Beatnik Books

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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.61 — 454,275 ratings — published 1957
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The Dharma Bums The Dharma Bums (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.93 — 102,760 ratings — published 1958
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,708 ratings — published 1959
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Big Sur Big Sur (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.83 — 38,485 ratings — published 1962
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Howl and Other Poems Howl and Other Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.13 — 120,183 ratings — published 1956
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.84 — 72,571 ratings — published 1953
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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.72 — 15,340 ratings — published 1945
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Desolation Angels Desolation Angels (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.93 — 12,413 ratings — published 1958
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The Subterraneans The Subterraneans (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.65 — 17,056 ratings — published 1958
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.06 — 383,817 ratings — published 1971
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Howl Howl (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,253 ratings — published 1956
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Queer Queer (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.48 — 24,402 ratings — published 1985
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.92 — 79,673 ratings — published 1968
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Ham on Rye Ham on Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.14 — 120,986 ratings — published 1982
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On the Road: The Original Scroll On the Road: The Original Scroll (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.11 — 13,857 ratings — published 1957
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A Coney Island of the Mind A Coney Island of the Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.16 — 12,351 ratings — published 1958
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Lonesome Traveler Lonesome Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.75 — 8,243 ratings — published 1960
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Factotum Factotum (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.92 — 76,995 ratings — published 1975
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Post Office Post Office (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.92 — 141,650 ratings — published 1971
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Memoirs of a Beatnik Memoirs of a Beatnik (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.68 — 3,692 ratings — published 1969
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.20 — 788,383 ratings — published 1962
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The Town and the City The Town and the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,959 ratings — published 1950
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Tales of Ordinary Madness Tales of Ordinary Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.84 — 31,205 ratings — published 1983
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Women Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.80 — 87,591 ratings — published 1978
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The Portable Beat Reader The Portable Beat Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,923 ratings — published 1992
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The Holy Barbarians The Holy Barbarians
by (shelved 6 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.66 — 632 ratings — published 1959
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Notes of a Dirty Old Man Notes of a Dirty Old Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.91 — 26,341 ratings — published 1969
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The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1) The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
by (shelved 5 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.43 — 7,139 ratings — published 1961
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Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,556 ratings — published 1990
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Mexico City Blues Mexico City Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.66 — 3,835 ratings — published 1959
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Kaddish and Other Poems Kaddish and Other Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,582 ratings — published 1961
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Love Is a Dog from Hell Love Is a Dog from Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.94 — 39,373 ratings — published 1977
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Tristessa Tristessa (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.65 — 7,132 ratings — published 1960
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Visions of Cody Visions of Cody (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.56 — 4,368 ratings — published 1959
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Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Death Chamber Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Death Chamber (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 2.75 — 2,059 ratings — published 2018
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Chronicles, Volume One Chronicles, Volume One (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.98 — 62,466 ratings — published 2004
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Dinners and Nightmares Dinners and Nightmares (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.16 — 308 ratings — published 1961
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Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.58 — 6,288 ratings — published 1999
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The Sea Is My Brother The Sea Is My Brother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.61 — 3,117 ratings — published 2011
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Dr. Sax Dr. Sax (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.39 — 3,664 ratings — published 1959
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Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,895 ratings — published 1983
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The First Third The First Third (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.63 — 2,952 ratings — published 1971
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The Ticket That Exploded (The Nova Trilogy, #3) The Ticket That Exploded (The Nova Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.61 — 2,747 ratings — published 1962
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Cities of the Red Night (The Red Night Trilogy, #1) Cities of the Red Night (The Red Night Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,628 ratings — published 1981
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,505,113 ratings — published 1969
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The Rum Diary The Rum Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.85 — 66,680 ratings — published 1998
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In Watermelon Sugar In Watermelon Sugar (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.77 — 25,270 ratings — published 1968
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White Shroud White Shroud (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.69 — 347 ratings — published 1986
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The Last Night of the Earth Poems The Last Night of the Earth Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as beatnik)
avg rating 4.30 — 8,256 ratings — published 1992
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Planet News Planet News (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as beatnik)
avg rating 3.97 — 546 ratings — published 1968
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Jack Kerouac
“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another til I drop.”
Jack Kerouac

“at the end of the tunnel—
not light, just night.”
Rick Klaus Theis, Lorca's Grave

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