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Telegraph's 50 Best Cult Books

A cult book may be hard to define but one thing is for sure: you know a cult book when you see one.
Cult books are somehow, intangibly, different from simple bestsellers – though many of them are that. And people have passionate feelings on both sides:
Telegraph's critics present a selection of the most notable cult writing from the past two centuries. Some is classic. Some is catastrophic. All of it had the power to inspire . . .
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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A Rebours (Joris-Karl Huysmans)
A Rebours (Joris-Karl Huysmans)
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha
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The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
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Journey of the End of the Night
Journey of the End of the Night
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Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
9
The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana
10
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
11
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
12
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
13
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
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Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell
The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell
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Story of O
Story of O
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The Outsider
The Outsider
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
20
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
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The Alexandria Quartet
The Alexandria Quartet
22
To Kill. a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill. a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
23
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Labyrinth (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinth (Jorge Luis Borges)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Dune
Dune
28
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus (John Fowles)
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
30
Chariots of the Gods
Chariots of the Gods
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Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
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The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
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The Dice Man (Luke Rhinehart)
The Dice Man (Luke Rhinehart)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
37
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
38
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
39
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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