 | On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac
Buy used from: $0.08 urgent search for faith in post-WWII America infused with the drink drugged, and sexed paranoia of the beat generation
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 | The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.49 another epic pilgrimage with Kerouac and his hip, beatific friends
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 | Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.00 might be my favorite, but dont read it before 'Road' or 'Bums' another of Kerouac's mad travels influence by the bop music and San Francisco Renaissance
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 | This Side Of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $0.01 Fitzgerald's first novel writing giving voice to the Lost Generation of which fellow expatriates living in Paris, Gertrude Stein, and Hemingway were a part...loss, and hoplessness in 20's America
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 | The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Buy used from: $0.13 Hemingway's first try at a novel, gives a snap-shot of the life of the expatriates
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 | For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.97 Hemingway's best effort. Sparse prose only gives the reader the tip of the iceberg. An epic war novel, and love story
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 | In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $0.50 These short stories were Hemingway's debut. Excellent, and a good introduction into Hemingway's prose style.
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 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $4.32 The King of Gonzo takes us on a wild trip with a head full of acid, looking for the pulse of the American Dream. Comedy and satire at its best. Hilarious!
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 | The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.77 probably the best book you will ever read on the Vietnam War. It comprises of short story 'vignettes' that provide a kaleidoscope of the horrors of war.
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 | Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions) by Joseph Conrad
Buy new: $1.50 / Used from: $0.01 Awesome exploration into the human soul when natural restraints cease to exist
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 | Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $1.08 Has to be one of the best works...ever!
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 | The Martian Chronicles (The Grand Master Editions) by Ray Bradbury
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Penguin Classics) by Thomas De Quincey
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $6.99 A look at the influence of opium and laudanum on Thomas de Quincey...perhaps the drug that was the catalyst of Poe's mad tales.
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 | What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories by Raymond Carver
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $1.95 My favorite author of the short story...any of his collections are excellent
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 | Natasha: And Other Stories by David Bezmozgis
Buy new: $14.40 / Used from: $0.01 |
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