/lit/ - Literature

What are some stories that will make me kinder? I've been reading a bunch of horror/fantasy/fiction stuff lately, tender is the flesh made me feel really uncomfortable with myself and I think changed my brain chemistry and ways i can't comprehend just yet. A country doctor's notebook was just straight up good, it paints a realistic picture of the main character feeling like he's not enough but still managing to persevere through sheer willpower alone, I've been reading a bit of Pratchett because hes witty and makes me laugh, and Fahrenheit 451 I feel kinda taught me a lesson I was supposed to learn in high school about the importance of having a real dialogue and also immolating government workers who try to enter your home

I guess I'm really asking what's something you've read that you've taken a lesson from. What stories made you or made you want to be a better person?

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