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What is one book you recommend? 2017-04-24 04:54:21 Post No. 9420348
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I want to get into reading but I need some recommendations. Sure I can go to "/lit/'s top 100 books" but there are so many options. So what is one book you recommend?
Books I've read so far:
-Devil in the White City
-On the Beach
-The Pearl
-Of Mice and Men
-Fahrenheit 451 (favorite one so far)
P.S.
I didnt read many of the "classic" books usually read in high school (i.e. A Clockwork Orange, Lord of the Flies, etc.) because my English classes kept assigning fucking WW2 books, excluding Slaughter House 5..
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Heart of Darkness
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One of the best novels I've ever read
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>>9420348
Wuthering Heights. A great masterpiece that is easy to understand and doesn't really require any prior reading.
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>>9420352
Or this, if you're looking for something a little easier. Sorry for posting two.
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Stoner
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>>9420356
Nah it's fine, as long as it isn't a giant list then it's ok. Thanks!
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>>9420348
what were some of the WWII books? I would recommend the books Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and a Don DeLillo novel, probably Point Omega which might have some parts you'll want to slow down to be able to digest/understand better around the middle.
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>>9420348
how was the devil in the white city?
also, if you liked fahrenheit 451 maybe give 1984 a try?
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>>9420348
Mother Courage and Her Children
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>>9420455
seconded Stoner is sublime. Also I would try to give the classics a go. The penguin classics translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey are pretty good. If thats not your thing, I really enjoyed Sidhartha and the unbearable lightness of being.
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In Search of Lost Time
Learn French first
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>>9420700
Norwegian Wood is a pretty boring (and, to be honest, a bit shit) starting point for Murakami. Wind Up Bird or Kafka or maybe Hardboiled Wonderland would be much better choices
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I love East of Eden, its pretty long (for a newer reader) but is definitely worth it.
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Halldor Laxness's Independent People is great.
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Start from the very beginning with The Illiad and work your way up.
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Brave New World
1984
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>>9422201
>he didn't do this
Don't listen to this psued
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>>9420348
I really like PKD
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I'd recommend The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, but I don't know if anyone would back me up on that. Also check out Upton Sinclair.
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>>9420355
Gets a little excessive, but I love that book
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