/lit/ - Literature

What's a book that you'd recommend that exhibits the theme of an unscrupulous or dark reality hidden behind a squeaky-clean veil?

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>How happy is the version of me that works for Facebook and enjoys his massive paycheck, job security, knowledge of early retirement, paid vacation time, and evenings and weekends to read and write as much as he wants?
Anon, from your post, you really seem to have a direction that you are proud to go. You know what you appreciate, and you've found your source of beauty and enjoyment in something.
That's more than most people your age can say, and it's honestly something I envy. You're getting a grad degree, your speaking with your advisors and strategizing, you're healthy: if not you, then who? I honestly think you're gonna make it anon, and when you do get a position despite the shitty prospects, you're going to be 1000x times more respected for making it now than when the field becomes healthy again. I guess those extra gran sound really nice, but I can't imagine you'll sit well imagining missing out on all the things you've learned/experienced in the past years. Besides, you'd be doing this shit until you're 50. Once you're in, you wouldn't ever bring yourself to change careers to something different due to the opportunity cost ($$). A kind of self-volunteered sacrifice. All the way until you're 50. With no real progression except maybe becoming a manager, which is arguably worse. Sounds fun.

tldr you seem like you're gonna make it anon

I recently finished rereading Brave New World and found myself drawing parallels to our modern view on relationships.
More specifically, the idea of 'everyone is for everyone.' I feel like monogamy has died out and been replaced with hookup culture/polyamory. I cannot come to terms with jumping between partners so frequently and actually sympathized with John the Savage and his love/hate relationship with Lenina. Shakespearean prose aside, he doesn't act too strange when faced with her advances.
Do you think monogamy is dead in our society? Are there any books you can recommend so I can go more into this subject?

mis-er-a-ble
adjective, unhappy, causing misery

What book would you recommend me to read based on what books I read and what I like to watch?
Currently I had read Nietzsche's Human, all too human and am on part 2. Even if I like the books and think they bring much wisdom, there is still a part of me that is too lazy to read a book. I read the books when I was in a place where there was nothing to do with no internet. I also liked 1984 and really enjoy Death Note. What book would you recommend me based off this that would make me enjoy reading more than wasting my time here?