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by Charles Bukowski · about this book

Loved Post Office by Charles Bukowski? If its literary fiction, male lead and sparse prose hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Stranger. 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 Post Office: Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Sparse Prose · Working-Class Protagonist · First Person Narrator

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   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Sparse Prose · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction · Anti-Hero · Classics

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   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

   Hunter S. Thompson

   Dark Comedy · Substance Abuse · Anti-Hero · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator

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   The Stranger

   Albert Camus

   Sparse Prose · Anti-Hero · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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   Roadside Picnic

   Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

   Sparse Prose · Working-Class Protagonist · Anti-Hero · Substance Abuse · Male Lead

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   I See You've Called in Dead

   John Kenney

   Dark Comedy · Dry Humor · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Character-Driven

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   My Sister, the Serial Killer

   Oyinkan Braithwaite

   Sparse Prose · Dark Comedy · Dry Humor · Literary Fiction · Funny

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   Girl, Interrupted

   Susanna Kaysen

   Sparse Prose · Character-Driven · Dry Humor · First Person Narrator · Classics

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   Demon Copperhead

   Barbara Kingsolver

   Working-Class Protagonist · Substance Abuse · Literary Fiction · Dark Comedy · Male Lead

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   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Sparse Prose · Working-Class Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Classics

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    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Literary Fiction · Dry Humor · Male Lead · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven

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11. 

    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Working-Class Protagonist · Sparse Prose · Character-Driven · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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12. 

    Death of a Bookseller

    Alice Slater

    Substance Abuse · Working-Class Protagonist · Character-Driven · Dark Comedy · First Person Narrator

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    Long Bright River

    Liz Moore

    Working-Class Protagonist · Substance Abuse · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Substance Abuse · Working-Class Protagonist · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven

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15. 

    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

    Working-Class Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Dark Comedy · Character-Driven · Classics

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16. 

    Half His Age

    Jennette McCurdy

    Literary Fiction · Working-Class Protagonist · Character-Driven · Dark Comedy · First Person Narrator

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17. 

    Shantaram

    Gregory David Roberts

    Anti-Hero · Substance Abuse · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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18. 

    A Far Better Thing

    H.G. Parry

    Anti-Hero · Character-Driven · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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19. 

    The Butcher's Masquerade

    Matt Dinniman

    Dark Comedy · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Funny · Character-Driven

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20. 

    This Is Where I Leave You

    Jonathan Tropper

    Dark Comedy · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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