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In this thread, you must post your favorite book of all time.

You must then read the book listed in the post below yours. No exceptions.

>> No.2229536

The Hobbit.

>> No.2229537

Atlas Shrugged.

Get reading, OP.

>> No.2229538
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>>2229532

>> No.2229540

Fahrenheit 451

>> No.2229541

>>2229537
OH FUCK YOU! I already tried and I hated my life while reading that....

>> No.2229545

Lolita.

>> No.2229547

Richard Yates

>> No.2229548

>>2229538
>>2229537
Damn, you beat me, and you failed too.
Too much fail.

>> No.2229549

Zettels Traum

>> No.2229551

Alfie's Home

>> No.2229552

Invisible Man

>> No.2229553

The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald

>> No.2229555
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No double posted, and non-pictured are optionals.

>> No.2229558
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>>2229532

  

>> No.2229559

>>2229558
Nope.

>> No.2229560

Ulysses

>> No.2229562

>>2229553 Here

>>2229555

I was planning on reading that soon anyway, so yay.

>> No.2229576

>people not posting their real favorites to troll
not cool

The Great Gatsby

>> No.2229578

>>2229551
Lol.

>> No.2229581

The Master & Margarita

>> No.2229579

Dubliners.

>> No.2229583

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

>> No.2229585

The Once and Future King.

>> No.2229588

Paradise Lost

>> No.2229590

>>2229588
Why didn't I think of that? One of my favorites.

>> No.2229594

>>2229590
I had to really think about it,... read it my first year of college but damn do I love that epic poem.

>> No.2229597
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Natural Harvest, the only cook book you'll ever need.

>> No.2229599

Eugene Onegin.

>> No.2229602

Napoleon of Notting Hill. I've never enjoyed a book more

>> No.2229615

>>2229597
lol

>> No.2229617

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

>> No.2229618

>>2229602
>here

>>2229617
>I'm fine with this.

>> No.2229623

A Confederacy of Dunces

>> No.2229633
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2229633

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
by robert a heinlein

>> No.2229641

I can't concentrate on reading until I've finished my latest writings. I guess you could say I have readers block.

>> No.2229646

>>2229599
Looks interesting, definitely in my Wishlist for now.

>> No.2229654
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>> No.2229665

>>2229654
Do you like Dick?

>> No.2229666

Artamène

>> No.2229667

>>2229665

I love dick!

>> No.2229680

Los Detectives Salvajes by Roberto Bolaño.

>> No.2229765

Blood Meridian

>> No.2229767

The Book of the Dead

>> No.2229780

The Years of Rice and Salt

>> No.2229785

Lord of the Rings
yes the entire trilogy, because they were originally written as one book

>> No.2229786

War and Peace

>> No.2229789

The Sound and the Fury

>> No.2229791

>>2229786
holy shit I was actually planning on reading that next...
what the shit

>> No.2229794

Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett.

I read it every Chrstmas, without fail. And I cry every time I read it, without fail.

>> No.2229805

1984

>> No.2229831

>>2229791
it's not statistically unlikely, /lit/ as a whole is both incestuous and entry-level in its taste.

>> No.2229840

Cat's Cradle.

>> No.2229850
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Rules Of Attraction

>> No.2229917
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I will be, unfortunately, too busy to read. I will be mercilessly fucking OPs mum right in the shitbox. I intend to make her bleed, then teach her the true meaning of boxing day.

In the meantime, I shall be reading OP's Mum: Why is she such a slag, and could OP's Homosexuality Have Been Avoided, by O.P. Isafaggot, and so I probably won't have time to fully appreciate the absolute intricacies of OPs abject and total girlyboy faggatronage.

tl;dr Fuck you, you cunt, I haev literraly fucked your mother.

tl;dr pt.2 If I let a man fuck me in the arse, am I entitled to expect a bacon sandwich in the morning? I am prepared to suck the maker of the sandwich to completion, and a faceful of spunk would be frankly a small price to pay.

>> No.2229919

>>2229917
yerdoinitwrong

>> No.2230124

House of Leaves

>> No.2230128

To the Lighthouse

>> No.2230129

The Picture of Dorian Grey

>> No.2230131

The Outsider

>> No.2230134

Name of the rose by Eco

>> No.2230143

>>2229532
Blood Meridian

>> No.2230172

Twilight: new moon.

>> No.2230173

MAYBE LIFE AND FATE

>> No.2230179

Catch 22

>> No.2230180

crime and punishment

>> No.2230188

Hyperion

>> No.2230189

Life of Pi

>> No.2230205

1984..I'm such a plebeian

>> No.2230209

>>2230205
>>2230205

>1984
>plebeian

>> No.2230274

In Search of lost time.

Sorry to the guy that posted before me.

>> No.2230295

the abduction and manipulation of humans using advanced technology

>> No.2230296

Catcher in the Rye

>Don't judge me

>> No.2230300

>>2230296
depends why you like it

>> No.2230301

The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley

>> No.2230303

>>2230300
It spoke to me. Still does. Society is false.

