What's your rankings of Chuck's books?

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a random thought..  the 25th hour by david benioff is another great book to film adaptation.  i go over time and again about which was the better combination

25th hour or fight club

i think there was a combination of luck and magic during both productions.

-kabol

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i saw 25th hour a few years ago but didnt realize it was a book as well. something for me to look into.

maybe not til summer though. got many a thing to read and watch and do.

After a couple rereads:

1. Invisible Monsters
2. Choke
3. Lullaby
4. Fight Club (saw movie first, so all the images I saw in my head were from the film)
5. Diary
6. Haunted
7. Rant
8. Survivor

Fight Club, Choke, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Lullaby, Diary, Haunted.  I haven't read Rant.

1. Fight Club

2. Invisible Monsters

3. Choke

4. Rant

5. Survivor

6. Haunted

7. Lullaby

8. Diary

9. Fugitives and Refugees

10. Stranger than Fiction

survivor should be higher than rant. actually, haunted should be higher than rant.

For some reason Survivor just didn't hit me as hard as some.  Don't get me wrong, it's great, but this is my list and I'm sticking to it.  I can't defend my decisions because they are (and should be) different from yours.

So, by all means, put up your own list.

1.Survivor

2.Invisible Monsters

3.Rant

4.Lullaby

5.Choke

6.Haunted

7.Diary

8.Fight Club

I really was dissapointed in the 25th hour.  I just seemed like their was really nothing to it.

I never read the 25th Hour book but I loved the movie. 

Oh well, as long as I'm here....

1.  Invisible Monsters

Eh that's the only clear one, the others mush together.  Fight Club and Survivor are good but for me at least, forgettable.  I should read them again though.  I liked Diary too, but I can't put them in order.  Invisible Monsters was on a whole different level though, I love that book.

i dont get what people have against diary...i liked that one...

i think chokes overrated and haunted is just shit

whatever, guys!

1. lullaby
2. survivor
3. choke
4. fight club
5. invisible monsters
6. snuff (more of a novella but still a kickass read)
7. rant
8. stranger than fiction
9. fugitives and refugees
10. diary (wasnt sure where to put it, but I still love it)
11. haunted (loved most of the stories, especially guts and society diving)

that switches up every day, but lullaby is always #1

1. Fight Club
2. Invisible Monsters (the only book he wrote that made me cry... on the toilet... at work...)
3. Diary
4. Lullaby
5. Rant
6. Survivor
7. Choke
8. Haunted

The only two books on that list that I wouldn't read again are Choke and Haunted. But for what it's worth, I thought Choke had a great first few pages, some of Chuck's best.

1. Choke

2. Lulliby

3. Diary

3. Invisible Monsters

4. Rant

5. Surviver

6. Haunted

7. Fugitives and Refugies

8. Stranger Than Fiction

*9. I own Fight Club but haven't read it. I think I'll read it after I read Snuff. I'm trying to save it for last...

i dont think Rant is up there with any of his other fiction. didnt really enjoy it at all that one.

1. Rant

2. Fight Club

3. Lullaby

Am in the middle of Diary right now. Not sure what I think of it yet, though I find it the funniest of the books I've read thus far.

Invisible Monsters
Lullaby
Fight Club
Diary
Survivor
Rant
Haunted
Choke
Snuff
Stranger Than Fiction
Fugitives & Refugees.

Eight eleven seven four six three one ten five two nine.

1. Haunted
2. Fight Club
3. Choke
4. Invisible Monsters
5. Snuff

I have purchased the rest of his novels, but I have yet to read them.

I think I'm going to read Survivor next though.

no.

invisiblemonsterschokesurvivorrantdiarylullabyesnuffhaunted

I'm really about the only one who likes Haunted so much.

1. Rant

2. Choke

3. Fight Club

4. Invisible Monsters

5. Lullaby

6. Diary

7. Haunted

so far my top three are:

Invisible Monsters

Haunted

Fight Club

1 Choke 2 Survivor 3 Invisible Monsters 4 Lullaby 5 Diary

1. Rant
2. Invisible Monsters
3. Lullaby
4. Choke
5. Fight Club
6. Survivor
7. Diary
8. Haunted
9. Stranger Than Fiction

I have not read Fugitives or Snuff yet, Snuff is next on my list though after I finish House Of Leaves.

Alright, shut the hell up. I gotta list them again. I deliberate and deliberate.

