Best Chuck Palahniuk novel?

[Oddpac87]

What do you guys think?

I can't wait for his next book.

And to anyone who has never read Palahniuk...you need to get on that.

[Un'Aria Ancora]

Never read him, I was thinking about Survivor for my first one though.

[notoaststereo]

this thread is made at least once a year. search function?

[GoodTimes]

how about his worst book? I thought Snuff was a pretty poor effort

[loganmmm]

I've been meaning to read Survivor.

[adam289]

Fight Club is the only one I've read.

[Chromefox]

Choke disappointed me. I cast for Invisible Monsters, but Diary and Survivor were dang close.

[Oddpac87]

this thread is made at least once a year. search function?

Send me the link to one poll on AP about Palahniuk novels and I won't think you're a complete idiot.

[Circa1628]

Fight Club with Choke as a close second

[notoaststereo]

Send me the link to one poll on AP about Palahniuk novels and I won't think you're a complete idiot.the search function isnt working for the Poll Forum, so ill give you that, but there have been numerous threads about chuck and his books and i'm sure if you look through the polls forum you'll see another poll. as for threads about him:

with poll:
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97849&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
various discussions:
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=69669&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=18618&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=107407&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=139546&highlight=chuck+palahniuk

just because you're on the internet doesnt mean you have to be a dick about things. i am a bug fan of chuck and i like discussions about him and his books, but their doesnt need to be a new thread made every time someone wants to talk about him.

and as for my favorite of his books I'd have to say Lullaby even though I know I'm in the minority about that.

[shinobivslyndon]

no you're correct, Lullaby is his best. i'm a bug fan too. :-)

[headclub]

choke. fight club is up there too. i tried reading invisible monsters and i couldnt really get into it. survivor is really slow at the first half...but i hear it picks up and becomes amazing

[MyNameIsRoss]

Fight Club will win, not sure if it's the best though.

I can't wait for the Choke movie.

[Schreiforme417]

anyone read Stranger than Fiction? its an amazing delving into him and experiences and such. for a writer like myself its a great read, then again, all of his stuff are great reads. I think invisible monsters and choke are the two best, but FC is good too i think it will win because its the most popular among non addicts to palahniuk

[Oddpac87]

the search function isnt working for the Poll Forum, so ill give you that, but there have been numerous threads about chuck and his books and i'm sure if you look through the polls forum you'll see another poll. as for threads about him:

with poll:
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97849&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
various discussions:
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=69669&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=18618&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=107407&highlight=chuck+palahniuk
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=139546&highlight=chuck+palahniuk

just because you're on the internet doesnt mean you have to be a dick about things. i am a bug fan of chuck and i like discussions about him and his books, but their doesnt need to be a new thread made every time someone wants to talk about him.

and as for my favorite of his books I'd have to say Lullaby even though I know I'm in the minority about that.

So, one poll, from 3 years ago, and a few threads from anywhere between '03-'06. I'm not sure how you bitching about the fact that I made a poll that hasn't been done in 3 years makes me a dick, but whatever, because if I would have posted in a 3 year old thread I would have been getting shit from someone for bringing back a dead thread. Its a can't win situation for me.

[notoaststereo]

So, one poll, from 3 years ago, and a few threads from anywhere between '03-'06. I'm not sure how you bitching about the fact that I made a poll that hasn't been done in 3 years makes me a dick, but whatever, because if I would have posted in a 3 year old thread I would have been getting shit from someone for bringing back a dead thread. Its a can't win situation for me.no one would give you shit for bringing back an old thread. that doesnt happen. people like to talk in threads that are brought back. i just dont think we need so many of the same threads on this website thats why their are official/appreciation threads. as for your poll, their have been other polls, but i cannot find them so this one is perfectly fine (and updated to his most recent book) i was just stating that their are a lot of threads based around what peoples favorite chuck books are and a new one doesnt need to be made every time someone wants to talk about him.

