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1157033 No.1157033 [Reply] [Original]

Hey guys! What are your favorite books? I got a Kindle as a birthday present, but I have no idea what to get.

>> No.1157034

give us an idea of what you like

>> No.1157040

Well, I really enjoyed Brave New World, The October Country, and 100 Years of Solitude in recent years, but I'm open to anything, really.

>> No.1157061

Bump

>> No.1157067

recently I enjoyed Perfume: the story of a murderer by Patric Suskind

>> No.1157070

>>1157067
Was that adapted into a movie? I think I saw it if it has. I might get that. I enjoyed the movie.

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>>1157040

If you like "One Hundred Years of Solitude" then I'd recommend you read "The Autumn of the Patriarch". That is my second favorite Marquez novel; the subject matter is totally different but the beautiful prose of Marquez is there by the truckload. Seriously, I can't recommend it enough, though I'm quite sad that I've never seen it mentioned on /lit/.

>>1157067
>>1157070

Yeah, that's the one - the novel is roughly 100 times more enjoyable than the movie imo.

As you might guess, I'm quite a big fan of things often termed 'magical realism'. If you're into this kind of thing too, I'd recommend you also check out:
"Nights at the Circus" by Angela Carter
"Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie
"Venus as a Boy" by Luke Sutherland
"Chocolat" by Joanne Harris

That last one is, I would say, a slightly more aquired taste than the others, but it's still pretty good if you're a fan of magical realism.

>> No.1157088

www.planetebook[dot]com

Some decent free ebooks on there.

>> No.1157099

>>1157087
Alright, thanks a lot. I'll be sure to look into each book you suggested.

>> No.1157112

The Metamorphosis and The Stranger are both fantastic (The Stranger moreso if you ask me) and you can read both of them in a day.

>> No.1157120

That's the problem with the Kindle. There's not a lot of good books for it. If you look at the stuff on the best-sellers list right now, for example, they're not available for the Kindle.

>> No.1157129

>>1157120
tolololololo

>> No.1157266

"The Red Room" and "Inferno" by August Strindberg are great books; early Naturalist works, seaguing into proto-Expressionist mindfucks. Plus, they're usually completely free. Most early translations are shit, though.