100% NZ-owned | 80,000+ Books In NZ 📚

20% Off 3+ In-Stock Fiction Books | Be in to Win a $1,000 Mystery Box! 🎁

Fight Club

The book that inspired the 'defining cult movie of our time'
By Chuck Palahniuk
0.0 (0 reviews)
4.18 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 632,866 ratings, 25,836 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk explores the life of an unnamed narrator struggling with insomnia and dissatisfaction in his white-collar job. His life changes dramatically when he forms an unusual friendship with the enigmatic Tyler Durden, leading to the creation of an underground fight club as an outlet for male aggression and disillusionment. The story intensifies as the club's influence grows, challenging societal norms and pushing the limits of both freedom and chaos.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$2400
Elsewhere:
$2600
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 3-4 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might like this book if you enjoy gritty, intense narratives exploring themes of identity, consumerism, and rebellion. Its dark humour and unique storytelling may appeal to readers looking for a thought-provoking and unconventional novel.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

Fight Club

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything.

Fight Club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter and dark, anarchic genius. And it's only the beginning of his plans for revenge on a world where cancer support groups have the corner on human warmth.

This book was also made into a highly successful movie of the same name starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Fight Club has been praised for its satirical take on modern consumer culture and its exploration of identity and masculinity. The novel often receives positive remarks for its provocative narrative and dark humour, though some reviews note it can be unsettling due to its violent themes. Readers are often impressed by the unexpected twists and Palahniuk's sharp, incisive writing style.

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780091835132

Publisher: Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 February 1997

Country: Australia

Imprint: Vintage (Australia)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 174g

Pages: 208

Collections

Chuck Palahniuk Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk's twelve previous novels are the bestselling Tell-All, Pygmy, Snuff, Rant, Haunted, Lullaby, Diary, Choke - which has been made into a film by director Clark Gregg, starring Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston - Survivor, Invisible Monsters, and Fight Club, which was made into a film by director David Fincher. He is also the author of the nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon, Fugitives and Refugees, Damned and the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Also by Chuck Palahniuk

View all

More from General Fiction

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.