The Greatest Surreal Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17120 The Music Of Chance Paul Auster 1990 American English
17120 The Sandman, Vol. 9 Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
17120 The Drowned Life Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
17120 Tales Of Falling And Flying Ben Loory 2017 American English
17120 The Unfinished World Amber Sparks 2016 American English
17120 The Other City Michal Ajvaz 1993 Czech Czech
17120 Bestiario Julio Cortazar 1994 Argentinian Spanish
17014 Le Locataire Chimérique Roland Topor 1964 French French
17120 Anna In W Grobowcach świata Olga Tokarczuk 2006 Polish Polish
17120 Harrow Joy Williams 2021 American English
17120 Franz Kafka's The Castle David Fishelson 1999 Unknown English
17120 White Tears Hari Kunzru 2017 British English
17120 Good Night, Sleep Tight Brian Evenson 2024 American English
17120 The Ark Sakura Kobo Abé 1984 Japanese Japanese
17120 Tantalópolis Peter Macsovszky 2015 Slovak Slovak
17120 After The Sun Jonas Eika 2018 Danish Danish
17120 Elegy On Toy Piano Dean Young 2005 American English
17120 The Machinic Unconscious Félix Guattari 1979 French French
17120 The Hike Drew Magary 2016 American English
17120 Angry Candy Harlan Ellison 1988 American English
16919 Trout Fishing In America / The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar Richard Brautigan 1967 American English
17120 Pulp Charles Bukowski 1994 American English
17120 The Sea Came In At Midnight Steve Erickson 1999 American English
17120 Autobiography Of A Corpse Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 2013 Russian Russian
17120 Our Ecstatic Days Steve Erickson 2005 American English
17120 Homunculus 1 Hideo Yamamoto 2003 Japanese Japanese
17120 Extracting The Stone Of Madness Alejandra Pizarnik 2016 Argentine Spanish
17120 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17120 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17120 Evil Flowers Gunnhild Øyehaug 2023 Norwegian Norwegian
17120 Temporary Hilary Leichter 2020 American English
17120 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17120 The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or The Hithering Thithering Djinn Donald Barthelme 1971 American English
17120 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17120 Earthlight André Breton 1923 French French
17120 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
16938 The Other Side Alfred Kubin 1909 Austrian English
Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17120 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17109 Fantastic Planet Stefan Wul 1957 French French
17120 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese