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shaayecanaan

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6. +1 for the iron heel

Reply to enigmatic (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 14, 2014, 12:44 AM

Apr 2014

Definitelyup there with 1984. People tend to mention on the road in the same breath as fear and lloathing in las Vegas. I wasn't huge on either but I did love junky by William burroughs.

Couple of others off the top of my head. The wasp factory is a good angsty book that doesn't hold back. Also maribou stork nightmares, by the guy who wrote trainspotting (but is a much better book). Loved both as a teenager.

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Is there an 'angst canon' of books that teenagers read? [View all] shaayecanaan Apr 2014 OP

In many of Steven King novels Inkfreak Apr 2014 #1

I read a couple of his shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #4

Btw, I read Catcher in the Rye as a young boy. Inkfreak Apr 2014 #2

I agree there shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #3

3 books that changed my life as a 13 year old enigmatic Apr 2014 #5

+1 for the iron heel shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #6

Amazing shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #7

Also this article on the Guardian shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #8

The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, DragonLance and Stephen King were my teenage books. PeteSelman Apr 2014 #9

When I was a teenager.. MicaelS Apr 2014 #10

Separate Peace and Catcher In The Rye, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Doctor_J Apr 2014 #11