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Greetings /lit/, I come from /mu/. I was just wondering, do you guys have a book that all of you unanimously agree on? For example, pretty much all of /mu/ loves ITAOTS.

Just wondering because I really loved books as a kid, read lots of sci-fi (Asimov, Wells, Huxely, Herbert, Adams, etc.) and a little fantasy, and I wanted to take a break from listening to music 24/7 and get back into reading over spring break.

Any recs or an answer to the question would be great, I figure you guys have a p good taste in literature.

>tl;dr, does /lit/ have one universally loved book they could recommend me to get back into reading?

Thanks /lit/!

>> No.3518484

Blood Meridian

>> No.3518483
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3518483

Nobody gives a shit which board you're from.

None of us agree on anything.

>> No.3518487

richard yates by tao lin

>> No.3518489
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3518489

So good.

>> No.3518490

Lolita by Fyodor Nabokov.

>> No.3518493

>>3518489
Yep, this one OP!

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3518495

>>3518479

>> No.3518496

BUSKOWSKEE SO GOOD

>> No.3518499

>>3518490
The deleted scenes are fatastic.

>> No.3518500

Why the fuck do /mu/tards always have to identify themselves as /mu/tards? Seriously, if you'd phrased your query like a non-autistic person I would have happily helped, but instead I'm just mad.

>> No.3518506

>>3518489
>>3518493
Lol, so good! I remember reading that one in 3rd grade, changed my life.

>>3518484
>>3518487
>>3518490
>>3518495
Thanks anons, I'll check these ones out over spring break. Take care and happy reading guys!

>> No.3518509

>>3518479
Try Dubliners by James Joyce. I think we can all agree on that being a good collection of short stories.

>> No.3518511

>>3518500
Kind of thought it was to explain why I posted the image. I could have equally posted starting strength and said I'm a /fit/izen though.
Sorry anon, I didn't know this offended people from other boards, good to keep in mind.

>> No.3518514

>>3518479
>pretty much all of /mu/ loves ITAOTS.
naw

>> No.3518524

>>3518514
mhmmmm majority at the least. I know it's
>entry level hipster garbage
but people get p worked up about ITAOTS and Geoofff Manguummm

>> No.3518522

yeah o.henry had some good short stories as well

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3518526

Isn't ITAOTS more of an in-joke on /mu/?

In that case, I'll go with this: >>3518487

>> No.3518530

Thanks for recs /lit/, you guys are p cool. I'll lurk your board more often in the future.

>> No.3518532

>>3518524
if you make a thread right now you get more negative replies than positive

http://www.last.fm/group/%5Cmu%5C

barely top 5 listened artist

>> No.3518535

>>3518526
This or infinite jest

>> No.3518548

The Odyssey.

>> No.3518552

>>3518526
ITAOTS isn't an in-joke. People actually like it, and it's even popular outside of /mu/.

>> No.3518555

>>3518552
Same with Infinite Jest.

>> No.3518564

>>3518552
Jesus christ, ITAOTS started as an inside joke but you backward circle jerking faggots made it to something.

WE DO NOT WANT A FUCKING TIER THREAD /LIT/ CORE. GO HOME

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>>3518484
>mfw I literally just came home from the library with this
>mfw I just opened it to find that the grammar is all fucked up
Maybe I'm just pleb, but I don't think you should be allowed to release a book without having any "s at all

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3519297

I haven't yet come across a person that dislikes Herman Hesse, either here or in real life.
Personal recomendation.

>> No.3519301

I'd say Catch-22 everyone likes even if some think it's overrated.

>> No.3519317

>>3518490
I still find Crime and Punishment by Vladimir Dostoievsky more entertaining.

>> No.3519744

>>3518640
ultra pleb status achieved
lrn2literature

>> No.3519748

>>3518564
>ITAOTS started as an inside joke

No it didn't you retard, it was popular even before /mu/ existed.

>> No.3519751

>>3519317
>>3518490

>2013
>not reading Fathers and Sons by Leo Turganev or Anna Karenina by Ivan Tolstoy