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Telegraph's 50 Best Cult Books

A cult book may be hard to define but one thing is for sure: you know a cult book when you see one.
Cult books are somehow, intangibly, different from simple bestsellers – though many of them are that. And people have passionate feelings on both sides:
Telegraph's critics present a selection of the most notable cult writing from the past two centuries. Some is classic. Some is catastrophic. All of it had the power to inspire . . .
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
1
James Hogg
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
2
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
3
Friedrich Nietzsche
A Rebours (Joris-Karl Huysmans)
A Rebours
4
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
5
Hermann Hesse
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
6
Kahlil Gibran
Journey of the End of the Night
Journey of the End of the Night
7
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth
8
Vera Brittain
The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana
9
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
10
Albert Camus
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
11
Ayn Rand
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
12
Dr. Benjamin Spock
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
13
Dodie Smith
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
14
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
15
J.D. Salinger
The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception
16
Aldous Huxley
Story of O
Story of O
17
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
18
Albert Camus
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
19
Jack Kerouac
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
20
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
21
Lawrence Durrell
To Kill. a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill. a Mockingbird
22
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
23
Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
24
Ken Kesey
Labyrinth (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinth
25
Jorge Luis Borges
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
26
Sylvia Plath
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
27
Frank Herbert
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
28
John Fowles
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
29
Mikhail Bulgakov
Chariots of the Gods
Chariots of the Gods
30
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
31
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
32
Kurt Vonnegut
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
33
Richard Bach
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
34
Germaine Greer
The Dice Man (Luke Rhinehart)
The Dice Man
35
Luke Rhinehart
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
36
Hunter S. Thompson
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
37
Thomas Pynchon
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
38
Erica Jong
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
39
Robert M Pirsig
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
40
Italo Calvino
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