Cult Books

The Daily Telegraph's issued a list of "The 50 best cult books," which is to say, 50 books of cult reading rather than 50 books by or about cults (for the most part). Personally, I think the list betrays the vintage of the writer: I recall too many of the "you really must read this" titles from my student days (luckily I did a science degree, so intellectual reading wasn't compulsory and we could read sensible stuff like Machiavelli, Voltaire and Edgar Wallace).

The comments are almost as much fun as the list, too.