1. Invisible Monsters (positively, changed reading for me)
2. Lullaby (so I liked the love interest and the ferris wheel sappy part, so what. and maybe because it was the first book I read I am partial to it (first exposure to Chuck's language))
3. Choke (is the most consistently funny)
4. Snuff (the video promo of that Hoss-of-a-Woman as Cassie Wright was random, though I liked how Chuck glowed during the interview, and book was great, I love the juicy, cum-dripping detail of the pornography industry (that I for one partake in...))
5. Diary (i went to Ithaca College as a Cinema Production Fine Art major and i felt the art school description was apt. i really enjoyed the cruelty of Missy, it felt actually dark (see Survivor below))
6. Rant (an oddity, the Huckleberry Finn like underwear-sniffin' adventures were great. loved the oral history delivery. the ending was too bizarre. now, i need to talk about that, I love David Lynch films, I love Eraserhead most of all and INLAND EMPIRE second, I LOVE AMBIGUITY. so why does Chuck need to make such a convoluted ending in place of nothing?? sometimes, and especially when I ended Rant, i feel Chuck is like trying to create an ending that turns us 360. it's not always effective. honestly, i would have preferred if Rant ended like any other chapter ending in the 2/3 section of the book with the Party Crasher culture and whatnot, you know, abruptlike. his language and "choruses" are great enough. I'm sold on those)
7. Fight Club (excellent book. I saw the movie first, and I have actually never done that before and it was hell. i love books because they engage me to actively create images for the text. with Fight Club, (I LOVE THE MOVIE) all I saw was Ed Norton and Pitt in the same old run down house time after time after...zzzzzzzz)
8. Haunted (GUTS, i like the antique story with the dark box too, and the mother's child who ran away and she feigned her death, and the wolf chomp-fest in the WIntery village; cool short stories)
9. Survivor (look: I wish the book stayed with the almost psychopathic evil that it began with. where he got pleasure out of murdering other people who called suicide chatlines for help. fucking dark. i personally have entertained suicide before so i felt justified in thinking it was a hilarious topic. the tone of the book changes tho, it soon comes across as UBER-whinning. in Fight Club, a bunch of that goes on too, and in Invisible Monsters, and Diary for that matter, but the main character in Survivor pissed me off. it wasn't exciting at all with the collagen-injections and all that (the chapstick throw was redeeming and the titles of the porn mags in PornFill). the love interest with Fertility should have gone further. the book was too detached and cold and whinny and not dark. I feel so strongly about putting this book last because the first 3 chapters, up until after the point he realizes he just cut up a live lobster, were A+).

I will always lap up anything Chuck writes like a schoolboy, when it comes down to it. Like Cassie Wright on her big night.

Why post this far into the question? Nobody reads this low in the page.

Lullyby
Fight Club
Invisible Monsters
Choke
Survivor
Diary
Haunted
-Have Not finished Snuff
-Havent started Fugitives & Refugees
Stranger than fiction was Okay
Almost diddn't finish Rant.

I'm a newbie to Chuck, so I have a ways to go. For now:

1.) Survivor
2.) Invisible Monsters
3.) Choke

Currently reading Haunted. They're all at pretty much the same level, so I ranked them by [excuse me while I invent a word...] rereadability. I'm also refraining from Fight Club for a while since I finally saw the film recently, about 4 months ago. (I know... shun me all you like.)

invisible monsters.
haunted.
choke.
lullaby.
survivor.
fight club.
have not read rant yet.... i plan on going to get that within the next few days...

1] Invisible Monsters
2] Fight Club
3] Diary
4] Lullaby
5] Choke

I loved them all, though.
I'm set to start reading Survivor tonight, and Haunted when my girlfriend finishes it.
The others: whenever I can get to a bookstore since we haven't got one here.

The book that I used to introduce my friends to Chuck was Invisible Monsters.
This worked well because plenty of my friends listen to Panic at the Disco.
The conversation goes as such:
Me: You know that song Time to Dance?
Friend: Yeah?
Me: They totally stole that whole freaking song from this book! -shoves book at-
Friend: -orgasms at Chuck-
Me: OHYEAH.

Haunted
Survivor
Choke
Fight Club
Invisible Monsters
Lullaby
Rant
Snuff

Survivor
Rant
choke
fight club
Invisible monsters
Lullaby
Snuff

I am reading Diary right now and I really really dislike it. I will finish it up but it has not been a enjoyable read so far.

