One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

In 1962, writer and Kool-Aid Acid tester Ken Kesey released the controversial novel that rocked the nation: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Spurned from Kesey's experiences as a night shift worker in a mental health facility, the book is set inside an asylum and is narrated by the quiet, yet observant half Native American, "Chief" Bromden.
We come to learn from the Chief that the asylum is run by the domineering Big Nurse, or Nurse Ratched, flanked by her three henchmen aides, whom Chief refers to as the "black boys".

The regulars in the all-male asylum are separated into two categories; the Acutes, or the men in by free will with less severe issues, such as boisterous Cheswick, effeminate Harding, and timid Billy Bibbit; and the Chronics, the vegetables and veteran members, such as senile Colonel Matterson and Chief Bromden himself.

New to the asylum is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a life-lusting rebel who faked insanity to spend his jail-time sentence in the hospital. Immediately, Big Nurse and McMurphy start butting heads. McMurphy riles up the Acutes, from coaching basketball to demanding a view of the World Series.

When McMurphy pushes his challenge to its very limit by starting an impromptu party late one night, the reader assumes that he has one in his battle against Big Nurse. But don't think to quickly; Big Nurse holds the ultimate weapon against McMurphy, and she's more than willing to use it.

A chilling, thought-provoking classic about humanity and authority, Cuckoo's Nest not only gave Jack Nicholson his first big role; it also engraved itself on the list of best reads of all time.