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Lit FM: Books That Inspired Band Names

"To Kill a Mockingbird" may be the champion in this category, having inspired 90's punk-poppers Tequila Mockingbird shoegazers the Boo Radleys, and proto-emo warblers Atticus Finch. Steely Dan, as is well known, took its name from a dildo in "The Naked Lunch" and Heaven 17 was a pop band mentioned in "A Clockwork Orange." You can look up the rest.
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Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
1
Lewis Carroll
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
2
Sinclair Lewis
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
3
William Faulkner
The Bad Seed (William March)
The Bad Seed
4
William March
Belle Et Sebastien (Cecile Aubry)
Belle Et Sebastien
5
Cecile Aubry
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
6
Anonymous
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7
Roald Dahl
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
8
Anthony Burgess
Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance (Irvine Welsh)
Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance
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Irvine Welsh
Good Charlotte (Carol Beach York)
Good Charlotte
10
Carol Beach York
Hard Core Logo (Michael Turner)
Hard Core Logo
11
Michael Turner
Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
12
Jk Rowling
The Mark on the Wall (Virginia Woolf)
The Mark on the Wall
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The Naked Lunch
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Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
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J.D. Salinger
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
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Margaret Atwood
Pylon
Pylon
17
The Romany Rye (George Borrows)
The Romany Rye
18
George Borrows
The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair
19
C.S. Lewis
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
20
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
21
William S. Burroughs
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
22
Hermann Hesse
The Sunbird
The Sunbird
23
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
24
Harper Lee
The Velvet Underground (Michael Leigh)
The Velvet Underground
25
Michael Leigh
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