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Books Every Freak Needs to Read

An eclectic list of glorious perversities that includes drug addled memoirs, pseudo fiction, drunken narratives, metaphysical fancy, fables and poetry as well as a few twisted classics and the sort of non fiction that proves life is stranger than fiction.
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Junky (William S Burroughs)
Junky
1
William S Burroughs
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
2
Irvine Welsh
The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Andy Warhol Diaries
3
Diaries of Franz Kafka (Czech Republic)
Diaries of Franz Kafka (Czech Republic)
4
No One Here Gets Out Alive (By Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman)
No One Here Gets Out Alive (By Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman)
5
Edie: American Girl
Edie: American Girl
6
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
7
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
8
Vincent Bugliosi
Diary (Anais Nin)
Diary
9
Anais Nin
Diary of a Drug Fiend
Diary of a Drug Fiend
10
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
11
Thomas De Quincey
Permanent Midnight (Jerry Stahl)
Permanent Midnight
12
Jerry Stahl
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Speed (William Burroughs Jr.)
Speed
14
William Burroughs Jr.
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
15
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
16
Hermann Hesse
Strange News From Another Star (Hermann Hesse)
Strange News From Another Star
17
Hermann Hesse
The Anarchist Cookbook (William Powell)
The Anarchist Cookbook
18
William Powell
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
19
William S. Burroughs
The First Third (Neal Cassady)
The First Third
20
Neal Cassady
Off the Road (Carolyn Cassady)
Off the Road
21
Carolyn Cassady
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
22
Jack Kerouac
Queer (William S. Burroughs)
Queer
23
William S. Burroughs
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
24
Bret Easton Ellis
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
25
Jay McInerney
A Cannibal in Manhattan (Tama Janowitz)
A Cannibal in Manhattan
26
Tama Janowitz
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
27
Charles Dickens
The Dirt (Motley Crue)
The Dirt
28
Motley Crue
Laurel Canyon (Michael Walker)
Laurel Canyon
29
Michael Walker
In Search of the Miraculous
In Search of the Miraculous
30
The Devils
The Devils
31
Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce)
Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
32
Ambrose Bierce
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
33
Jonathan Swift
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
34
Maurice Sendak
Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue
35
The Velvet Underground (Michael Leigh)
The Velvet Underground
36
Michael Leigh
A Walk on the Wild Side
A Walk on the Wild Side
37
In the Belly of the Beast
In the Belly of the Beast
38
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
39
Ernest Hemingway
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (Jean Rhys)
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
40
Jean Rhys
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