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{{short description|1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis}}
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{{Infobox book | 
| name          = Less than Zero
| title_orig    =
| translator    =
| image         = Lessthan01st1.png
| caption       = US first edition cover
| author        = [[Bret Easton Ellis]]
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| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        =
| genre         = [[Literary fiction]]
| publisher     = [[Simon & Schuster]]
| release_date  = 1985
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| media_type    = Print
| pages         = 208 (First Edition)
| isbn          = 978-0-14-008894-6
| dewey= 813/.54 19
| congress= PS3555.L5937 L4 1986
| oclc= 13746073
| preceded_by   =
| followed_by   = [[Imperial Bedrooms]]
}}
'''''Less than Zero''''' is the [[debut novel]] of [[Bret Easton Ellis]], published in 1985. It was his first published effort, released when he was 21 years old, and still a student at [[Bennington College]]. The novel was titled after the [[Elvis Costello]] [[Less than Zero (Elvis Costello song)|song of the same name]].