Best of the Beat Writers

Discover the best Beat Generation writers and their iconic books. Explore top authors like Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs who defined the literary Beat movement.

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Howl, and Other Poems

by Allen Ginsberg

This collection of poems by Ginsberg created a sensation when it was first published in 1956, becoming the subject of an obscenity trial and changing …
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On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation “An authentic work of art.”—The New York Times Inspired …
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The Subterraneans

by Jack Kerouac

Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another …
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The Dharma Bums

by Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature “In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now …
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Her

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"A surreal semi-autobiographical blackbook record of a semi-mad period of my life, in that mindless, timeless state most romantics pass through, confusing flesh madonnas with …
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Naked Lunch

by William S. Burroughs

Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence …
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Junky

 

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The Soft Machine

by William S. Burroughs

Science fiction-roman.
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