 | On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.95 This is the defining book of the beat generation. A must read!
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 | The Dharma Bums: 50th Anniversary Edition by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $6.68 Truth be told, I liked this better than On The Road (but don't tell Jack).
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 | Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.44 This is Kerouac at his stream-of-consciousness best. Another must-read for your beat education.
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 | Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.28 Big Sur is yet another must-read Kerouac book. Not the most uplifting of his novels, but still pure Kerouac.
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 | Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac by Gerald Nicosia
Buy used from: $7.49 This is the definitive biography of Jack Kerouac. Disregard the length - when you're done you'll wish it were longer!
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 | The Beat Handbook: 100 Days of Kerouactions by Rick Dale D.Ed.
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $13.99 Okay. I admit it. I added my own book to the list. But it's called The Beat Handbook. If you want to know the answer to the question, 'What would Kerouac do?', you need this book.
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 | Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) by Allen Ginsberg
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.45 Howl is the most famous work by Kerouac beat friend Allen Ginsburg. This is a necessary read to become beatified.
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 | Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $6.00 Not for the weak of heart, but Burroughs was another Kerouac compadre and this is his masterpiece.
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 | The First Third by Neal Cassady
Buy new: $11.48 / Used from: $3.79 The hero of On The Road, Dean Moriarty, was real-life beat Neal Cassady. This is his book.
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 | Kerouac: Selected Letters: Volume 1: 1940-1956 by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $13.50 / Used from: $6.99 To enhance your beat education, you must read Kerouac's letters as well as his books.
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 | Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters: Volume 2 by Jack Kerouac
Buy used from: $1.00 Another volume of letters that will round out your beat education.
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