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What are some midwit books?

>> No.15669719

Our diaries desu

>> No.15669721

1984

>> No.15669723

>>15669710
my diary desu

>> No.15669724

Anything from Pynchon, Wallace or Wolfe.

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>>15669710
Anything pop culture; I suggest Infinite Jest.

>> No.15669737

>>15669710
Try Ham on rye

>> No.15669760

>>15669721
There is nothing wrong with 1984

>> No.15669772

Women and Men
Ulysses
Infinite Jest

>> No.15669833

>>15669721
>>15669724
>>15669726
>>15669772
these
>>15669719
Speak for yourself, midwit. My diary is extremely high-brow.

>> No.15669844

>>15669721
It get's big brained at Room 101 with the philosophy of untruth as a the ultimate expression of will.

>> No.15669872

>>15669737
I'm vegan

>> No.15669884

>>15669833
>Speak for yourself, midwit. My diary is extremely high-brow.
Coping midwit

>> No.15670813

>>15669710
Whatever you like, or think seems interesting.

>> No.15670954

>>15669710

non meme answers:
>>15669721
>Lord of the Flies
>The Handmaid's Tale
>The Color Purple
>Fahrenheit 541
>House of Leaves
>The Neapolitan Novels
>Man's Search for Meaning
>The God Delusion
>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
>Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
>Thinking, Fast and Slow
>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
>Freakonomics
>Between the World and Me
>A Visit from the Goon Squad
>To Kill a Mockingbird
>Chronicles of Narnia
>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
>Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
>The Grapes of Wrath
>Ender's Game
>12 Rules for Life
>Guns, Germs, and Steel
>Anne Frank's Diary
>The Goldfinch
>Wolf Hall
>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
>The Catcher in the Rye
>A Separate Peace
>Lincoln in the Bardo
>The World According to Garp
>any "literary graphic novels" including Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, Fun Home, Maus, Persepolis, etc.
>anything by Malcolm Gladwell
>anything by Jonathan Franzen
>anything by John Updike
>anything by Vonnegut
>anything by Stephen King

>> No.15671034

>>15670954
Most if not almost all, are written by Americans... I will leave it at that.

>> No.15671061

>>15670954
Isn't Fahrenheit considered OK?

>> No.15671065

>>15671061
Kill yourself

>> No.15671066

>>15670954
Basically every goodreads list.

>> No.15671121

>>15671061

No. Its attitude towards great literature is so simplistic and pretentious and so generally indicative of the midwit mindset.

>> No.15671133

>>15669710
You favorite books

>> No.15671186

>>15669710
his >>15669833 diary desu

>> No.15671813

Itt: people posting meme books, not mid-brow stuff