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List the titles of the books you read for pleasure that you enjoyed most in the past year. Describe in one sentence less than 8 words.

>> No.12687740

>>12687709
This year (2019)
Gravity's rainbow: waste of time
Bluebeard Vonnegut: My favorite book, reread it
The Gulf: Making of an american sea: Best nonfic I've ever read
Command and control: basically a buzzfeed history lesson
The Almost Perfect People: Was alright, nonfiction Scandinavian pop-anthropology

>> No.12687741

>>12687709

Middlesex - hermaphrodite wrestles with genetic/cultural inheritance

A Prayer for Owen Meaney - Bizarro little kid might be Jesus

Journey to the End of the Night - Misanthrope wallows in the muck of humanity

Siddartha - An average man's journey to find spiritual fulfillment

Invisible Cities - Marco Polo describes his paradoxical, mindbending travels

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Lavinia
Classical homage of magical realism
Charming yet sweeping