Edit: thank you for sharing your suggestions, everyone. I’ll try to check out the ones I haven’t read. Hopefully the responses in this thread were helpful for you too. <3

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    Survivor by Chuck “Fight Club” Palahniuk.

    After Fight Club I went on a spree of reading this guys work. Survivor was the last of his written before the Fight Club movie made it big. It was also released a couple of years before 9/11 which killed its chance of being made into a movie.

    I think it highlights how being passive in the world isn’t enough to avoid doing bad things. You have to make your own choices to avoid a bad result. Interesting story structure and has some dark comedic moments too.

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      Such a good book, I too went on a tear through his work after Fight Club and I think this and Choke are fighting for my top spot.

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        I don’t think Choke is as good myself. Still a good read but Survivor has stayed with with more in the years since.