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The 50 Coolest Books Ever

The 50 Coolest books ever. How many have you read?
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
2
Bret Easton Ellis
A Clockwork Oragne
A Clockwork Oragne
3
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
4
Jack Kerouac
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
5
William S. Burroughs
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
6
Joseph Heller
Slaughter House 5
Slaughter House 5
7
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
8
Thomas Pynchon
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
9
Chris Ware
The Dice Man
The Dice Man
10
Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
Generation X
11
Douglas Coupland
A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
12
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
13
Hunter S. Thompson
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
14
Jonathan Safran Foer
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
15
Dave Eggers
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
16
Erica Jong
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
17
Money Martin Amis
Money Martin Amis
18
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
19
Ernest Hemingway
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
20
Patrick Suskind
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
21
William Gibson
Factotum
Factotum
22
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
23
Haruki Murakami
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
24
Ayn Rand
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
25
Irvine Welsh
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
26
Charles Burns
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
27
Ken Kesey
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
28
Iain Banks
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
29
Ayn Rand
Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar
30
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
31
George Orwell
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
32
Chuck Palahniuk
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
33
Donna Tartt
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
34
Jeffrey Eugenides
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
35
Truman Capote
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
36
Thomas Pynchon
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
37
Alan Moore
Diary
Diary
38
Ghost World (Daniel Clowes)
Ghost World
39
Daniel Clowes
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
40
Tom Wolfe
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