/lit/ - Literature

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords

>>1415953
The Outsider- Camus
The Broom of the System - D.F.W
Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

>>1415957
Miserable but intelligent; this year you will meet somebody who will change your life and then fuck off, this pain will grow and improve you.

Crime and Punishment by Dostoievski
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
The Waves by Virginia Woolf

The Hunchback of Notre Dame-Victor Hugo
The Girl Who Kicked Over the Hornet's Nest
Flowers for Algernon
Currently reading The 900 Day Seige.

Recommended Readings?

The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy.
Dracula - Bram Stoker.
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre.

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Elephant Vanishes
Hard-Boiled Wonderland at the End of the World

Molloy by Samuel Beckett
Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett
The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett

>>1415961
Insult or just foul-mouthed fortune cookie script?

I am America (and so can you!) - Stephen Colbert
The Periodic Table - Primo Levi
Moby-Dick - Herman Melville

>>1415958
Interested in internal workings of slightly abnormal people? You probably harbour some doubts about whether or not you will ever find anybody who understands you. I am going to suggest you try reading some Henry Miller, would be up your alley imo.

>>1415959
You prefer to read thought-provoking material; please try not to bore people you know by sharing your views. Consider reading 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' by Robert Tressell; interesting political commentary but high readability.

>mfw OP has fucked off somewhere.

Demian - Herman Hesse
The Death of the Adversary - Hans Keilson
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

>>1415985
Thanks for the recommendation, bro. I try not to bore them, a few are interested in what I have to say though.

>>1415985
I shall look into Henry Miller, from his wikipage he seems interesting. Thanks

Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
The Neon Bible - John Kennedy Toole
Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey

inb4 LOL BEE SO EDGY HARDBODY HARDBODY LOUIS VUITTON LOUIS VUITTON COCAINE COCAINE TAN TAN HARDBODY

Gravity's Rainbow
Noise: The Political Economy of Music
Blood Meridian

>>1415999

I've only read Daisy Miller, which wasn't bad. Turn of the Screw is usually regarded as his best.

LOL BEE SO EDGY HARDBODY HARDBODY LOUIS VUITTON LOUIS VUITTON COCAINE COCAINE TAN TAN HARDBODY

Shoplifting from American Apparel
Eeeee eee eeee
Richard Yates

>>1415968
It looks like you've been reading through a list. Enjoy something refreshing and light, not to mention modern. I suggest some DBC. Pierre.

>>1415970
Nice mix; I loathed Flowers for Algernon. You don't seem to mind being depressed by the reality of humanity; how about hitting up some Ethan Frome? (Wharton)

>>1415971
DBC Pierre appears! HOW excited are you about Lights Out in Wonderland? (Hint: it's awesome) You appear to have a sense of humour and a lust for depravity. To this end I suggest both Pere Goriot, (Balzac) and 'King Queen Knave' (one of my favourite Nabokov novels.)

>>1415973
Hmm; you like pretty and poignant with a hipster edge. I can suggest Doctor Zhviago for this. I found it very beautiful.

>>1415986
Yeah I have a habit of doing this.

>>1416005
>Henry Miller
>Henry James

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
The Sorrows of Young Werther (IT SUCKED)
The Fixer

>>1415974
Do you just read through somebody you like? I think you should move onto Graham Greene next; he is accessible enough to be readable, but will give you some punchy themes. Start with 'The Power and the Glory.'

>>1415975
Hmm. Both. I am never very polite to strangers. Poorly brought up.

>>1415978
Hmm, yes, I can see that short stories might well suit you. Rock some Saki, and definitely some Roald Dahl. They will combine enough humour to delight without letting your brain rot.

The Trial
Ficciones (Borges)
Naked Lunch

House of Leaves
Wind-up bird chronicles
The Road

Welcome to the Monkey House - Vonnegut
On The Road - Kerouac
Notes From the Dead House - Dostoevsky

>>1415953
Tom Clancy - Patriot games
Bely - Petersburg
Murakami - Norwegian Wood

Gödel, Escher, Bach
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
The Scar

1984
The road
The fountainhead

>judge someone based off the last 3 books that they read instead of their 3 favourite books

This makes no sense.

