Lists of Bests: Shannon's "Unreliable Narrators and Anti-heroes: A Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/57213 An unreliable narrator is a narrator who can't be trusted. An anti-hero is a protagonist who has qualities that normally belong to villains or non-heroic flaws. Often the unreliable narrator is an anti-hero. These are novels that feature either or both of these literary devices. Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction and series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:30:31 GMT en-us 0 50 49 0 0 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3137 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3137"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140390464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> Batman: The Dark Knight Returns http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30212 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30212"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563893428.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1072128252_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Miller</div> Blood Meridian (Picador Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63367 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63367"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330312561.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac McCarthy</div> Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19589 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684865130.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> A Clockwork Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10850 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10850"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393312836.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962607 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962607"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074348763X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1085453646_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fyodor Dostoyevsky</div> The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6377 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6377"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420366.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Lanchester</div> Despair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18666 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18666"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679723439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464882_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vladimir Nabokov</div> Doctor Faustus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1224506 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1224506"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1551112108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43957311_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Marlowe</div> The Eyes of the Dragon (Signet) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13582 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13582"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451166582.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1124912337_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19157 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19157"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679785892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hunter S. Thompson</div> Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743273567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> Grendel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18657 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18657"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679723110.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122553698_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Gardner</div> The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14172 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14172"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452284694.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21550 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21550"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074347712X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Hannibal Rising http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2627250 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/342135 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/342135"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439554934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. K. Rowling</div> Interview With The Vampire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/652321 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/652321"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EZ3300.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Rice</div> The Killer Inside Me http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18767 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18767"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679733973.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Thompson</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> The Lord of the Rings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338085 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338085"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007136587.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743477103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42344 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42344"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743477561.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/264519 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> Mr. Phillips http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/948305 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/948305"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140298363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132603152_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Lanchester</div> Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160057 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160057"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1579126278.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agatha Christie</div> Mystic River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963002 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963002"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060584750.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis Lehane</div> No Country for Old Men (MTI) (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2854301 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> No Night Is Too Long http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71386 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71386"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140250409.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056420366_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Vine</div> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: (Great Books edition) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974819 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014028334X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138679407_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Kesey</div> Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21552 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21552"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743477553.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Pale Fire (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18442 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18442"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679410775.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464691_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vladimir Nabokov</div> Red Dragon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456799 <div id="position">54</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/456799"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0525945563.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (An Evergreen Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24065 <div id="position">55</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802132758.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491830_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Stoppard</div> A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans! (A Series of Unfortunate Events) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339896 <div id="position">57</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339896"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061146307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44990847_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lemony Snicket</div> Shutter Island http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9634 <div id="position">58</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9634"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038073186X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dennis Lehane</div> The Silence of the Lambs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5879 <div id="position">59</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5879"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312195265.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Sometimes a Great Notion (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1267392 <div id="position">60</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1267392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039865.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Kesey</div> The Stand http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795764 <div id="position">62</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Stars My Destination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058 <div id="position">63</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679767800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Bester</div> The Talented Mr.Ripley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55256 <div id="position">64</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55256"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099282879.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Highsmith</div> The Tell-Tale Heart (Bantam Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/694015 <div id="position">65</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/694015"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553212281.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Allan Poe</div> Trainspotting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10733 <div id="position">67</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10733"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393057240.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irvine Welsh</div> The Turn of the Screw: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013789 <div id="position">68</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013789"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/039395904X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> When We Were Orphans: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9233 <div id="position">72</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9233"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375724400.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Zeno's Conscience: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9311 <div id="position">73</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9311"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727760.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Italo Svevo</div> Flowers for Algernon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963535 <div id="position">74</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963535"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156030306.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Keyes</div>