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100 Books Chalkietalkie Ought to Read Before He Dies

A list that reflects my desires to read some of the greats and to complete a good reading of transgressive fiction to aid my writing. Enjoy.
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
1
Herman Melville
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
2
Leo Tolstoy
Junky (William S Burroughs)
Junky
3
William S Burroughs
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
4
Jack Kerouac
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
8
Anthony Burgess
AMERICANA
AMERICANA
9
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
10
Salman Rushdie
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
11
Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
12
Jane Austen
Skag Boys (Irvine Weksh)
Skag Boys
13
Irvine Weksh
Fear and Loathing in America
Fear and Loathing in America
14
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
15
Margaret Atwood
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
16
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
17
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
18
Joan Didion
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
20
Joseph Heller
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
21
John Irving
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
22
Sylvia Plath
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
23
Henry David Thoreau
The Diary of Anne Frank (Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett)
The Diary of Anne Frank
24
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
25
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
26
Mark Twain
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
27
Hubert Selby Jr.
Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
Generation X
28
Douglas Coupland
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
29
William Gibson
The Elephant Tree
The Elephant Tree
30
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
31
Madeleine L'engle
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
32
Vladimir Nabokov
Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)
Choke
33
Chuck Palahniuk
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
34
Dante Alighieri
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
35
Katherine Dunn
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
36
J.G. Ballard
I Miss the World (Violet Levoit)
I Miss the World
37
Violet Levoit
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
38
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
39
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Audition (Ryu Murakami)
Audition
40
Ryu Murakami
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