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newfag (to /lit/) here. need good books recommended to me. stuff along the lines of fight club... or idk what. just point me off in some direction. pic not related.

>> No.1054564

inb4 shitstorm

>> No.1054568

>>1054564
...dammit k this won't blow over well.

bumping for my own intellect.

>> No.1054571

Finnegans Wake, by James Joyce is a must-read

>> No.1054572

>stuff along the lines of fight club

/lit/ hates Pahlanuiwtfamidoinguik.

Anyway, I will recommend you some decent books for people new to literature.

1984
Brave New World
Fahrenheit 451
A Scanner Darkly
Slaughterhouse-Five

>> No.1054573

try the stranger by albert camus

>> No.1054577

>>1054571
thanks anon, i'm irish so i think i'll enjoy that one (yes i've read joyce before)

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>>1054572
>Needs introduction to literature
>Gives science fiction

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>>1054577

>> No.1054584

>>1054572
saw the movie scanner darkly. kind of forget it. should i brace for epic in book? and thank you.

>>1054573
thank you

>> No.1054592

>>1054584
The movie is very faithful to the book, so if you can't even remember it, enh, maybe it's not for you.

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"hilary duff: Style, Fashion, Guys, & More" by Mary Boone

You won't be sorry you did!

>> No.1054598

Ham On Rye
A Clockwork Orange
Junky
Trainspotting

>> No.1054596

>>1054592
i remember loving the movie. remember, i'm into psychological trips.

>> No.1054604

>>1054578
Are you kidding me? The guy came in with fight club. I gave him some the classic distopian stuff, Dick, and Vonnegut. Perfect recommendations, absolutely perfect for him. This is the way he should come to literature.

>> No.1054610

>>1054596
The book is superior. More Barris lulz.

>> No.1054609

>>1054598
thanks anon.

>> No.1054615

>>1054604
sorry to hijack the thread sort of but I like post modernism, (american psycho, fight club, pulp fiction, etc) what would you recommend?
(you are the only person i have seen on /lit/ that is helpful :) )

>> No.1054617

>>1054615
also anything psychologically thrilling that makes you think and shit yourself after you turn that last page

>> No.1054618

>>1054615
by all means hijack my thread. no problem. i'm off to bed anyways.

thanks everyone this list should keep me busy for a while.