Books like…

Books Like Invisible Monsters

by Chuck Palahniuk · about this book

Loved Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk? If its literary fiction, dark and dark comedy hooked you, these 19 books hit the same notes — starting with Mother Night, American Psycho and The Orphan Master's Son. 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 Invisible Monsters: Literary Fiction · Dark · Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator · Satire

1. 

   Mother Night

   Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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

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2. 

   American Psycho

   Bret Easton Ellis

   Unreliable Narrator · Satire · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Substance Abuse

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3. 

   The Orphan Master's Son

   Adam Johnson

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

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4. 

   A Clockwork Orange

   Anthony Burgess

   Unreliable Narrator · Satire · Dark Comedy · Substance Abuse · Absurdist Humor

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5. 

   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

   Ken Kesey

   Unreliable Narrator · Dark Comedy · Disabled Protagonist · Satire · Absurdist Humor

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6. 

   John Dies at the End

   David Wong

   Unreliable Narrator · Dark Comedy · Nonlinear Narrative · Satirical Humor · Substance Abuse

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7. 

   The Wasp Factory

   Iain Banks

   Gender Identity · Unreliable Narrator · Dark Comedy · Dark · Literary Fiction

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8. 

   Midnight's Children

   Salman Rushdie

   Satire · Unreliable Narrator · Nonlinear Narrative · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction

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9. 

   The Sisters Brothers

   Patrick deWitt

   Dark Comedy · Revenge Plot · Absurdist Humor · Substance Abuse · Dark

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10. 

    Infinite Jest

    David Foster Wallace

    Satire · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Nonlinear Narrative · Absurdist Humor

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11. 

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson

    Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator · Satire · Nonlinear Narrative · Absurdist Humor

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12. 

    Trainspotting

    Irvine Welsh

    Dark Comedy · Nonlinear Narrative · Satire · Absurdist Humor · Dark

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13. 

    Naked Lunch

    William S. Burroughs

    Dark Comedy · Satire · Dark · Absurdist Humor · Nonlinear Narrative

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14. 

    Money

    Martin Amis

    Unreliable Narrator · Satire · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Substance Abuse

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15. 

    Gravity's Rainbow

    Thomas Pynchon

    Satire · Nonlinear Narrative · Satirical Humor · Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy

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16. 

    The Dinner

    Herman Koch

    Unreliable Narrator · Satire · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction · Dark

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17. 

    Vernon God Little

    D.B.C. Pierre

    Satire · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Unreliable Narrator · Literary Fiction

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18. 

    Monstrous Regiment

    Terry Pratchett

    Satire · Gender Identity · Absurdist Humor · Satirical Humor · Hidden Identity

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19. 

    Myra Breckinridge

    Gore Vidal

    Satire · Unreliable Narrator · Gender Identity · Dark Comedy · LGBTQ+ Protagonist

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