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1		On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 459,296 ratings score: 8,209, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.13 avg rating — 120,963 ratings score: 6,152, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac 3.93 avg rating — 103,646 ratings score: 4,529, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 100,655 ratings score: 3,712, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Junky by William S. Burroughs 3.84 avg rating — 73,518 ratings score: 3,297, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Big Sur by Jack Kerouac 3.83 avg rating — 38,949 ratings score: 1,926, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 794,645 ratings score: 1,762, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Post Office by Charles Bukowski 3.92 avg rating — 143,520 ratings score: 1,659, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.16 avg rating — 12,429 ratings score: 1,523, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Queer by William S. Burroughs 3.47 avg rating — 25,398 ratings score: 1,250, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe 3.92 avg rating — 80,172 ratings score: 1,155, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Go by John Clellon Holmes 3.80 avg rating — 1,887 ratings score: 1,152, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac 3.93 avg rating — 12,518 ratings score: 1,044, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs 3.72 avg rating — 15,538 ratings score: 874, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac 3.64 avg rating — 17,246 ratings score: 867, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		Hollywood by Charles Bukowski 3.81 avg rating — 28,398 ratings score: 861, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. 3.96 avg rating — 34,080 ratings score: 860, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		Women by Charles Bukowski 3.79 avg rating — 88,575 ratings score: 781, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		Pictures of the Gone World by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.10 avg rating — 1,573 ratings score: 741, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20		Chronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan 3.98 avg rating — 62,896 ratings score: 714, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21		Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson 4.06 avg rating — 388,026 ratings score: 678, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22		Turtle Island by Gary Snyder 4.08 avg rating — 4,662 ratings score: 648, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23		The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson 3.85 avg rating — 67,391 ratings score: 639, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24		The Yage Letters by William S. Burroughs 3.64 avg rating — 4,252 ratings score: 563, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25		Gasoline & The Vestal Lady on Brattle (City Lights Pocket Poets Series, #8) by Gregory Corso 3.99 avg rating — 1,470 ratings score: 552, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26		Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski 3.91 avg rating — 26,544 ratings score: 548, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27		Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir by Joyce Johnson 4.08 avg rating — 2,927 ratings score: 482, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28		The Ticket That Exploded (The Nova Trilogy, #2) by William S. Burroughs 3.61 avg rating — 2,763 ratings score: 478, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29		Memoirs of a Beatnik by Diane di Prima 3.68 avg rating — 3,736 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30		Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O'Hara 4.12 avg rating — 4,727 ratings score: 419, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31		Self-Published Kindling: Memoirs of a Homeless Bookstore Owner by Mik Everett (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 230 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32		Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac 3.56 avg rating — 4,382 ratings score: 387, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33		The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1) by William S. Burroughs 3.43 avg rating — 7,212 ratings score: 378, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34		Nova Express (The Nova Trilogy, #3) by William S. Burroughs 3.67 avg rating — 3,418 ratings score: 375, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35		The First Third by Neal Cassady 3.63 avg rating — 2,975 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36		The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead by William S. Burroughs 3.52 avg rating — 4,430 ratings score: 373, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37		Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac 3.74 avg rating — 8,322 ratings score: 370, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38		Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years by Diane di Prima 4.25 avg rating — 580 ratings score: 328, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39		Lyrics, 1962-1985 by Bob Dylan 4.60 avg rating — 659 ratings score: 325, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40		Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara 4.15 avg rating — 13,851 ratings score: 323, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41		The Happy Birthday of Death by Gregory Corso 4.11 avg rating — 747 ratings score: 319, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42		How I Became Hettie Jones by Hettie Jones 4.06 avg rating — 650 ratings score: 307, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43		Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski 4.13 avg rating — 122,833 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44		The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder 4.19 avg rating — 2,794 ratings score: 290, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45		The Horn by John Clellon Holmes 3.98 avg rating — 179 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46		Poems and Fragments by Elise Cowen 4.24 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47		Kaddish and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.19 avg rating — 9,629 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48		Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters by Jack Kerouac 4.21 avg rating — 848 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49		In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 3.77 avg rating — 25,634 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50		Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me by Richard Fariña 3.78 avg rating — 3,769 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51		Tristessa by