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Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation
1.  Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore
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  "Read this now- Blair's UK is similar to Bush/Clinton USA with each day."
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Five Star)
2.  Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Five Star) by Lester Bangs
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  "Greil Marcus edited this collection together. It would be nice to see a companion collection. Lester Bangs was imitated in 'Almost Famous'. He was a great writer- 'Let it Blurt' tells you why."
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America
3.  America by Jean Baudrillard
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  "The dream-nightmare."
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Nothing
4.  Nothing by Paul Morley
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  "Family, Joy Division & Tragedy collide in this wonderful book."
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If This Is a Man / The Truce
5.  If This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi
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  "Books everyone should read."
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Slayer: An Expanded and Updated Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
6.  Slayer: An Expanded and Updated Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Keith Topping
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  "What was once an entertaining indulgence is now obligatory!"
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24 Hour Party People
7.  24 Hour Party People by Tony Wilson
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  "Postmodern novelisation of screemplay of film..."
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A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews
8.  A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews by J. G. Ballard
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  "I've referred to this so many times, how could anyone live without it?"
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Head On/Repossessed
9.  Head On/Repossessed by Julian Cope
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  "Two great books from St.Julian. This should be fiction- it's hilarious, terminally depressing,transcendent & really good to put a hangover in context to."
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On Film
10.  On Film by Wim Wenders
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  "Three volumes of Cinema & Wim Wenders."
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The Periodic Table (Essential Penguin)
11.  The Periodic Table (Essential Penguin) by Primo Levi
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  "Existence tracked by the periodic table. Read this soon."
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American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story
12.  American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story by Cynthia True
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  "Bill Hicks was a comic genius; find out here."
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Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties
13.  Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties by Peter Biskind
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  "Great 50's related tome"
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood
14.  Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood by Peter Biskind
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  "Best book on New Hollywood; praise Hal Ashby!"
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Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture
15.  Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds
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  "Great book & CD on the history of dance music. Scan the DJ!"
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Hollywood Babylon
16.  Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
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  "The best toilet book ever!"
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Andy Warhol Retrospective
17.  Andy Warhol Retrospective by Heiner Bastian
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  "Worth buying a coffee table to place on."
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My Dark Places: A L.A. Crime Memoir
18.  My Dark Places: A L.A. Crime Memoir by James Ellroy
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  "Superb exploration of the other side of life."
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The Drowned And The Saved (Abacus Books)
19.  The Drowned And The Saved (Abacus Books) by Primo Levi
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  "Levi's suicide note?"
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Polaroids from the Dead
20.  Polaroids from the Dead by Douglas Coupland
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  "Patchy- but worth it for the Cobain/'Harold& Maude' chapters."
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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics)
21.  Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "The next step on from Proust"
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The Penguin History of the United States of America
22.  The Penguin History of the United States of America by Hugh Brogan
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  "Very readable history of dystopia/utopia."
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My Time With Antonioni
23.  My Time With Antonioni by Wim Wenders
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  "Auteur's collaboration with auteur. Put me off making films!"
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The Complete Lynch
24.  The Complete Lynch by Barry Gifford
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  "Best book on Lynch- officially less talented than Ron Howard!!!!!!!!!????"
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Krzysztof Kieslowski (Pocket Essentials)
25.  Krzysztof Kieslowski (Pocket Essentials) by Monika Maurer
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  "Great short tome. She's wrong about 'Red' though: 5/5!!!!!!"
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