Examples
- Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis (1915), The Trial (1925)
- Svetoslav Minkov - The Lady With the X-Ray Eyes (1934)
- Albert Camus - The Stranger (1942), The Plague (1947), The Fall (1956)
- Eugène Ionesco - The Bald Soprano (1950), Rhinoceros (1959)
- Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot (1952)
- Harold Pinter - The Birthday Party (1958)
- Edward Albee - The American Dream (1961)
- Joseph Heller - Catch-22 (1961)
- Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle (1963)
- Tom Stoppard - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1966)
- Luke Rhinehart - The Dice Man (1971)
- Tom Robbins - Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
- Patrick Süskind - Perfume (1985)
- Paul Auster - The New York Trilogy (1989)
- Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events (1999 - 2006)
- Gregory Burke - Gagarin Way (2001)
- M. John Harrison - Light (2002)
- Ray Fracalossy - Tales From the Vinegar Wasteland (2006)
- Gary Shteyngart - Absurdistan (2006)
- Rhys Hughes - The Postmodern Mariner (2008)
- David Hoenigman - Burn Your Belongings (2009)
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