Jack Kerouac 3.65 avg rating — 7,247 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52		Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones by Amiri Baraka 3.81 avg rating — 3,447 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53		Dinners and Nightmares by Diane di Prima 4.15 avg rating — 312 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54		Lyrics, 1962-2001 by Bob Dylan 4.60 avg rating — 1,244 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55		The Thousand Hour Club by George O'Har (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55		Missing a Beat: The Rants and Regrets of Seymour Krim by Seymour Krim 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55		Life... Love... Kumbh... by Aporva Kala (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 2,000 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58		Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg by Carolyn Cassady 3.94 avg rating — 2,563 ratings score: 199, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58		The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton 3.66 avg rating — 635 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60		The Western Lands (The Red Night Trilogy, #3) by William S. Burroughs 4.04 avg rating — 2,230 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60		The Beats: A Graphic History by Paul M. Buhle (Editor) 3.47 avg rating — 2,212 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62		New Beat Newbie by Harry Whitewolf (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63		Cities of the Red Night (The Red Night Trilogy, #1) by William S. Burroughs 3.75 avg rating — 5,682 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64		The Town and the City by Jack Kerouac 3.93 avg rating — 3,989 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65		The Herbert Huncke Reader by Herbert E. Huncke 4.05 avg rating — 145 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66		Cosmopolitan Greetings by Allen Ginsberg 3.82 avg rating — 378 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66		The Essential Ginsberg: Poems, Essays, and Letters from Beat Generation's Legendary Poet and American Literary Icon by Allen Ginsberg 4.16 avg rating — 690 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68		The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara 4.34 avg rating — 5,724 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69		Howl by Allen Ginsberg 4.07 avg rating — 6,301 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70		The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations by Gary Snyder 4.36 avg rating — 412 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71		Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's On the Road by Paul Maher Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72		The Third Mind by William S. Burroughs 4.18 avg rating — 344 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73		The Complete Poems by Kenneth Rexroth 4.49 avg rating — 197 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73		Solitudes Crowded With Loneliness by Bob Kaufman 4.27 avg rating — 404 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75		Blues People: Negro Music in White America by Amiri Baraka 4.16 avg rating — 2,480 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76		Her by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 3.59 avg rating — 498 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77		The Dead Lecturer by Amiri Baraka 4.10 avg rating — 209 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78		Ring of Bone: Collected Poems, 1950-1971 by Lew Welch 4.24 avg rating — 230 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79		Kerouac: A Biography by Ann Charters 4.11 avg rating — 1,695 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80		The Portable Beat Reader by Ann Charters (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 7,928 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81		Pieces of a Song: Selected Poems by Diane di Prima 4.20 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81		The Beats Abroad: A Global Guide to the Beat Generation by Bill Morgan 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83		Black Music by Amiri Baraka 4.10 avg rating — 584 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84		Loba by Diane di Prima 4.05 avg rating — 316 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85		Clean Asshole Poems & Smiling Vegetable Songs by Peter Orlovsky 4.08 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 135, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86		1001 Ways to Beat the Draft by Tuli Kupferberg 4.12 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87		Fast Speaking Woman: Chants and Essays by Anne Waldman 4.13 avg rating — 268 ratings score: 127, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88		In the Night Cafe by Joyce Johnson 3.76 avg rating — 203 ratings score: 121, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89		Get Home Free by John Clellon Holmes 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 120, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90		Poetry as Insurgent Art by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.11 avg rating — 1,092 ratings score: 107, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91		A Far Rockaway of the Heart by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.11 avg rating — 532 ratings score: 106, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92		100 Poems from the Japanese by Kenneth Rexroth (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 1,289 ratings score: 103, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		Brass Furnace Going Out: Song, After an Abortion by Diane di Prima 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		Cannibal Sunflowers and Van Gogh's Ear by Catfish McDaris 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult' by David S. Wills (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		The Fantastic Lodge: The Shocking Autobiography of a Girl Addict by Helen MacGill Hughes 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		Naked Lens: Beat Cinema by Jack Sargeant (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		Route Number 11: Argentina, Angels & Alcohol by Harry Whitewolf (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		The Whole Shot: Collected Interviews with Gregory Corso by Rick Schober (Editor) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg by William S. Burroughs 3.81 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nov 05, 2012 12:21AM

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thank you for the fantastic book list. I have read some of the noteables like, Kerouac, Bourroughs, Bukowski, and the Cassidys, as well as Ginsberg(who could read too much Ginsberg)? Very keen to add some new authors to my beat lit.

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