Jack Kerouac

The Sea Is My Brother

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954

Windblown World

The Town and the City

Book of Sketches

During the chill of 1947, Dean Moriarty, a thrill-seeking habitual offender who's also a recent groom, arrives in New York City. He forms a bond with Sal Paradise, a budding writer who surrounds himself with intellectual associates, including the poetic Carlo Marx. Dean's dynamic lifestyle captivates Sal, sparking a three-year span of relentless cross-country voyages. Sal, frequently traveling by bus and audacious hitchhiking, finally fulfills his long-cherished dream of reaching the west. He not only reunites with Dean and their mutual friends in Denver, but he also ventures farther westward alone. He finds employment as an agricultural laborer in California for some time among other things.

The following year, Dean once again disruptively enters Sal's life, and the pair embarks on a joint journey westward. This trip is filled with more wild exploits, including a stopover at Bull Lee's in New Orleans, and concludes in San Francisco. The subsequent winter sees Sal visiting Dean, and the duo embarks on a warm-hearted journey across America, with Dean eventually settling down in New York for a while. Come spring, Sal sets off to Denver alone, but Dean soon reunites with him for a trip that extends all the way to Mexico City.

Throughout their constant nomadic lifestyle, they encounter a variety of vibrant personalities, ever-changing vistas, dramatic incidents, and personal growth. The charismatic Dean, notorious for his philandering ways, fathers four children with his three wives within these three years. Sal, initially a desolate and frail individual, gradually evolves into a cheerful and confident man, ultimately finding love. Initially, Sal's interest in Dean stems from Dean’s vibrant, impulsive passion that Sal finds lacking in himself, but they discover shared similarities over time. The narrative's richness is found in the subtleties.

On the Road

The Dharma Bums

The Subterraneans

Dr. Sax

Maggie Cassidy

242 Choruses

Mexico City Blues

Book of Dreams

Lonesome Traveler

The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

Tristessa

Visions of Cody

Big Sur

A Novel

Visions of Gerard

Desolation Angels

Satori in Paris

An Adventurous Education, 1935-46

Vanity of Duluoz

Collected Poems

Scattered Poems

Old Angel Midnight

Trip Trap

And Other Poems

Heaven

Letters to Carolyn Cassady

Dear Carolyn

Early Stories and Other Writings

Atop an Underwood

San Francisco Blues

Beat Generation

Pomes All Sizes

Good Blonde & Others

Book of Blues

1940-1956

Selected Letters Volume 1

Some of the Dharma

1957-1969

Selected Letters Volume 2

A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958

Door Wide Open

Orpheus Emerged

Book of Haikus

The Lost Paintings

Departed Angels

A Life of the Buddha

Wake Up

The Letters

Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

And Other Writings

The Haunted Life

The Unknown Kerouac

Piers of the Homeless Night

Jack Kerouac Books in Order (46 Book Series)