List of over300 so-called "singular" books as suggested by the members of a Facebook group:
Adolfo Bioy Casares: La invención de Morel (The Invention of Morel)
Aimé
Cesaire: Discourse
on Colonialism
Alain
Robbe-Grillet: Jealousy
Alan
Moore: Promethea
Aleister
Crowley: Moon
Child
Aleister
Crowley: The
Book of the Law
Aleister
Crowley: The
Drug and Other Stories
Alejandra
Pizarnik: The
Bloody Countess (La condesa sangrienta)
Alfred
Jarry: Exploits
and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician
Alfred
Jarry: Ubu
roi; Ubu cocu; Ubu enchaîné; Ubu sur la Butte
Alfred Korzybski: Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
Amos
Tutuola: The
Palm-Wine Drinkard
André
Breton: Nadja
Angela
Carter: Passion
of New Eve
Angela
Carter: The
Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (The War of Dreams)
Anne
Carson: Autobiography
of Red
Anne
Lamott: Hallelujah
Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anthony
Burgess:
A
Clockwork
Orange
António
Lobo Antunes: The
Natural Order of Things
B.
Traven: Death
Ship
Ben
Marcus: New
American Stories
Ben
Marcus: The
Flame Alphabet
Bible,
The
Bob
Dylan: Tarantula
Bob
Frissell: Nothing
in This Book Is True, but It's Exactly How Things Are: The Esoteric
Meaning of the Monuments on Mars
Boris
Vian: L’Écume
des jours
Bret
Easton Ellis: American
Psycho
Brian
Aldiss: Barefoot
in the Head
Brian
Catling: The
Vorrh
Bronze
Age Pervert: Bronze
Age Mindset
Bruce
Robinson: The
Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman
Bruno
Schultz: Street
of Crocodiles
Cameron
Pierce: Ass
Goblins of Auschwitz
Can Xue: Frontier
Carlos
Castaneda: The
Teachings of Don Juan
Carlton
Mellick III: Satan
Burger
Christian
Bök: Eunoia
Christophe
Petchanatz: Vanille
Christopher
Buehlman: The
Lesser
Dead
Chuck
Palahniuk: Haunted
Chuck
Palahniuk: Invisible
Monsters
Chuck
Tingle: The
Tingleverse: The Official Chuck Tingle Role-Playing Game
Clarice
Lispector: The
Passion according to G. H.
Claudia
Rankine: Citizen
Clive
Barker: Cabal
Clive
Barker: Coldheart
Canyon
Comte
de Lautréamont: Les
Chants de Maldoror
Cordwainer
Smith: Nostrilia
Cordwainer
Smith: The
Rediscovery of Man
Cormack
McCarthy: Blood
Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West
Cormack
McCarthy: The Border
trilogy
Crispin
Glover: Concrete
Inspection
Dan
Simmons: Hyperion
Daniel
Evan Weiss: The
Roaches Have No King
David
Berman: Actual
Air
David
Cronenberg: Consumed
David
Foster Wallace: Infinite
Jest
David
Lindsay: Voyage
to Arcturus
David
Markson: Wittgenstein's
Mistress
David
Toop: Ocean
of Sound
David
Toop: Sinister
Resonance
David
Wallechinsky, Amy D. Wallace, Ira Basen, Jane Farrow: The
Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information
David
Wong: John
Dies at the End
Dennis
Cooper: Frisk
Dennis
Cooper: Period
Don
Winslow: The
Power of the Dog
Donald
Barthelme: City
Life
Donald
Barthelme: Paradise
Doris Lessing: Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Douglas
Hofstadter: Gödel,
Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
E.
