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What's a book that's actually fun to read?

>> No.8145210

if on a winter's night a traveler

>> No.8145212

>>8145186

Catch-22
Confederacy of Dunces
Gogol's Petersburg Tales
Kafka

>> No.8145220
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>> No.8145234

>>8145186
three men in a boat

>> No.8145305

>>8145186
Odyssey

>> No.8145348

Tropic of Cancer
The Doctor is Sick
White Noise
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
(At Swim-Two-Birds)

>> No.8145365

>>8145212
>Gogol's Petersburg Tales
Just finished this I liked it a lot. He is quite a sad man I believe. characters are social autists like on here. Lots of metaphors used it was the first gogol I read where should I go next from here.

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>>8145186
fun to read, and a fucking noir masterpiece to boot

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>>8145186
fun to read

>> No.8145394

>>8145186
Any book that you actually care about, pseud

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8145400

>>8145186
everything by eric frank russell is fun

He's criminally overlooked

>> No.8145423

>>8145186
The Book Thief

>> No.8145456

The Great Train Robbery.

>> No.8145462

>>8145186
>reading for fun

>> No.8145623

>>8145423
>The Book Thief
The oxygen thief

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8145633

>>8145210
This, The Master and Margarita, At Swim Two Birds / Third Policeman, pic related

>> No.8145635

>>8145423
I cried so hard

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8145671

Any Wodehouse, really. Dont like this stuff then there's not much hope for you, im afraid :^(

>> No.8145726

Pnin

>> No.8145734

>>8145186

City of Dreaming Books desu

>>8145633

I like O'Brien's short stories, I'm trying to read At Swim Two Birds right now but it ain't doing much for me unfortunately...

>> No.8145742

>>8145186
Kafka by the shore.

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>> No.8145828

>>8145186
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

>> No.8146713

if you dont have fun reading dont read

>> No.8146792

>>8145462
I'm aware this might be a meme, but for other reason would you read fiction if not for some form of entertainment?

>> No.8146797

>>8145734
Try a Third Policeman. A lot less "complicated" and a little more humorous.

>> No.8148053

>>8146792
Intellect.

>> No.8148056

>>8146792
patrician credentials

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[ERROR]

A hypnotist makes a dad disappear out of his three sons' lives, then they grow up into dysfunctional, mentally ill adults

>> No.8148309

I'm sure people will say these are reddit, but Vonnegut is engaging and fun to read if you're looking for that. I liked cats cradle despite the fedora tipping

also hitchhikers guide

>> No.8148414

>>8145186
Good Omens

>> No.8148709

>>8145633
seconded

>> No.8148937

Catch 22
Blood Meridian

>> No.8148962

>>8145186
been down so long it feels like up to me

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>>8148205

>translated

>> No.8149044

>>8145186
donkey oaty

>> No.8149274

Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.8149440

>>8149044
Is that actually a book or just a funny way to write the original