What is your favourite book /b/

Self-felatio-nerd-bump

El jardin de las maquinas parlantes, Alberto Laiseca

Don Quixote, Cervantes

>>603932749
Footfall, Niven & Pournelle

>>603932749

If I'd gotten into discworld when I was a kid I might have liked him more. As it stands, his work is incredibly juvenile and not nearly as witty as people try desperately to make it out.

>>603932749
The back of a shampoo bottle

sadly "the drawing of the three"...

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>>603932749
not even joking

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A short resume is much appreciated

Neuromancer. Just because.

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This. Biographies are fucking amazing reads.

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>>603932749
Can't choose between these 3.

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>>603934186

The Vagina Ass of Lucifer Niggerbastard

night watch,

goodbye pterry, and thank you.

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>>603932749
Anyone reading this novel?

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This.

Can't wait til the release of the movie

papillion by henry charrere. amazing book that he claims is a true story but i dont know about that

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My favourite work of terry has to be Small Gods

>>603934636
Good Omens but loved all of Pterry's work. had some conversations with him in the early days when we were both on Cix.

>>603932974
illiterate
>>603934186
*tip*

>>603935489

>ASOIAF
>gets popular
>HURR THATS FOR ILLITERATE PLEBS!!!

>>603932749
King killer chronicles.

>>603932749
Night's watch series...

>>603935646
the only fantasy book that deals with dragons and shit that you can have in your bookshelf without getting laughed at is LotR

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Tigers in the Mud by Otto Carius

>>603934914
>big fingers spotted.

Reaper Man remains my favourite book.

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The Plague by Albert Camus

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>>603932749

>>603932749
Mort

>>603932749
>Moby Dick

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The Master and Margarita.

I'd say "Cell" by stephen king.

>>603935989
You have got my attention, How can I get a copy?
>ww2 fangit

>>603936116
red the case by camus already ?
its an even danker maymay then plague

Wee Free Men

>>603936315
I bought my from amazon for the kindle

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>>603932749
Winter's End

Read it in high school, Dystopian YA, way better than the Hunger Games, that and Jonny Got His Gun.

>>603936334
I have not read that one before. I recently got done rereading The Fall by him though. What is The Case about?

>>603936382
yes i can agree

>>603935741
This.
Patrick Rothfuss is a genius.

Lord Foul's bane by Stephan donaldson... because lepers make the best heroes and you dont know how hard being a hero is until they rape a 13 year old

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>>603936315
Another really good one I got from the Army was this one. "How to fight counter-insurgency German Style:The Manual"

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Must've read these 30 times, awesome. Fast read, great story.

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Old but Gold

>>603936941
Summary of the story?

>>603935985
>LotR
>Good literature
I do love LotR, and ASoIaF, but neither is good literature - I love it because it is great fantasy.

>>603936705

or maybe Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks...

>>603936941
>>603936179
>>603935741
nice ones too

as for the game of thrones books, i dont believe they're illiterate like 50 shades, the guy can write, just he writes like a sexless teen, puts violence and incest and sex because he's trying to be edgy, and its just really cringe.

>>603937152
I'm going to read that one soon, is it as good as or better than Siddhartha?

>>603936289
>I'd say "Cell" by stephen king.
The one Stephen King book I never bothered to finish.

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No Knut Hamsun?

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>>603936625
its about how all humans are dicks
if you do something for someone else you just boost your own ego
its a well structured nice to read novel that can be finished on an afternoon

>>603932749

Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.
or anything by Douglas Adams pretty much

>>603937707
I remember reading it because the ending gave me a severe case of the feels. It wasn't bad

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>>603937773
KING

>>603932749
Honestly my favorite book is "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson. I alway hated when I was younger how every other person I knew completely missed the themes of Decadence and excess, the failures of capitalism and America and the collapse of the 60s counter culture movement because...

> Lol try did lots of drugs in that book.

>>603937523
i never said it was good literature
all i said was if you have any other fantasy book other then lotro you gonna eat shit from someone who takes a look at your shit
lotro can be excused for its place in history

>>603938068
r u hipster?

>>603938102
Name me some good literature then, please :)

>>603935741
Great choice, love those.

On-topic, my fav book is The Godfather by Mario Puzo. I come back to it every year

I would really appreciate if you put a short resume along with the posts, im looking foward to ordering a few books from the thread. I was stuck to fantasy about 2 years ago, I tried many authors, I can say that i got closest to Terry. He got my attention with Small Gods and since then i have read about 7 books of his.
>Currently reading Nights Watch
>Dont spoil you brats

>>603938161
Meh I don't think so but who knows. It was just a book that resonated with me.

