1. 331
   The Trial by Franz Kafka (chrisharpe, DLSmithies)

   DLSmithies: Two protagonists on trial without really understanding what they're being accused of - it's just a question of degree.

2. 231
   Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (chrisharpe, DLSmithies, edelpao)

   DLSmithies: A compare-and-contrast exercise - Raskolnikov is all nervous energy and hypertension, whereas Meursault is detatched, calm, and won't pretend to feel remorse. Two masterpieces.

3. 80
   The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud (Philosofiction, JuliaMaria, kjuliff, kjuliff)

   JuliaMaria: Meursault ist der Protagonist in dem existentialistischen Roman "Der Fremde", auf den sich Daoud in seiner Gegendarstellung bezieht.

4. 114
   A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (SanctiSpiritus)
5. 94
   Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (roby72, kjuliff)

   kjuliff: Existentialism

6. 40
   The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges Simenon (thorold)

   thorold: Respectable bourgeois discovers absurdity of life and commits motiveless crime.

7. 62
   No Exit / Dirty Hands / The Flies / The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre (HollyMS)

   HollyMS: I read both works in French class. Though Albert Camus denied being an existentialist, both L'Étranger (The Stranger) and Huis Clos (No Exit) have some common themes and are among some of the most important 20th century French works of literature.

8. 30
   Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist (Troddel)
9. 41
   The Fall by Albert Camus (chrisharpe)
10. 30
    No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre (rretzler)
11. 41
    Whatever by Michel Houellebecq (sanddancer)
12. 10
    She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir (JuliaMaria)
13. 00
    The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind (P_S_Patrick)

    P_S_Patrick: Short, deeply existentialist novels of literary character.

14. 00
    Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh (j_aroche)

    j_aroche: If you ever feel like an alien in the wrong planet.

15. 00
    The Execution: A Novel by Hugo Wilcken (sparemethecensor)

    sparemethecensor: Similar in style, theme, narration and execution. The Execution is a more modern version of the tale.

16. 00
    The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrère (bertilak)
17. 11
    The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela (thatguyzero)
18. 01
    Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz (Bitter_Grace)
19. 12
    At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others by Sarah Bakewell (JuliaMaria)
20. 14
    The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke (lewbs)

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