Ten Impressively Nihilistic Novels
(Books I admire for how black they allow their blackness to be, and how much they make you feel it. Listed alphabetically by author.)
High-Rise by J. G. Ballard
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield
The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch
Last Days by Brian Evenson
The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ by Mendal W. Johnson
Invisible Hands by Stig Sæterbakken
Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas
— January 22, 2021