The Novels of Jack Kerouac: The Town and the City, On the Road, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Tristessa, Book of Dreams, Big Sur, Visions of Gerard, Desolation Angels, Satori in Paris, Vanity of Duluoz.

Jack Kerouac stands as one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American literature, celebrated for his pioneering role in the Beat Generation and his radical reinvention of the American novel. His spontaneous prose style, rooted in jazz rhythms and spiritual yearning, broke from conventional narrative structures and captured the restless energy of postwar America. Kerouac’s most iconic work, On the Road, became a cultural touchstone for its raw depiction of freedom, rebellion, and the search for meaning across the American landscape. Alongside this seminal novel, books such as The Dharma Bums, Visions of Gerard, and Desolation Angels further develop what he called the "Duluoz Legend"—a semi-fictionalized chronicle of his own life that blends autobiography, myth, and mysticism. Through these works, Kerouac gave voice to a generation disillusioned by materialism, while affirming the redemptive possibilities of personal experience, artistic expression, and spiritual exploration.