Ask YC: Favorite Philosophical novel?

"The Brothers Karamazov" - Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Perhaps the very first existentialist novel ever written. Dostoevsky was an existentialist before anyone knew what existentialism was.

Albert Camus - The Fall

All-time favourite. Heck, the fact that my all-time fav band is named after the same novel doesn't hurt.

On Man and the Universe - Aristotle.

(Relevance other than stamping "Ask YC" to the front of it? Just curious)

I just noticed the "inspiring sci-fi", "insipid sci-fi" and "fantasy book" threads recently added here.

Karma whoring galore

Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Nietzsche

Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance By Robert M. Pirsig

Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose

Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist