Big Books of 2026

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On the Road by Jack KerouacHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergThe Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsJunky by William S. Burroughs
Beat Lit
235 books — 182 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacJunky by William S. BurroughsHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergThe Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacChronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
Beatniks
176 books — 22 voters

Anxiety by Danny WinterWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Ipswich Bus by Robbie FranklinEchoes From a Cobbled Street by David Hayes
Words that Influence
44 books — 16 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTropic of Cancer by Henry MillerOn the Road by Jack KerouacAsk the Dust by John FanteNobody Special by Jack Deadmen
The Lonesome Narrator
36 books — 15 voters

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMad Love by Lynessa LayneMiael by Grea AlexanderCabello by Grea Alexander
Beating the Odds
26 books — 11 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothVampire Academy by Richelle MeadCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Soul and the Seed by Arie Farnam
Best Unromantic Best Friends To Main Character
31 books — 11 voters

1001 Ways to Beat the Draft by Tuli KupferbergThe Beat Generation Cookbook by Carl LarsenVampire Beat by Vincent CourtneyRockabilly Beat by Katsu SuzukiHunting the Truth by Beate Klarsfeld
"Beat"
246 books — 11 voters
Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies by Kathi DaleyThe Trouble with Turkeys by Kathi DaleyOn the Road by Jack KerouacMinor Characters by Joyce JohnsonBurning Furiously Beautiful by Paul Maher Jr.
Thanksgiving/Winter Break Reading List
9 books — 8 voters

Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the F... by Charles BukowskiNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Cat Inside by William S. BurroughsA Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence FerlinghettiOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books by Bukowski and the Beats
104 books — 4 voters
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Whole Shot by Rick SchoberDon't Hide the Madness by William S. BurroughsVisions of Cody by Jack KerouacHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Books of the Beats
10 books — 3 voters

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J PancakeThe Light the Dead See by Frank StanfordThe Americans by Robert FrankThe Gunfighters Showdowns and shoot outs in the Old West by Paul TrachtmanPic by Jack Kerouac
Tom Waits' Top 10 Favorite Books
10 books — 1 voter

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