Lists of Bests: Rough Guide's "Cult Fiction: Mostly Factual" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/35088 From _The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction_ (http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/226850), these are books that are (mostly) non-fiction, but are also cult classics. The list "is a flawed, idiosyncratic, intriguing selection of the cult tomes from across the spectrum." _The list is alphabetical by title._ See also: Cult Fiction: The Authors: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34941 Cult Fiction: The Isolation Ward: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/35080 Thu, 31 May 2012 15:14:50 GMT en-us 0 50 29 0 0 The Autobiography of a Supertramp (Edwardian Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793180 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793180"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Xl9EU-s2L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.H. Davies</div> Blue Highways: A Journey into America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6978 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6978"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417WNnhL8CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Least Heat-Moon</div> Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2561598 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2561598"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747547084.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056476667_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Winner</div> The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052765 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2052765"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jMAklINXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas De Quincey</div> The Demonic Comedy: Some Detours in the Baghdad of Saddam Hussein http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8421 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8421"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P5ZYK3TYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul William Roberts</div> The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793184 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793184"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513HC3PMTZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kenneth Tynan</div> Motley Crue: The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1580 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1580"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C1CbMJJrL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tommy Lee</div> Dispatches http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18790 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18790"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679735259.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44908650_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Herr</div> Easy Riders, Raging Bulls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57032 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57032"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V3SM53RPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Biskind</div> The Emperor (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2742555 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2742555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141188030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ryszard Kapuscinski</div> A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9267"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gD4huNtaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Eggers</div> Hiroshima http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1432566 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1432566"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394548442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hersey</div> Holidays in Hell (Picador Thirty) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1652815 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1652815"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/033049192X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P.J. O'Rourke</div> Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/981585 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/981585"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LMkNXCZsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Simon</div> In Cold Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/219153 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/219153"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414V2SncoIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19505 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19505"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hUkPhIyvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Sacks</div> Memoirs of an Italian Terrorist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793207 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01D51TKWG8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giorgio</div> Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84891 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84891"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41l4914sYvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joyce Johnson</div> The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33520 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33520"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517S1lYaojL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernesto Che Guevara</div> My Happy Days in Hell: A European Autobiography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793211 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gyrgy (George) Faludy</div> My Last Breath (Flamingo) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1205718 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis Bunuel</div> Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2087368 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2087368"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1599210053.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Plimpton</div> The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5028 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5028"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K1BWY1MXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Nicholl</div> Stalin: The First In-depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia's Secret Archives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10272 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10272"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oqzCfBLHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edvard Radzinsky</div> Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bfXgajOUL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard P. Feynman</div> The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17908 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17908"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0671600419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Castaneda</div> True Tales of American Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16369 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16369"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FPW%2B2LOdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25854 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25854"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513Z97BQNAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ambrose Bierce</div> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060589469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert M. Pirsig</div>