Jack Kerouac’s classic has fostered a sense of rebellious self discovery since its initial publication in  1957. Semiautobiographical, the book features Kerouac chronocling the narrarative through the voice of Sal. Beautifully written and set against the backdrop of the Beat aesthetic and 50’s counterculture, On the Road remains not only a staple of travel literature, but also in the stable of great American novels.