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>The Recognitions
>The Book of Disquiet
>Cannonball
>We
>Dead Souls
>Sabbath's Theater
>Beware of Pity
>Fathers and Sons
>All of John Williams

>> No.11672205

>>11672129
other than obvious memes this board actually talks about pretty good books

>> No.11672221

>>11672205
Definitely :) So long as you can also avoid all the Culture of Critique recs and Peterson baits

>> No.11672273

>>11672129
Confessions of a Mask
Growth of the Soil
Skylark
A Hero of Our Time
Warlock

>> No.11672275
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11672275

this is my last post on this board

>> No.11672301

>>11672275
See you tomorrow buddy.

>> No.11672315

>>11672129
At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien.

>> No.11672319

>>11672221
everyone should unironically read CoC at least once

>> No.11672352

>>11672129
i don't think i'd heard of confederacy of dunces before reading /lit/. that's a pretty good one.
i also hadn't heard of stoner so i read it and it's as boring as fuck
so it's 1-1 i suppose

>> No.11672618

Blood Meridian. Turns out it's my favorite book now

>> No.11672956

>>11672129
Most of them. I've been browsing this shithole since I was 14.

>> No.11672974

>>11672129
Story of the eye
Sorrows of young werther (already heard about it but thought it was probably gay)
Infinite jest

>> No.11673023

>>11672275
me too. let's go together.

>> No.11673047

>>11672956
Same here, except for 16. 24 now, and I probably won’t read a book unless someone on here recommends it. I am completely dependent on this forum.

>> No.11673078

Doctor Faustus
Stoner
The Master and Margarita

>> No.11673178

Anon's diary
It's quite touching.

>> No.11673183

I wouldn't know anything about Borges if it weren't for /lit/.

>> No.11673192

>>11672129
Read the Art of the Deal and Culture of Critique, you commie libtard.

>> No.11673207

>>11672129
>JR
someone said this was a funny book without elaborating and the title got me
>Berlin Alexanderplatz
memed for like a day when NYRB released it, finally got it a few months ago and it's now one of my favorites
>Infinite Jest
the book that started it all

>> No.11673213
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>>11673178
Where can I read it?

>> No.11673261

>>11673213
that image hits pretty hard but i got better music taste than /mu/core and there should be a bong somewhere.

i feel like that's the best representation of the archetypal 4chan man that ive seen.

>> No.11673280

the ice palace
convenience store woman
tai pei
hunger
my struggle

>> No.11673281

>>11673213
It's missing "I'm smart, it's just that I didn't try in HS"

>> No.11673302

I’d never heard of Leopardi until a few weeks ago but I immediately fell in love. Thanks /lit/

>> No.11673333

>>11672352
Yeah, one of those two books is definitely better than the other.

>> No.11673347

Catch-22

Don't think I've ever laughed out loud at a book as much as that one.

>> No.11674655

>>11672956
I want book recs, not your life story faggot

>> No.11674686
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The invention of Morel
The kingdom of this world
Pedro Paramo
The plain in flames
The big sleep
Three trapped tigers
Kiss of the spider woman
Things fall apart
Blood meridian

>> No.11674724

>>11673213
This is the best starter pack I've ever seen.

>> No.11674840

>>11672129
in the miso soup
no longer human (sort discovered through here)
the conspiracy against the human race
also allot of philosophy:
Republic
The phenomenology of spirit
Kant
etc etc.

>> No.11674846

>>11672301
You don't sound funny to anyone

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None actually. And I browes this board regularly since 2 years.

>> No.11674993

>>11674846
Nice blogpost you fucking melodramatic zoomer.

>> No.11675028

>>11674948
So you don't read?