Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- Author
- Tom Wolfe
- Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 416
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Wolfe riding with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters — the New Journalism’s proof of concept, and the closest thing to a primary document of how the sixties turned.
Where I saw it: A reply to @typesfast’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/typesfast/status/1930617097068912787
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Tom Wolfe · Culture · Journalism — where this sits in the corpus.