Cult Fiction
Books come and go, but once in a while an offbeat book will inspire intense devotion among a passionate readership. Try these cult classics to see what all the fuss is about. All of these titles are located in the Adult Fiction section of the Library unless otherwise noted.
Adams, Douglas. The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide. 1979. (Science Fiction ADA). Also available: CD, eBook
Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy: City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room. 1985-1986.
Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. 1962. Also available: CD
Burroughs, William S. Naked Lunch. 1959.
Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist. 1988. Also available: Large Type, CD, Cassette, eBook
Coupland, Douglas. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. 1991.
Danielewski, Mark Z. House of Leaves. 2000.
DeLillo, Don. Underworld. 1997. Also available: Cassette
Dunn, Katherine. Geek Love. 1989.
Ellis, Bret Easton. American Psycho. 1991.
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Everything Is Illuminated. 2002.
Also available: CD, Cassette, Digital Player
Franzen, Jonathan. The Corrections. 2001. Also available: Large Type, CD, Cassette
Gibson, William. Neuromancer. 1984. (Science Fiction GIB). Also available: Cassette
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. 1961. Also available: CD, Cassette
Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha. 1951. Also available: CD, Cassette, eBook
Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. 1989.
Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. 1957. Also available: Cassette, eAudiobook
Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 1962. Also available: eAudiobook
Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas. 2004. Also available: CD
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore. 2005. Also available: CD
Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club. 1996. Also available: CD
Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. 1971. Also available: CD, Cassette
Pynchon, Thomas. The Crying of Lot 49. 1966.
Rand, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. 1957. Also available: eAudiobook
Robbins, Tom. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. 1976.
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. 1951
Stephenson, Neil. Cryptonomicon. 1999.
Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces. 1980. Also available: eAudiobook
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five, or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death. 1969. Also available: CD, eBook
Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest. 1996.
Welsh, Irvine. Trainspotting. 1996.