The Best of the Beat

A selection of book titles, a few by the Beatniks, a few on them and by others who have been bracketed under the Beat Generation

Some readers would not want to include Charles Bukowski amongst the Beatniks but for convenience, on account of the era he lived and his non-conformist literary style, he has been clubbed under the Ginsberg & Co. There might be more exceptional works but this selection concentrates on a one-book-an-author list, but not necessarily in a particular order. Here it is: