Books like…

Books Like Naked Lunch

by William S. Burroughs · about this book

Loved Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs? If its substance abuse, addiction and nonlinear narrative hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Post Office and Watchmen. 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 Naked Lunch: Substance Abuse · Addiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Dark · Spicy

1. 

   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

   Hunter S. Thompson

   Substance Abuse · Satire · Absurdist Humor · Addiction · Anti-Hero

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   Post Office

   Charles Bukowski

   Substance Abuse · Addiction · Anti-Hero · Dark Comedy · Bleak

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   Watchmen

   Alan Moore

   Nonlinear Narrative · Satire · Bleak · Dense Prose · Anti-Hero

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4. 

   As I Lay Dying

   William Faulkner

   Stream of Consciousness · Bleak · Dense Prose · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction

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5. 

   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Satire · Nonlinear Narrative · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction · Anti-Hero

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6. 

   Black Leopard, Red Wolf

   Marlon James

   Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose · Anti-Hero · Spicy

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7. 

   The Book of Elsewhere

   Keanu Reeves

   Nonlinear Narrative · Anti-Hero · Bleak · Body Horror · Male Lead

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8. 

   The Gunslinger

   Stephen King

   Bleak · Nonlinear Narrative · Anti-Hero · Classics · Male Lead

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9. 

   Perfume

   Patrick Süskind

   Bleak · Classics · Anti-Hero · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction

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10. 

    Roadside Picnic

    Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

    Bleak · Anti-Hero · Substance Abuse · Body Horror · Literary Fiction

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11. 

    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Addiction · Substance Abuse · Nonlinear Narrative · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction

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12. 

    The Dead Take the A Train

    Cassandra Khaw

    Substance Abuse · Body Horror · Addiction · Anti-Hero · Dark Comedy

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13. 

    The Boys Omnibus Vol. 2

    Garth Ennis

    Satire · Dark Comedy · Anti-Hero · Dark · Spicy

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14. 

    The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

    Mathias Énard

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

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15. 

    Harrow the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Nonlinear Narrative · Body Horror · Dense Prose · Dark Comedy · Dark

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16. 

    A Parade of Horribles

    Matt Dinniman

    Absurdist Humor · Satire · Dark Comedy · Anti-Hero · Male Lead

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17. 

    The Fifth Season

    N.K. Jemisin

    Nonlinear Narrative · Bleak · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose · Dark

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18. 

    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

    Matthew Perry

    Addiction · Substance Abuse · Nonlinear Narrative · Dark Comedy · Male Lead

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19. 

    The Magicians

    Lev Grossman

    Satire · Substance Abuse · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Dark Comedy

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20. 

    Tender Is the Flesh

    Agustina Bazterrica

    Satire · Body Horror · Literary Fiction · Bleak · Male Lead

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