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50 Favorite Cult Books

From Hunter to Ayn, the Telegraph lists books you can 'wear like a leather jacket'

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(Newser) – It’s hard to define the "cult" book, but the Telegraph compiled 50 of the top contenders that “rewire your head.”

  • The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (1968)
  • Baby and Child Care by Dr Benjamin Spock (1946)
  • Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (1922)
  • The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (1943)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)

  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (1971)
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: an Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig (1974)
  • The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (1951)
  • The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1967)
  • On The Road by Jack Kerouac (1957)
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Kurt Vonnegut's
Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" made the Telegraph's list of 50 best cult books.   (AP Photo)
"To Kill a Mockingbird" was chosen as one of the Telegraph's 50 best cult books.   (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
In no particular order, the Telegraph has compiled the 50 best cult faves among books.
In no particular order, the Telegraph has compiled the 50 best cult faves among books.   (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A drawing of cult writer Hunter S. Thompson is seen in this undated file photo.
A drawing of cult writer Hunter S. Thompson is seen in this undated file photo.   ((c) theopie)
Tom Wolfe's
Tom Wolfe's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" made the Telegraph's list of 50 best cult books.   (AP Photo/Rick Maiman)
"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" is one of the Telegraph's 50 best cult books.   ((c) P/UL)
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literature • list • Hunter S. Thompson • Jack Kerouac • On the Road • book • Harper Lee • To Kill A Mockingbird • The Catcher in the Rye • JD Salinger • Catch-22 • Joseph Heller • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas • Tom Wolfe • Ayn Rand • Siddhartha

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