Mind-Benders: Fiction that Hurts Your Head

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What are books that hurt your brain, but in a good way? Thumbs down those books you wouldn't recommend.
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mind-bender
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House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
19,163 members
433 reviews
4.1
5 Members
acenturyofsleep, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
2
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
25,879 members
423 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Blindness
by José Saramago
14,579 members
431 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
14,167 members
134 reviews
3.9
2 Members
wifilibrarian, ahef1963
5
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
7,830 members
220 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
6
Story of O
by Pauline Réage
3,967 members
88 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
7
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
50,884 members
813 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
8
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,818 members
1,394 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
9
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
45,373 members
1,038 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
10
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
40,122 members
790 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
11
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
34,424 members
409 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
12
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
27,391 members
377 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
13
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
21,115 members
353 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
14
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
20,998 members
517 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
15
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
20,623 members
308 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
16
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
18,755 members
577 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
17
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
18,425 members
275 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
18
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
13,404 members
114 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
19
The Dark Tower
by Stephen King
12,238 members
200 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
20
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
10,250 members
503 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
21
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
8,828 members
133 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
fundevogel
22
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
7,737 members
227 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
23
Grendel
by John Gardner
6,683 members
118 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
24
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
6,422 members
272 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Call of the Wild • White Fang
by Jack London
5,901 members
41 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
26
John Dies at the End
by David Wong
4,364 members
196 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
fundevogel
27
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
4,247 members
66 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Charon07
28
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,972 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
29
The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall
2,882 members
121 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
fundevogel
30
The Double
by José Saramago
2,748 members
63 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
31
Wittgenstein's Mistress
by David Markson
1,790 members
40 reviews
3.9
Member
Charon07
32
Gnomon
by Nick Harkaway
928 members
36 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Charon07
33
The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May
by Mark Z. Danielewski
865 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
34
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
47,385 members
1,049 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963,Charon07
35
Ubik
by Philip K. Dick
8,773 members
190 reviews
4
36
A Scanner Darkly [Novel]
by Philip K. Dick
8,428 members
150 reviews
4
37
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
22,110 members
530 reviews
4
38
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
21,964 members
441 reviews
4.1
39
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
21,674 members
1,188 reviews
½ 3.6
40
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
20,518 members
668 reviews
3.9
41
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
20,301 members
389 reviews
½ 3.7
42
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
18,562 members
363 reviews
4
43
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice
14,815 members
140 reviews
3.9
44
The Tale of the Body Thief
by Anne Rice
9,849 members
69 reviews
½ 3.5
45
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
9,346 members
403 reviews
4.2
46
Rose Madder
by Stephen King
9,091 members
83 reviews
½ 3.5
47
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle
9,006 members
72 reviews
3.9
48
Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
7,965 members
438 reviews
4.1
49
Stone of Tears
by Terry Goodkind
7,922 members
76 reviews
3.9
50
The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
6,949 members
246 reviews
3.9
51
Faith of the Fallen
by Terry Goodkind
5,679 members
40 reviews
3.8
52
An Acceptable Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
5,666 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
53
VALIS
by Philip K. Dick
4,968 members
82 reviews
3.9
54
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
4,865 members
75 reviews
3.9
55
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
4,653 members
261 reviews
3.8
56
The Cabinet of Curiosities
by Douglas Preston
4,418 members
119 reviews
4
57
Still Life with Crows
by Douglas Preston
3,360 members
95 reviews
4
58
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
3,308 members
38 reviews
4.1
59
The Days of Perky Pat
by Philip K. Dick
2,752 members
24 reviews
3.9
60
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker
2,705 members
35 reviews
4.1
61
The Lost Years of Merlin
by T. A. Barron
2,626 members
30 reviews
3.9
62
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
by Julie Andrews
2,625 members
38 reviews
4.1
63
Going Bovine
by Libba Bray
2,509 members
185 reviews
½ 3.7
64
Splintered
by A. G. Howard
2,489 members
159 reviews
3.9
65
The Lost City of Faar
by D. J. MacHale
2,485 members
24 reviews
4
66
Serpent Mage
by Margaret Weis
2,429 members
20 reviews
3.8
67
Into the Labyrinth
by Margaret Weis
2,290 members
14 reviews
3.8
68
The Seventh Gate
by Margaret Weis
2,275 members
14 reviews
3.8
69
Travels in the Scriptorium
by Paul Auster
2,201 members
68 reviews
3.2
70
Psycho
by Robert Bloch
2,126 members
70 reviews
3.9
71
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 1: Beyond Lies the Wub
by Philip K. Dick
2,009 members
26 reviews
4
72
Silent Partner
by Jonathan Kellerman
1,755 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
73
The Wizard's Dilemma
by Diane Duane
1,742 members
20 reviews
3.9
74
A Wizard Alone
by Diane Duane
1,668 members
22 reviews
3.9
75
Hawksong
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
1,560 members
37 reviews
4
76
Fire Bringer
by David Clement-Davies
1,309 members
24 reviews
4.1
77
Shattered Mirror
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
1,121 members
14 reviews
3.9
78
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
by Chris Van Allsburg
1,056 members
70 reviews
4.1
79
God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
by Scott Adams
998 members
24 reviews
½ 3.6
80
Falling Angel
by William Hjortsberg
887 members
33 reviews
3.9
81
Wolf Moon
by Charles de Lint
783 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
82
The Seventh Bride
by T. Kingfisher
753 members
52 reviews
3.9
83
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 5: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
by Philip K. Dick
742 members
10 reviews
4.1
84
The Affirmation
by Christopher Priest
699 members
28 reviews
3.9
85
Second Variety (Collected Stories: Vol 2)
by Philip K. Dick
601 members
12 reviews
4
86
Weekend
by Christopher Pike
586 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
87
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3: The Father-Thing
by Philip K. Dick
564 members
9 reviews
4
88
FLCL, Volume 1
by Gainax
527 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
89
Legal Drug, Volume 1
by CLAMP
514 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
90
Legal Drug, Volume 2
by CLAMP
410 members
1 review
½ 3.7
91
FLCL, Volume 2
by Gainax
388 members
6 reviews
3.8
92
The Starlight Crystal
by Christopher Pike
380 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
93
Legal Drug, Volume 3
by CLAMP
379 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
94
Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind
by David Peat
291 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
95
Psycho II
by Robert Bloch
267 members
5 reviews
2.9
96
Marnie
by Winston Graham
263 members
6 reviews
3.9
97
The Visitor
by Christopher Pike
232 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
98
The Night Class
by Tom Piccirilli
155 members
6 reviews
2.9
99
Three Early Novels
by Philip K. Dick
134 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
100
Vengeance of the Demon
by Diana Rowland
131 members
9 reviews
3.9