>> No.2230305

Phantom Tollbooth

dicks

>> No.2230308

>>2230303
warning cynical teen alert

try rand next, seems like she'll speak your language soon

>> No.2230350

>>2229532
Onskan by Jan Guillou

>> No.2230450

Siddhartha

>> No.2230456

'The Tunnel' by William H. Gass

>> No.2230457

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

>> No.2230467

>>2230456

was thinking about ordering omensetter's luck, is this one better?

>> No.2230475
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Book of the New Sun.

Nothing better.

>> No.2230477

>Alastalon Salissa by Volter Kilpi.

>> No.2230481

>>2230467

I haven't read that one yet, but I can attest to 'The Tunnel' as being fucking fantastic mostly because of Gass' writing style - I assume his other books are just as good.

>> No.2230500

Fahrenheit 451.

>> No.2230512

les misérables by victor hugo

>> No.2230530

The Bell Jar

>> No.2230537

>>2230530
That's cool. Um... do you like want to go out anytime?

>> No.2230540

Rant - Chuck Pahlaniuk

>> No.2230542

>>2230540
Palahniuk, my bad.

>> No.2230544

the unbearable lightness of being

>> No.2230549

>>2230544
Thanks, I've always wanted to read it. :3

>> No.2230554

Shantaram -- Gregory Roberts

>> No.2230563

The Count of Monte Cristo

>> No.2230753
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The Way of Kings

>> No.2230763

Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut

>> No.2230774
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>> No.2230843

"Titus Alone" & "Gormenghast", by Mervyn Peake. Technically two books, but whatever; they're more like one book divided in two parts.

>> No.2231104

Ulysses

>> No.2231107

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

>> No.2231115
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A Dance with Dragons

>> No.2231116

>>2231104

I'll check it out. The only thing I own by James is Finnegans Wake. Which...yeah. It's....something.

>> No.2231117

>>2229549
oh you

>> No.2231127

>>2231116
lolwut

>> No.2231132

>>2231116
Buy a book of annotations and use spark notes. There's no shame: nobody can be expected to understand the idiom of 1904 Dublin, let alone Joyce's imitation of every English prose style from Latinate, medieval, all the way up to Cardinal Newman. At the very least, read the two "schema" that show the framework of the novel and how it ties to the Odyssey.

>> No.2231133

>>2231127
>>2231116

* only thing I own by Joyce

>> No.2231135

>>2231107
Hm, how about I read Moby Dick first?

>> No.2231143
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>>2231135
Did someone say "Moby's Dick"?

>> No.2231306

Crime and Punishment

>> No.2231709
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>>2230209

>> No.2231725

It
i dunno... the characterisation of the kids just really brought me back to that time in my life, you know?

>> No.2231734
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>> No.2231852

Looking For Alaska - John Green

>> No.2231855
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Have fun.

>> No.2231865

A Farewell to arms

>> No.2231867

You poor bastard...

The phenomenology of Spirit.

>> No.2231870
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>>2231855
Both

>> No.2231874

>>2231867
Oh shit. Think that means you get >>2231870 now,

>> No.2231879

Fear and Loathing in Las vegas

>> No.2231881

>>2231870
well i'll try for it, but i don't even drink booze.
This will be interesting.


>>2231874
Apologies, but honest favorite.

>> No.2231902

The Great Gatsby

>> No.2231913
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Shakespeare - Complete works

>> No.2231920

The Vivisector - Patrick White

>> No.2231933

The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas.

>> No.2231969

Something Happened by Joseph Heller

>> No.2231973

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles

>> No.2231982

>>2231973
You have awful taste.

>> No.2231996

>>2231973
I tried to read this, but I can't take a novel seriously that has the sentence "Oh, great, phone sex." and it isn't even dialogue.

>> No.2231998

Excession by Iain M. Banks

>> No.2231999

junky

>> No.2232008

>>2231982
>>2231996
lol at the Haruki Murakami backlash. I mean I wouldn't say The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles is my favourite by any stretch, but it's better than the majority of the piss-poor novels in this thread

>> No.2232012

green eggs and ham

>> No.2232052

The Dark Tower series is my favorite book series, so start with the Gunslinger.
I'm kind of excited to see what I get.

>> No.2232063
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War and Peace.

>> No.2232064

Moby Dick

>> No.2232073
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Ada, or Ardor - Nabakov

>> No.2232088

Wuthering Heights

>> No.2232100

Agape Agape

>> No.2232101

the alchemist - paulo coelho

>> No.2232126

>>2232073
fucking nice!

>> No.2232127

someone fucking post

>> No.2232147

>>2230843

I love you :3

Any similar books to this?

>> No.2232170

>>2232100
ffucckking yes! love gaddis

THE RECOGNITIONS

>> No.2232174

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan

>> No.2232191

Man, Economy and State

>> No.2232212

>>2231107

You're an idiot. That's is the biggest heap of crap I've ever read.

>> No.2232461

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates.

>> No.2232481
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beckett trilogy.

>> No.2232491

>>2232481
Sounds goooood.

>> No.2232522

no one belongs here more than you

>> No.2232530

>>2232522
House of Leaves
This is not for you.

