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Hey there /lit/. I come to you with a serious problem, one that I'm sure some of you have had as well.
Since finishing Harry Potter and the deathly Hallows whenever it came out, nothing has appealed to me.

I was wondering whether you could recommend some good fantasy or just good books in general?

Also is there anywhere online I can read books to see if I like them?

Much appreciated, first timer right here

>> No.1137822

How old are you OP?

>> No.1137827

>>1137822
Im 17

>> No.1137830

>>Good books
>>Harry Potter

>> No.1137831

You could try 'The History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters' by Julian Barnes. It's pretty fun.

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1137832

>>1137816

>> No.1137834

So yeah, I guess I was looking for maybe something a little more mature?

>> No.1137837

>>1137827

In that case: 4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading

Scroll down to the classics (disregard fantasy, you are too old) and start reading the "modern" ones.

>> No.1137844

>>1137837

Protip: Don't start with Ulysses.

>> No.1137854

>>1137837
Thanks, I said fantasy because that was the last kind of book I read, that was like 3years ago?
Any recommendations for a first read?

>> No.1137856

>>1137854

Slaughterhouse-5

Easy read, fun, funny. Really good too.

>> No.1137880

>>1137856
Much appreciated.

Any other recommendations?

>> No.1137905

>>1137880

Try Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber'
Or 'Cloud Atlas' by David Mitchell

>> No.1137934

>>1137905
read the cloud atlas if you like god tier teenage literature

>> No.1137967

>>1137856

I chuckled.

>> No.1138087

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series

>> No.1138131

>>1138087
This

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1138140

If you like fantasy read A Game of Thrones.

People are gonna tell you fantasy is bad, and they're gonna try to troll the fuck out of me, but haters gonna hate. Read it, love it, fuck the haters.

>> No.1138333

>>1138140
What's it about?

>> No.1138346

Good Omens
Abarat

>> No.1138369

>>1138333

Dragons, loli raep, zombie knights, angy motherfucking dwarves. No, I'm not even joking.