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Watership Down, hands down.

>>603938274
dostojewski
tolstoi
schiller
mann
shakespeare
kafka
gogol

Anyone read the Watch series by Lukianenko?
Has the latest instalment not been translated to english yet or what

>>603937641
Pretty Different
I liked Steppenwolf more but thats probably mostly because this Book was basically a reflection of my own personality

>>603938684
Nice man, you should add Knut Hamsun there too :) Really great - not so famous because he supported Nazi-Germany (out of nationalism though, not racism)

>>603938870
Thank you.

>>603937357
Sorry.
Uhh, magical world, neighbours a nonmagical world. Story of a girl who's dad is an anti-necromancer, keeps dead shit dead. Story of her travels trying to rescue him, final boss fight to save the world, standard fantasy.
Its easy fantasy, amazing cinematic, fast paced fight scenes and it basically never stops.

I'd summarise it as epic fantasy for teenagers. I blitz through the series of 3 in about a week when I go on holiday, its aimed at 16 year olds so its easy for me to read. Awesome though.

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>>603938938
if i want intellectual nazi-sympathizers i stick with
Martin Heidegger
thank you very much

Semi off topic but I've never read any Terry Pratchet. Give me a good place to start, is it it just overhyped shit?

>>603939336
Knut Hamsun is arguably much bigger than Heidegger, seeing your taste, I do not see why you refuse to look into Hamsun.

Also I do not understand why Shakespeare is on your list - his characters are tin soldiers.

>>603939519
>is it it just overhyped shit?
O no u didn
Small Gods

>>603939519
If you share my beliefs (atheism) you would enjoy Small Gods. I highly recommend it

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>>603939946
Thanks, I'll check it out

>>603939669
shakespeare is basically responsible for every drama ever written
i know his characters are flat but without him wed still be writing crap like parzival
ill look into him just for you c:
name some good pieces that reflect his style the best

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>>603934452
This and Dune

Lolita

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>>603940168
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j75tJNYwWkY

>>603940146
Hunger (Sult org. most famous I guess)
Other classics is Pan and Victoria.

Many of his books are really short though, so it is not a problem to read some of his books in a day.

>2015
>still reading books
kekd

>>603940961

>2015
>still retarded

double kek'd

>>603941111
Quads confirm

>>603932749
Lolita by Nabokov :^)

>>603940600
noted.
also this is probably the best thread on /b/ right now so don´t let it die too soon
whats your opinion on grass btw?
im willing to admit that i don´t see anything in his books
they give me headaches

>>603940282
noice, did you read the collector?

>>603932749
Aunt in Heat by Nick Eastwood.

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>>603934452
Yes. "I spent 15 years drunk and high. I knew a couple guys who died. Then I played some music and get stoned. The end"

Riveting.

>>603932749
I have a book with all Robert E Howards short stories of Conan. I think Ive read it cover to cover about 4 times and Im not a big reader.

>>603941340
Not the best but I liked it

>>603941435
I have only read The Tin Drum, so I do not have a strong opinion really. That book was decent, but it is considered the best, is it not? Maybe the rest is medicore.

>>603938068
This.

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Remember this good guy Henry Ford who gave us affordable cars and decently paid jobs ? He also tried to warn us about a still relevant problem. Inspiring book.

LOTR/Candide/Mort

>>603932749
think it's called...
FUCK NIGGERS

>>603936941
Nnnuughhh this. Good choice anon

>>603941808
he is the definition of *one trick pony*
id rather read the Divine Comedy again translated ofc otherwise it would make sense

>>603942176
Tell me a bit about it

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Stalingrad, Anthony Beevor

Player of game's. Iaan m bank's

God emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert.

Not a big reader.
If asking Pratchett specifically then Night Watch

Otherwise was pleasantly surprised by the Count of Monte Cristo.
Probably also helped that it had a great ending contrasting with the batshit stupid one of the anime adaption.

>>603934773
i wanted to read this. i cant find it at my local bookstore.

>>603941954
Sounds like a nice read.

May I ask who is the author?

Eat Love Pray.
It has really opened my eyes to how privileged rich white women need to allow themselves to be more selfish and attentive to their own needs.

i'd either say Of Mice And Men by Steinbeck or Cabaret Biarritz by José C. Vales

>>603942327
Basically, there's a girl whose dad is an abhorsen, a dude who keeps monsters and stuff dead, and he gets knocked off so she becomes the abhorsen, then there's this 2-centuries-old problem where the entire royal family of the "old world" has been dead, and the girl (sabriel) has to save the last remaining member. The old world is a world of monsters, magic, necromancy, and all that good stuff, meanwhile there's the new world, separated from the old world by a badass wall, which has newer technology and stuff. It's a great idea and an amazing series, but the idea could be expanded upon.

