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
1
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
19,214 members
436 reviews
4.1
5 Members
acenturyofsleep, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
2
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
26,014 members
427 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Blindness
by José Saramago
14,591 members
432 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
14,194 members
135 reviews
3.9
2 Members
wifilibrarian, ahef1963
5
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
7,832 members
219 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
6
Story of O
by Pauline Réage
3,966 members
88 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
7
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
51,005 members
811 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
8
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,867 members
1,395 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
9
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
45,448 members
1,039 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
10
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
40,074 members
790 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
11
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
34,484 members
410 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
12
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
27,267 members
375 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
13
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
21,136 members
352 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
14
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
21,018 members
518 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
15
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
20,642 members
308 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
16
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
18,784 members
576 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
17
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
18,465 members
275 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
18
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
13,431 members
114 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
19
The Dark Tower
by Stephen King
12,263 members
201 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
20
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
10,278 members
502 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
21
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
8,846 members
134 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
fundevogel
22
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
7,748 members
227 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
23
Grendel
by John Gardner
6,674 members
118 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
24
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
6,435 members
272 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Call of the Wild • White Fang
by Jack London
5,913 members
41 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
26
John Dies at the End
by David Wong
4,354 members
196 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
fundevogel
27
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
4,251 members
66 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Charon07
28
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,979 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
29
The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall
2,888 members
121 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
fundevogel
30
The Double
by José Saramago
2,750 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
930 members
35 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
47,440 members
1,050 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963,Charon07
35
Ubik
by Philip K. Dick
8,790 members
190 reviews
4
36
A Scanner Darkly [Novel]
by Philip K. Dick
8,405 members
150 reviews
4
37
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
22,149 members
531 reviews
4
38
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
22,001 members
442 reviews
4.1
39
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
21,729 members
1,188 reviews
½ 3.6
40
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
20,549 members
668 reviews
3.9
41
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
20,175 members
384 reviews
½ 3.7
42
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
18,593 members
363 reviews
4
43
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice
14,834 members
141 reviews
3.9
44
The Tale of the Body Thief
by Anne Rice
9,847 members
70 reviews
½ 3.5
45
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
9,408 members
402 reviews
4.2
46
Rose Madder
by Stephen King
9,104 members
83 reviews
½ 3.5
47
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle
9,024 members
72 reviews
3.9
48
Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
7,989 members
438 reviews
4.1
49
Stone of Tears
by Terry Goodkind
7,929 members
76 reviews
3.9
50
The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
6,970 members
245 reviews
3.9
51
Faith of the Fallen
by Terry Goodkind
5,682 members
40 reviews
3.8
52
An Acceptable Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
5,676 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
53
VALIS
by Philip K. Dick
4,976 members
82 reviews
3.9
54
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
4,869 members
75 reviews
3.9
55
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
4,671 members
261 reviews
3.8
56
The Cabinet of Curiosities
by Douglas Preston
4,411 members
119 reviews
4
57
Still Life with Crows
by Douglas Preston
3,363 members
95 reviews
4
58
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
3,308 members
39 reviews
4.1
59
The Days of Perky Pat
by Philip K. Dick
2,757 members
24 reviews
3.9
60
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker
2,701 members
35 reviews
4.1
61
The Lost Years of Merlin
by T. A. Barron
2,628 members
30 reviews
3.9
62
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
by Julie Andrews
2,626 members
38 reviews
4.1
63
Going Bovine
by Libba Bray
2,510 members
185 reviews
½ 3.7
64
Splintered
by A. G. Howard
2,497 members
159 reviews
3.9
65
The Lost City of Faar
by D. J. MacHale
2,490 members
24 reviews
4
66
Serpent Mage
by Margaret Weis
2,441 members
20 reviews
3.8
67
Into the Labyrinth
by Margaret Weis
2,295 members
14 reviews
3.8
68
The Seventh Gate
by Margaret Weis
2,283 members
14 reviews
3.8
69
Travels in the Scriptorium
by Paul Auster
2,199 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
1,740 members
20 reviews
3.9
74
A Wizard Alone
by Diane Duane
1,669 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
1,058 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
784 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
82
The Seventh Bride
by T. Kingfisher
757 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
744 members
10 reviews
4.1
84
The Affirmation
by Christopher Priest
698 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
587 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
528 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
89
Legal Drug, Volume 1
by CLAMP
516 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
90
Legal Drug, Volume 2
by CLAMP
411 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
380 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
93
Legal Drug, Volume 3
by CLAMP
380 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
264 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