I really enjoyed pic related, I've read it twice. Really

what features did you like especially? Similar to 'Catcher in the rye' is quite vague.
Maybe you like Beat literature in general?

>>9930978
>But it's not very challenging.
I bet you did not realise that he was raping Phoebe by yourself

Might be a stretch, but how about Norwegian Wood?

>>9930978
just about all salinger is interesting to read. a lot of people enjoy franny and zooey. if you are looking for something honest and easy to read, try (and please dont give me shit) some murakami. wild sheep chase and kafka on the shore are both easy and sincere.

now these books arent the most enlightening, but i would surprised to hear someone didnt find them fun to read.

>>9931007
did you even read the post?

>>9931007
I've heard comfy things about mirukami. Any tiles you'd recommend?

>>9930992
I enjoyed the tone of writing. It was a bit depressing which I liked. Salinger writes dialogue really well, he's very good at making characters and painting pictures without excessive imagery. The subject matter was also nice, I liked the aimlessness of Holden's experience.

>>9930995
Isn't that just a hypothesis? I definitely suspected he had some repressed sexual attachment to pheobe while I was reading it, but even after reading all the arguments it seemed a little flimsy.

>>9930978
Read John Steinbeck's Cannery Row. I can't really remember how "challenging" it is really. Probably not that challenging at all. But it's just as comfy as Catcher in the Rye in my opinion. Also read Salinger's other work if you haven't already. I think they offer deeper character studies which may be a little more "advanced."

>>9931086
it's a meme

>>9931029
maybe you enjoy Kerouac

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>>9930978
I find Hemingway pretty comfy and non-challenging. The same angsty teenage me that liked Salinger also liked Hemingway at least. Still do really. For being comfy.

Can't understand why someone ended up killing john lennon after reading this book
It's so innocent in a way

>>9931505
what's that pic?

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>>9931505
>>9931549
Pic related. It's me.

>>9931606
the lady or the goy?

>>9930978
I read until 20 pages from the end but never finished

never really felt like i needed too...

was pretty cool anyway, though

>>9931353
Seriously, what a dip.

>>9932434
What's with all the shit taste ITT?
OP check out Hamsun's Hunger, Anderson's Winesberg Ohio, Calvino's Baron in the Trees, and also Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

>>9932514
>>9932434
Didn't mean to reply but eh why not

>>9932518
"Hurrr huuurrr i am a turbotard, u hav shit tase duuurrrr" -OP probably

Stoner by Williams, OP.

>>9931002
>Norwegian Wood
Given that OP wants mildly depressing, it is an astute stretch.

>>9931019
I've heard Kafka On The Shore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles are his best.

>>9931488
On The Road maybe.

>>9931019
It is comfy, in particular once you realise that all of his novels always contains the same themes and elements. I'd recommend Hard Boiled Wonderland and the end of the world and The Wind-up bird chronicle to start.

>>9932514
Not op. Saw that Joyce book in the librsry the other day. Is it a hard read? All i know about joyce is that FW is really hard. Will i understand Portait of a yaddayadda if i just pick it up and read?

>>9934674
Dubliners would probably be a better introduction to joyce, it's certainly 'easier' to read anyway.