Of the one's I've read:

Survivor
Haunted
Fight Club
Diary

i would say:

1. fight club
2. survivor
3. choke
4. invisible monsters
5. haunted

havent finished rant or snuff yet, didnt much like lulliby or diary and havent read fugitives

Invisible Monsters
Haunted
Fight Club
Survivor
Choke
Diary
Rant
Snuff
Lullaby

I have gotten a chance to read Stranger than Fiction or Fugitives and Refugees yet.

Choke
Survivor
Fight Club
Lullaby
Rant
Invisible Monsters
Diary
Snuff
Haunted

1- Choke
2- lullaby
3- Fight Club
4- Invisible Monster
5-Diary
6- Survivor
7- Haunted
8- Snuff

haven't finished Rant yet!

I won't include his nonfition, like Fugitives and Refugees (don't have it) or Stranger Than Fiction (haven't finished it) and I won't include Haunted on the list, as it's different than a distinct novel. I also won't unclude Fight Club, as it's the only Palahniuk novel I haven't read thus far.

1. Invisible Monsters - Truly a fast-paced novel that keeps your stomach turning with each page.
2. Lullaby - Very readable and focused on a kind of supernatural genre I like.
3. Survivor - A unique character and an ambiguous ending. I was surprised I liked this one as much as I did.
4. PYGMY - I can't seem to get the dialogue out of my head. Likely his weakest in terms of plot structure, but loaded with funny/grotesque/offensive imagery built into the choppy dialogue.
5. Choke - Mancini is a character that you should not be able to relate to or empathize with, but you do anyway.
6. Rant - Such an interesting genre choice coupled with an odd narrative choice. It works by forcing you to think between the lines of what's being narrated.
7. Snuff - Short, but great. The three gentlemen have some bizarre and hysterical motivations. It manages to be his "least sexy" novel and considering the content, that's pretty interesting.
8. Diary - A real departure in his main character choice. This novel was extremely grim and slow-paced, but worth it all for the ending.

Needless to say, I like all of them. I've mainly ranked them on their thematic scope/depth and re-readability. In six months time, my ranking is likely to change.

I haven't read them all yet, but so far it goes like this:

1. Invisible Monsters
2. Choke
3. Survivor
4. Fight Club
5. Pygmy
6. Lullaby

THe first time I read Choke and Survivor I was in 8th grade half the book went over my head as you can imagine. When I re-read survivor I realized the genius of it. Excluding FC because we can all pretty much agree we love FC even if we hated it, I mean thats the reason we are all here in the first place. It started it all. I would Put Survivor at the top. Then Rant.

mm ok

1.-invisible monsters
2.-rant
3.-choke
4.-survivor
5.-fight club
6.-lulluby
7.-diary
8.-haunted

havent gotten snuuf or pygmy yet

and hi, im new

It's funny to see how much variation there is. It's also hilarious to see so many people liking IM as #1 and people being afraid to publish it.

1.Choke
2.Survivor
3.Diary
4.Rant
5.Lullaby
6.Fight Club
7.Haunted
8.Invisible Monsters

2-4 are pretty tight.

I just registered. Maybe a webmaster can answer the following: why is it necessary to make people make inevitably futile attempts (typically 3 or 4) to type in incoherent CAPTCHAs and then give them a really easy obvious one? Screw off.

1. survivor
2. fight club
3. lullaby
4. choke
5. rant
6. invisible monsters
7. diary
8. haunted

1. Diary
2. Fight Club
3. Rant
4. Choke
5. Pygmy

I will read the rest as soon as i can, right now im on Survivor

1.Diary
2.Invisible Monsters
3.Survivor
4.Choke
5.Fight Club
6.Haunted

But I'd love to put 'em all higher on the list. This sucks. Let's say 5=2=1=3=4=6. Ok?

1. Haunted
2. Rant
3. Choke
4. Invisible Monsters
5. Stranger Than Fiction

Still have snuff, lullaby lying around waiting for me so this order will be updated someday.
I also love the stories in his essays.

1. Rant
2. Choke
3. Fight Club
4. Haunted

Haven't read Invisible Monsters yet.

Update: 11. Snuff

That book barely passes as a work of literature in my book. No pun intended. I don't really plan on reading Pygmy.