E. Cummings: The
Enormous Room
Ed
Sanders: Tales
of Beatnik
Glory
Edward
Lee: The
Bighead
Elias
Canetti: Auto-da-Fé
Emma
Donaghue: Room
Enrique
Vila-Matas: Bartleby
and Company
Eric
Basso: The
Beak Doctor: Short Fiction, 1972-1976
Eric
Carle: The
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Erik
Davis: TechGnosis:
Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information
Esther
Forbes: A
Mirror For Witches
Eugène
Ionesco: The
Bald Singer
Fernando
Pessoa: The
Book of Disquiet
Fitz
Hugh Ludlow: The
Hasheesh Eater
Flann
O'Brien: At
Swim-Two-Birds
Flann
O'Brien: The
Third Policeman
Flannery
O’Connor: The
Complete Stories
Frank
Herbert: Dune,
all 9 vols.
Frank
Norris: McTeague
Franz
Kafka, The
Castle
Franz
Kafka, The
Metamorphosis
Fyodor
Dostoevsky: The
Brothers Karamazov
Gabriel
García Márquez: One
Hundred Years of Solitude
Gail
Duff: A
Loaf of Bread: Bread in History, in the Kitchen and on the Table:
Recipes and Traditions
George
Alec Effinger, When
Gravity Fails
George
Cockcroft: The
Dice Man
George
Herriman: Krazy
Kat (all
the comic strips)
George
Orwell: Keep
the Aspidistra Flying is
a good study of moth-eaten middle-aged angst, with a fabulous scene
of drunkenness...
Georges
Bataille: Story
of the Eye
Gershon
Legman: The
Rationale
of the Dirty
Joke
Gertrude
Stein: How
To Write
Gilles
Deleuze, Félix Guattari: Mille
plateaus
Giorgio
de Chirico: Hebdomeros
Giovanni
Papini: The
Black Book
Grant
Morrison: The
Doom Patrol (comic
book)
Grant
Morrison: The
Invisibles (comic
book)
Greg
Bardsley: Cash
Out
Greg
Bear: Blood
Music
Greg
Egan: Diaspora
Gregory
David Roberts: Shantaram
Gregory
Lewis: The
Monk
Guy
Debord: The
Society of the Spectacle
H.
Rider Haggard: She:
A History of Adventure
Han
Kang: The
Vegetarian
Harry
Crews: Feast
of Snakes
Haruki
Murakami: A
Wild
Sheep
Chase
Haruki
Murakami: Kafka
on the Shore
Haruki
Murakami: The
Wind-Up
Bird
Chronicle
Henry
Miller: Tropic
of Cancer
Hermann
Hesse: Steppenwolf
Hermann
Hesse: The
Glass Bead Game
Hideshi
Hino: Panorama
of Hell
Hubert
Selby Jr: The
Room
Hubert
Selby Jr.: Last
Exit to Brooklyn
Iain
Banks: The
Wasp Factory
Ian McEwan: The Cement Garden
Iceberg
Slim: Pimp:
The Story of My Life
Irvine
Welsh: Acid
House
Irvine
Welsh: Filth
Irvine
Welsh: Trainspotting
Italo
Calvino: If
on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
Italo
Calvino: Invisible
Cities
J.
G. Ballard: Concrete
Island
J.
G. Ballard: Crash
J.
G. Ballard: High
Rise
J.
