20 Overlooked Cult Beauties

A Listmania! list by "cuttlefishbones"
 
The Blind Owl
1.  The Blind Owl by Sadiq Hidayat
The list author says:
  "Seductive Persian opium-fuelled surrealism"
Used & New from: £4.54
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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How German Is It?
2.  How German Is It? by Walter Abish
The list author says:
  "Amazingly well written...unsettling and perceptive"
Used & New from: £4.62

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The Golem (European Classics)
3.  The Golem (European Classics) by Gustav Meyrink
The list author says:
  "Fantastic! Prague as a skewiff Fritz Lang film set."
£6.29   Used & New from: £3.22
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Kaputt
4.  Kaputt by Curzio Malaparte
The list author says:
  "The greatest book to emerge out of the Second World War."
Used & New from: £4.25
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Magic Prague
5.  Magic Prague by Angelo Maria Ripellino
The list author says:
  "Uncategorisable ! Even better than the real thing."
Used & New from: £14.98
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Revolutionary Road (Modern American Fiction)
6.  Revolutionary Road (Modern American Fiction) by Richard Yates
The list author says:
  "The daddy of Frantzen, Auster, Eugenides etc."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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Death And The Penguin (Panther)
7.  Death And The Penguin (Panther) by Andrey Kurkov
The list author says:
  "Probably the best penguin in fiction."
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.03
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics) by Patrick Hamilton
The list author says:
  "Sublime. This book even smells like a pub."
£6.79   Used & New from: £3.88
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

The Deadly Percheron (Canongate Crime Classics)
9.  The Deadly Percheron (Canongate Crime Classics) by John Franklin Bardin
The list author says:
  "Dwarves, nighmares, femme fatales and erm..Racehorses. Superb, unreconstructed, bonkers noir."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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The Fictions (Picador Books)
10.  The Fictions (Picador Books) by Bruno Schulz
The list author says:
  "A true visionary who was sadly murdered by The Gestapo"
Used & New from: £8.56
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Ge
11.  Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Ge by Sven Lindqvist
The list author says:
  "Taking up Conrad's reins, the author journeys into the 'Heart of Darkness'."
Used & New from: £12.26
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Trotter-nama
12.  Trotter-nama by I.Allan Sealy
The list author says:
  "Hard to find...but YOU MUST ! NOW !!!"
Used & New from: £5.99

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The Loser (King Penguin)
13.  The Loser (King Penguin) by George Konrad
The list author says:
  "Mental breakdown behind the Iron Curtain. Moving and laced with black humour"
Used & New from: £4.46

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Stone Junction: An Alchemical Potboiler
14.  Stone Junction: An Alchemical Potboiler by Jim Dodge
The list author says:
  "A trawl through America's underbelly - this book is The Truth. I swear !"
Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Morvern Callar
15.  Morvern Callar by Alan Warner
The list author says:
  "Perhaps neither overlooked nor a cult; but the best British fiction in years."
Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks)
16.  I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks) by Richard Matheson
The list author says:
  "Imagine a world populated by vampires...reads like Hatfield on a Sunday night."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (160 customer reviews)

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The Serial (Prion Humour Classics)
17.  The Serial (Prion Humour Classics) by Cyra McFadden
The list author says:
  "Hilarious dissection of 1970's LA"
Used & New from: £5.64
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Pale Fire (Penguin Modern Classics)
18.  Pale Fire (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
The list author says:
  "The greatest stylist in English at his mischievous best"
£8.40   Used & New from: £4.42
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Ferdydurke
19.  Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz
The list author says:
  "Described as 'Lunacy' and 'Anal Tyranny' upon publication in 1939. Great!!!"
Used & New from: £6.30
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Random Acts of Senseless Violence
20.  Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack
The list author says:
  "Less SF...more like the hyper-reality of Manhattan's seamier side."
Used & New from: £7.14
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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