The Bret Easton Ellis novels are centered around rich, narcissistic characters who don't care about their lives or the people around them. They primarily explore the actions they take to try to fill the void.
New to Ellis? Here's an introductory guide with recommendations on where to start.
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Clay comes home for winter break, but for what...?
Three college kids have their romantic lives tangled in one another. Lauren Hynde misses Victor, Paul Denton can't be with Mitchell, and Sean Bateman just wants some money from his brother.
26-year-old Patrick Bateman's already fractured life breaks down increasingly after a coworker disappears.
The Informers is a collection of short stories featuring Madonna liking vampires, depressed rockstars, and Timothy Price from American Psycho.
Glamorama follows Victor Ward, beginning a day before the club he's helping run opens its doors. Victor struggles to balance his affair, the club opening, and his other undertakings. Amidst this action, a mysterious offer to find a missing girl is made known to him...
A mock memoir where Ellis attempts to settle and be a good father, but is forced to confront his past as he is haunted by both his father and what seems to be a living Patrick Bateman.
Twenty-five years after Less than Zero, Clay, now a successful screenwriter, returns to LA and rectifies the fiction told in Less than Zero.
Seeing an old classmate causes Bret to write the story of the tragedy that happened his senior year of high school.