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Chuck Palahniuk
Author · 70 books

Written in stolen moments under truck chassis and on park benches to a soundtrack of The Downward Spiral and Pablo Honey, Fight Club came into existence. The adaptation of Fight Club was a flop at the box office, but achieved cult status on DVD. The film’s popularity drove sales of the novel. Chuck put out two novels in 1999, Survivor and Invisible Monsters. Choke, published in 2001, became Chuck’s first New York Times bestseller. Chuck’s work has always been infused with personal experience, and his next novel, Lullaby, was no exception. Chuck credits writing Lullaby with helping him cope with the tragic death of his father. Diary and the non-fiction guide to Portland, Fugitives and Refugees, were released in 2003. While on the road in support of Diary, Chuck began reading a short story entitled 'Guts,' which would eventually become part of the novel Haunted. In the years that followed, he continued to write, publishing the bestselling Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, a 'remix' of Invisible Monsters, Damned, and most recently, Doomed. Chuck also enjoys giving back to his fans, and teaching the art of storytelling has been an important part of that. In 2004, Chuck began submitting essays to ChuckPalahniuk.net on the craft of writing. These were 'How To' pieces, straight out of Chuck's personal bag of tricks, based on the tenants of minimalism he learned from Tom Spanbauer. Every month, a “Homework Assignment” would accompany the lesson, so Workshop members could apply what they had learned. (all 36 of these essays can currently be found on The Cult's sister-site, LitReactor.com). Then, in 2009, Chuck increased his involvement by committing to read and review a selection of fan-written stories each month. The best stories are currently set to be published in Burnt Tongues, a forthcoming anthology, with an introduction written by Chuck himself. His next novel, Beautiful You, is due out in October 2014.

Series

Books

Loser

2025

Guts book cover

Guts

2004

Tell-All book cover

Tell-All

2010

Stranger Than Fiction book cover

Stranger Than Fiction

True Stories

2004

Damned book cover

Damned

2011

Fight Club 3 #4 book cover

Fight Club 3 #4

2019

Fight Club 3 #10 book cover

Fight Club 3 #10

2019

Fight Club 3 #11 book cover

Fight Club 3 #11

2019

Fight Club 3 #1 book cover

Fight Club 3 #1

2019

Burnt Tongues Anthology book cover

Burnt Tongues Anthology

2014

Fight Club 3 #11 book cover

Fight Club 3 #11

2019

Lullaby book cover

Lullaby

2002

Diary book cover

Diary

2003

Fight Club 2 #3 book cover

Fight Club 2 #3

2015

Snuff book cover

Snuff

2008

Consider This book cover

Consider This

Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different

2020

The Playboy Interview book cover

The Playboy Interview

Men of Letters

2012

Fight Club 3 book cover

Fight Club 3

2020

Legacy book cover

Legacy

An Off-Color Novella for You to Color

2017

Fight Club 3 #9 book cover

Fight Club 3 #9

2019

Make Something Up book cover

Make Something Up

Stories You Can't Unread

2015

How the Jew Saved Christmas book cover

How the Jew Saved Christmas

A New Christmas Tale

2013

Fight Club 2 #2 book cover

Fight Club 2 #2

2015

The Invention of Sound book cover

The Invention of Sound

2020

Fight Club 2 #10 book cover

Fight Club 2 #10

2016

Escort book cover

Escort

2025

Zombie book cover

Zombie

2013

Fight Club 3 #7 book cover

Fight Club 3 #7

2019

Fight Club 2 #0 book cover

Fight Club 2 #0

2015

The Love Theme of Sybil and William book cover

The Love Theme of Sybil and William

1990

Knock Knock book cover

Knock Knock

2010

Doomed book cover

Doomed

2013

Fight Club book cover

Fight Club

1996

Fight Club 2 book cover

Fight Club 2

2015

Haunted book cover

Haunted

2005

Survivor book cover

Survivor

1999

Shock Induction book cover

Shock Induction

2024

Fight Club 2 #5 book cover

Fight Club 2 #5

2015

Choke book cover

Choke

2001

Fight Club 3 #12 book cover

Fight Club 3 #12

2019

الشبح الذي جاء يعتذر book cover

الشبح الذي جاء يعتذر

2019

Fight Club 2 #9 book cover

Fight Club 2 #9

2016

Negative Reinforcement

1990

Fight Club 3 #5 book cover

Fight Club 3 #5

2019

المترجم #2 book cover

المترجم #2

2016

Invisible Monsters Remix

2012

Beautiful You book cover

Beautiful You

2014

Cannibal book cover

Cannibal

2013

Fugitives and Refugees book cover

Fugitives and Refugees

A Walk in Portland, Oregon

2003

Fight Club 3 #6 book cover

Fight Club 3 #6

2019

Fight Club 2 #1 book cover

Fight Club 2 #1

2015

36 Craft Essays book cover

36 Craft Essays

2007

Fight Club 3 #2 book cover

Fight Club 3 #2

2019

Make Something Up book cover

Make Something Up

Stories You Can't Unread

2015

Mister Elegant book cover

Mister Elegant

2006

Fight Club 2 #8 book cover

Fight Club 2 #8

2015

Romance book cover

Romance

2011

Fight Club 3 #8 book cover

Fight Club 3 #8

2019

Pygmy book cover

Pygmy

2009

Fight Club 3 #12 book cover

Fight Club 3 #12

2019

Long Division book cover

Long Division

Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners

2024

Phoenix book cover

Phoenix

2013

Fight Club 2 #7 book cover

Fight Club 2 #7

2015

Not Forever, But For Now book cover

Not Forever, But For Now

2023

Adjustment Day book cover

Adjustment Day

2018

Invisible Monsters book cover

Invisible Monsters

1999

Fight Club 3 #3 book cover

Fight Club 3 #3

2019

Rant book cover

Rant

2007

Fight Club 2 #6 book cover

Fight Club 2 #6

2015

Fight Club book cover

Fight Club

The Screenplay

2001

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