G. Ballard: The
Atrocity Exibithion
Jack
Ketchum: The
Girl Next Door
Jacques
Derrida: Glas
James
Ellroy: The
Black Dahlia
James
Joyce: Dubliners
James
Joyce: Finnegans
Wake
James
Thomson: City
of Dreadful Night
Jamie
Gillis, Peter Sotos: Pure
Filth
Jan
Potocki: Manuscript
Found in Saragossa
Janet
Frame: The
Carpathians
Janina
Matthewson: Of
Things
Gone
Astray
Jasper
Fforde: The
Fourth Bear (super
fun)
Jean
Cocteau, Les
Enfants terribles
Jean
Ray: Malpertius
Jean-Paul
Sartre: Nausea
Jeff
Noon: Vurt
Jeff
Vandermeer: City
of Saints and Madmen
Jeffrey
Eugenides: Middlesex
Jim
Crace: Being
Dead
Jim
Thompson: Child
of Rage (“first
time I read it, I hated it with a passion”)
Jim
Woodring: The
Frank Book
JMR
Higgs: The
First Church on the Moon
Johanna
Sinisalo: Troll:
a love story
John
Ajvide Lindqvist: Let
the Right One In
John
Barth: Giles
Goat-Boy
John
Barth: Letters
John
Cage: Silence
John
Cage: X:
Writings
John
Kennedy Toole: A
Confederacy of Dunces
John
Zorn: The
Book of Heads
Jonathan
Safran Foer: Extremely
Loud & Incredibly Close
Jorge
Luis Borges: Fictions
Joris-Karl
Huysmans: À
rebours
José
Donoso: El
obsceno pájaro de la noche (The
Obscene Bird of the Night)
José
Saramago: Essay
on Blindness
Joy
Williams: The
Changeling
Jozef
Rulof: The
Cosmology of Jozef Rulof
Julian
Jaynes: Consciousness
and the Origin
of the Bicameral
Mind
Julio
Cortázar: Blow-up
and Other Stories
Julio
Cortázar: Rayuela
(Hopscotch)
Kalevala
Katherine
Dunn: Geek
Love
Kathryn
Davis: Hell
Kathy
Acker: Blood
and Guts in High School
Kazuo
Ishiguro: The
Buried
Giant
Kobo
Abe: Kangaroo
Notebook
(“about
a guy who wakes up with radish sprouts growing out of his legs”)
Kurt
Vonnegut: Breakfast
of Champions
Kurt
Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse
5
Laurence
Sterne: The
Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Leon
Tolstoi: War
and Peace
Leonora
Carrington: The
Hearing Trumpet
Lester
Bangs: Psychotic
Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic
Lewis
Carroll: Sylvie
and Bruno
Louis
Aragon: Le
Paysan de Paris
Louis-Ferdinand
Céline: Death
on Credit
Mark
Haddon: The
Red House
Mark
Z. Danielewski: House
of Leaves
Marquis
de Sade: 120
Days Of Sodom
Matthew
Stokoe: Cows
Maurice
Blanchot: Death
Sentence
Maurice
Blanchot: Thomas
the Obscure
Mercè
Rodoreda: Death
in Spring
Mervyn
Peake: Titus
Groan (from
the "Gormenghast" series)
Michael
Chabon: Yiddish
Policeman’s Union
Michael
D. Rich: A
Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates
Michael
Gira: The
Consumer
Michael
Sikkema: You've
Got A Pretty Hellmouth
Michel
Houellebecq: Platform
Michel
Houellebecq: Submission
Miguel
de Cervantes: Don
Quijote
Mikhail
Bulgakov: The
Master
and Margarita
Nathan
Singer: Chasing
the Wolf
Nicholson
Baker: The
Fermata (“erotic;
really sticks; still think of that book years later”)
Nicholson
Baker: The
Mezzanine
Nick
Blinko: The
Primal Screamer
Nick
Cave: And
the Ass Saw the Angel
Nikanor
Teratologen: Assisted
Living
Octavio
Paz: Labyrinth
of Solitude (essay)
Octavio
Paz: Monkey
Grammarian (essay)
Pär
Lagerkvist: The
Imp
Patrick
Dewitt: Under
Majordomo Minor
Patrick
Süskind: Perfume
Paul
Bowles: The
Sheltering Sky
Paul
Gambino: Morbid
Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre (Skulls,
Mummified Body Parts, Taxidermy and more, remarkable, curious,
macabre collections)
Paul
Spinrad: The
Re/Search Guide to Bodily Fluids
Pearl
S. Buck: The
Good Earth
Pete
Frame: Rock
Family Trees
Peter
Sotos: Selfish,
Little: The Annotated Lesley Ann Downey
Philip
K Dick: Time
out of Joints
Philip
K. Dick: A
Scanner
Darkly
Philip
K. Dick: The
Three
Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Philip
Roth: Sabbath's
Theater
Philip
Terry (ed.): The
Penguin Book of Oulipo: Queneau, Perec, Calvino and the Adventure of
Form
Pierre
Albert-Birot: First
Book of Grabinoulor
Pierre
Klossowski: Nietzsche
and the Vicious Circle (essays)
Pierre
Klossowski: Roberte
ce soir
Poppy
Z. Brite: Drawing
Blood
Poppy
Z. Brite: Exquisite
Corpse
Poppy
Z. Brite: Lost
Souls
R.