Death's Head by Mel Keegan
Razor's Edge by Ivan Yefremov
Joust by Mercedes Lackey

Cannery Row - Steinbeck
Notes from Underground - Dostoyevsky
Dubliners - Joyce

Dawkins - The God Delusion
Orwell - Animal Farm
Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5

Jpod
Said the shotgun to the head
A man named Dave

Problem, OP?

>>1416077
I had to do an essay on "The Dead". It took me ages because I kept finding things to talk about.

>>1416044
Boy, you sure went from good to bad in few steps.

Salamander and Other Stories by Masuji Ibuse
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Nine Stories by JD Salinger

>>1416086
Nice. Dubliners is the shit. tell me something interesting I don't know about the dead.

Sailing Alone Around The Room by Billy Collins
Animal Soul by Bob Hicok
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

>>1416090
Joyce never wrote it. His dead sister did.

Neverwhere
Brave New World
Robinson Crusoe

And I loved them all

>>1416095
MIND = BLOWN

>>1416090
Well,. Gabriel and Michael based on angels, of course. Then there's Gabriel compared with Freddy Malins, the use of eyes and hands, and Freddy as the folk character Fer Caille (the left eye, left fist effect). Allusions to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Gabriel and Freddy, especially with the sublime nature of memory. Gabriel as the opera characters of the past, and also echoing the myth of Orpheus.

Chariots of the gods
Ancient egyptian magic
Gilgamesh

>>1415989
Slight pre-occupation with war-related death? I have to say, I always read 'Death of an Adversary' with some Bernhard Schlink as well, 'The Reader' is good but I preferred 'Homecoming.' I enjoy the exploration of the ideas from somebody primary to it and somebody looking back one generation on. Your slim-tome desires could be satisfied with some Knut Hamsen, though.

>>1416002
Are you an Arcade Fire fan? I like Peter Carey, as an Australian, I have read quite a bit of him. I am therefore going to recommend a really FANTASTIC Australian novel, called 'Rohypnol' by Andrew Hutchinson. I recommend this whenever I get the slightest chance. I am an evangelist of his stuff. Anybody who likes Easton Ellis would like him.

>>1416004
Pynchon is nice; McCarthy irritates me (something about his prose.) This is possibly a leap, but for you I suggest Patricia Highsmith, particularly 'Talented Mr. Ripley.' It is very well crafted, depressing, and yet incredibly twisted. If you read and enjoyed 'Gravity's Rainbow,' nearly anything by Umberto Eco is worth reading for you. If, (and it's more likely) you slogged through it for cred, I suggest moving straight to some 'Middlesex' by Eugenides, he is very self-congratulatory in that text. Much more accessible, but very easy to wankify in discussions.

>>1416008
Another one of these 'all one author all at once' people! Subversive literary humour at the reader's expense is fun. This was Nabokov's stock-in-trade, but I can suggest Douglas Coupland for the light-reading version, anything by Derrida for hard-mode, and a modern text I really enjoyed, 'The Raw Shark Texts' for easy mode.

Also I am way distracted, but this is still fun for me, so I'll keep going, albeit slowly. Watching Disney movies ftw.

>>1416127
which movie?

>>1416127
Pinnochio is my favourite. Are you watching Pinnochio?

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain
A Scanner Darkly

Good luck finding a pattern there, OP.

Post Office - Bukowski
Ham on Rye - Bukowski
Thumbsucker - walter kirn

>>1416124

>Much more accessible, but very easy to wankify in discussions.

lol'd.

>>1415953
frankenstein
the great gatsby
a farewell to arms

>>1416031
Well those three novels are a trilogy, compiled into one book. So if you coun them as one book since I read through them at once, the list looks more like:

Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Molloy/Malone Dies/The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett

The Bell Jar
Invisible Monsters
Don Quixote de la Mancha

>>1416124
Nah, I'm not an Arcade Fire fan. What Carey have you read? I know he has a lot, and I've only just gotten started, but I really liked all of them. (His Illegal Self, Theft, Parrot and Olivier, and Oscar and Lucinda.)

I'll also put that on my to-read list. I wasn't expecting to like Ellis, I had read excerpts of American Psycho and couldn't stand his style, but I really liked Less Than Zero more than I expected. It didn't leave that much of an impression on me, but it was like a much less grating Chuck Palahniuk, which was nice(er).

John D'Agata - Halls of Fame
Maggie Nelson - Jane
Frank O'Hara - Lunch Poems


Come at me bro.

paradise of the blind - thu huong duong
henry miller - tropic of cancer
kurt vonnegut - breakfast of champions

>>1416027
Was the 'How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read' a gift? Because it looked a bit shite tbh. I haven't read it though, so cannot say. What was it about Werther that you didn't like? If you're looking for accessible classics that will still give you bragging rights, I am going to go with Dickens. I hate him, but for all his faults, he writes interesting characters. If you're looking for something slightly more salacious, D.H. Lawrence is a good option, as well.
AHHHH sorry guys, it's 4am now; I will come back to this tomorrow.

>>1416133
Beauty and the Beast! <3 I love it. I just cried my eyes out because it is late and I am retardedly sentimental.

>>1416138
NO! That is the stuff of nightmares! I want to be able to sleep.

>>1416147
Challenge accepted, will address this later. Must sleep.

>>1416171
'Rohypnol' has sexily tight prose, (I hate superfluous words in novels) and is far, far more clever than most of Chuck's stuff. Carey-wise, <3 'Oscar & Lucinda,' and 'Theft' was good. 'The True History of the Kelly Gang' is pretty incredible, but you may have to be an Aussie to like it. 'Tristan Smith' was fascinating, I loved that, and I will always have a soft spot for 'My Life as a Fake' because I read it after a difficult break-up and it helped immeasurably. He captures voices, Carey.

Witches Abroad
The Shadow out of Time
Vampire Hunter D - Mysterious Journey to the North Sea

For whom the bell tolls
Battle Royale
The Dark Tower IV: Glass and Wizard

OP how old are you?

>>1416276
Is this relevant? I know the answer, she's posted before.

>>1415953

>pre-warned

what other type of warning is there?

>>1416286

She seems to have read a lot of books and is able to express herself eloquently, which by prejudice makes her older than the average person on here. I just want to know if that is true.

pfffft... piss off

Let The Right One In
Today I Wrote Nothing by Daniil Kharms
Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
currently reading: A Tale of Two Cities
>implying you'll come at me, bro

>>1416310
For statistical purposes I don't suppose it hurts to say. I believe 23.

The Road to the World's End - Sigurd Hoel
Hunger - Knut Hamsun
The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

>>1416314
someone is jelly they can't be the judge

>>1416324
not as old as I suspected.

>>1416343
I do it all the time, I don't need a thread for it.

>>1416353
too bad you can't do the recommendations like this, then.

>>1416379
>recommendations
that is a lovely way of saying "talking about my own experiences under the guise of advocating books for other people to read" you should be proud bro

Lord Foul's Bane -Stephen R. Donaldson
Bridge of Birds - Barry Hughart
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut

Readin' Tom Sawyer

Fuck D&E, I'm (>>1416094) interested in what you have to say.

Magic Mountain -- Thomas Mann
The Oxford History of the French Revolution -- William Doyle
To the Lighthouse -- Virginia Woolf

Do your worst.

WON'T TAKE LITERARY ADVICE FROM SOME DISNEY-MOVIES-WATCHING CUNT. NO MA'AM.

OP went to bed, you lazy-arses.

I'd link to the post, but I'm just as lazy.

business-man they take my wine,
plow-man dig my earth.

the blue bird - maurice maeterlinck
jungle book - rudyard kipling
the wonderful adventures of nils - selma lagerlof

The sailor who fell from grace with the sea- Yukio Mishima
The windup bird chronicles - Haruki Murakami
For whom the bell tolls - Ernest Hemmingway

Trying to work my way through the classics

ada. nabokov
the humbling. roth
infinite jest. wallace

To be fair, they're all for my next semester:

Ceremony - Silko
Paradise - Morrison
Winesburg, Ohio - Anderson

I'm just going to bump this because I don't want it to vanish. Curse Banana for having a life!

Steppenwolf by Hesse
The Illustrated Man by Bradbury
The Beach by Garland

Lies, Lies, and More Lies that the American Government Tells You
The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid
The Symbolism of Freemasonry

>>1416243
>>1416027 here, I was looking for judgment rather than recommendations but thanks. How to Talk was in fact a very interesting book. Fuck Dickens and anything read for 'bragging rights'.

The Gay Science
The Communist Manifesto
Proven Guilty - The Novel in The Dresden Files series

L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
Robert Charles Wilson - Spin
Stephen Hawking - The Grand Design

L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
Stephen Hawking - The Grand Design
Robert Charles Wilson - Spin

A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
Foundation and Empire, Issac Asimov
Neuromancer, William Gibson

The #1 Ladies Detective Agency- Alexander McCall Smith
Everything's Eventual- Steven King
Danse Macabre- Laurell K. Hamilton

>>1419178
You spend most of your time on /r9k/. Then come to /lit/ to troll.

>>1416310
hé hé

A Lesson Before Dying--Ernest Gaines
The Remains of the Day--Kazuo Ishiguro
The Sailor who Fell From Grace With the Sea--Yukio Mishima

Bumping because I love bananas.

Allright, Op. Let's see what this leads to. (If you're even here any more.)

Maurice - Forster
Laughter in the Dark - Nabokov
Scoop - Waugh

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
Frankenstein
A Critique of Pure Reason

>>1419892

Emo goth girl.

>>1419900

Faggot.

>>1419907

Lying Wikipedia addict.

>>1415953
Judge me, banana !!C9mWgwwB6h/
I've read the Yi Jing, Valley of the Dolls & The Iron Dream, lately.
Captcha:supmes traces

our lady of the flowers--genet
viking portable dh lawrence
the philokalia

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

The Time Machine & The Invisible Man - Wells
The Virute of Selfishness - Rand
Diablo #4, Moon of the Spider - Knaak

>>1415959
I just finished Demian by Hesse and enjoyed it (I read Siddhartha a while back).

Would you recommend the Hesse books you have there?

The Decameron
La police des familles
Boule de Suif


What now?

>>1419955
Yeah they were both good, I slightly preferred Journey to the East though, I think Gertrude is the next book by Hesse I'm going to read.

>>1419973
Hé! Is that you, fellow Professor Frenchfag?!

why are people still posting in this retarded thread what is wrong with you people

>>1419986
They want to be judged.
Let them eat cake.

report it for illegal content

>>1419986
Hey, Deep & Edgy! How many are you?

>>1419991

she never uttered that phrase

>>1420002
I'm the only person who matters here.

World Without End
Crime and Punishment
After Dark

Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Principia Discordia - Various

The World As Will And Representation - Arthur Schopenhauer

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

History of Western Philosophy - Bertrand Russell

Dresden Files: Changes - Jim Butcher
Ghosts of Onyx - Eric Nylund
Dead Sky Black Sun - Graham McNeil

Kafka on the shore
Let the right one in
Shutter island

>Pulitzer mimic

final desperation bump

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf - Edward Albee
Collected poetry - Rimbaud
L'hiver de force - Réjean Ducharme

The Language Instinct - Steven Pinker
How Language Works - David Crystal
God Is NOT Great - Christopher Hitchens

>mfw when I have not been reading fiction

>>1421784
I can tell you're gay just by what you read.

Congratulations?

Eric Rauchway, Blessed Among Nations: How the World Made America
Mark Leonard, What Does China Think?
Soren Kierkegaard, The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections From His Journals

Nonfiction, muthafuckas. Also Kierkegaard 'cause he's just cool.

Napoleon: A Political Life by Steven Englund
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say by Paula Poundstone

>>1421798

Close enough, I'm still in denial according to my friends

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Tinkers - Paul Harding
White Noise - Don DeLilo

The Stranger
The Invisible Man (Wells,... didn't really like it)
The Great Gatsby

Ulysses by James Joyce
The Scarlet Letter by ???
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Andrés Neuman, El Viajero del Siglo
José Saramago, Ensayo sobre la Ceguera
The Trial, Franz Kafka

>Double Helix by John Watson
Disliked to learn that the guy was an asshole that had no respect for Rosalind Franklin, whose crystallography photos contributed a lot to his work.
>The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
If you're counting short stories? It was interesting. I wish I hadn't known the twist before I read it though.
>Currently reading A Confederacy of Dunces
It's pretty good though I don't think I've read enough to judge it fully yet. Ignatius reminds me a lot of Chris-chan, just with a college degree.

>>1421830
you forgot who wrote the scarlet letter??? shiiiit, son.

1.Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
2. After the Workshop by Larry McNally
3. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Just now: Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut.
Before that: The Waste Land, by T. S. Eliot. (the huge Norton whateverthehell edition)
& Before That: Solipsist, by Henry Rollins. It was... weird.

>>1421837

It was an assigned reading for a Literature Class, and I still didn't finish that pile of shit.

>>1421829

Haters gonna hate, H. G. Wells is dank by my standards. It's not his fault he didn't write that shitty stream of consciousness shit that's so popular with the kids today.

Gone - Michael Grant
The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan

>>1419237
Most of my time on /b/and /r9k/ (horrors!) Also frequent /lit/ and /ck/, not to troll. I come for the lulz. And I really do love to read real books, not just shite; I'm rereading some of the crap books in my collection one last time before donating them to the thrift store. Seriously.

The Great Gatsby
The Decline and fall of the British Empire
Inherent Vice

I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett
The Trial and Death of Socrates - Some guy called Plato
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

God. I'm a wanker.

>>1416032
Are you enjoying the vingettes at the moment? I think I'll recommend something in the same vein, becuase they're fun. Consider 'Nocturnes' by Ishiguro; it's very beautiful. However, if you are interested in something a little more classical, consider the Decameron.

>>1416035
Assuming you aren't trolling, my judgement is to avoid taking all of /lit/s advice so seriously. Those are all good books, it's the combination that is intersting. Did you like any of them? All of them? Recommendation for you: read something a little less intense this time. Something enjoyable, perhaps gory. I'm going to go out on a limb and actually *suggest* some Palahuinik. Go with 'Choke.' Irving could also be an option; as could 'John Dies at the End.'

>>1416039
I like you. It's always nice to see somebody enjoying Dostoevsky and Vonnegut beyond C&P and S5. I haven't read Vonneguts shorter stuff, actually. You probably have a sly sense of humour. Have you considered a selection of Hunter S. Thompson's gonzo writings? Or, Wallace's 'Consider the Lobster' may be your thing.

>>1416040
Oooh, I haven't read Petersburg; it's on my wishlist. Is it as good as it sounds? I love the appearance of Tom Clancy; I like that you're a) reading fun stuff as well and b) unashamed to admit it. This makes you a non-wanker imo. I don't even know what to suggest for you! Perhaps some Hamsun, or 'Independent People' by Laxness.

>>1416041
Anybody who reads Murakami beyond a couple of texts tends to be an ALice fan, imo. Your reading of my GEB confirms this, that's very Carroll-esque. You're a fan of twisted narratives and weird but beautifully set worlds, perhaps try 'Brasyl.' You would DEFINITELY love 'The Fall of Sleep,' by Jean-Luc Nancy.

>>1416044
Are you serious?
There's no way that you're serious.
Those are the last three books that you've read? Yeah, right. If that is true, you probably have Farenheit 411 next on you list but actually need a break. Read 'The Name of the Wind.'

>>1416049
Technically, judging anybody based on what they've read can be a pretty harsh and senseless action. Also it turns out I lack the ability to be a good judge. I'm much better at suggestions.

>>1416053
Congratulations on being the first to have listed three books I'd never heard of. You may have guessed that sci-fi and fantasy are not my areas. They look like interesting books, though. I can only steer you toward plain lit, I'm afraid. Perhaps you would enjoy Kafka?

>>1416082
This is a very 'classic' list. Have these been set for you, or is it a phase you're in? I actually really liked all of these; going from here, I would suggest anything Hemingway or Faulkner, but only because that was what I read at about the same time as I read those.

>>1416082
It makes me sad that you read 'The God Delusion;' I hope this was not the only Dawkins you've read, and if it isn't, that you dont' let you put it off him. This list suggests that you're curious. I am going to suggest 'Snow' or 'My Name is Red' by Pamuk, because I think he's under-read.