[showyourteeth]

survivor
straight up


i still haven't read rant or snuff yet

[notoaststereo]

survivor
straight up


i still haven't read rant or snuff yetrant is pretty good. not as good as most of his other work but definitely worth reading. snuff, i hear, is not so good, but i havent read it yet so i dont know. its on my list of books to read though.

[Oddpac87]

I'm really looking forward to his next book. Here is what its about in Chuck's own words:

"I've just finished the first draft of a novel called "Pygmy," a dark comedy about terrorism and racism. The lead character is a 13-year-old foreign exchange student sent to live with a suburban, white, middle-class family. Oh, and they're Christians. The visit is for six months, and he's one of a dozen similar kids, all shipped to America to live with typical families.

The secret truth is that Pygmy is a terrorist, trained since infancy in martial arts, chemistry and radical hatred of the United States. He has six months to build a prize-winning project for the National Science Fair. If he succeeds, he and his project will go to Washington, D.C. for the finals competition -- where the project will explode, killing millions.

So far, Gerry Howard says it's the best book I've done. Fingers crossed for luck."

[darkmartheight]

Panic! at the disco plagiarized Invisible Monsters.

[romeoheart]

i hated Invisible Monsters, with almost every sentince staring with "jump to" but yeah i cant wait for the choke movie, it comes out setp 26th i think

[romeoheart]

survivor
straight up


i still haven't read rant or snuff yet

i love survivor also, my girl got me in this books, i havnt read rant or snuff, but she said snuff was alot better than rant

[Oddpac87]

i hated Invisible Monsters
Is that legal?!?

[crypticv24]

I liked Rant the most. Fight Club was close.

[Ryzenfall]

Panic! at the disco plagiarized Invisible Monsters.

They openly said their song was about that book. And Motion City Soundtrack with their b-side.

After Fight Club, i really liked chuck and at the same time knew i couldn't read him too often, if again.

[kolby182]

invisible monsters was great. i cant wait for these movies to come out. i just watched fight club again the other day with commentary from chucky p. very interesting. i recommend it. plus that movie cant be touched. it raises the bar on how movies should be shot.

[putup or shutup]

fight club was amazing. my first and favourite from him, and i've read most all of his stuff.

invisible monsters was good once too. but fight club can be read over and over and not get old.
for me at least.

[etheritcher]

choke.
it goes choke then invisible monster then fight club and in 4th is lullaby...after that theyre just ehh

[autumnbreathing]

I feel like his books have been getting worse rather than better.

[fixatedon1star]

i read invisible monsters and never really could get into it. but i want to try to read another one, maybe this poll will help me pick..

[bailmeout13]

Survivor.

[Maiaophilia]

invisible monsters FTW;
that book seriously made me go on a Palahniuk reading frenzy.

[hellogorgeous]

i hated Invisible Monsters, with almost every sentince staring with "jump to" but yeah i cant wait for the choke movie, it comes out setp 26th i think


yeah that got real fucking annoying

[didntxmeanxtht]

diary was beast.

[xxXtoomanyxsXxx]

I've only read Choke... I'll definitely see the movie, too.

[KyleMcr]

I've only read Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, and Choke.
I want to read more though.

[gonfreaks]

Invisible Monsters, but Fight Club and Choke are close.

[recomposed]

I'm surprised people even voted for Snuff. That book was terrible.

[Indoor Living]

I think I'm in the minority. Haunted is my favorite.

[IceAge/HeatWave]

note the avatar

[okcomputer20]

Palahniuk is my favorite author and I've read almost every single novel by him, and I have to say Choke is probably the best. I was so connected to Victor Mancini despite his flaws, and behind all of the disturbing surface, the book touched me deeply and is in fact my favorite novel.
My Top 5 Palahniuk:
1)Choke
2)Survivor
3)Haunted
4)Fight Club
5)Invisible Monsters

[xapplexpiex]

I've only read Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, and Choke.
I want to read more though.
This.
Invisible Monsters is a very, very, very good book. I could not put it down.

[Indoor Living]

Is Tell-All any good, for those who have read it?

[okcomputer20]

Palahniuk is my personal favorite. I've read almost every single one of his novels, I'd say Choke is the best, and is in fact, my favorite novel.