Dune or Foundations

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I liked the bible, as written by God

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M-O-O-N, that spells God Tier Book

>>603942954
It's a signed COPY! god is real

>>603942954
Though I suppose it might have been penned by the holy ghost writer

>>603932974
i wouldn't consider it the best SOIAF book....

>>603938666
this. satan confirms. first movie and only i cried to

>>603942867
Sound's like Neil gaimans, 'Stardust', but with added feminism and faggotry.

>>603934186
meaning to read this, what makes it so good?

>>603943047
Very awesome book, makes me want to learn Spanish tbh.

Good morrow /lit/
>tips fedora

>>603942254
Well, I have so little time for reading fiction nowadays. As a student, I have so much else to read.

>>603936250
Mah nigga

>>603942954
Checkmate atheists.

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>>603942980
Complete and uncut version is the best, rereading it now. Love the anal rape scene

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for sure

>>603942867
I'm still waiting for the movie adaptation. Shit would be so cash

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>>603942980
My favourite book by King.

>>603943439
If George Bush could read...I would guarantee he read this as part of his planning for Iraq.

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>>603932749
The Lusty Argonian Maid

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>>603943047
>>603943184
you guys have probably heard of this is you're read 100 years, but if you haven't I recommend it. Got me into the whole magical realism genre. It's incredible.

>>603943609
kek
>Inb4 Polish my spear

>>603943459
Agreed

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>>603943609
I actually met the guy who wrote it because I'm not a skyrimfag
Whenever I hear "Lusty Argonian Maid" that game is the LAST one I think one.
tl;dr fuck

>>603943609
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>603943651
Aye I've read 'love in times of cholera'.

Marquez was probably the greatest writer of the C20th.

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Précis de décomposition (A Short History of Decay)

How do you guys get back into or committed should I say, to reading.

I love to read but it's just that I always put it off.

I rather spend my time on video games but at the same time I want to read books, I already made list and bought 6 books already that I plan to read but never gotten to it.

like ugh! whats wrong with me

>>603937523
up until like the fourth book asoiaf was definitely good literature. lotr on the other hand really never was.

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goodbye thread
we had a good run

>>603942766
If read in the right way it's a apocryphal book, post feminist womyn explores the world after the fall of the patriarchy knowing that in the inevitable sharia future all these thing's will be gone.

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>>603944058
I travel often so i have a lot of time to read. It's also a good way to kill time in public transportation etc.

And i like reading in bed before i go to sleep.

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>>603932749

This and Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory are the reasons why I aspire to be an author.

Great to see so much love for Banks in this thread.

>>603941731
>I liked it
You were reading it wrongly

I had no idea that this thread will turn out so great. I thank you all for involving.
>First Thread
>Newfag

>>603932749
>2k15
>reading "books"

>>603944373
ikr
it was mend to be red with a loli sitting on your lap

>>603932749
is that Umberto Eco?

>>603944058
Buy a book by 'neil gaiman', either 'anansi boy's' or 'american god's', is a good start...he's not the greatest writer in the world but damn he knows how to write a story.

After reading them you will find it's easy to get into book's again.

That's what happened with me anyway.

>>603944348
He's deffinately for me the best writer of science fiction to date, and his general fiction is also fantastic.

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one of best, frightening really

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Snow Crash

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>>603943034
Glad you like it. It really stirred my soul.

>>603944347
Same as with me, I wanted to get into books in a very long time, as a fag said above, I prefer to play games and jerk off, but since i moved to the Capital, I travel alot and have plenty of time.

>>603944767

Love him. I've read a shitload of his work and I was fucking heartbroken when I found out about his cancer. Nowadays I'm probably one of many aspiring pretenders to his throne. Currently pitching a series of novellas to lit agents and working on my first full-length novel, that's how much his work changed my life.

Anyone here that's feeling edgy/anarchic should read 'Codemus' by Tor Age Bringsvaerd. Its thought provoking in a "what the fuck has happened to society" kind of way.

>>603945172
And its a short story, it's like 8 pages long.

>>603944093
Good as in entertaining, or deep, well written characters and story?
Depends what you value, but I would not call it good literature.

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini would have to be my all time favourites.

