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50 Books to Read So Others Will Think You're Cool

Great books in their own right with the bonus of upping your cool factor when you are "caught" reading them.
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A Void
A Void
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
2
Paulo Coelho
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
4
Sun Tzu
At-Swim-Two-Birds
At-Swim-Two-Birds
5
Malcom X Autobiography
Malcom X Autobiography
6
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
7
Sylvia Plath
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
9
Anthony Burgess
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
10
John Kennedy Toole
Death on the Installment Plan (L. F. Celine)
Death on the Installment Plan
11
L. F. Celine
Death With Interruptions (Jose Saramago)
Death With Interruptions
12
Jose Saramago
Diceman (Luke Rhineheart)
Diceman
13
Luke Rhineheart
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick (1968)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick (1968)
14
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
15
Tom Wolfe
Les Enfants Terribles
Les Enfants Terribles
16
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
17
Ray Bradbury
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
18
Hunter S. Thompson
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
19
Daniel Keyes
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
20
High Rise (J G Ballard)
High Rise
21
J G Ballard
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
22
Nick Hornby
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series (Douglas Adams)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
23
Douglas Adams
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
24
Allen Ginsberg
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
25
Italo Calvino
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
26
Ralph Ellison
John Dies at the End (David Wong)
John Dies at the End
27
David Wong
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
28
Dalton Trumbo
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - Hubert Selby, Jr.
29
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
30
Bret Easton Ellis
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
31
Martin Amis
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
32
William S. Burroughs
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
33
John Steinbeck
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
34
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
35
Ken Kesey
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
36
Vladimir Nabokov
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
37
New Mexico: Red Sky at Morning (Richard Bradford)
New Mexico: Red Sky at Morning
38
Richard Bradford
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
39
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
40
Paul Beatty
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