The Telegraph has a list of 50 cult books! Several of them are, indeed, available in the teens’ section of the library’s collection – I Capture the Castle, The Beauty Myth, The Catcher in the Rye, some of the Dune books, the Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, and To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s difficult to explain what makes a book a ‘cult book’ - the article does say that you know them when you see them, and their appeal doesn’t necessarily lie in any literary merit.
Do you have a favourite, ‘cult’ book that means more to you than it probably should?
special topics in calamity physics, by marisha pessl.
The perks of being wallflower – Stephan Chbosky. *****
Go ask alice – Anoyn. *****
Cut – Patricia McCormick ****
A million little pieces – James frey *****
TrainSpotting. ****