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What are some books about 20-somethings with no direction or purpose in life?

>> No.12633190

Tran Spotting

>> No.12633208

>>12633178
‘Less Than Zero’ by Bret Easton Ellis

>> No.12633216

>>12633178
my diary desu

>> No.12633277

>>12633178
GO BACK TO THE GRAVE WHERE YOU BELONG YOU UNNATURAL CREATURE

>> No.12633284

every second book pretty much

>> No.12633285

>>12633178
All of them.

>> No.12634046

>>12633208
Came here to post this.
Bright Lights, Big City
Most stuff by Kerouac
That Scott Pilgrim graphic novel shit
My life as a white trash zombie
Attachments
Blackout-the things I drank to forget

>> No.12634080

The Fuckup is MTV-tier but it’s amusing.

>> No.12634224

my diary 2bh. someone kill me

>> No.12634246

>>12633178
Why does this episode resonate with so many people on this website despite it no longer being true?

>> No.12634470

>>12634246
Been a while since I've seen the show, which episode is this from?

>> No.12634501

Crime and Punishment

>> No.12634554

>>12634224
i stopped keeping a diary when i realised everything i write is unbelievably vapid and melodramatic

>> No.12634558

my /lit/ posts desu

>> No.12634573

>>12633190
tranny spotting xD

>> No.12634575

>>12633178
The Bible

>> No.12634586

>>12633208
Aren't they even younger than 20 something? Like 17-19?

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12634600

>>12633178
Confederacy of Dunces

>> No.12634613

>>12634575
Jesus

>> No.12634654

>>12633178
12 rules for life

>> No.12634667

Grant Macdonald - Ram Ranch

>> No.12634817

>>12634573
Spell check on this thing is evil :(

>> No.12635417

>>12633178
Studs Lonigan

>> No.12635905

>>12634654
Unironically

>> No.12635913

>>12633178
PA

THETIC[/SPOILER]

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A Confession by Tolstoy should add an interesting aspect to your ennui. I don't necessarily find his arguments persuasive, the fun is challenging them and being challenged by them.

>> No.12636128

>>12634554
I can’t help but feel that its just a big ego stroke

>> No.12636220

>>12636128
Writing itself is a big ego stroke. Wanting your thoughts to be remembered, is there anything more narcissistic?