Against the Grain
Against the Grain may refer to:

Broadcast media
Against the Grain (TV series), a 1993 American drama series with Ben Affleck
"Against the Grain", a regular segment on The Dan Patrick Show

Literature
Against the Grain (novel) or À rebours, an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
Against the Grain: An Autobiography, by Boris Yeltsin
Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization, by Richard Manning
Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood, edited by Bhob Stewart
Against the Grain, a publication from the Charleston Conference

Music
Albums
Against the Grain (Acoustic Alchemy album), 1994
Against the Grain (Bad Religion album), 1990
Against the Grain (Kurupt album), 2005
Against the Grain (Phoebe Snow album), 1978
Against the Grain (Redgum album), 2004
Against the Grain (Rory Gallagher album), 1975
Against the Grain (Snakefinger album), 1983
Against the Grain (The Veer Union album), 2009
Against da Grain, a 1999 album by YoungBloodZ

Songs
"Against the Grain", a song by Akon from Freedom
"Against the Grain", song by Garth Brooks from Ropin' the Wind

Other uses
Against the grain, a direction of woodworking in relation to a piece's wood grain
Against the Grain Brewery, a brewery in Kentucky