Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Books by Jack Kerouac
8 books available
Visions of Cody
by Jack Kerouac
3.6(3,937)
Kerouac's "Visions of Cody" is a jazz-infused portrait of Neal Cassady, a wild, motherless hustler whose spirit and car-stealing adventures defined a generation's search for freedom on the American road.
The Subterraneans
by Jack Kerouac
3.7(13,450)
In the smoky, jazz-filled underground of 1950s San Francisco, a Beat writer deals with a short, passionate affair that shatters his ideas about love, race, and the power of his writing.
Desolation Angels
by Jack Kerouac
3.9(10,356)
A raw, stream-of-consciousness journey through a Beat Generation poet's spiritual and carnal wanderings, as he grapples with fame, faith, and enlightenment from San Francisco to a solitary fire tower.
Doctor Sax
by Jack Kerouac
3.4(2,918)
In the working-class streets of Lowell, a young French-Canadian boy's imagination creates the mysterious Dr. Sax, a guide through adolescent fears and apocalyptic dreams.
The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
3.9(84,393)
Two young men find spiritual truth through Bohemian life and mountain solitude, mixing Zen with poetry, wine, and American wilderness.
On The Road
by Jack Kerouac
3.6(348,767)
Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise go on a wild, cross-country trip with jazz, drugs, and a desperate search for meaning on America's post-war roads.
Maggie Cassidy
by Jack Kerouac
3.6(4,363)
In a New England mill town, Maggie Cassidy paints a bittersweet, accessible portrait of adolescent love and the awkward, joyful pangs of growing up in America.
Big Sur
by Jack Kerouac
3.8(30,363)
Jack Kerouac's novel tells of a writer's mental collapse from alcohol in an isolated cabin, exploring consciousness and the pressure of fame.