One could argue that Harry Potter has a cult following. And also, Les Mis has a big group of fans obsessed with the Les Amis section. As for a future cult following, anything by Neil Gaiman for sure.
Here are a few worth mentioning. A Clockwork Orange. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. The DaVinci Code. The Celestine Prophecy.
I’m a Haruki Murakami fan for sure! I just love strange books and story’s that sometime don’t make sense. So great to just dive in and enjoy the ride xx
Really enjoyed this! Oreo sounds great - and The Master and Margarita is wonderful! I'd also really recommend Geek Love, by Katherine Dunn. As an author I'm always really fascinated by books that get under people's skin and divide opinion. Thanks for the video!
Interesting selection. I'd add Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, Alice in Wonderland, The Night Circus and Terry Pratchett's Discworld series....and others of Pratchett's. I don't think I'd heard of House of Leaves, Pages for You nor Oreo, obviously not part of those cults :D
I'd say that Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell falls into the description of very long, highly stylised books that put a lot of readers off but that people who have read it tend to get fully immersed with. Also, I'd say that Papillon by Henri Charriere, In Watermelon Sugar and Catch 22 all have big cult appeal - the Patrick Melrose books and Madeline Miller's novels might continue to be cult classics maybe? Great video I really enjoyed it, thanks ☺️
I'm currently working my way through Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. And the "very long, highly stylised" way of writing is what's making it a slow read for me. My sister loves it and has recommended it to me, but I know by the time I finish it, it won't be a re-read for me. I've actually been reading other books on the side.
Back in my day, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller was a cult book. also, I believe Tolkein's The Hobbit was something of a cult book, read only on college campuses and gaining popular acceptance number of years after it was originally published.
If they aren't already cult books, the Discworld books by Terry Prachett. Like Hitchhiker's, they're not super obscure (there's been three TV adaptations, and another series loosely based on the books in the works) but they still have more of a cult following than mainstream fame.
I've had three copies of Siddhartha in my house since I was little. I actually wanted to re-read it before reading Demian from the same author.. I honestly didn't know it was related to the hippie movement, so now it seems funny to me this book is so beloved in my family since I was born in an Italian catholic household.. I appreciate it more.. thank you for the info ❤️
Despite being a multi booker winning series, I feel like the Wolf Hall series is kind of a cult classic. Lots of people I know couldn't get into it or got frustrated with the writing early on, but for those of us who love it, we just don't understand why people don't get it, and are avid acolytes of Mantel. I know several fellow bookstagrammers who have yet to find anything to rival our love of that series.
Im not even really into historical fiction or care about Henry Vlll but for some reason those books seriously sucked me in. Have yet to read the last one though.
I'm currently reading The Master and Margarita, and it's totally bizarre but so good! I can see finding myself on the side of the cult followers of this one.
carol by patricia highsmith also has a cult following although, to be fair, i think that might be due to the film. which is funnily enough better than then book, which rarely ever happens
Very good list. Read most of the titles. Personal favorite Master & Margarita and Kafka On The Shore. May I ask what was the reason for the curious omission of Infinite Jest? That's like the cultest book ever.
