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This is the best answer to give when asked "what's your favourite book".

>> No.10862333
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I recommend you go with your favorite book

>> No.10862336

>>10862333
Lol, good one.

>> No.10862345
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but I relate much more to the Trials and Tribulations of Harold "The Inkster" Incandenza.

>> No.10862352

>>10862333
This.

>> No.10862359

>>10862333
totally wild post

>> No.10862363

>>10862333
are you crazy anon

>> No.10862383
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I usually say this or The Turn Of The Screw by henry james

>> No.10862391

>>10862333
Can some anon explain this meme?

>> No.10862409

>>10862391
forbidden knowledge of the ancients

>> No.10862413

>>10862333
nice trips

>> No.10862424

>>10862328
Why'd you read it in English?

>> No.10862561

>>10862424
Cuz I don't speak beaner lol

>> No.10862568

>>10862561
lol pleb

>> No.10862575

>>10862424
The prose is even more pretentious in Spanish. Holy shit.

>> No.10862582

>>10862561
So you just read translations of beaner? Wow, what a pleb.

>> No.10862595

>>10862328

Obviously, first post best post.

That said, the best answer to the question "what's your favourite book?" depends on who's asking you.

Person asking
>A girl that you want to sleep with, who has a copy of To The Lighthouse on her shelf
Correct answer
">I don't know... it changes so often. I've been re-reading Jane Austen recently... maybe Emma." (This will appeal to her feminist sensibility without being too obviously pandering, as would something like The Bell Jar.)

Person asking
>A very rich relative who is obviously fishing for what to buy you as a present
Correct answer
>"Gotta go with Ulysses. Funny coincidence you asking that - I noticed there's a signed first edition in the eBay incunabula sale this week."

Person asking
>Someone playing childish status games on /lit/
Correct answer
>"Probably Ezra Pound's Cantos. People often underestimate just how much FUN they are when you really get into them."

Person asking
> /pol/tard that you want to befriend
Correct answer:
>"Well I guess most people like Mein Kampf, but I always preferred his Table Talk - you really see him in a more relaxed mood, you know?"

>> No.10862607

>>10862333
What next, speaking confidently and having good posture?

>> No.10862633

>>10862409
Please help me.

>> No.10862770

>>10862595
You deserve to be offed for this post.

>> No.10862790

>>10862595
>being too obviously pandering, as would something like The Bell Jar
most chicks these days haven't even read Plath, they've just read Rupi Kaur.

>> No.10862848

>>10862790
most chicks these days haven't even read anything

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>>10862333
trips of truth

>> No.10863447

>>10862391
its a cat

>> No.10863734

>>10862595
lol no you tell girls joan didion or haruki murakami, maybe even anais nin.

>> No.10864829

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