Books like…

Books Like American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis · about this book

Loved American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis? If its dark, unreliable narrator and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Fight Club, The Boys Omnibus Vol. 1 and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside American Psycho: Dark · Unreliable Narrator · First Person Narrator · Violent · Wealthy Protagonist

1. 

   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Unreliable Narrator · Satire · Satirical Humor · Dark Comedy · Violent

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   The Boys Omnibus Vol. 1

   Garth Ennis

   Satire · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Sexual Assault Content · New York City

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3. 

   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

   Hunter S. Thompson

   Satirical · Satire · Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator · Anti-Hero

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4. 

   The Eyes Are the Best Part

   Monika Kim

   Villain Protagonist · Serial Killer · Psychological Horror · Violent · Unreliable Narrator

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5. 

   Perfume

   Patrick Süskind

   Villain Protagonist · Serial Killer · Bleak · Satirical · Anti-Hero

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6. 

   Lolita

   Vladimir Nabokov

   Unreliable Narrator · Villain Protagonist · Sexual Assault Content · Satire · First Person Narrator

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7. 

   Butcher & Blackbird

   Brynne Weaver

   Villain Protagonist · Serial Killer · Torture · Dark Comedy · Violent

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8. 

   Brother

   Ania Ahlborn

   Serial Killer · Psychological Horror · Torture · Violent · Sexual Assault Content

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9. 

   Watchmen

   Alan Moore

   New York City · Satirical · Satire · Bleak · Violent

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10. 

    Love Letters to a Serial Killer

    Tasha Coryell

    Serial Killer · Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator · Satirical · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    Black Leopard, Red Wolf

    Marlon James

    Unreliable Narrator · Sexual Assault Content · Violent · Anti-Hero · First Person Narrator

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12. 

    The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

    Matt Dinniman

    Satirical Humor · Satirical · Dark Comedy · Violent · Anti-Hero

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13. 

    Tender Is the Flesh

    Agustina Bazterrica

    Psychological Horror · Satire · Violent · Literary Fiction · Bleak

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14. 

    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    Iain Reid

    Unreliable Narrator · Psychological Horror · Bleak · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    The Magicians

    Lev Grossman

    Substance Abuse · Satire · Bleak · Anti-Hero · New York City

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16. 

    The Egyptologist

    Arthur Phillips

    Unreliable Narrator · Villain Protagonist · Satire · Dark Comedy · Anti-Hero

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17. 

    Candide

    Voltaire

    Satirical · Satire · Satirical Humor · Dark Comedy · Sexual Assault Content

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18. 

    Animal Farm

    George Orwell

    Satirical · Satire · Bleak · Literary Fiction · Dark Comedy

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19. 

    My Sister, the Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite

    Serial Killer · Dark Comedy · Satirical · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction

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20. 

    Post Office

    Charles Bukowski

    Dark Comedy · Anti-Hero · Bleak · Substance Abuse · First Person Narrator

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