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On the Road On the Road (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 453,713 ratings — published 1957
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The Dharma Bums The Dharma Bums (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 102,663 ratings — published 1958
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 99,614 ratings — published 1959
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Howl and Other Poems Howl and Other Poems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 120,077 ratings — published 1956
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Big Sur Big Sur (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 38,428 ratings — published 1962
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Junky Junky (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 72,465 ratings — published 1953
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The Subterraneans The Subterraneans (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 17,037 ratings — published 1958
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Desolation Angels Desolation Angels (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 12,397 ratings — published 1958
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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 15,327 ratings — published 1945
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A Coney Island of the Mind A Coney Island of the Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 12,345 ratings — published 1958
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Lonesome Traveler Lonesome Traveler (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 8,237 ratings — published 1960
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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)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,557 ratings — published 1990
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Queer Queer (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.48 — 24,326 ratings — published 1985
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Visions of Cody Visions of Cody (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 4,366 ratings — published 1959
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Tristessa Tristessa (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 7,125 ratings — published 1960
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Mexico City Blues Mexico City Blues (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 3,831 ratings — published 1959
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Kaddish and Other Poems Kaddish and Other Poems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 9,579 ratings — published 1961
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The Town and the City The Town and the City (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 3,955 ratings — published 1950
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Maggie Cassidy Maggie Cassidy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.59 — 5,519 ratings — published 1959
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On the Road: The Original Scroll On the Road: The Original Scroll (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 13,844 ratings — published 1957
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Dr. Sax Dr. Sax (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.39 — 3,660 ratings — published 1959
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Go (Penguin Modern Classics) Go (Penguin Modern Classics)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,871 ratings — published 1952
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Turtle Island Turtle Island (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 4,615 ratings — published 1974
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Cities of the Red Night (The Red Night Trilogy, #1) Cities of the Red Night (The Red Night Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 5,624 ratings — published 1981
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The First Third The First Third (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 2,951 ratings — published 1971
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The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1) The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
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avg rating 3.43 — 7,131 ratings — published 1961
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Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 2,893 ratings — published 1983
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The Portable Beat Reader The Portable Beat Reader (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 7,921 ratings — published 1992
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The Yage Letters The Yage Letters (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.64 — 4,169 ratings — published 1963
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Memoirs of a Beatnik Memoirs of a Beatnik (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.68 — 3,686 ratings — published 1969
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Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46 Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 1,975 ratings — published 1967
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 787,619 ratings — published 1962
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 79,578 ratings — published 1968
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The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.52 — 4,357 ratings — published 1971
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Visions of Gerard Visions of Gerard (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 3,358 ratings — published 1963
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Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,225 ratings — published 1996
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The Ticket That Exploded (The Nova Trilogy, #3) The Ticket That Exploded (The Nova Trilogy, #3)
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avg rating 3.61 — 2,745 ratings — published 1962
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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)
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avg rating 4.06 — 383,317 ratings — published 1971
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Revolutionary Letters Revolutionary Letters (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 972 ratings — published 1971
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Collected Poems, 1947-1980 Collected Poems, 1947-1980 (paper)
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avg rating 4.18 — 7,042 ratings — published 1984
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Book of Haikus Book of Haikus (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,245 ratings — published 2003
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Scattered Poems Scattered Poems (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 2,765 ratings — published 1971
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Gasoline & The Vestal Lady on Brattle (City Lights Pocket Poets Series, #8) Gasoline & The Vestal Lady on Brattle (City Lights Pocket Poets Series, #8)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,459 ratings — published 1955
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Some of the Dharma Some of the Dharma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,457 ratings — published 1997
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Satori in Paris & Pic Satori in Paris & Pic (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.41 — 1,940 ratings — published 1985
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Interzone Interzone (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.73 — 1,984 ratings — published 1987
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Exterminator! Exterminator! (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 3,079 ratings — published 1973
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Satori In Paris Satori In Paris (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.27 — 2,687 ratings — published 1966
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Pomes All Sizes Pomes All Sizes (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 2,817 ratings — published 1992
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The Sea Is My Brother The Sea Is My Brother (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 3,113 ratings — published 2011
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Untapped Melody by Emma BrayDirty Rocker by Cassie MintFinding Her Tempo by Jessa JoyCarnal Licks by Pinky CockburnSame Old Song by Matilda Martel
Rock My World Series
13 books — 4 voters
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how to groove
4 books — 3 voters

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“[T]he fine line between life and death, we finally find, is no line at all.”
Rick Klaus Theis, Lorca's Grave

“The poet floats above—
Stateless, ageless, timeless, guileless—
A creator of beauty,
An excavator of truth,
A healer of fear,
A harbinger of love.”
Rick Klaus Theis, Lorca's Grave

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