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Chuck Palahniuk

Author of Fight Club

92+ Works 97,422 Members 1,672 Reviews 655 Favorited

About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington on February 21, 1962. He received a BA in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1986. Before becoming a full-time author, he worked as a journalist and as a diesel mechanic. He has written numerous novels including Survivor, Invisible Monsters, show more Lullaby, Diary, Haunted, Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned, Doomed, Beautiful You, and Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread. Fight Club was made into a film by director David Fincher and Choke was made into a film by director Clark Gregg. He is also the author of Fugitives and Refugees, a nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon, and the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club (1996) — Author — 19,846 copies, 329 reviews
Choke (2001) 12,419 copies, 177 reviews
Survivor (1999) 8,855 copies, 97 reviews
Lullaby (2002) 8,433 copies, 89 reviews
Invisible Monsters (1999) 8,318 copies, 114 reviews
Haunted (1999) 7,834 copies, 152 reviews
Diary: A Novel (2003) 6,990 copies, 86 reviews
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey (2007) 5,163 copies, 96 reviews
Snuff (2008) 3,513 copies, 82 reviews
Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories (2004) 3,388 copies, 39 reviews
Pygmy (2009) 2,424 copies, 77 reviews
Damned (2011) 2,022 copies, 85 reviews
Tell-All (2010) 1,224 copies, 36 reviews
Doomed (2013) 818 copies, 33 reviews
Beautiful You (2014) 759 copies, 43 reviews
Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread (2015) 611 copies, 16 reviews
Adjustment Day (2018) 521 copies, 17 reviews
The Invention of Sound (2020) 400 copies, 9 reviews
Invisible Monsters Remix (2012) 397 copies, 15 reviews
Fight Club 2 (2016) 367 copies, 16 reviews
Not Forever, But For Now (2023) 177 copies, 5 reviews
Burnt Tongues (2014) — Editor — 145 copies, 4 reviews
Guts 131 copies, 6 reviews
Phoenix (2013) 120 copies, 6 reviews
Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color (2016) 81 copies, 1 review
Fight Club 3 (Graphic Novel) (2020) 58 copies, 1 review
Shock Induction (2024) 57 copies
Fight Club 2 #1 (2016) 45 copies, 1 review
Zombie (2015) 32 copies, 1 review
Fight Club [screenplay] (2001) 31 copies
Romance (2016) 27 copies, 2 reviews
Fight Club 2 #2 (2015) 17 copies, 1 review
Fight Club 2 #3 (2015) 17 copies
Cannibal 17 copies, 1 review
Fight Club 2 #5 (2015) 12 copies
Fight Club 2 #4 (2015) 12 copies
Fight Club 2 #6 (2015) 10 copies
36 Craft Essays 8 copies
Fight Club 2 #7 (2015) 8 copies
Mister Elegant 8 copies, 1 review
Fight Club 2 #8 (2015) 8 copies
Fight Club 2 #9 (2016) 7 copies, 1 review
Fight Club 2 #10 (2016) 6 copies
Knock Knock 4 copies, 1 review
Fight Club 3 #1 (2019) 3 copies
Loser 3 copies, 1 review
Fight Club 3 #3 2 copies
Fight Club 3 #4 (2019) 2 copies
Tour Stories 2 copies
Fight Club 3 Sampler (2018) 2 copies
Palahniuk Chuck 2 copies, 1 review
Nevidimki 1 copy
Exodus 1 copy
Miras (2023) 1 copy
Hot Potting 1 copy
Fight Club 1 copy
Fight Club 3 #8 (2019) 1 copy
Fight Club 3 #5 (2019) 1 copy
Fight Club 3 #2 (2019) 1 copy
Fight Club 3 #10 (2019) 1 copy
Fight Club 3 #9 (2019) 1 copy
Fight Club 3 #7 (2019) 1 copy
Obsolete 1 copy, 1 review
Expedition (2016) 1 copy

Associated Works

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) — Foreword, some editions — 24,805 copies, 301 reviews
Stories: All-New Tales (2010) — Contributor — 1,431 copies, 66 reviews
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Contributor — 328 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection (2006) — Contributor — 241 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2005) — Contributor — 224 copies, 5 reviews
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 130 copies, 1 review
Werewolves and Shape Shifters (2010) — Contributor — 110 copies
Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Writer, some editions — 104 copies
Dark Delicacies III: Haunted (2009) — Contributor — 80 copies, 2 reviews
Nightmare Magazine, October 2015 - Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue (2015) — Contributor — 59 copies, 4 reviews
Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors (2014) — Contributor — 28 copies, 1 review
Chiral Mad 3 (Anthology) (2016) — Introduction — 27 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 21 • February 2012 (2012) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
Northwest Edge: Deviant Fictions (2000) — Contributor — 6 copies
Qualia Nous: Vol. 2 — Contributor — 2 copies

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Choke in Someone explain it to me... (October 2019)
Fight Club in 1001 Books to read before you die (June 2008)

Reviews

Wow.
Given the extreme constraints of the form and narrative voice, the (at times) disturbing content and the withering condemnation of contemporary America.. quite how this book manages to be not only readable, but enjoyable, hilarious and ultimately quite moving is beyond me.
 
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dalet3 | 76 other reviews | Dec 28, 2024 |
This was tough to get through. I’m all for books with nihilistic amalgamations of sex and violence but this was not Palahniuk’s best.
 
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DS_LaLonde | 4 other reviews | Dec 20, 2024 |
Ако има нещо поне за замисляне, това може би е удивителната склонност на хората да НЕ правят това, което прави Тайлър Дърдан, т.е. да не всяват хаос в подредените обществени и други системи, около които сме изградили живота си, въпреки това (всяването на хаос като Тайлър), да е удивително лесно.

В едно предаване относно тероризма (нищо общо с книгата) експертът обясни, че е примерно е нужно само двама души с кола да обикалят САЩ на случаен принцип и от време на време да застрелват по някой случаен минувач, за да хвърлят страната в невиждана паника. Никой няма да може да ги хване, нито ще знае изобщо какво става.

Но никой не го прави, даже терористите - и те се придържат към "изградената" обществена система на тероризъм даже - с бомби и масови стрелби. Та колко му е да пикаеш в супата в ресторанта в който работиш, но даже това не правят хората, еле пък да организират анархистки терористични актове.

Явно имаме някакъв вроден вътрешен подтик към самоорганизация в социални системи и спазването им и той е толкова силен, че му се подчиняват даже даже тия, които се борят срещу тия системи. Винаги съм смятал, че ултимативната ирония е изразът "организация на анархисти" ;)
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Longanlon | 328 other reviews | Nov 19, 2024 |
Chuck Palahniuk, why? ohh goodness, why? This was difficult to read. Not because of the subject matter just the story itself.
 
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empman74 | 4 other reviews | Nov 16, 2024 |

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