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First 12 replies to this thread get to choose a book for me to spend a credit on

1 credit = 1 book

Some of my favorite books are Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, The Plague by Albert Camus, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, In the House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, and Stoner by John Williams

I would prefer literary fiction from the past 50 years but I’ll buy and reply with a screenshot (if I’m still awake and the thread is still up when you reply) for literally any book that gets posted in the first 12 responses, with the exception of books in the public domain that I can easily listen to for free instead

If you guys want to make me buy 12 diet books for women over 50, so be it. I will buy Jake Paul's autobiography if that is the will of the board. If you want me to kill myself and leave 4Chan forever, leave a reply with a book about how to commit suicide and I will buy it.

But you'd rather be nice, wouldn't you? Try and make my dumb brain smarter

>> No.16797159

What is the difference between credits and dollars

>> No.16797167

>>16797148
awaken the giant within by tony robbins

>> No.16797171

>>16797159
Audible costs $15/month and gives one credit worth one book for each month

>> No.16797176

>>16797148
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Storm of Steel

>> No.16797178

white fragility by robin diangelo

>> No.16797179

Bowling Alone and Harassment Architecture

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>>16797167
Thank you friend. 11 credits remaining

>> No.16797185

>>16797148
Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue

>> No.16797186

>>16797148
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Duran

>> No.16797189

>>16797148
The Book of Disquiet and Stoner

>> No.16797195

Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades Darker
Categories for the Working Mathematican
Boku no Pico
Ulysses

>> No.16797197

>>16797148
Just finished Speak Memory on audible this month, and it was great. My favorite narrator of all time reads it. I recommend it fully

>> No.16797199

>>16797148
2666 by Roberto Bolaño

>> No.16797201

Flashman by George Macdonald Fraser

>> No.16797205

>>16797195
ignore this post, I was memeing, OP.

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>>16797176
One Hundred Years of Solitude is in the public domain and I couldn’t find Storm of Steel on Audible, sorry.

>>16797178
Dear God, why. Purchased

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>>16797148
Anything by Nassim Taleb

>> No.16797211

>>16797206
>One Hundred Years of Solitude is in the public domain
No, it's not.

>> No.16797213

>>16797201
Finished Royal Flash a few months ago, the narrator’s pompous performance was perfect for the book, he was born to play Flashy

>> No.16797216

>>16797206
Holy shit, you bought it. Are you actually going to listen to it?

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>>16797186
I couldn’t find this one. Sorry

>>16797186
Thanks bud, I’m always down to learn more about history. Purchased

>> No.16797226

>>16797216
Yes, I love the blacks!

>> No.16797227

>>16797206
You can actually refund audible books. Refund WF immediately.

>> No.16797229

>>16797224
Get 2666 RIGHT NOW

>> No.16797232

>>16797206
https://help.audible.com/s/article/how-do-i-return-exchange-my-book?language=en_US

>> No.16797237

>>16797171
So you can only buy one $15 book per month?

>> No.16797250

>>16797237
Most of the audiobooks are well over that price.

>> No.16797251

>>16797148
all 7 Harry Potter books desu

>> No.16797278

>>16797197
Thanks bud, I love the Russians but I’m yet to read any Nabokov. Purchased

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>>16797201
Interesting title, thank you friend!

>> No.16797286

>>16797250
white fragility is 30 bucks wtf

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>>16797208
A good friend of mine liked this one quite a bit. Thank you.

>> No.16797323

>>16797211
You are correct. I did a lazy web search and found a free recording somewhere so I assumed it was public domain. Then I did a search for it to purchase and give you a screenshot but I forgot it’s already in my library. Sorry

>> No.16797326

>>16797297
Oh God I was only joking.

>> No.16797330

>>16797297
money well spent! not

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>>16797199
Thank you, this looks amazing! Sorry for scrolling past your post. Purchased

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>>16797278
Forgot screenshot

>> No.16797371

The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump

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>>16797371
At least now that I have both White Fragility and Trump in my library, I come across as an absolute fucking wild card and no one will ever know what my true opinions are. Purchased

Also, a reminder: replies with multiple books will be ignored

>> No.16797406

>>16797148
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

>> No.16797408

test

>> No.16797410

>>16797216

I'm a man of my word, son. I promised to buy Jake Paul’s autobiography if you guys made me, what makes you think I wouldn’t buy this?

I might listen to it one day if I want to understand where the left has gone wrong over the past ten years but I probably won’t enjoy it.

>> No.16797414

The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord

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>>16797406
Pynchon is cool. Purchased

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>>16797414
This seems like a book I should already know about. Thanks, purchased

>> No.16797447

>>16797148
Napoleon by Andrew Roberts

>> No.16797471

>>16797432
Its not very good.
Get the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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>>16797447
Looks interesting. Kind of insane how how his legacy is still a bit of a historically contentious topic 200 years later. Purchased!

>> No.16797480

>>16797472
Based. I hope you enjoy it!

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>>16797471
You have spent the final credit.

Thanks all!

>> No.16797646

Yikes

>> No.16797668

This is how you create a schizoid. God speed, OP!

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>> No.16797677

>>16797668
Imagine fitting all the main characters from each of these books into one work of literature

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>>16797148
Nice, a yearly subscription fee spent in one thread. OP, actually delivered. Michael, you just gave money to both Bezos, Trump, and DiAngelo. Do yourself a favor and refund. Nabokov, Debord, and Pynchon are based though.

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>>16797148
>If you want me to kill myself and leave 4Chan forever, leave a reply with a book about how to commit suicide and I will buy it.

>> No.16797704

>>16797285
You won't regret it, it's great fun and the narrator plays the role perfectly

>> No.16797709

>>16797213
There's two different narrators depending on what book you're reading but I think Colin Mace (who does the first book anyway) is perfectly cast

The other guy had a younger, more snide voice but that actually works for younger flashman in a way

>> No.16797714

>>16797285
>David Case

Actually I take back my praise, I've only listened to Colin Mace so no idea what that one is like

>> No.16798067

>>16797148
Only spend on books written by or starring Michaels.

>> No.16798139

>>16797171
i assumed it was some netflix deal where you could listen to whatever you wanted
that's a terrible deal

>> No.16799402

>>16798139
They have a ton of books to listen to for free as well now.

>> No.16800358

>>16797171
Huh, I pay 10 euros

>> No.16801196

Get any of the Great Courses classes by Leo Damrosch. He has The Rise Of The Novel, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (about the book), and The Enlightenment Invention of the Modern Self. All highly comfy. The only criticism is he kind of repeats himself a little on the novel one and the modern self one because both have lectures about Liaisons Dangereuses (he apparently likes this book and considers it important), but they are different enough that it doesn't matter. He has some books on there too, but not as comfy cuz they aren't read by him.

>> No.16801206

>>16801196
He already bought everything, you're late to the party.

>> No.16801226

>>16797206
Dude refund that shit

>> No.16801240

>>16801206
Oh.

>> No.16801258

>>16797206
KEK this guy actually bought it