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Old 02-05-08, 08:00 AM
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Suggestions For Books To Read:Similar to Chuck Palahiuk

Look for suggestion for books by authors who have similar style writing of Chuck Palahiuk. Any help would be appreciated.
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Off the top of my head:

Amy Hempel
Bret Easton Ellis
Craig Clevenger
Irvine Welsh
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Originally Posted by acubfaninmd
Look for suggestion for books by authors who have similar style writing of Chuck Palahiuk. Any help would be appreciated.
Two very good resources:

Chuck's Favorites: http://astore.amazon.com/officchuckp...g=UTF8&node=29

Palahniuk-Esque Authors:
http://astore.amazon.com/officchuckp...g=UTF8&node=46
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Bret Easton Ellis=" American Psycho".
Great book
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Originally Posted by Billy Batts
Thank you for these links, a lot of choices to look over.
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Catcher In the Rye.
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Originally Posted by chris_sc77
Bret Easton Ellis=" American Psycho".
Great book
That's what I was going to say.
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i was gonna reccomend clown girl by Monica drake


note quite as similiar as others but im a big chuck p fan and currently read thru a few christopher moore books and enjoyed em
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This is gonna sound smart-assed, but it ain't.

Just pick up a book and read a paragraph. Unless by "style" you mean "surprises." In that case, I'd just read half a book and make up a surprising ending myself.

That said, I'll third American Psycho and recommend dating a crazy chick.

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