Lists of Bests: Cult Fiction: a reader's guide - Must Reads http://www.listsofbests.com/list/57844 The Must Read works from (or on) the cult authors listed in Andrew Calcutt & Richard Shephard's 'Cult Fiction: a reader's guide.' Originally published 1999 by Contemporary Books. All works added. 01/08/08 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:03:59 GMT en-us 0 50 548 50 0 Blood and Guts in High School: A Novel (Acker, Kathy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24061 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24061"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/080213193X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Acker</div> Don Quixote: A Novel (Acker, Kathy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158806 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158806"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802131921.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Acker</div> The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula: Some Lives of Murderesses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3644388 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Acker</div> Eurydice in the Underworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158805 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158805"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1900850087.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084138654_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Acker</div> Nelson Algren: A Life on the Wild Side http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/667008 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bettina Drew</div> The Neon Wilderness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714645 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714645"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1583225501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson Algren</div> The Man with the Golden Arm (50th anniv.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32044 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32044"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1583220089.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056524070_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson Algren</div> A Walk on the Wild Side: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/667001 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/667001"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374525323.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson Algren</div> Skinhead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792356 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Allen</div> Skinhead Farewell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3644389 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Allen</div> Suedehead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2309591 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Allen</div> London Fields http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339267 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339267"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099748614.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> Money http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339265 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2339265"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099461889.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Amis</div> NIGHT TRAIN http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4486872 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4486872"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y4AP5H00L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by MARTIN AMIS</div> Antonin Artaud http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288712 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/288712"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0714542040.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056469843_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Esslin</div> The Theater and Its Double http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241086 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241086"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802150306.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonin Artaud</div> The New York Trilogy: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/676619 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/676619"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039830.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> In the Country of Last Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2593 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2593"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140097058.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138672752_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Leviathan (Contemporary American Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2743 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2743"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140178139.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Crash: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6375 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6375"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312420331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> The Drowned World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3930303 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3930303"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517VOY6xNEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> Empire of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47117 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47117"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743265238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div> High Rise (Flamingo Modern Classic) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16484 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16484"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0586044566.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.G. Ballard</div> Consider Phlebas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3501131 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3501131"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01BNvtrp1tL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain M. Banks</div> The Crow Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8276 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8276"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349103232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Banks</div> Feersum Endjinn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33248 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33248"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857232739.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain M. Banks</div> The Wasp Factory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1946706 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1946706"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0349101779.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Banks</div> Story of the Eye (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1676293 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Bataille</div> Erotism: Death and Sensuality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81396 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81396"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872861902.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Bataille</div> The Floating Opera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3930435 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3930435"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516E-H0AMvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Barth</div> Giles Goat Boy (The Anchor Literary Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9987 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9987"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385240864.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Barth</div> The Sot-Weed Factor (The Anchor Literary Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9989 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9989"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385240880.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439030_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Barth</div> The Dead Father http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106801 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106801"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374529256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Barthelme</div> Sixty Stories (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106797 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106797"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437395.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1065043955_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Barthelme</div> Snow White http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19319 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19319"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684824795.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Barthelme</div> The Mandarins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10912 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10912"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393318834.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439880_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simone de Beauvoir</div> The Second Sex http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763091 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2763091"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000NIKF0E.01-A2BEAAEKVZ1HHQ._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44142868_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simone De Beauvoir</div> Malone Dies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272483 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Beckett</div> Molloy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1147627 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1147627"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0802151361.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491880_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Beckett</div> The Unnameable http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1935049 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Beckett</div> Watt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3930478 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Beckett</div> Borstal Boy. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/734498 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/734498"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/3462025449.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130299163_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brendan Behan</div> Brendan Behan: A Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372926 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372926"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1568331878.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael O'Sullivan</div> The Hostage (Modern Plays) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1409485 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1409485"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413311902.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brendan Behan</div> Sayings of Brendan Behan (Sayings Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372934 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/372934"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0715628062.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1082170595_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. Dillon-Malone</div> Crazy In Berlin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/796239 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/796239"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/038528117X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Berger</div> Little Big Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66094 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66094"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385298293.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54155323_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Berger</div> The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25854 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25854"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0820324019.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ambrose Bierce</div> Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: And Other Stories (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/346429 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/346429"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140437568.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ambrose Bierce</div> Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook, 186) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25082 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811200124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494802_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jorge Luis Borges</div>