"Steal This Book" not on the List

[David Morris]

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=520472

There's an underground economy of boosted books. These values are
commonly understood and roundly agreed upon through word of mouth, and
the values always seem to be true. Once, a scruffy, large man
approached me, holding a folded-up piece of paper. "Do you have any
Buck?" He paused and looked at the piece of paper. "Any books by
Buckorsick?" I suspected that he meant Bukowski, but I played dumb,
and asked to see the piece of paper he was holding. It was written in
crisp handwriting that clearly didn't belong to him, and it read:

1. Charles Bukowski

2. Jim Thompson

3. Philip K. Dick

4. William S. Burroughs

5. Any Graphic Novel

This is pretty much the authoritative top five, the New York Times
best-seller list of stolen books.