Books like Soon to be a major motion picture by Abbie Hoffman

A nonfiction novel chronicling the adventures of a group of friends on their cross-country journey of discovery, featuring characters like Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty as real-life friends Neal Casady.

Hunter S. Thompson’s spirited gonzo narrative mixes a motorcycle race trip to Las Vegas with a wild drug‑laden search for the American dream, blending humor with sharp satire on 1960s counterculture and consumerism.

Eighteen‑year‑old Susanna Kaysen is admitted to McLean Hospital in 1967, where she documents life in the psychiatric ward, exploring mental illness, recovery, and the cultural landscape of the late 1960s.

Tom Wolfe's seminal work on the counterculture, featuring the tale of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and the acid-fueled bus tour that shaped the '60s.

A practical guide for political radicals of the late 1960s, offering strategies for free resources, survival, and civil disobedience.

Investigative journalist Phoebe Eaton separates man from myth, journeying past cartel checkpoints up to El Chapo’s remote hometown hideout in the Sierra Madre. She meets Chapo's family and reveals the surprising telenovela details of his childhood, discovering exactly how this third-grade dropout, Mexico’s most controversial narcotrafficker, rappelled his way from the rock pile that is La Tuna, Sinaloa, onto Forbes magazine's big-time billionaire list, governing a $14-billion empire even as he was on the lam, living in simple pine shacks with plastic folding chairs where the phone service went down if it was raining. She discovers the Pentecostal faith his mother (and he) credit with keeping him alive all these years and helping him escape jail and the authorities numerous times, the gift his mother and sisters (and perhaps even he) have of speaking in tongues. Including many never-seen-before color pictures from Chapo's haunts in La Tuna in Badiraguato, the surprising seat of his empire, and also rare material from his 12-week Brooklyn court trial where he was convicted on ten felony counts before shipping off to a life term in Colorado's Supermax prison.

In Erica Jong’s erotic tale, Isadora Wing’s craving to soar free propels a journey of self‑discovery and liberation, illuminating the complexities of womanhood.

Abbie Hoffman’s life and influence during the turbulent 1960s are revealed through a rich oral history, compiling the voices of over two hundred activists, protestors, and everyday witnesses who shaped America’s most iconic counter-culture.