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Sup /lit/.
I came here for suggestions on what books I could read, as I've just finished the book in my pic, and I'm trying to find others like it. Yes, the writing is terrible and it seems as if it was written for someone with an IQ of 5, but it still helped me out a lot with some problems I've been facing lately so I enjoyed it. I'm really not into books that are heavily fantasy/fiction based, which is probably why I ended up reading this. Basically what I've been searching for is a book that fits somewhat into the same category as this one without having the same writing style as a damn Shakespeare book or something (not saying that style is bad, but I just don't tend to connect with it). For the life of me I couldn't find any that I would actually be interested in reading, so I figured some of you here may be able to help.

TL;DR - I'm looking for suggestions for books that aren't strongly fiction based, don't use a complex writing style, and a person who regularly browses the asshole of the Internet can relate to.

Thanks in advance.
And by the way, the movie version of the book fucking sucked. Just in case you were considering watching it.

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>> No.1546725

>>1545956
Chuck Palahniuk might fit. Try reading Choke or Survivor.

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>>1545956
For a psych ward set-up, you could never go wrong with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (it's NOT a funny story).

>> No.1546736

>>1546725
Thanks, I haven't really heard of either of those. I'll definitely look into them a bit.

>>1546732
I was considering watching the movie for this one, didn't even know there was a book. I'll look into it as well, thanks.

>> No.1546738

>>1546722
Thats kind of frightening.

>> No.1546740

>>1546738
Huh. I thought it fit rather well, considering how the thread had been sitting empty for hours with no responses, thus making me forever alone.

>> No.1546754

>>1546740
Guess it was the dim light darkness that made it creepy.

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1546757

The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger

>> No.1546759

>>1546757
Oh wow, I completely forgot about that book, and I was meaning to pick it up a year or two ago. I'll be sure to read it, thanks.

>> No.1546761

By the way, has anyone read Water for Elephants? I saw it when I was browsing through lists of books and thought it sounded pretty interesting.

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or 'the ask'

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1548734

Kurt Vonnegut
Cormac McCarthy
Bret Easton Ellis
Elif Shafak
Amy Tan
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Mark Twain
Thomas Hardy
Jonathan Safran Foer
Hermann Hesse
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
W. Somerset Maugham

>> No.1548838

Perks of Being a Wallflower. It deals with the same themes as Perks of Being a Wallflower