Cult Fiction: Suggestions for Genre Exploration Drinking the Kool-Aid Dystopia by Kelly Fann 1984 by George Orwell Tonganoxie Public Library Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Battle Royale by Koushon Takami Suggestions Fantasy for Teen Readers The Once and Future King by T. H. White The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Crash by J.G. Ballard (this could arguably go under science fiction; however, hardcore science-fiction fans will be remiss to see it labeled as such.) The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart Dune by Frank Herbert The Belgariad series by David Eddings Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Horror or Thriller The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice by Douglas Adams The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson Geek Love by Katherine Dunn American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link Nonfiction Neuromancer by William Gibson Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Robert M. Pirsig by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Let that be the Reason by Vickie Stringer by Ken Kesey No Logo by Naomi Klein Only Forward Science Fiction by Michael Marshall Smith Dune by Frank Herbert One Hundred Years of Solitude Neuromancer by William Gibson by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Perfume by Patrick Süskind Subculture The Pigman by Paul Zindel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk The Stranger by Albert Camus Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess