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i recently won a bet
i have $100

my gf said she wants to go to this used book store
i thought i'd buy her whatever book she wants
and buy a couple others

so far on my list i have
"lord of the flies"
"the unbearable lightness of being"

any recommendations?


pic unrelated
i just thought it would catch someones eye

>> No.476717

Everything is illuminated.
Kafka on the shore.
Satanic Verses.

>> No.476716

the tale of scturie mcgroogerballs by S.Leopold

>> No.476724

>>476717
read the 1st
fan of murakami

tell me more of satanic verses

>> No.476725

>>476716
a poop takes a pee is the far superior book by this author.

>> No.476727

>>476724

its either "cool shit" or "wtf" depending upon who you are

>> No.476732

>>476725
>>476716
dont think they have those in a used bookstore

no one in their right minds would sell them
those are keepers

>> No.476740

>>476727
>>476717
just looked it up

no thanks haha

>> No.476752

the stranger , by camus

>> No.476757

>>476717
I hated Kafka on the shore.

>> No.476765

>>476752
have it
high school required reading

>> No.476776

>>476765

absent without leave , if you can find it haha

>> No.476777

>>476724

if not satanic verses, try midnight's children. rushdie is awesome.

>> No.476781

Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

>> No.476793

>>476777
don't read grimus though

>>476781
i'm going to go pick this up on hold from the library in an hour or two

>> No.476821

>>476724
Magical realism. Switches between Muhammed 1400 years ago and the present day. Muhammed isn't exactly portrayed in a positive light, hence why Rushdie nearly got killed.

>> No.477183

Don't read Lord of the Flies unless you have to for class or something.

>> No.477363

>>477183
read it in highschool and i loved it
thus i have decided to buy it