Hunter S. Thompson Books?

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Should I only read three of his books, what three pieces by Hunter S. Thompson should I read?

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

The Curse of Lono

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has been the basis for 2 movies, Bill Murray in "Where the Buffalo Roam" and Jonny Depp in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".

Read that one first, it's a great story, about a great weekend.

Hunter S. Thompson?

Dat808Kid

Thompson is my favorite author. Anyone wanna reccomend any books by him or by authors like him, more on political and social science or general life experiences, but sports work to.

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Hmm, well, none of these people are going to be like Thompson, exactly, but there's a good chance you'll enjoy them, if you like him.

William T. Vollmann
Start with The Rainbow Stories.

Tom Robbins
Start anywhere. He's much lighter and more of a fabulist but his satiric blade is pretty sharp.

Harry Crews
Start with All We Need of Hell or The Knockout Artist

Richard Brautigan
I'm partial to Revenge of the Lawn, but they all have something to be said for them.

Larry Brown
Dirty Work or Big Bad Love

John Dos Passos
The U.S.A. Trilogy

Jim Carroll
The Basketball Diaries

You might also like:

Charles Bukowski
John Fante
William S. Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
Kenneth Patchen
Henry Miller
Thomas Pynchon

For sure read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.
While you're at it read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.

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