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I spent the last five hours on goodreads (which I've determined to be an incredibly unhelpful site) and I haven't been able to find a single book that I like. I went through the sticky, didn't see anything I wanted to read. Some of my favorite films are Lawrence of Arabia and The Wind Rises, that should give you an idea.

I want a fictional book about a journey that doesn't feature some middle-class American bitch writing about how she decided to travel across Asia due to divorce and menopause.

You don't know how infuriating it is to not find any books to read. Help me.

>> No.5108580

homage to catalonia

>> No.5108584

Moby Dick
Blood Meridian or The Border Trilogy
Lonesome Dove

>> No.5108587

>>5108572
on the road

>> No.5108588

>>5108572
+1 for the wind rises and lawrence, I love those
the road
the river runs through it
the motorcycle diaries
cold mountain

>> No.5108589

>>5108580
>fictional
Thanks for trying, though. Every time I try to get into books again, I'm infuriated by the whole thing.

>> No.5108594

Lolita has a 3.8 average on goodreads, while the Twilight Saga has a 3.9

That should give you an idea of what to expect from their community

>> No.5108595

>>5108589
What about books infuriates you? Seriously start with Blood Meridian, everyone loves it and its not boring at all.

>> No.5108599

>>5108589
why does it need to be fictional?
also stop being so angry srsly, it's not the world's fault you have a tonne of pent-up resentment seemingly manifesting itself into arbitrary rules regarding what you're prepared to read

>> No.5108629

>>5108584
>>5108587
>>5108588
Thanks.
>>5108594
It's a fucking terrible website.
>>5108595
I've tried for about five years now, again and again to get into books. I've read (not necessarily completed) The Catcher in the Rye, (didn't care for) The Great Gatsby (hated it) The Hobbit (disliked) some other shit, I think Searching for Alaska, awful typical American teenage bullshit, New York (historical novel, finished it, hated it) and some other stuff. I keep on trying to get into books but it just doesn't work.
>>5108599
I just have a hard time finding books that I like at all. I love films. It's odd because I've never had a hard time with words or my vocabulary. I'm also very patient.

It has to be fictional because non-fictional is non-fictional. Fantastical things aren't allowed to happen.

>> No.5108682

>>5108629
Third for Blood Meridian. High brow and ultraviolent.

>> No.5108687

don quixote

>> No.5108689

>>5108682
I'll read it, wasn't really looking for an ultra-violent story, but thanks.

>> No.5108745

>>5108682
After what be wrote above I don't think blood meridian is a good suggestion

>> No.5108749

>>5108689
>journey

The road.
the physician
Sinuhe the Egyptian

>> No.5108753

>>5108682
>High brow and ultraviolent.

the worst combination for any art. ultraviolence cheapens the experience. high brow implies lack of humbleness which too makes it for an underwhelming reading experience. People can tell when an author thinks highly of himself and it ruins the art.

>> No.5108763

>>5108572
The Border Trilogy, especially the first two. They're quintessential western epics in which the protagonists go on long journeys in Mexico.

>> No.5108767

How come nobody has mentionned the Odyssey yet ?

>> No.5108778

>>5108767
true
also: the aeneid

>> No.5108785

Go fuck yourself OP, sincerely

>> No.5108787

OP here, I don't know what I expected or what's wrong with me. I feel very weird and miserable tonight. My stomach feels a little sick and it's as though the world is shrinking around me. Absolutely miserable. I'm packing it in and am going to attempt sleeping.

Thanks for trying to help.

>> No.5108793

>>5108787
shut the fuck up

>> No.5108798

>>5108787
jesus you sound jew as fuck...

>> No.5108800

>>5108572
I'm so with you OP

>> No.5108840

Your problem is paradox of choice. Just choose a book and read the first 50 pages or so. If you like it, great. If not, start a new one.

Use a library or used book store.

>> No.5108869

Born to Run. An informative non-fictional book that also happens to be a great adventure tale.

>> No.5108870

>>5108572
Seeing OP's pic Dark Tower series by Stephen King came in mind. Read it OP.

>> No.5108880

>>5108753
>opinions

>> No.5108890

>>5108629
Alternatively, why not just spend the time watching more films? Film is just as rich an artform as literature, and there's plenty to watch.

>> No.5108962

>>5108763
these books are so fucking good

>> No.5108970
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5108970

I can't believe no one's said it: Seven Pillars of Wisdom - T.E. Lawrence.

The man fucking wrote a serious, talked-about book.

I've not read it. I've bought it. It's in my "to do" stack.

>> No.5108984

>>5108970
I almost buy this all the time. Someday.

>> No.5109013

>>5108870
seconded

>> No.5109021

>>5108572
>I want a fictional book about a journey

Moby Dick

>> No.5109062

Butcher's Crossing

>> No.5109074
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5109074

>>5108572

Or maybe... a Michael Crichton book.

Timeline, Prey, Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park.

hell, even Travels is good.

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5109091

>>5108572
>I want a fictional book about a journey
Invisible Man

Have you read Candide yet?

>> No.5109105

Journey to the End of the Night

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>>5109091

2 good responses. Read both in high school.

Candide isn't long, but it's hilarious and good. Voltaire can play with words. Or his translator.