/lit/ - Literature

Just recommend me a fiction book that will rekindle my motivation for reading books. I now see reading as work you have to do to keep up with the pseuds.

>>10877430
>finally start reading Crime and Punishment
>reading on the train
>group of highscool girls sitting next to me
>hear them start giggling
>it's okay anon, it's okay, they're not laughing at you, don't be silly
>they keep laughing
>glance at their direction
>they're all looking at me
>I-its okay anon, remember what your boi Marcus said, if I choose not to be affected by this I won't be
>one of them whispers "why is that old guy still reading high school books?"
>I'm 22
>tears are welling up in my eyes
>the handful of strangers in my vicinity see what's happening to me and begin quietly snickering to themselves
>start sweating profusely
>my nose is runny now
>massive headache
>one of the girls sees me panicking and sarcastically asks if I'm okay, I overhear her friends telling her not to approach the creepy old guy
>I can't bring myself to look her in the eyes so I stare out the window and mutter something
>she loudly says "huh?! Speak up!"
>start clumsily stuttering and muttering in an attempt to string together a sentence
>just say "y-you too, thank you"
>the entire back of the train starts smirking and giggling
>I see one of them snapchatting me from the corner of my eye
>tears start flowing down my face, I let out a defiant scream that unfortunately sounded an awful lot like a "REEEEEEE" as I run out the train
>I got off 13 stops early
>burned the book
>took 3 hours to walk home
>got stopped by 3 hobos on the way back asking me if I was okay and offering me a spot for the night
>library charged me $50 for the $9 paperback
>I never finished Crime and Punishment
>never ever read in public ever again
Still have nightmares about this incident.

>>10737827
>the IQ studies on reading literature, where no amount of books read increase IQ by more than a single point, and we're talking hundreds
s-source?
please delete this
i want to read so I can be less of a dullard

>>10270647
>You've obviously never had your tongue down a women's body before Anon.
no... no i have not

>>10254716

Will I ever grip a woman by her thick hips and sway her into my kiss, senuous pleasures of the flesh

>>10241801
>tfw when haven't had sex in 22 years