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Kurt Cobain's Reading List

Notable reader profiled on radicalreads.com. 19 favorite books recommended in their radicalreads feature.

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Favorite books (2021)

Favorite books recommended by Kurt Cobain, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/kurt-cobain-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

Dante Alighieri (also rec’d by David Bowie ) · Buy on Amazon
William S. Burroughs · Buy on Amazon
William S. Burroughs (also rec’d by Anthony Bourdain , Bob Dylan & Jim Morrison ) · Buy on Amazon
William S. Burroughs · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski · 1982 · Buy on Amazon
Charles Bukowski · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Geek Love
Katherine Dunn · Buy on Amazon
S.E. Hinton · Buy on Amazon
Jack Kerouac (also rec’d by Jim Morrison ) · Buy on Amazon
Jack Kerouac (also rec’d by Bob Dylan, David Bowie , John Lennon & Jim Morrison ) · Buy on Amazon
Camille Paglia · Buy on Amazon
"I really like Camille Paglia a lot; it’s really entertaining, even though I don’t necessarily agree with what she says."
J.D. Salinger (also rec’d by Kurt Cobain , Liz Phair & Philip Roth ) · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Hamlet
William Shakespeare · Buy on Amazon
Valerie Solanas (also rec’d by Nick Cave ) · Buy on Amazon
"[Solanas] was a militant feminist who, in my opinion, had some incredible ideas. Everybody called her insane because the ideas are pretty violent. [The book] pretty much says women should rule the earth, and I agree with it."
Patrick Süskind · Buy on Amazon
"I’ve read Perfume , by Patrick Süskind, about ten times in my life and I can’t stop reading it. It’s like something that’s just stationary in my pocket all the time, it just doesn’t leave me."
Elinor Wylie · Buy on Amazon

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