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Ask the Dust
1.  Ask the Dust by John Fante
The list author says:
  "Bloody, bloody good only just surpassing the next book. Also one of Mr Bukowski favourites."
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Ham on Rye ("Rebel Inc")
2.  Ham on Rye ("Rebel Inc") by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "Amazing stuff really. Very honest, very brutal, very funny and very sad."
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Speed: WITH Kentucky Ham: Two Novels
3.  Speed: WITH Kentucky Ham: Two Novels by William S., Jr. Burroughs
The list author says:
  "My friend and I found Kentucky Ham in a second-hand bookshop around ten years ago. We didn't know he existed (let alone wrote books). Well, I read it and its partner and they were f*****g brilliant."
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The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
4.  The Most Beautiful Woman in Town by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "Excellent book of short stories. The one about the monkeys is really, really funny."
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Pavane (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
5.  Pavane (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Keith Roberts
The list author says:
  "Set in a Catholic England in 1968. No Woodstock here as the people anything but 'Free'. Rebellion, though, is in the air."
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The Red Pony (Puffin Classics)
6.  The Red Pony (Puffin Classics) by John Steinbeck
The list author says:
  "I think Bukowski read this book and mabye borrowd descriptions of the Father/Grandfather for his own Granfather in 'Ham on Rye'."
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Junky (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  Junky (Penguin Modern Classics) by William S Burroughs
The list author says:
  "This is book is very good and is worth reading alongside the two by his son to get the full picture of a very interesting life."
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The Collected Stories Of Arthur C. Clarke
8.  The Collected Stories Of Arthur C. Clarke by Arthur C. Clarke
The list author says:
  "A collection of every short story Arthur C. Clarke has written in one handy volume!"
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers)
9.  Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind
The list author says:
  "This is quite different. If you have ever met a more repellent creature in any book (J. Archer not included) then i'd be surprised. Good stuff."
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The Motorcycle Diaries
10.  The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Guevara
The list author says:
  "This is really good and is, fortunately, nothing (really) like the laddish blurb on the back."
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
11.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "Don't know if this is part of "citizenship" classes yet but everybody should read it to see easy we could slip into that world. E.g. Doublespeak = Spin."
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Pulp
12.  Pulp by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "First Bukowski book I read (it was the last he wrote). Its not his best but it contains enough to keep you amused."
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No Mean City
13.  No Mean City by H Kingsley-Long
The list author says:
  "Never read this book, but that's not form want of trying. It tells of slum-life in Glasgow and is supposed to be very good. Bukowski in Scotland?"
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Ghost of Chance (High Risk Books)
14.  Ghost of Chance (High Risk Books) by William S. Burroughs
The list author says:
  "Burroughs' last book is an allegorical tale of our destruction of our environment. It uses but some linguistic/beat/cut-uppy trickery but is still very accessible."
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The Ticket That Exploded (Nova Trilogy)
15.  The Ticket That Exploded (Nova Trilogy) by William Burroughs
The list author says:
  "Larkin said your mum and dad f**k you up but i think this book f**ks you up even more. Really difficult to read. When it begins to make sense it stops. Interesting to look at though!"
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The Thought Gang
16.  The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer
The list author says:
  "A one armed bandit and a disgraced philosopher thieve in the south of France. Very funny and sometimes shocking, an excellent read."
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The Hammer of God
17.  The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke
The list author says:
  "Arthur C. Clarke is the only Science Fiction writer that I know well and this is one of his best (another is earthlight but it doesn't seem to be in print). About a Meteor heading towards the Earth."
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The Caves of Steel (Robot Series)
18.  The Caves of Steel (Robot Series) by Isaac Asimov
The list author says:
  "I Bought this in the same Second-hand bookshop (Tills) i bought Speed and Kentucky Ham. It was the first Asimov I read and is so far the best. It's a detective story by the way."
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Junky
19.  Junky by William S. Burroughs
The list author says:
  "This is the audio version of the book. Burroughs reads it and his distinctive voice keeps you interested. Decent music too."
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Hostage
20.  Hostage by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "This CD of a Bukowski poetry reading is as funny for the dialogue he has with the crowd. It makes me laugh anyway."
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The Catcher in the Rye
21.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The list author says:
  "Another one I read at school and found that the i only understood it when I was older. Really good story."
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Virtual Light
22.  Virtual Light by William Gibson
The list author says:
  "Forgot about this guy. William Gibson is an ace writer he gets the tone just right, things are never perfect enough to be unreal but are advanced enough to be strange. Excellent."
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Last Exit to Brooklyn (Paladin Books)
23.  Last Exit to Brooklyn (Paladin Books) by Hubert, Jr. Selby
The list author says:
  "This is quite hard work but it isn't style this time but content. It is a VERY hard book. Originally banned it has an interesting foreward by Anthony Burgess that chronicles the court case."
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Neuromancer
24.  Neuromancer by William Gibson
The list author says:
  "Absolutely bloody brilliant. Inspiring stuff about a distopian future and a number of its inhabitants."
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Idoru
25.  Idoru by William Gibson
The list author says:
  "Idoru is a follow on from Virtual light and is set in Tokyo (almost Neo like Akira) and in cyberspace (that's not what he calls it). It's about a popstars relationship with a computer generated woman."
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