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>tfw haven't finished a single book in over a year
Rec me something short and sweet (100-150pp), something I'll have a hard time putting down. Here's some reading I've enjoyed in the past: Catch-22, To the Lighthouse, The Dead (Joyce), Raymond Carver's short stories, A Clockwork Orange.

>> No.16500515
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16500515

Don't beat yourself up. Start with the Fart.

>> No.16500545

>>16500515
Read that a while ago. Rec something else.

>> No.16501122

The books that got me back into reading were The Maimed & Heart of Darkness.

>> No.16501128

>>16501122
Both pretty short too.

>> No.16501149

>>16500512
In Search of Lost Time, an easy, comfy +4000 one

>> No.16501160

>>16500512
No Country For Old Men, it's only 10 chapters and a couple pages each

Watch the movie afterwards

>> No.16501183

>>16501160
Not OP, but I totally forgot I had bought this until you reminded me. Thanks anon, I'm going to go look for it.

>> No.16501451

>>16500512
Infinite Jest

>> No.16501456

in watermelon sugar

>> No.16501805

Isaac B. Singer, The Penitent.

>> No.16503312

>>16500512
Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut? It's a little longer than your specifications, but the chapters are hella short.

>> No.16503319

>>16501456
This would be good, but OP, be a big boy and just google a list of novellas. You already have read books so you have some idea of what you'd like.

>> No.16504868

>>16503319
I think I'll go for that Brautigan book. It was already on my to-read list and looks somewhat interesting. I hope it isn't too convoluted and postmodern-y.

>> No.16504872

>>16501451
comedy king

>> No.16504894

>>16500512
embrace audio books

>> No.16504904

>>16500512
Crying of lot 49 is a short hell of a trip

>> No.16504942

>>16504894
My mind wanders far too much. I'll end up having to replay certain parts over and over.

>> No.16505347

>>16501122
What's the Maimed like

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16505356

>>16500512
Try this little book

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>>16500512
This is a really neat short story; I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a short easy read that's hard to put down.

>> No.16505840

>>16501149
Actually that's a great recommendation. It tackles precissely your problem.

>> No.16505909

>>16500512
The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea is 131 pages and I found its themes powerful and the story engrossing. I would recommend it.

>> No.16505992

>>16505840
Oh well, thanks anon, have a nice day then

>> No.16506105

>>16500512
wasp factory
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