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Getting into books again, here are some stuff that I read already:

>1984
>A Clockwork Orange
>Blood Meridian
>Dune
>Animal Farm
>Of Mice and Men

Loved all of them. Would love some more recommendations, something for a beginner.

>> No.15149298

American psycho
Catch 22
1q84

>> No.15149323

>>15149270
stoner, brave new world, the road

>> No.15149327

The Martian for pure enjoyment; is also scientifically tenable.

White Nights to introduce you to Dostoevsky.

The Kreutzer Sonata to introduce you to Tolstoy.

you’ll stay a beginner until you learn to read, and the best way to get there is to research and write an academic paper. The second best way is to read challenging books.

>> No.15149330

If you loved Blood Meridian, read the rest of his work for gods sake

>> No.15149385

>>15149298
>>15149323
thanks, ordered these. Brave New World and Catch 22 seem really interesting.

>> No.15149515

>>15149270
Have you tried other books by those same authors? Typically a good place to start when you like a book.

>> No.15149552

>>15149515
Yes, I already started reading more Cormac McCarthy. But generally I want to cover the basics before I dive deeper into authors.

>> No.15149567

>>15149330
That book was fucking boring but it was pretty funny when that dude smashed those babies against the rock so their brains flew out of their skulls. And Holden seemed like a pretty cool guy.

>> No.15149863

>>15149327
The Martian was so chill to read. I loved that book.

>> No.15149904

>>15149385
catch 22 was funny as hell

>> No.15149965

>>15149270
>1984
We, Zamyatin
>A Clockwork Orange

>Blood Meridian
Moby Dick, Melville
>Dune
Clarke and Le Guin
>Animal Farm
Orwell’s nonfiction
>Of Mice and Men
More Steinbeck

>> No.15149975

>>15149567
>Blood Meridian
>boring
you must be a nigger

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>> No.15150720

>>15149270
read Stoner

>> No.15150820

One flew over the Cuckoos nest

>> No.15150861

>>15149965
thank you, added to backlog.
>>15150720
didn't really care for it from what I read but you're the second guy recommending it, I'll check it out.
>>15150820
I read that in high school, solid rec

>> No.15150879

>>15149270
Slaughterhouse 5

>> No.15150893

>>15149270
The Grapes of Wrath
The Bell Jar
Look Homeward, Angel
The Adventures of Augie March
Jude The Obscure

>> No.15150922

>>15149270
"Ask the Dust" by John Fante

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15150938

Same OP. Piic related is my "Get back into reading" stack. I've already read some of it tho

>> No.15151034

>>15149270
do people here read anything other than the middle school/high school literature curriculum

>> No.15151054

>>15151034
>recommendations for a beginner
Imagine posturing despite not reading the OP lmao

>> No.15151054,1 [INTERNAL] 

confidence man by anthony dragonetti
negative space by b.r. yeager

>> No.15152422

>>15151054
what is the point of any of these recommendations really? OP would be as well off just googling "100 most popular fiction all time" lol

>> No.15152475

A Confederacy of Dunces

>> No.15152495

>>15152422
What is the fucking point in anything? You would be as well off just googling "100 most popular suicides all time" lol

>> No.15152524

try east of eden. It was what rejuvenated my love of reading

>> No.15152561

>The Cheever Letters, s0408
>Susan's dad played by Doc Haywood
>Susan's mom played by Sarah Palmer

>> No.15152646

>>15152495

???