A. Wilson: The
Illuminatus! Trilogy
Raymond
Queneau: Zazie
dans le metro
Raymond
Roussell: Impressions
d'Afrique
Rhys
Hughes: Engelbrecht
Again!
Richard
Brautigan: A
Confederate
General
from Big Sur
Richard
Brautigan: Dreaming
of Babylon
Richard
Brautigan: In
Watermelon Sugar
Richard
Brautigan: The
Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western
Richard
Brautigan: Trout
Fishing
in America
Richard
J. Chacon, David H. Dye (eds.): The
Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians
Richard
Meltzer: Gulcher:
Post-Rock Cultural Pluralism in America (1649-1993)
Richard
Meltzer's reviews in Forced
Exposure.
(“I
especially enjoyed the guy reviewing porn movies he watched with his
baby awarding them point on a scale of how many nappies the infant
wet while viewing”)
Rikki
Ducornet: Netsuke
Rikki
Ducornet: The
Fan-Maker's Inquisition
Robert
Dellar, Ted Curtis et al.: Seaton
Point (collaborative
novel)
Robert
Rankin: Sprout
Mask
Replica
Robert
W. Chambers: The
King in Yellow
Roberto
Bolaño: 2666
Roberto
Bolaño: The
Savage Detectives
Ross
Raisin: God's
Own
Country
Russell
Edson: The
Tunnel
Russell
Hoban: Riddley
Walker
Salvador
Elizondo: Farabeuf
Sam
Kieth: The
Maxx (comic
book series)
Samuel
Beckett: Molloy
Samuel
Beckett: Malone
Dies
Samuel
Beckett: The
Unnamable
Samuel
R. Delaney: Babel-17
Samuel
R. Delaney: Nova
Samuel
R. Delany: Hogg
Shirley
Jackson:
We
Have
Always
Lived
in the Castle
Sigizmund
Krzhizhanovsky: Autobiography
of a Corpse
Simon
Bond: 101
Uses
for a Dead
Cat
Sophie
Campbell: Wet
Moon (graphic-novel
series)
Stephane
Mallarme: Igitur
Steve
Aylett: Lint
Steven
Hall: The
Raw Shark Texts
Strange
Attractor Journal (MIT
magazine)
Svetislav
Basara: The
Cyclist Conspiracy
T.
C. Boyle: Water
music
The
Coming Boogie-Woogie: an
ever-expanding choreographic encyclopedia of strategies, ideas,
movements and concepts. Online: thecomingboogiewoogie.wordpress.com
Theodore
Sturgeon: More
than Human
Thomas
Bernhardt: Extinction
Thomas
Pynchon: Gravity's
Rainbow
Tom
Baker: Buried
Tom
Baker: Curtains:
Readings from "Molotov"
Tom
Baker: Kluge
Tom
Baker: Nazi,
Monkey, Seance: A Broken Book
Tom
Carson: Gilligan's
Wake
Tom
Robbins: Even
Cowgirls
Get
the Blues
Tom
Robbins: Skinny
Legs and All
Urs
Allemann: Babyfucker
voter
pamphlets
William
Burroughs: Junkie
William
Burroughs: Naked
Lunch
William
Burroughs: Nova
Express
William
Burroughs: The
Wild Boys
William
Cobbing, Rosie Cooper (eds.): Boooook:
The Life and work of Bob Cobbing
William
Gibson: Neuromancer
William
Kotzwinkle: The
Fan Man
Wilson
Harris: Resurrection
at Sorrow Hill
Witold
Gombrowicz: Cosmos
Yamamoto
Tsunetomo: Hagakure
Yasunari
Kawabata: Thousand
Cranes
Yukio
Mishima: The
Decay of the Angel
Zohar,
The
Zoje
Stage: Baby
Teeth
