History Creator / ChuckPalahniuk

** ''Make Something Up'' (TBA 2015)

* StrawNihilist: Many themes of his work has drawn criticism for being overly nihilistic and cynical. Like Nietzsche, while his dark prose does come across as such, hereally isn't (or so he claims). See the main entry above.

* HowWeGotHere: In ''Literature/FightClub'', ''Survivor'', ''Literature/InvisibleMonsters'' and ''Literature/{{Lullaby}}''. In an InMediaRes form, where the protagonist starts the narrative at the books climax, and recounts how they got there, and follows up with the resolution.

* AuthorAppeal: Quite possibly the color Cornflower Blue.

* RealitySubtext: He wrote ''{{Lullaby}}'' to cope with his decision of whether his father's murderer should get the death sentence. ''Lullaby'''s probably one of his saddest works.

* HowWeGotHere: In ''Literature/FightClub'', ''Survivor'', ''Literature/InvisibleMonsters'' and ''{{Lullaby}}''. In an InMediaRes form, where the protagonist starts the narrative at the books climax, and recounts how they got there, and follows up with the resolution.

** ''[[Literature/{{Haunted}}]'' (a book of short stories, 2005)

** ''[[Literature/{{Haunted2005}} Haunted]]'' (a book of short stories, 2005)

** Several from ''Literature/{{Haunted 2005}}'' (due to multiple narrators), such as "Don't laugh, but..." occurring frequently in Mother Nature's story.

* DownerEnding: Virtually any book that doesn't have a bittersweet end. ''Literature/{{Haunted 2005}}'' is probably the most triumphant example.

** Palahniuk's own interpretation of ''Survivor'''s ending is fairly positive.
*** For those of you who don't want to go look for it, this is his interpretation: [[spoiler: The end of Survivor isn't nearly so complicated. It's noted on page 7(8?) that a pile of valuable offerings has been left in the front of the passenger cabin. This pile includes a cassette recorder. Even before our hero starts to dictate his story -- during the few minutes he's supposed to be taking a piss -- he's actually in the bathroom dictating the last chapter into the cassette recorder. It's just ranting, nothing important plot-wise, and it can be interrupted at any point by the destruction of the plane. The minute the fourth engine flames out, he starts the cassette talking, then bails out, into Fertility's waiting arms (she's omniscient, you know). The rest of the book is just one machine whining and bitching to another machine. The crash will destroy the smaller recorder, but the surviving black box will make it appear that Tender is dead.]]

** ''{{Rant}}'' (2007)

** ''{{Pygmy}}'' (2009)

** ''{{Pygmy}}'' has a happy ending. Well, sort of.

** But not ''{{Pygmy}}''.

** ''Literature/BeautifulYou'' (TBA 2014)

** ''{{Lullaby}}'' (2002)
** ''{{Diary}}'' (2003)

** ''{{Snuff}}'' (2008)

** ''{{Damned}}'' (2011)
** ''{{Doomed}}'' (sequel to ''Damned'', 2013)

*** ''[[UpdatedRerelease Invisible Monsters Remix]]'' (2012)

** ''Haunted'' (TBA)
** ''Survivor'' (DevelopmentHell)[[note]]An adaptation was attempted, but [[TooSoon due to its similarities with the events of September 11, 2001]], they decided to put the project on hold, and to this day it has never came to fruition.[[/note]]
** ''Invisible Monsters'' (also Development Hell)[[note]]Rights were acquired for the movie in 2009, and production began in 2011 -- however, the movie has been stuck in the preliminary stages since (despite fan petitioning).[[/note]]
** ''Rant'' (TBA for now, [[http://litreactor.com/news/news-exclusive-james-franco-options-chuck-palahniuks-rant optioned]] by Creator/JamesFranco)

** ''Literature/{{TellAll}}'' (2010)

** ''ComicBook/FightClub2'' (2015)

** ''Fight Club'' sequel (currently unnamed graphic novel series, TBA 2014-15)

** ''Diary'' (2003)

** ''Snuff'' (2008)

** ''Tell-All'' (2010)
** ''Damned'' (2011)
** ''Doomed'' (sequel to ''Damned'', 2013)
** ''Beautiful You'' (TBA 2014)

** ''Choke'' (2001)

** ''Literature/{{Haunted 2005}}'' (a book of short stories) (2005)

** ''Doomed'' (2013) (sequel to ''Damned'')
** ''Beautiful You'' (2014, TBA)
** ''Make Something Up'' (2015, TBA)

** ''Literature/{{Choke}}'' (2001)

** ''Doomed'' (2013, to be released in October)

** ''Survivor'' (DevelopmentHell)[[note]]An adaptation was attempted, but [[TooSoon due to its similarities with the events of September 11, 2001]], they decided to put the project on hold, and to this day it never came to fruition.[[/note]]
** ''Invisible Monsters'' (Development Hell)[[note]]Rights were acquired for the movie in 2009, and production began in 2011 -- however, the movie has been stuck in the preliminary stages since despite fan petitioning.[[/note]]

** ''Invisible Monsters'' (2011)

An adaptation of ''Survivor'' has been attempted, but [[TooSoon due to its similarities with the events of September 11, 2001]], they decided to put the project on hold, and to this day it never came to fruition.

* NietzscheWannabe: Many themes of his work has drawn criticism for being overly nihilistic and cynical. Like Nietzsche, while his dark prose does come across as such, hereally isn't (or so he claims). See the main entry above.

* NietzscheWannabe: Many themes of his work has drawn criticism for being nihilistic and cynical. Like Nietzsche, while his dark prose does come across as such, hereally isn't (or so he claims). See the main entry above.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Far end of the cynical end of the scale, to the point of being nihilistic, which is why many people label him as a shock writer.

His earlier works fall under the label Transgressional Fiction, while his later works contain more horror elements. Many people feel that his work is overly nihilistic and [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]], and have labeled him a shock writer. Palahniuk does not believe that his work is in any way cynical or nihilistic, and has gone on record referring to himself as a Romantic—presumably the old ChivalricRomance.

!!Tropes found in ChuckPalahniuk's work include: