Life Enhancing Books

A Listmania! list by Freightliner
 
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1.  Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "Debauched writing from a depraved soul - Stunning!"
£10.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
2.  The Most Beautiful Woman in Town by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "Bukowski at his prime; real, painfully real."
£10.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Permanent Midnight: A Memoir
3.  Permanent Midnight: A Memoir by Jerry Stahl
The list author says:
  "Heartwrenchingly Human, brilliant!"
Used & New from: £3.35
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Lolita
4.  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The list author says:
  "Obsessive tragedy has never been more seductive or deadly."
Used & New from: £1.52
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)

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American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story
5.  American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story by Cynthia True
The list author says:
  "An excellent biography of the greatest american philosophic comedian  ever. Bill Hicks RIP"
Used & New from: £0.01
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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The Pornographer's Poem
6.  The Pornographer's Poem by Michael Turner
The list author says:
  "Confused yet purposeful, like all self discovery."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems
7.  Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "simple, poignant and the work of a genius"
£9.99   Used & New from: £3.37
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Panther)
8.  What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Panther) by Raymond Carver
The list author says:
  "Life affirming, prose that cuts to the chase and the quick!"
Used & New from: £1.03
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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My World: Ramblings of an Aging Gutter Punk
9.  My World: Ramblings of an Aging Gutter Punk by Jeff Ott
The list author says:
  "Informative study of real life. Punk realism shining in every word."
Used & New from: £2.99
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Women
10.  Women by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "One of the finest novels ever."
Used & New from: £1.92
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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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
The list author says:
  "From the heart, the head and the fists of a battered spirit."
£4.76   Used & New from: £2.89
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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
The list author says:
  "Joe Strummer RIP"
Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Lila Says
13.  Lila Says by Anonymous
The list author says:
  "words, fantasy, eroticism, love???"
Used & New from: £0.01
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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A Certain Age
14.  A Certain Age by Rebbecca Ray
The list author says:
  "Another self discovery tale of stature."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)

South of No North
15.  South of No North by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "Pain, pride, hate and sordid existence; brilliant."
£7.19   Used & New from: £4.39
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir
16.  Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
The list author says:
  "I read this at a time when I needed it, too painful to revisit yet."
Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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Boyracers
17.  Boyracers by Alan Bissett
The list author says:
  "If you grew up in Falkirk this is nostalgic bliss."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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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
The list author says:
  "Dark, raw and unrelenting."
£6.99   Used & New from: £2.68
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Zazie in the Metro (Penguin 20th Century Classics)
19.  Zazie in the Metro (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Raymond Queneau
The list author says:
  "Stylish and witty, effortlessly French."
£5.99   Used & New from: £2.73
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Trainspotting
20.  Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
The list author says:
  "Bitter yet engaging far more layered than the film captures."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (135 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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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
The list author says:
  "Compellingly flawed and necessary."
Used & New from: £0.01
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)

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The Virgin Suicides
22.  The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The list author says:
  "Emotionally entrancing with fluorescent vocabulary."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (95 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
23.  Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "A loving look at a hated life."
Used & New from: £6.00
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Post Office: A Novel
24.  Post Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
The list author says:
  "If only every novel was as simplistically brilliantly real."
Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

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Shibboleth: My Revolting Life
25.  Shibboleth: My Revolting Life by Penny Rimbaud
The list author says:
  "Insight into life before during and after Crass."
Used & New from: £14.94
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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