>> No.2232532

For the effect they had upon me and the myriad moments of spiritual revelation/reflection, Les Miserables and Brothers Karamazov are both in the running for my favorite novel. I would love to be able to write something of the sort which, at least in my own estimation, would measure up to the enormity of what those two book achieved, for me, on the personal level.

In terms of writing ability, it's much harder to say. I recently read a book called The Elephant Keeper that executed the rare trick of remaining well-written and well-paced throughout, something which has become much harder to find in contemporary literature (I believe the book was published in 2004 or 2007, perhaps even later); in terms of writing ability, it stunned me.

Then there are the many books which quietly impressed me: The Stranger, The Catcher in the Rye, All of the Living, Out Backward (the first half).

I could go on and list off others, but in the end I think it's too hard to claim one book as being my most revered among hundreds of others.

That said, for the poster above me: Brothers Karamazov or Les Miserables. Flip a coin.

>> No.2232535

Starship Troopers-Robert A. Heinlein

>> No.2232550

>>2232532
>That said, for the poster above me: Brothers Karamazov or Les Miserables. Flip a coin.
While HoL is far from my favorite book (I only listed it for its fine syzygy with Ms. July's book's title), I'll gladly read both. Miserables has been on the list for a while, and BK is sitting on my shelf as I type. Have it your way.

>> No.2232570

Journey to the River Sea

>> No.2232601
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Do it faggot

>> No.2232607
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>>2232601

>> No.2232608

Master and Commander

>> No.2232609

>>2232607

HAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH

good lord

>> No.2232618

>>2232607
>>2232607oh god why would some one do that...why?

>> No.2232633
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The Republic

>> No.2232653

>>2230475

It would have to be this. It was simply amazing.

>> No.2232738
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Little Brother

I gave it to my brother before he died, fucking reading that book every month for the past year and a half.

>> No.2232764

Alice in Wonderland.

>> No.2232775

The Trial

>> No.2232776

>>2232738
Oh man, I met Cory at a book signing when that came out. Got four signed copies, gave three of them away and not one of the people I gave them too read the book. I was mad.

>> No.2232782

>>2232776

I don't blame them.

>> No.2232789

The foundation series. The last book of which would be my particular favourite.
...Which ends up being almost everything Asimov wrote, since it's set in the same universe (mostly).

>> No.2232878

Breakfast of Champions.

deal with it

>> No.2232879

>>2232782
Is Cory Doctorow that bad? I was actually thinking about picking up a book by him, but ehh.

>> No.2232892

The Stranger, though you have probably read it.

>> No.2232896

Finnegans Wake
You have to understand it, too.

>> No.2232899

>>2229532

sauce on the pick ?

>> No.2232908

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

Childhood Nostalgia Goggles:ENGAGE

>> No.2232934

>>2232899
How do I read this? Unless I've already read the post and that counts...

>> No.2232939

The Sirens of Titan

>> No.2232957

>>2229558
>>2229538
>>2229537

Jerks!

Also: The Wind up girl

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>>2231734

>> No.2232976

Anti-Oedipus.

ENJOY.

>> No.2232991

Steppenwolf

>> No.2232992

The Kite Runner.

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>>2232976
Oh god damnit!


captcha related: country-made thensigh

>> No.2233006

Little, Big by John Crowley

>> No.2233011
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>> No.2233013

Heart of Darkness

>> No.2233041

As Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway

>> No.2233059

A Clockwork Orange

>> No.2233064
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This book got me reading again in the same manner Harry Potter began my recreational reading.

Kim Stanley Robinson does an amazing job at creating vivid image of the setting for the reader in both Red Mars and its sequel Green Mars. Blue Mars not as much.

>> No.2233385

>>2232899
Axe Cop.

Anyway, Brave New World.

>> No.2233387

Foucault Pendulum, Humberto Eco

>> No.2233389
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It's actually quite good.

>> No.2233391
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The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler.

>> No.2233394
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>> No.2233395

Norwegian Wood

>> No.2233397

>>2233394

I'm usually open minded, but I will NOT READ THAT.

FUCK.

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>>2233397
I had a word with the manager and he has decided to upgrade your book. You still don't get the Foster wallace suite though.

>> No.2233420

East of Eden

>> No.2233423
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Lord of Light

>> No.2233428
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Cien anos de soledead - One hundred years of solitude

>> No.2233517

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

>> No.2233525

The complete Dresden Files series

>> No.2233556

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

>> No.2233571

My favorite changes every couple of months or so, but as of right now...

The Stranger

>> No.2233572

>>2233428
translation: a hundred assholes of soledead.

why can't you spanish?

>> No.2233575

White Noise

>> No.2233588

Franny and Zooey

>> No.2233592

White Oleander

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>>2229532
<<Pic related.[spoiler}

>> No.2233603

>>2233592
Ugh. White Oleander? Seriously? Do I still have to read it if I hated the maudlin cornball cheesefest of a ham-fisted motion picture?

>> No.2233644

>>2233603
Dohoho.

How about Bluebeard then?

>> No.2234698

The Things They Carried

>> No.2235356

Nine Stories. Does that count?