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August 1998
Compiled by Nora M. Armstrong of Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, NC, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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In some cases, only the author's names and no titles were submitted; these are duly noted.

Acker, Kathy. (no title given)

Banbury, Jan. Like a hole in the head.

Bender, Aimee. The girl in the flammable skirt.

Blackbridge, Persimmon. Prozac highway.

Block, Francesca Lia. Dangerous angels: the Weezie Bat books.

Bogosian, Eric. (no title given).

Bright, Poppy Z. Lost souls, Courtney Love: the real story.

Brizzi, Enrico. Jack Fiusciante has left the band.

Bronson, Po. The first $20 million is always the hardest.

Bukowski, Charles. (no title given)

Burgess, Melvin. Smack.

Burroughs, William. (no title given)

Cardella, Lara. Good girls don't wear trousers.

Chabon, Michael. Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder boys.

Collins, Patri. Eden's apple.

Coupland, Douglas. Generation X, Girlfriend in a coma, Microserfs, Shampoo planet.

Craven, Bruce. Fast soda.

Davies, Luke. Candy.

Dunn, Katherine. Geek love.

Ellis, Bret Easton. American psycho, Less than zero, Glamorama.(just read the pre-pub info on this in PW), The informers.

Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones's diary.

Foos, Laurie. Portrait of the walrus by a young artist, The future ain't what it used to be.

Garland, Alex. The beach.

Gibson, William. (no title given)

Golden, Marita. (no title given)

Gomez, Jeff. Our noise, Geniuses of crack.

Gurganus (?). Plays well with others.

Hawes, J. M. A white merc with fins.

Hawke, Ethan. The hottest state.

Homes, A. M. Jack

Hopkinson, Nalo. Brown girl in the ring.

Hornburg, Michael.Bongwater.

Hornby, Nick. About a boy, High fidelity.

Jaivin, Linda. Eat me.

Jaramillo, Stephan. Going postal.

Jewel. A night without armor: poems.

Judge, Mark. Wasted: tales of a Gen X drunk.

Kaysen, Susanna. Girl, interrupted.

Keenan, Joe.(no title given)

Kennedy, Hugh. Everything looks impressive.

Kennedy, Pagan. The exes, Stripping: and other stories.

Kerouac, Jack. On the road.

Kushner, Tony. (no title given)

Kress, Nancy. (no title given)

Leavitt, David. (no title given)

Lette, Kathy. Foetal attraction: love sucks.

Levenkron, Steven. The best little girl in the world, The luckiest girl in the world.

Leyner, Mark.Toothprints on a corn dog, Et tu, babe.

Littman, Jonathan. The fugitive game, The watchman.

McCauley, Stephen. (no title given)

McInerney, Jay. Bright lights, big city, Brightness falls, Model behavior. (another fall newbie, spied in PW)

Mildmay, Eroica. Lucker and Tiffany peel out.

Millman, Dan. Way of the peaceful warrior.

Moody, Rick. Ice storm.

Nelson, Blake. Girl.

Ng, Mei. Eating Chinese food naked.

Noon, Jeff. (no title given)

Payne, C. D. Youth in revolt.

Plath, Sylvia. The bell jar.

Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael.

Ridgway, Rick. Three squirt dog.

Rollins, Henry. (no title given)

Rudnick, Paul. (no title given)

Ruff, Matt. Fool on the hill, Sewer, gas and electric: the public works trilogy.

Salmansohn, Karen. 50% off.

Shilts, Randy. And the band played on.

Spungen, Deborah. And I don't want to live this life.

Stephenson, Neal. Diamond age, Snow crash.

Sterling, Bruce.(no title given)

Tartt, Donna. The secret history.

Taylor, Julie. Franco american dreams.

Tippens, Elizabeth. (no title given)

Wallace, David Foster. Infinite jest, The broom of the system, A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again.

Welsh, Irvine. Trainspotting.

Wellman, A. M. S.F.W.

Wexler, Michael and John Hulme, eds. Voices of the Xiled: a generation speaks for itself.

Willis, Connie. Bellwether.

Winslow, Don. A cool breeze on the underground.

Wurtzel, Elizabeth. Prozac nation. Bitch: in praise of difficult women.

Zigman, Laura. (no title given)

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