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looking to buy my boyfriend new books he might enjoy, he told me his favourites were "Brave New World" and "1984, can you guys reccomend me something you think he will enjoy based on these two..

>> No.16550999

>>16550988
>reddit.com/r/bookscirclejerk

>> No.16551013

>>16550988
Mein Kampf. Now be gone.

>> No.16551028

>>16550988
We by Zamyatin
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin

>> No.16551030

>>16551013
lol who hurt you

>> No.16551035

Submission by houellebecq

>> No.16551040

>>16550988
tits or gtfo

>> No.16551086

>>16550988
Jurassic Park, Alas Babylon, Salems Lot, and Rosemary’s Baby are all good, digestible novels it’s almost impossible not to enjoy. Like those are books I’d bring to friends in the hospital knowing they would be enjoyed even if the person wasn’t big on reading.
Ira Levin, Michael Crichton and Stephen King are all good fiction bestseller authors that are worth looking into in general.

Maybe try Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is your looking for something with a bit more depth, a bit more literary you might say.

>> No.16552320

look into ayn rand. also post bussy

>> No.16552599

>>16550988
‘Amusing ourselves to Death’

It’s about both of those books. Great read.

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>>16551030
>t.

>> No.16552732

walden by thoreau

>> No.16552739

>>16550988
My diary desu

>> No.16552741

>>16550988
post your tits whore. do you want a real man or are you scared?

>> No.16552745

>>16550988
He sounds like he has poor taste in books. Regardless, buy him Dune, or LOTR.

>> No.16553891

>>16550988
Culture of Critique

>> No.16553990

>>16550988
The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess. A futuristic dystopian comedy.
Really serious at the same time
It’s excellent shit

>> No.16554003

>>16553990
>>16550988
Or just go with A Clockwork Orange

What’s it gonna be then, eh?

>> No.16554006

>>16550988
Your bf should acquire taste. Hyperion is a really good sci-fi book and I would recommend it to anyone

>> No.16554375

>>16554006

The guy have taste, but these are extremely limited titles

>> No.16554668

>>16552745
Nah, just that he hasn't read much. OP: Fahrenheit or Catch 22 are probably safe. Otherwise, you could get him a general philosophy book like The Great Conversation. Once he's done with that he should get back to basics and start with the Greeks

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>>16550988
This thread is a complete mess however, this is a great book that he would surely enjoy.

>> No.16555381

>>16550988
Get a new boyfriend lmao

>> No.16555401

>>16555381
he is the "boyfriend" and there is no girlfriend. its just some anon trying to get recs by LARPing as a woman so he'll get replies and all you simps fell for it.

>> No.16555808

In Search of Lost Time

>> No.16555820

>>16550988
Get him Fantômas.

>> No.16555854

Arthur Koestler - Darkness At Noon. Kicks the crap out of 1984.

>> No.16555867

Also, do you often buy your boyfriend his favorite alcohol-free beer?

>> No.16555889

start him with the Greeks

>> No.16556603

>>16550988
All these great recs and no response...

>> No.16557790

>>16550988

looks like he's interested in dystopian future books. besides the ones recommended here like Fahrenheit, you can direct him to some phillip dick classics.