Mind-Benders: Fiction that Hurts Your Head

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What are books that hurt your brain, but in a good way? Thumbs down those books you wouldn't recommend.
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mind-bender
1
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
15,857 members
378 reviews
4.1
3 Members
acenturyofsleep, fundevogel, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
23,710 members
409 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
12,774 members
123 reviews
3.9
2 Members
wifilibrarian, ahef1963
4
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
44,520 members
1,334 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
5
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
42,977 members
714 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
6
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
39,773 members
963 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
7
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
36,388 members
744 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
8
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
29,609 members
366 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
9
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
25,019 members
355 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
10
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
19,371 members
325 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
11
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
19,248 members
494 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
12
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
18,877 members
288 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
13
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
17,032 members
538 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
14
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
15,802 members
251 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
15
Blindness
by José Saramago
13,107 members
391 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
16
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
12,094 members
108 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
17
The Dark Tower
by Stephen King
10,888 members
186 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
18
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
8,235 members
426 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
19
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
7,649 members
114 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
fundevogel
20
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
7,131 members
204 reviews
3.8
Member
fundevogel
21
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
6,576 members
197 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
22
Grendel
by John Gardner
6,070 members
108 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
23
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
5,157 members
234 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Call of the Wild / White Fang
by Jack London
4,972 members
36 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
25
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
3,815 members
55 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Charon07
26
John Dies at the End
by David Wong
3,650 members
177 reviews
3.8
Member
fundevogel
27
Story of O
by Pauline Réage
3,648 members
81 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
fundevogel
28
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,580 members
82 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
29
The Raw Shark Texts: A Novel
by Steven Hall
2,665 members
118 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
fundevogel
30
The Double
by José Saramago
2,467 members
59 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
31
Wittgenstein's Mistress
by David Markson
1,537 members
35 reviews
3.9
Member
Charon07
32
Gnomon
by Nick Harkaway
787 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Charon07
33
The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May
by Mark Z. Danielewski
744 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
34
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
43,793 members
1,013 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963,Charon07
35
Ubik
by Philip K. Dick
7,659 members
162 reviews
4
36
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick
7,629 members
144 reviews
4
37
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
19,431 members
476 reviews
4
38
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
19,171 members
403 reviews
4.1
39
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
18,488 members
657 reviews
3.9
40
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
17,966 members
1,121 reviews
½ 3.6
41
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
17,830 members
341 reviews
½ 3.7
42
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice
13,592 members
127 reviews
3.9
43
The Tale of the Body Thief
by Anne Rice
9,059 members
61 reviews
½ 3.5
44
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle
8,091 members
64 reviews
3.9
45
Stone of Tears
by Terry Goodkind
7,271 members
68 reviews
3.9
46
Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
6,533 members
394 reviews
4.1
47
Faith of the Fallen
by Terry Goodkind
5,239 members
36 reviews
3.8
48
An Acceptable Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
4,903 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
49
Valis
by Philip K. Dick
4,535 members
76 reviews
3.9
50
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
4,375 members
73 reviews
3.9
51
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
2,972 members
32 reviews
4.1
52
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 4: Minority Report
by Philip K. Dick
2,524 members
19 reviews
3.9
53
Going Bovine
by Libba Bray
2,350 members
187 reviews
½ 3.7
54
The Lost Years of Merlin
by T. A. Barron
2,327 members
28 reviews
3.9
55
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
by Julie Andrews
2,325 members
35 reviews
4.2
56
Serpent Mage
by Margaret Weis
2,226 members
17 reviews
3.8
57
The Lost City of Faar
by D. J. MacHale
2,218 members
26 reviews
4
58
Into the Labyrinth
by Margaret Weis
2,098 members
12 reviews
3.8
59
Splintered
by A. G. Howard
2,095 members
156 reviews
3.9
60
The Seventh Gate
by Margaret Weis
2,070 members
11 reviews
3.8
61
Travels in the Scriptorium
by Paul Auster
2,053 members
67 reviews
3.2
62
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 1: Beyond Lies the Wub
by Philip K. Dick
1,904 members
28 reviews
4
63
Psycho
by Robert Bloch
1,800 members
59 reviews
3.9
64
The Wizard's Dilemma
by Diane Duane
1,623 members
18 reviews
3.9
65
A Wizard Alone
by Diane Duane
1,553 members
20 reviews
3.9
66
Hawksong
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
1,458 members
34 reviews
4
67
Fire Bringer
by David Clement-Davies
1,215 members
22 reviews
4.1
68
Shattered Mirror
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
1,072 members
12 reviews
3.8
69
God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
by Scott Adams
946 members
24 reviews
½ 3.6
70
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
by Chris Van Allsburg
931 members
69 reviews
4.1
71
Wolf Moon
by Charles de Lint
844 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
72
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 5: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
by Philip K. Dick
662 members
9 reviews
4.1
73
The Affirmation
by Christopher Priest
623 members
24 reviews
3.9
74
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 2: Second Variety
by Philip K. Dick
591 members
12 reviews
4
75
FLCL, Volume 1
by Gainax
538 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
76
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3: The Father-Thing
by Philip K. Dick
527 members
7 reviews
4
77
Weekend
by Christopher Pike
526 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
78
Legal Drug, Volume 1
by CLAMP
479 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
79
Legal Drug, Volume 2
by CLAMP
384 members
1 review
½ 3.7
80
The Starlight Crystal
by Christopher Pike
361 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
81
Legal Drug, Volume 3
by CLAMP
356 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
82
FLCL, Volume 2
by Gainax
305 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
83
Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind
by David Peat
273 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
84
The Night Class
by Tom Piccirilli
145 members
6 reviews
2.8
85
Three Early Novels
by Philip K. Dick
124 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
86
Vengeance of the Demon
by Diana Rowland
122 members
9 reviews
3.9
87
The Everlasting
by Tim Lebbon
110 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
88
Housebroken: A Horror Thriller
by The Behrg
29 members
6 reviews
3.8
89
The Second Jim Thompson Omnibus
by Jim Thompson
20 members
4.1
90
Held Hostage: A Story of Love & Mental Illness
by Bonnie McKeating
9 members
2 reviews
5