>>1416083
Problem? Are you kidding? I LOVED JPod, AND '...said the shotgun.' I haven't even heard of a Man Named Dave but a quick look on Wikipedia makes it look absolutely traumatic.
If you liked Coupland, you may enjoy 'Transmission' by Hari Kunzru. I make no guarantees, though. Have you read any of Saul WIlliams other stuff?

>>1416089
Awesome choice with the Masuji Ibuse and the Salinger, and let's face it, nobody can dislike Pratchett. I don't even really care for his genre, and I like Pratchett. Have you read any Banana Yoshimoto? Very entertaining stuff; I suggest 'Kitchen' as a fascinating place to start.

>>1416094
<3 <3 <3 - nothing I like more than finding a poetry lover. For you I suggest Dean Young, omg, there's 'Elegy on Toy Piano' which is <3 and also he's written some prose ON poetry that is beautiful.

>>1416096
Something I really like is that you said you loved them all. This makes me happy. I especially loved Brave New World, I love a good authorial trap for the reader. For you, I suggest Thoreau's 'Walden.'

>>1416115
I'm not really going to comment on this, or suggest you break your pattern. However, try reading the Thousand and One Nights. I'm sure the Ramayana, Rig Veda and Mahabharata are all on your list already?

>>1416147
You're pessimistic, but not unhappy; fatalistic but not resigned. Read 'The Dice Man.' DO IT.

>>1416151
You would really enjoy 'A Confederacy of Dunces' imo. 'Thumbsucker' was good but does ooze the sort of hipsterism that leads to people reading 'the Perks of Being a Wallflower' and 'Bright Lights Big City.' Also good books; 'BLBC' is especially good to bring up in conversation and witter on about how marvelous second-person-persepective is.

>>1416154
...did you read them for school? Fitzgerald is one of my favourite writers; it pains me to see his titles without their due capitalisation. I think you should try coming-of-age novels; 'The Colour Purple,' 'Catcher in the Rye' and 'Looking for Alaska' are all good examples.

>>1416160
This is an intersting combination, definitely. I hated 'the Bell Jar,' but Invisible Monsters was okay. I haven't read 'Don Quixote' (I know) so I am afraid I cannot judge. I have to say, 'The Secret History' (Tartt) may work for combining what appeals about those texts. I do love that book.

Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
The White Mercedes - Phillip Pullman
Moving Mars - Greg Bear

>>1416224
Genre-mixing ftw; I think you'd enjoy "Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry" by Leanne Shapton; it's poignant and beautiful, imo, although it should be cheesy by all rights. The best poetry novels I've ever, ever read have been by Dorothy Porter, who is *brilliant.* (Yes, I am plugging another AUssie.) She was an incredible poet.

>>1416228
This is a really nice list. Have you enjoyed them? I haven't read 'Paradise of the Blind,' but it looks very good. I am a big Miller fan; for some reason, reading T.o.Cancer always leads to me re-reading Therese Raquin (I don't know why; perhaps the sense of excess leads to a desire for a more 'closed' setting?) Also, 'Sons & Lovers,' although the connection is a little more obvious there.

>>1416255
I know I've said before that fantasy/sci fi is not my 'thing.' I guess I have to suggest that you stick with what you love, though; why not? I know that anything I've read fantasy-wise will be something you've already read; I can, however, suggest you read some 'News from Nowhere,' which is an amazing utiopian novel that you may enjoy.

>>1416273
Interesting. I can't say I've read 'Battle Royale,' it looks like a grown-up version of the Hunger Games (although it would have come first.) I like the premise, is it terribly gory? I guess this means you've read a lot of Palahniuk and Easton Ellis. I'm going to recommend 'The Odyssey,' if you haven't read it. It really has it all.

>>1416314
Hey D&E, we've had some pretty great discussions on here before (I don't usually trip) and I find it interesting that you dislike me as soon as I adopt one. What is your reasoning?

