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Tales of Ordinary Madness
1.  Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
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  "Debauched writing from a depraved soul - Stunning!"
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The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
2.  The Most Beautiful Woman in Town by Charles Bukowski
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  "Bukowski at his prime; real, painfully real."
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Permanent Midnight: A Memoir
3.  Permanent Midnight: A Memoir by Jerry Stahl
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  "Heartwrenchingly Human, brilliant!"
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Lolita
4.  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "Obsessive tragedy has never been more seductive or deadly."
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American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story
5.  American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story by Cynthia True
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  "An excellent biography of the greatest american philosophic comedian  ever. Bill Hicks RIP"
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The Pornographer's Poem
6.  The Pornographer's Poem by Michael Turner
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  "Confused yet purposeful, like all self discovery."
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Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems
7.  Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems by Charles Bukowski
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  "simple, poignant and the work of a genius"
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Panther)
8.  What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Panther) by Raymond Carver
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  "Life affirming, prose that cuts to the chase and the quick!"
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My World: Ramblings of an Aging Gutter Punk
9.  My World: Ramblings of an Aging Gutter Punk by Jeff Ott
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  "Informative study of real life. Punk realism shining in every word."
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Women
10.  Women by Charles Bukowski
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  "One of the finest novels ever."
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The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills
11.  The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski
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  "From the heart, the head and the fists of a battered spirit."
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A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with the Clash
12.  A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with the Clash by Johnny Green
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  "Joe Strummer RIP"
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Lila Says
13.  Lila Says by Anonymous
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  "words, fantasy, eroticism, love???"
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A Certain Age
14.  A Certain Age by Rebbecca Ray
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  "Another self discovery tale of stature."
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South of No North
15.  South of No North by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "Pain, pride, hate and sordid existence; brilliant."
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Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir
16.  Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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  "I read this at a time when I needed it, too painful to revisit yet."
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Boyracers
17.  Boyracers by Alan Bissett
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  "If you grew up in Falkirk this is nostalgic bliss."
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Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973
18.  Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973 by Charles Bukowski
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  "Dark, raw and unrelenting."
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Zazie in the Metro (Penguin 20th Century Classics)
19.  Zazie in the Metro (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Raymond Queneau
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  "Stylish and witty, effortlessly French."
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Trainspotting
20.  Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
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  "Bitter yet engaging far more layered than the film captures."
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Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!
21.  Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael Moore
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  "Compellingly flawed and necessary."
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The Virgin Suicides
22.  The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The list author says:
  "Emotionally entrancing with fluorescent vocabulary."
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Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
23.  Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories by Charles Bukowski
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  "A loving look at a hated life."
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Post Office: A Novel
24.  Post Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
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  "If only every novel was as simplistically brilliantly real."
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Shibboleth: My Revolting Life
25.  Shibboleth: My Revolting Life by Penny Rimbaud
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  "Insight into life before during and after Crass."
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