I read somewhere that Chuck Palahniuk never throws away a piece of information. He has filing cabinets full of miscellaneous trivia at home and will spend rainy afternoons checking, categorising and researching.

It shows in his writing.

This is a good thing by the way. He brings together so many disparate subjects and little snippets of information it is very difficult to ever get bored.

Where to start? I would suggest Survivor. Possibly because it's the first one I ever read, but I would say it is fairly accessible to all.

The books I've put into the bibliography so far are only the novels he has written. There are plenty of non-fiction books worth checking out too. If I get the time I will try and update the bibliography later.

My personal favourite is Focault's pendulum. I've read it three times now and it just gets better each time. The first time it took me almost 6 months as I was constantly looking up references. The second time I read it in 2 days. I'd recommend both methods ;-) Without spoiling it I'd say it's the ultimate conspiracy theory book.