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ITT: times when the book /lit/ memed you into reading was actually good

>> No.10883639
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absolutely incredible book

>> No.10883827

>>10883639
this unironically

>> No.10884769

>>10883636
Only books I've read because of /lit/ recommendations were Stoner and Shadow of the Torturer. Unfortunately they were shit.

>> No.10884776

>>10883639
>been on /lit/ since the board was created
>still haven't read any of the meme trilogy

>> No.10884781

>>10883639
IJ is great

>> No.10885414

>>10884769
>Shadow of the Torturer
That's because it's the exposition to a fucking four book novel retard. You didn't even get into the story yet. Read Claw and you'll probably change your mind.

>> No.10885423

>>10883636
I'm reading Moby Dick now so Moby Dick.

>> No.10886401

>>10884776
you're missing out on everything and also missing out on nothing

>> No.10886405

Stoner.

>> No.10886411

Krazsnahorkai is probably my favourite living author since /lit/ memed me into reading Melancholy of Resistance.

>> No.10886412

Book of the New Sun

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>>10884769
>Shadow of the Torturer
>Shit
t.

>> No.10886584

TBK

>> No.10886622

Is neuromancer good?

>> No.10886684

>>10883636
You just memed me into hating people who used "memed" and "meme" for everything

>> No.10886689

>>10883636
Reading Dune atm. It's not my usual genre but it's a nice change. Enjoying it so far.

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>>10883653
I have only read Magic Mountain and Death in Venice by Mann. How does this compare?

>>10885423
I realize Moby-Dick is a meme here but certainly it is also a massively popular and highly praised book outside of /lit/. Amazing book either way.

>>10886411
Nice. Check out Thomas Bernhard if you haven't. I recommend Woodcutters.

>>10886622
I didn't think so. Probably worth reading to decide for yourself if you have even a passing interest in sci-fi.

>>10886689
Nice. Dune is great.

>> No.10888381

>>10883639
Solid 8.5/10, but not the greatest novel ever written as some have called it, though you don't see many of those on /lit/ anymore.

>> No.10888523

Submission by Houllebecq. Kind of apprehensive about reading it due to hearing how racist it supposedly was but it was really fucking good and I liked his take on culture and academia.

>> No.10889187

Books /lit/ as memed me to read:
>Blood Meridian
>The Iliad
>The Odyssey
>Lolita
>Master and Margarita
>Moby Dick
>Notes from the Underground
>The Great Gatsby
>The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra

I've enjoyed every single one

>> No.10889202

>>10886622
No. It’s weird because it’s the origin of so many things that have been copied then parodied then copied again. It’s prose is also clunky. I couldn’t get into it past the first chapter though. I’ll try it again one day.

>> No.10889255

Unironically Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.10889264

>>10886622
Yes, although a bit juvenile at some points.

>> No.10889271

Heard about Dazai's "no longer human" few days ago, found a friend who happened to have it, read it overnight. I enjoyed it. Still needs some digesting but it was an interesting read nonetheless. Thanks /lit/

>> No.10889283

>>10885277

>> No.10889303

>>10883636
Nothing /lit/ talks about i hadn’t already known about, not a single fucking book, you people are worthless scum. the arrogance of 4channers who have to drink from the exact same waters as any other intelligent individual, but they have disgusting psychedlic tribalism that created their identity, is beyond words or contempt any one person could even bear all at once if they had the decency to see the hideous disparity in appearance and function of internet subcultures. Useless parrot mirrors, or worse metronomes guided by some disembodied geist, a telos from the bowels of 20th century Nietzschean techno-nihilism simultaneously “spirited” and castrated, always babbling with the most degenerated, evil inverted signs. 4chan is one of the abominations of the days before judgement. That people can look at any social media or forum, im app on their pocket mirrors is indictment against the worth of the race. Something like that is ready for the grave and will not be at rest till its been turned totally to fine dust.

>> No.10889334

>>10889303
Can you tell me where you read that? I want to read it to my fellow 4channer :)

>> No.10890306

/lit/ memed me into starting with the greeks and I've got to say that it's been an incredible ride so far
The Illiad has become one of my prefered books now

>> No.10890333

If on a winter's night a traveler

>> No.10890338

>>10883636
Beckett's Trilogy, but I loved it. I know some cucks found it impenetrable, so I know I've transcended my old NEET "autodidact" shell.

>> No.10890498

>>10883636
Shadow of the Torturer
I really liked it

It's kind of unfortunate just how much it gets memed here but then again if it wasn't I wouldn't have read it

>> No.10890502

>>10886622
If you're over 18, you've probably missed the point in which it becomes worthwhile.