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Cool: The Complete Handbook's Medium Cool Literature List

All the books considered cool listed in Harry Armfield's book "Cool: The Complete Handbook" published in 1986.
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Dead Babies (Martin Amis)
Dead Babies
1
Martin Amis
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
2
Thomas Pynchon
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
3
John Fowles
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
4
John Fowles
The Devil in the Flesh
The Devil in the Flesh
5
Froth on the Daydream (Boris Vian)
Froth on the Daydream
6
Boris Vian
Against Nature (Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuiness)
Against Nature
7
Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuiness
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
8
Thomas Mann
Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
9
Colin Macinnes
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
10
Kurt Vonnegut
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
11
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Reprieve (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Reprieve
12
Jean-Paul Sartre
Iron in the Soul (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Iron in the Soul
13
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
14
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
15
Alain-Fournier
Les Enfants Terribles (Jean Cocteau)
Les Enfants Terribles
16
Jean Cocteau
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
17
Mervyn Peake
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
18
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
20
James Joyce
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
21
Joseph Heller
Vathek (William Beckford)
Vathek
22
William Beckford
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
23
Jack Kerouac
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
24
Vladimir Nabokov
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
25
Laurence Sterne
The Serial (Cyra McFadden)
The Serial
26
Cyra McFadden
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
27
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Truman Capote)
Other Voices, Other Rooms
28
Truman Capote
The Razors Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razors Edge
29
W. Somerset Maugham
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962 (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962
30
Anthony Burgess
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
31
Ernest Hemingway
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
32
Günter Grass
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
33
John Steinbeck
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
34
Arthur Koestler
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
35
Albert Camus
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
36
Evelyn Waugh
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
37
Franz Kafka
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
38
Raymond Chandler
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
39
Aldous Huxley
Point Counter Point
Point Counter Point
40
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