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Chuck Palahniuk

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in Pasco, WA, The United States

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Written in stolen moments under truck chassis and on park benches to a soundtrack of The Downward Spiral and Pablo Honey, Fight Club came into existence. The adaptation of Fight Club was a flop at the box office, but achieved cult status on DVD. The film’s popularity drove sales of the novel. Chuck put out two novels in 1999, Survivor and Invisible Monsters. Choke, published in 2001, became Chuck’s first New York Times bestseller. Chuck’s work has always been infused with personal experience, and his next novel, Lullaby, was no exception. Chuck credits writing Lullaby with helping him cope with the tragic death of his father. Diary and the non-fiction guide to Portland, Fugitives and Refugees, were released in 2003. While on the road in sup ...more

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When historians look back on our generation's most prolific writers of fiction, names like Stephen King, Elmore Leonard, and Kurt Vonnegut will be at the top. But another name for that list is our own Chuck Palahniuk. Where I believe Chuck has those other names beat, is in the many different formats of writing he dips his toes into. Besides novels, Chuck has also dabbled in journalism, tour guide

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Average rating: 3.84 · 1,872,562 ratings · 96,070 reviews · 174 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 647,727 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Choke 3.71 avg rating — 222,004 ratings — published 2001 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Monsters 3.99 avg rating — 152,174 ratings — published 1999 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survivor 3.93 avg rating — 124,386 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunted 3.59 avg rating — 111,724 ratings — published 2005 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lullaby 3.74 avg rating — 103,924 ratings — published 2002 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary 3.65 avg rating — 81,174 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey 3.84 avg rating — 70,720 ratings — published 2007 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snuff 3.22 avg rating — 67,163 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damned (Damned, #1) 3.41 avg rating — 58,907 ratings — published 2011 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fight Club (3 books)
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author),

Cameron Stewart (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator),

David W. Mack (Illustrator)

4.15 avg rating — 668,105 ratings

Damned (2 books)
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)

3.39 avg rating — 74,231 ratings

Fight Club 3 (4 books)
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author),

David W. Mack (Cover Art),

Cameron Stewart (Goodreads Author) (Artist),

Dave McCaig (Colorist)

3.12 avg rating — 1,513 ratings

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Which book would you like to read for our August 2014 New School Classic Group Read?

1910, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 360pp

39 votes, 18.6%

1996, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, 224pp

39 votes, 18.6%

1952, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 581pp

22 votes, 10.5%

1973, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, 302pp

21 votes, 10.0%

1944, Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, 351pp

16 votes, 7.6%

1928, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, 296pp

15 votes, 7.1%

1924, The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain, 223pp

15 votes, 7.1%

1937, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 256pp

13 votes, 6.2%

1938, Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day byWinifred Watson, 234pp

10 votes, 4.8%

1913, O Pioneers! by Willa Cather, 176pp

8 votes, 3.8%

1957, On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 296pp

5 votes, 2.4%

1985, The Postman: Il Postino by Antonio Skármeta, 128pp

4 votes, 1.9%

1905, Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg,160pp

3 votes, 1.4%

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“Young people want mirrors. Older people want art.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Burnt Tongues

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