>>1416318
I'll totally come at you, bro. 'Let the Right One In' was faaaantastic; I'm reading his 'Harbour' now (not true; I've read three chapters and am now waiting for a sunny day to continue, I'm soft) and it is remarkable, already. Dickens is far from my favourite author but hopefully you'll like his stuff. I love Salinger. I am currently reading 'The Lonely Polygamist,' in lieu of terrifying myself, and I'm really loving it. You may want to look into it.

>>1416324
24, actually.

>>1416332
So glad you've read 'Hunger,' it's amazing. You may enjoy something by Levi, by the looks of what you're reading.

>>1416429
I've enjoyed the Thomas Covenant books, despite my lack of affection for fantasy. Tom Sawyer never appealed to me, I have to say. If you're comfortable with verbosity, 'Ivanhoe' is fantastic - all the adventure you could possibly want!

>>1416459
Thomas Mann is definitely <3, I hope you enjoyed that novel. I haven't read much about the French revolution (I'm shockingly under-informed) and, although it may seem a bit of a leap, for you I'm recommending the plays of Eugene Ionesco; they're absurdist but very, very clever.

>>1416628
Suit yourself. You could read through and see if any my recommendations are decent before making such a judgement, but if you prefer to base your decisions on my choice in films, by all means do that.

>>1416665
Awesome list. I haven't read Maeterlinck (is he the one with the history of plagiarism?) but I love that you're reading some children's classics. There is, of course, so much to explore here, but I am selfishly going to suggest you read the Moomin books; particularly 'Finn Family Moomintroll' because nobody (in Australia, anyway) ever knows what I mean when I talk about these and they MADE my childhood.

>>1416682
Hmm; this list is composed entirely of books I genuinely really loved reading. If you're reading through the classics as your goal, I'm going to give you my best advice:
1) Always read the fairytales.
Many readers start with The Big Names in a particular region of literature; you look like you're heading down the Japanese path, which is fine. Start by reading Japanese fairy tales, though. They always give you a good sense of what is valued and what the moral expectations should be of both the author and the characters.
2) If you are reading a specific author, read their debut.
Not that it is their 'best' work, nor that it is their 'autobiographical' novel (not always the case) but because it helps you understand what is important enough to them that made them pick up their pen.

>>1416956
Your list contains good books, but the lack of capitalsation makes me fear that you're a 'poseur.' As a result I shall suggest that you indulge this by reading more decent books that have been Hipster fetishised. These include anything Auster and 'The History of Love.'

>>1417776
Hahhaa, yes, I had to read 'Ceremony' and a Morrison novel as well. Did you enjoy them? While you're American Literature-ing it up, go ahead and read some Walt Whitman. Excellent poetry.

>>1418837
Yeahhhhh... sorry about that.

>>1418855
I haven't read 'The Illustrated Man,' perhaps I should. Your list appeals to me. Did you love 'The Beach'? I found it very good, but I could be biased, because it's the kind of novel that appeals to me. I think you might enjoy Jeanette Winterson; she's remarkable for a combination of hilarious realism and yet completely bizarre absurdism.

>>1418865
Hehehe, this made me chuckle. Are you serious? If so, check out, 'The Family.' It will give you more things to worry and obsess about.

>>1419078
Well, to be fair, you started with 'How To Talk;' it is only natural that one would assume you wanted bragging rights more than story. If you want judgment, mine is that you're probably still approaching things from too modern a standpoint, and you need to engage with some real classics. Hit up some epic poetry; the Illiad, of course, but 'Paradise Lost' and 'Gilgamesh,' as well.

>>1419084
Oooh, I've not read any of the Dresden Files, but they do look very fascinating. What are they like? Good combination of books, here; I like a mix of challenging and enjoyable reading. I think you might enjoy 'Motherless Brooklyn,' from what I know of the Dresden Files. It's an excellent read. There are no supernatural elements but it's a hard-boiled detective story with interesting language and characterisation.

>>1419130
'Spin' looks incredible; I actually haven't read anything that is on your list. I guess it's tempting to judge people that read Hubbard, but I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it is curiosity. You might enjoy 'Illusions' by Bach; it's a very neat little book with interesting themes.

>>1422142
>>1416089 here
I have indeed read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto! Does that happen to be where you got your trip name from?

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