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
19,313 members
438 reviews
4.1
5 Members
acenturyofsleep, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
2
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
26,048 members
428 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Blindness
by José Saramago
14,627 members
432 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
14,241 members
135 reviews
3.9
2 Members
wifilibrarian, ahef1963
5
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
7,828 members
219 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
6
Story of O
by Pauline Réage
3,968 members
88 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
7
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
51,122 members
812 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
8
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,924 members
1,395 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
9
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
45,533 members
1,039 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
10
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
40,137 members
792 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
11
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
34,600 members
411 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
12
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
27,309 members
376 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
13
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
21,193 members
352 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
14
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
21,068 members
518 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
15
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
20,686 members
308 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
16
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
18,827 members
577 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
17
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
18,490 members
275 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
18
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
13,457 members
114 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
19
The Dark Tower
by Stephen King
12,308 members
202 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
20
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
10,303 members
503 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
21
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
8,850 members
134 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
fundevogel
22
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
7,771 members
228 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
23
Grendel
by John Gardner
6,690 members
118 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
24
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
6,470 members
274 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Call of the Wild • White Fang
by Jack London
5,942 members
41 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
26
John Dies at the End
by David Wong
4,366 members
196 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
fundevogel
27
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
4,267 members
66 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Charon07
28
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,985 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
29
The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall
2,892 members
121 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
fundevogel
30
The Double
by José Saramago
2,757 members
63 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
31
Wittgenstein's Mistress
by David Markson
1,797 members
40 reviews
3.9
Member
Charon07
32
Gnomon
by Nick Harkaway
939 members
36 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Charon07
33
The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May
by Mark Z. Danielewski
869 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
34
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
47,539 members
1,051 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963,Charon07
35
Ubik
by Philip K. Dick
8,836 members
191 reviews
4
36
A Scanner Darkly [Novel]
by Philip K. Dick
8,438 members
150 reviews
4
37
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
22,203 members
531 reviews
4
38
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
22,086 members
442 reviews
4.1
39
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
21,849 members
1,189 reviews
½ 3.6
40
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
20,604 members
668 reviews
3.9
41
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
20,252 members
385 reviews
½ 3.7
42
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
18,629 members
366 reviews
4
43
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice
14,864 members
141 reviews
3.9
44
The Tale of the Body Thief
by Anne Rice
9,870 members
70 reviews
½ 3.5
45
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
9,441 members
404 reviews
4.2
46
Rose Madder
by Stephen King
9,136 members
83 reviews
½ 3.5
47
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle
9,041 members
72 reviews
3.9
48
Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
7,937 members
441 reviews
4.1
49
Stone of Tears
by Terry Goodkind
7,899 members
76 reviews
3.9
50
The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
7,038 members
245 reviews
3.9
51
Faith of the Fallen
by Terry Goodkind
5,698 members
40 reviews
3.8
52
An Acceptable Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
5,669 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
53
VALIS
by Philip K. Dick
4,990 members
82 reviews
3.9
54
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
4,882 members
76 reviews
3.9
55
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
4,635 members
261 reviews
3.8
56
The Cabinet of Curiosities
by Douglas Preston
4,422 members
120 reviews
4
57
Still Life with Crows
by Douglas Preston
3,371 members
96 reviews
4
58
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
3,326 members
39 reviews
4.1
59
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories
by Philip K. Dick
2,759 members
24 reviews
3.9
60
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker
2,710 members
35 reviews
4.1
61
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
by Julie Andrews
2,641 members
38 reviews
4.1
62
The Lost Years of Merlin
by T. A. Barron
2,635 members
30 reviews
3.9
63
Going Bovine
by Libba Bray
2,510 members
185 reviews
½ 3.7
64
The Lost City of Faar
by D. J. MacHale
2,501 members
24 reviews
4
65
Splintered
by A. G. Howard
2,497 members
159 reviews
3.9
66
Serpent Mage
by Margaret Weis
2,454 members
20 reviews
3.8
67
Into the Labyrinth
by Margaret Weis
2,310 members
14 reviews
3.8
68
The Seventh Gate
by Margaret Weis
2,298 members
14 reviews
3.8
69
Travels in the Scriptorium
by Paul Auster
2,205 members
68 reviews
3.2
70
Psycho
by Robert Bloch
2,136 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
1,759 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
1,671 members
22 reviews
3.9
75
Hawksong
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
1,565 members
37 reviews
4
76
Fire Bringer
by David Clement-Davies
1,316 members
24 reviews
4.1
77
Shattered Mirror
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
1,125 members
14 reviews
3.9
78
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
by Chris Van Allsburg
1,063 members
70 reviews
4.1
79
God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
by Scott Adams
1,001 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
80
Falling Angel
by William Hjortsberg
891 members
33 reviews
3.9
81
Wolf Moon
by Charles de Lint
785 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
82
The Seventh Bride
by T. Kingfisher
766 members
53 reviews
3.9
83
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 5: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
by Philip K. Dick
737 members
10 reviews
4.1
84
The Affirmation
by Christopher Priest
703 members
28 reviews
3.9
85
Second Variety (Collected Stories: Vol 2)
by Philip K. Dick
602 members
12 reviews
4
86
Weekend
by Christopher Pike
587 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
87
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3: The Father-Thing
by Philip K. Dick
565 members
9 reviews
4
88
FLCL, Volume 1
by Gainax
528 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
89
Legal Drug, Volume 1
by CLAMP
520 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
90
Legal Drug, Volume 2
by CLAMP
413 members
1 review
½ 3.7
91
FLCL, Volume 2
by Gainax
389 members
6 reviews
3.8
92
The Starlight Crystal
by Christopher Pike
381 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
93
Legal Drug, Volume 3
by CLAMP
381 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
268 members
5 reviews
2.9
96
Marnie
by Winston Graham
265 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
133 members
9 reviews
3.9