though I don’t really remember “Catcher in the Rye”.

I love “Fight Club”, book and movie. It says so much about how distanced we are from anything real.

I don’t think that it will become the anthem of serial killers, because at the bottom, it is more a book about seeking life and connection and meaning than it is about anarchy and disconnection.

The first real move away from disconnection was when Bob is killed. He actually feels that, and cares. Then, the reality of what he is doing sinks in, and he starts to see the truth about his dual nature, and starts to mend the gap between his two sides.

I always found it to be about Tyler starting off being disconnected, but growing towards connection. After all, he reconnects with both sides of himself and reconciles them in the end. The end of the movie actually feels like the beginning of his real life for me.

It is totally possible that disturbed people would only focus on the anarchy and disconnection.

... first of all I was unaware that killers were obsessed with catcher in the rye. Are they???
Personally I hated it. The self obsessed whining of an adolescent twat – very boring.
They really don’t compare for me… I loved Fight club & became very obsessed with it (the film more than the book) and have watched it close to 80 times. I think its about mental illness. The very best cinematographic depiction of a nervous breakdown I’ve ever seen.

I’ve read both “Catcher In The Rye” and “Fight Club”. I’ve enjoyed both books and I don’t see either of them as being big motivators for serial killers. There will always be people who look to something as justification for their own causes, but other than isolated cases I can’t see either of these books creating a slew of killers.

The Catcher in the Rye and watched Fight Club, it’s on my reading list whenever I get it and have time to read.
I think that murderers can connect to the characters and that’s why they become “obsessed” but I don’t think that murders or crimes are a direct result of books. (Normally)
I think that Fight Club already has such a widespread following that it wold be hard to find someone who doesn’t list it as one of their favorite movies or books.