Also just started reading Raymond E. Feist's novels and they aren't too bad and currently reading The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell.

>>603945167
Just the first few pages of 'consider fleabas', changed my whole view of what a novel could do.

The world is a sadder, darker place without him.

>>603945095
Haha, moving to the capital was the main trigger for me too.

>>603938666
Me also

>>603945377
I met Raymond e feist, he was a cool guy...just read the first three of his book's though...the rest are awful imo.

>>603945587
Yeah a lot of people have said his stuff has gone down hill, I haven't read all of them yet but what I have read didn't really compare to the first 3, they are the best.

>>603944613
I'll note him down.

>>603944347
>before bed
I always fall asleep mid way into a chapter if I do that.

Night time is the only time I feel comfortable to read when I think about. I think it has to do with the whether (cooler, most nights) and the silence that comes with it.

The old man and the sea by Hemingwa and Kafka's trial.

>>603932749
Summer of the Monkeys.

But I think that's attributed with me reading that in the last year of my life before things went to shit.

>>603934636
Going postal
I don't know, i just love the way it communicatws the progression of Ankh-Morpork

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>>603945692
>whether
I meant weather!

But i'm sure u guys knew dat rite?

World According to Garp.

John Irving.

>>603946240
Thats a bloody good book, by the way, theres a sequel to it, also awesome. But still, i do prefer the first one.

>>603946454
I have all of Pterrys books neatly lined up in my private library

>>603932749
Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins

hope bump

We losin' it fellas.

>>603932749
Mort in the Discworld series. Great story plus it's signed. I expect he wrote "boo!" in every Mort book but it's still a nice little touch he added.

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>>603948083

OK OK I'll put in another of my two cents with an obvious choice.

>>603934773
Movie? you sure

>>603949052
Gimme a short resume

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We are oficially dead gentlemen, had a wonderfull time. See you in the gore/lolli threads.

If on a winter's night traveler

>>603934248
Resume?

>>603949508
bunch of schoolboys on a plane, crash on an island. the end up forming a pack mentality and live out a few weeks on the island. its about what goes on, how the boys cope with being alone, how they break off into groups, what goes on etc.
dont wanna tell you more because itll ruin the story.
also dont watch the film adaptation, i studied it in school and the books ok, but the film is a pile of wank.

>>603948728
I got a signed copy...he wrote 'read it and reap'...and a quick pic of death with a scythe.

>>603943068
God wrote it

>>603943865
Resume svp

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My favourite post-apocalyptic book. While reading, it almost felt like the events really happened and I totally missed it.

I don't see The Sound and the Fury listed here you peasants

>>603951914
Good book, awful film...wish I'd never seen it.

Well, you know. That happens with 98% of the movies based on books. For example: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. That movie was a bloody 2 hour long cringe.

>>603950846
The story of a wealthy industrial family told for a period of over 50 years.
Watch out for the colour yellow!

>>603952499
I will try to find a use copy somewhere thanx

>>603951951
Any thread that includes gabriela Garcia Marquez, Golding, Hemingway, Camus, Heller, Nabacov and Lem; is certainly not what you describe.

The sound and the thunder...it's a notoriously difficult book to read and has many interesting idea's in it...but it's just one of the best American novels(if it's your cup of cha', and certainly not a god tier book when placed in the pantheon of great literature.

>>603953015
>the sound and the thunder

Are we talking about the same thing nigga?

>>603953328
Faulkner?

If so, yes.

>>603951376
Yeah film is wank. It's a good read. No spoilers but piggy gets crushed by a rock and kids die and that.

>>603953458
Oh just wondering because you don't seem to know the title of the book we're discussing.

>>603953794
kek, sorry about that, I'm tired, no excuse but it is what it is.

>>603953471
I'm named after a character in this book. Guess which one

>>603953914
Its boring as shit.... Read it 5 times

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So well written... and the plot...

>>603954244
Can you tell me whats it all about, i dont know how to get a copy into my hands.

>>603954225
i hope to god its ralph
such a dorky name

>>603954526
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf#Online_versions_of_Mein_Kampf

>>603954842
Close but no cigar. After reading the book, I wondered why the fuck my mom named me after him.

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This.

>>603954993
is it the guys that gets power hungry
cant remember which one he is
simon?

>>603955141
You got it. If I remember correctly, he's the symbolic messiah type figure who talks to a decapitated pig head and gets beaten to death by the other boys.

>>603935989
>>603936116
>>603936122
>>603936548
>>603936835
>>603937773
>>603942954
>reading translated books instead of the original

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