Shannon's "Antiheroes: A Reading List"

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Here are 21 great examples of the antihero that you may want to get to know, if you don’t already. Additional suggestions are welcome in the comments.

  1. 1.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Anthony Burgess

  2. 2.
    The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    by Douglas Adams

  3. 3.
    Grendel
    by John Gardner

  4. 4.
    Hamlet
    by William Shakespeare

  5. 5.
    The Silence of the Lambs
    by Thomas Harris

  6. 6.
    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J. D. Salinger

  7. 7.
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Collector's Library)
    by Mark Twain

  8. 8.
    The Great Gatsby
    by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  9. 9.
    Mystic River
    by Dennis Lehane

  10. 10.
    The Killer Inside Me
    by Jim Thompson

  11. 11.
    Mr. Phillips
    by John Lanchester

  12. 12.
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    by Ken Kesey

  13. 14.
    The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
    by Stephen King

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  15. 16.
    Interview with the Vampire
    by Anne Rice

  16. 17.
    Frankenstein
    by Mary Shelley

  17. 18.
    Nineteen Eighty-Four, Centennial Edition
    by George Orwell

  18. 19.
    Catch-22
    by Joseph Heller

  19. 20.
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    by Patricia Highsmith

  20. 21.
    The Lord of the Rings
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Created by Shannon on May 05, 2010.
 

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