well the real thing to take out of these posts is you're 10x more well read than I am (at least half the board is). for instance I've read one novel each by Miller and Bukowski and none of the other stuff you mentioned.
I guess the larger point to my ramblings is that if people approach Kerouac without thinking that it is ICONIC, IMPORTANT LITERATURE than it might be a fair bit more enjoyable without those weighty expectations.