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I’ve never read a book before, what’s a good one to start with?

>> No.13189167

Lord of the Flies

>> No.13189170

The Holy Bible is all you need.

>> No.13189171

the stranger

>> No.13189277

>>13189159
Infinite Jest

>> No.13189290

>>13189159
Hahaha that's the kind of girl I find pretty profoundly attractive and have seen some that look like that and hell she might even even give me the time of day but I am destined to live and die alone, with my only friends being the metaphysics of men much smarter than me and so I'd shyly say nothing and go about my day as if I never saw her and yet I'd think back to that meeting in a few weeks or months and wonder why I'm like this hahah

>> No.13189310

>>13189159
I'm assuming you're looking for fiction? You probably don't want to start with anything too difficult or complicated. Also, it should be short enough that you don't get distracted and can finish the entire thing. I think you should either start with Catcher in the Rye orThe Great Gatsby.

>>13189167
decent choice

>>13189171
decent choice, especially if you are interested in more philosophical books.

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>>13189159

>> No.13189327

>>13189159
I'd suggest The Old Man and The Sea. Sweet, short and you can't go wrong with Hemingway. Other option would be something by Kafka.

>> No.13189332

The inheritance cycle

>> No.13189346

>>13189159
Candide you stupid faggot

>> No.13189637

>>13189159
Green Eggs and Ham

>> No.13189650

>>13189159
the greeks

>> No.13189652

>>13189637
This
Truly a life changing tale

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>> No.13189664

>>13189159
Almost anything by Hemingway or Steinbeck is a pretty good choice imo.

>> No.13189672

The Critique of Pure Reason

>> No.13189773

>>13189637
Looks good. I'll start with this.

>> No.13189776

>>13189159
The Stranger or White Nights

>> No.13189778

>>13189637
Unironically the correct answer.

>> No.13189784

Brave New World

>> No.13189851

>>13189159
It has to be the Phenomenology of the Spirit

>> No.13189883

>>13189159
Ulysses

>> No.13189986

>>13189159
would impregnate

>> No.13190758

1984

it's short and is a fun read the entire way through.

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My Twisted World by Elliot Rodgers

>> No.13191222

>>13189159
Literally anything that's popular amongst high school lit teachers.

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this is an introduction to reading 101

>> No.13192798

>>13189637
I gave up after 3 pages.

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>>13189159

>> No.13193114

>>13189159
Bukowski. He wrote pleb pulp that you will outgrow if you continue reading, but he’s a nice place to start out.

>> No.13193135

>>13189159

didn't you ever get any assignment to read a book in school?

>> No.13193164

>>13189159

btw posting that pic and claiming you never read a book is defamatory to the implied source of the claim so you're indirectly insulting the implied content of the image which happens to be a person and making this more socially political than you think

>> No.13193190

>>13193077
The Giving Tree is way too deep to be the first book you ever read.