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Cult Books

Defining a cult book is not easy. Let's start with the more obvious aspects of cult lit. To begin, a cult book should have a passionate following. Buckets of books fall into this category, including classics like J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and On the Road by Jack Kerouac. A cult book should have the ability to alter a reader's life or influence great change, and for the purpose of this list, it should also be a bit odd and a tad obscure.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
2
Haruki Murakami
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3
Jules Verne
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
4
Roberto Bolaño
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
5
Vladimir Nabokov
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
6
Haruki Murakami
After the People Lights Have Gone off (Stephen Graham Jones)
After the People Lights Have Gone Off
7
Stephen Graham Jones
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories
8
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
9
Lawrence Durrell
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10
Lewis Carroll
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
11
Cormac McCarthy
Alligators of Abraham (Robert Kloss)
Alligators of Abraham
12
Robert Kloss
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
13
Bret Easton Ellis
American Widow
American Widow
14
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
15
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
AMERIKA (Franz Kafka)
AMERIKA
16
Franz Kafka
An Exaggerated Murder (Josh Cook)
An Exaggerated Murder
17
Josh Cook
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
18
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
19
L.M. Montgomery
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
20
Jeff Vandermeer
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah
21
Anthropology of an American Girl (Hilary Thayer Hamann)
Anthropology of an American Girl
22
Hilary Thayer Hamann
Archivist Wasp (Nicole Kornher-Stace)
Archivist Wasp
23
Nicole Kornher-Stace
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
24
Chinua Achebe
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
25
William Faulkner
As She Climbed Across the Table
As She Climbed Across the Table
26
The Association of Small Bombs (Karan Mahajan)
The Association of Small Bombs
27
Karan Mahajan
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
28
H.P. Lovecraft
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
29
Ayn Rand
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
30
Italo Calvino
The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
The Basketball Diaries
31
Jim Carroll
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
32
Marian Engel
The Bear Comes Home (Rafi Zabor)
The Bear Comes Home
33
Rafi Zabor
Bear V. the Shark (Chris Bachelder)
Bear V. the Shark
34
Chris Bachelder
Beatlebone (Kevin Barry)
Beatlebone
35
Kevin Barry
The Beautiful Bureaucrat (Helen Phillips)
The Beautiful Bureaucrat
36
Helen Phillips
The Beauty Myth (Naomi Wolf)
The Beauty Myth
37
Naomi Wolf
The Bees (Laline Paull)
The Bees
38
Laline Paull
Being Dead (Jim Crace)
Being Dead
39
Jim Crace
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
40
Sylvia Plath
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