of you in line at the cafeteria. He... [Read More]

• ASIN: B010W6A074
• ASIN: B010W6A074
• Manufacturer: Word Horde

Disintegration: A Novel

“A dark existential thriller of unexpected twists, featuring a drowning man determined to pull the rest of the world under with him, Disintegration is a stunning and vital piece of work.”—Irvine Welsh, author of TrainspottingIn a brilliantly stylish breakthrough thriller for fans of Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho and Will Christopher Baer’s Kiss Me, Judas, here is the compelling tale of a man who has lost it all—and is now navigating a crooked, harrowing path to redemption.   Once a suburban husband and father, now the man has lost all sense of time. He retains only a few kee... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00N6PEWFA
• ASIN: B00N6PEWFA
• Manufacturer: Alibi

Dog!: You'll Never Look At Your Dog the Same Way Again.

So you think you know your dog?Bazza is an easy-going middle-aged college lecturer with a taste for weed, porn, beer and redheads. When he adopts a rescue dog, he sees nothing odd about the animal. Then a Himalayan monk comes to visit, and senses something strange.Dog is a powerful story of love and loss, sin, redemption and dog mess. You’ll never see your pet the same way again.

• ASIN: B015WVZDN0
• ASIN: B015WVZDN0
• Manufacturer: Third Rail

A Killer's Love

Lancaster Messier makes good money murdering rich women and converting all of their earthly possessions into cash. But when he meets the sexy and alluring Carla, he makes a fundamental occupational mistake--he falls in love.A Killer's Love is an intense novella about the slippery nature of identity, and includes all the extreme sex, violence, and sick humor you've come to expect from Mike Monson.Mike Monson is the author of the novel Tussinland, and the novellas What Happens in Reno, and The Scent of New Death. He is the co-publisher of All Due Respect Books. He lives in Modesto, California, w... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01B6Z97C4
• ASIN: B01B6Z97C4
• Manufacturer: All Due Respect Books

The Small Backs of Children: A Novel

National BestsellerA masterful literary talent explores the treacherous, often violent borders between war and sex, love and art.With the flash of a camera, one girl’s life is shattered, and a host of others altered forever. . .In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl flying toward the lens, fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. The image wins acclaim and prizes, becoming an icon for millions—and a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer’s best friend, who has suffered a devast... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062383256
• ASIN: 0062383256
• ISBN: 0062383256
• Brand: Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Sick B*stards: A Novel of Extreme Horror, Sex and Gore

WARNING: THIS IS AN EXTREME HORROR NOVEL. There is gore. There is bad language. There are scenes of a sexual nature. But hidden underneath it all is also a chilling story. Please do not purchase this book if you are easily shocked, disgusted or offended. This book is not for you. A family will do anything to survive after a nuclear attack has left their world in ruins. Actions which even surprise them... Although a stand-alone tale - for those of you who enjoyed the story of Sick Bastards, there is a second one in the series available here: smarturl.it/sickERbastards

• ASIN: 1499772858
• ASIN: 1499772858
• ISBN: 1499772858
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Goldfinch : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

"Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home

• UPC: 50554733
• Rating: 3.916

The Goldfinch : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Taken in by a wealthy family friend after surviving an accident that killed his mother, thirteen-year-old Theo Decker tries to adjust to life on Park

• UPC: 30530066
• Rating: 3.916

Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels - eBook

From one of the best-known editors in modern science fiction, this lively and authoritative guide will appeal to both newcomers and connoisseurs of the genre alike. Informative and readable, David Pringle's choices focus on landmark

• UPC: 733794071
• Rating: 5.0

Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories (Paperback)

Books : Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories

• UPC: 962471833
• Rating: 5.0

My Best Friend's Exorcism : A Novel

An unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist that blends teen angst, adolescent drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of '80s pop songs into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller The year is 1988. High school sophomores

• UPC: 55695819
• Rating: 4.087

The Great American Read: The Book of Books : Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels

A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series. What are America's best-loved novels?

• UPC: 270948048

The Best Goodbye : A Rosemary Beach Novel

"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines comes the next sizzling novel in the Rosemary Beach series, featuring well-known playboy and Blaire's half brother,

• UPC: 45966195
• Rating: 3.0

Jingle Bowels - Transgressive Fiction - eBook

Bizarr, obszön, nihilistisch und verstörend.Der Enfant terrible der deutschen Transgressive Fiction Szene schickt uns auf eine unvorhersehbare, albtraumhafte, schwarzhumorige Reise durch eine hässliche, brutale Welt. Wieder und wieder kratzt er an der Oberfläche unseres Alltags

• UPC: 776673533

Zane Grey, Best Novels

Pearl Zane Grey (1872 -1939) was an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier.

• UPC: 312706690

The Sympathizer : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los

• UPC: 42593345
• Rating: 4.161