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so I got a pretty long amazon list and was wondering if yall could help me decide what to buy first instead of blowing a shitload on books that I might not even read

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town - Charles Bukowski
Women: A Novel - Charles Bukowski
Paris in the Twentieth Century - Jules Verne
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran
Pulp - Charles Bukowski
Factotum - Charles Bukowski
Post Office: A novel - Charles Bukowski
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran
The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead - William Burroughs
Hollywood - Charles Bukowski
You Get So Alone at Times - Charles Bukowski
Hot Water Music - Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
The Rum Diary - Hunter Thompson
Junky - William Burruoghs
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Naked Lunch - William Burroughs
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

>> No.1659696
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1659696

some that I'm going to buy just for nostalgic factor

Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo
Steal This Book - Abbie Hoffman (I really would steal it but no store around me has ever had it)
Scud: The Whole Shebang - Rob Schrab
Cosmos - Carl Sagan
The Castle - Franz Kafka
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz
House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski
The Pearl - John Steinbeck

>> No.1659775

bump

>> No.1659786

I'd borrow the Bukowski if I were you. I like him but it's not worth owning IMO

my favourites of his
Factotum
Post Office
Ham on Rye

You could pick up these very cheaply secondhand anywhere
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
On the Road
Naked Lunch
Cosmos
The Pearl
The Castle

>> No.1659789

>>1659786
>You could pick up these very cheaply secondhand anywhere
well I never planned on buying most of these new

>> No.1659928

bump

>> No.1659936

>>1659693

Let me guess...you're a hipster right? You will probably enjoy all of these. I would personally start with Everything is Illuminated.

>> No.1659937
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>>1659936
>hipster
I'm more of a punk, but I dress like neither

>> No.1659946

>>1659937
THAT'S SOMETHING ONLY A HIPSTER WOULD SAY

>> No.1659950

Charles Bukowski isn't a very good writer, just so you know.

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>>1659946
but I don't like sub-pop or poetry readings

>> No.1659970

>>1659950

But he is very engaging.

>> No.1660164

Everything is illuminated.
Buy one Bukowski, if you like/hate it, you'll love/hate the rest of them.

>> No.1660510

final bump

>> No.1660517

women and/or post office

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>>1659950
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