beat-pathed paths in books

Discover the best beat-pathed paths in books with our curated list of top titles. Explore literary journeys and transformative reads that inspire and captivate.

On the Road Cover
Book

On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation “An authentic work of art.”—The New York Times Inspired …
The Dharma Bums Cover
Book

The Dharma Bums

by Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature “In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now …
Item Not Found
ID: 1573225053
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0140168125
(Type: book)
Tristessa Cover
Book

Tristessa

by Jack Kerouac

Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico City, this is the story of a man's ill-fated relationship with a woman he portrays …
The Subterraneans Cover
Book

The Subterraneans

by Jack Kerouac

Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another …
Howl, and Other Poems Cover
Book

Howl, and Other Poems

by Allen Ginsberg

This collection of poems by Ginsberg created a sensation when it was first published in 1956, becoming the subject of an obscenity trial and changing …
Item Not Found
ID: 0802133479
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0872860191
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0872860639
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0802134750
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0802130607
(Type: book)
Old Angel Midnight Cover
Book

Old Angel Midnight

 

No summary available.
Item Not Found
ID: 0140287078
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 1568860145
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0865474567
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0811201945
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0811200418
(Type: book)
Her Cover
Book

Her

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"A surreal semi-autobiographical blackbook record of a semi-mad period of my life, in that mindless, timeless state most romantics pass through, confusing flesh madonnas with …
Item Not Found
ID: 0811200264
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 1560252014
(Type: book)
Item Not Found
ID: 0140043519
(Type: book)
Visions of Cody Cover
Book

Visions of Cody

by Jack Kerouac

Written during 1951-52, this novel was an underground legend by the time it was finally published in 1972. Written in an experimental form, Kerouac created …
The First Third Cover
Book

The First Third

by Neal Cassady

Autobiographical writing by the "hero" of Jack Kerouac's On the road.