I can’t find any other book that touches these. Not sure if the picture loaded but the books are “American Psycho” (gotta love that urinal cake dipped in Godiva chocolate Patrick gifted to Evelyn on a date).

Other book is “Dead Inside”.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 hours ago

    First one that comes to mind is Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin (using the pseudonym Murray Constantine).

    It’s a “What if the Nazis Won the War?” story, set 900 years in the future. However, it was written in 1937, two years before WW2 even started.

    It’s kind of like 1984, and much of it is quite talky and philosophical, but there are also some bits that are really, really messed up. It’s excellent.

  • whaleross@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 hours ago

    Assisted Living by Nikanor Teratologen. (Original title Äldreomsorgen i Övre Kågedalen for Swedish lemmings). Don’t read up on it. Go in blind for a pristine experience.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
      1·
      5 hours ago

      Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

      I was about to post this one :)

      I read it many years ago because it was supposed to be Bjork’s favorite book.

      • Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world
        3·
        15 hours ago

        Fiction~Exquisite Corpse… there’s tons more but I’d recommend these nonfictions first.

        Nonfiction~ empire of the summer moon, the gulag archipelago, the blood never dried, bury my heart at wounded knee, bloodlands, mao’s great famin, king Leopolds ghost, alive, the great terror, the rape of nanking, ordinary men and man’s search for meaning.

        • Up_dog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          15 hours ago

          Classic.

          That final sentence is embedded deeply into my core. No words for it.

  • kitsy@lemmy.world
    2·
    12 hours ago

    Shatner Quake by Jeff Burk.

    After a reality bomb goes off at the first ever ShatnerCon, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenly sucked into our world. Their mission: hunt down and destroy the real William Shatner.

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
    7·
    16 hours ago

    There is a book community where you might get better recommendations. And also if you explained more of what you mean by “wtf”. If you mean like messed up people doing messed up things, well I’ve got nothing, but if you mean books that make you scratch you head and just say “wtf” because it makes no sense, but is good, then either the Southern Reach Trilogy or House of Leaves

  • kip@piefed.zipEnglish
    5·
    15 hours ago

    Kill Your Friends by John Niven is sometimes compared unfavourably in reviews to American Psycho (probably due to the ruthless, callous, murderous businessman main character Stelfox, a record label A&R man) but i prefer it, mainly because it’s very funny. it also has a spinoff, The Second Coming, in which Jesus enters and wins a pop idol type competition run by Stelfox and uses the winnings to set up a Waco style commune, and a sequel, Kill 'Em All, where Stelfox, after becoming an established Simon Cowell type mogul, gets up to further grotty business.

    But if you want severely wtf material, The Bighead by Edward Lee will satisfy

  • blunderworld@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    16 hours ago

    Lesabendio by Paul Scheerbart comes to mind. But It’s not wtf in a disturbing sense like these books. More like ‘wtf am I reading?’ - it’s a really unique and imaginative early sci-fi book.

    • blunderworld@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      15 hours ago

      Nice, enjoy!

      If you’re newer to Sci Fi and want to try something really quick that’s a bit more disturbing, I’d also highly recommend ‘I Have No Mouth but I Must Scream’ by Harlan Ellison. It’s a short story, you could probably knock it out in like 30 minutes, but I love it.

      • Up_dog@lemmy.worldOP
        3·
        15 hours ago

        That one as well has been on my list. I think they’re making a show on it and I hope the hype of the book is real. Like tender is the flesh. Thanks for the reminder