/lit/ - Literature

Give me the worst/generic fantasy novels you've ever read /lit/ and share just how bad they were

Random cool book pictures, photographs of your own bookshelves, painted or handdrawn pictures to do with the literary world, etc. I'm surprised I haven't seen a thread like this, in retrospect. Maybe I missed it or them. I've got a few good ones, and I'll be copying and pasting other pictures.

2666 - Roberto Bolano
The War of the End of the World - Mario Vargas Llosa
The Stand - Stephen King
Under The Dome - Stephen King
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

All unabridged where applicable, all very enjoyable reads, and that 'epic' feel.

Depends for me. I used to have no problem buying hardcovers on release day, or the first 6 or 12 months, but now I tend to wait for the paperbacks. Hardcovers are just too damn expensive here, £20 versus £7. Three times more, for a book that's heavy and unwieldy? No. I'm actually waiting on about 5 different Roberto Bolano books to come out in paperback, which I want to read but are to expensive. On the other hand, I intend to get 11/22/63 and 1Q84 on release day in (I think) October.

>implying paperbacks aren't better than hardcovers anyway, regardless of price