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Hey so my brother turns 24 in a few days and I wanna gift him a book, preferably something short and accessible because he usually doesn't read. What would you recommend?

He's kind of a yuppie, or tries to be one it seems.

>> No.17860709

throwing rocks at the google bus for nonfic
or
three body problem for fic

>> No.17860740

What we talk about when we talk about love is a good intro to lit imo because Carver's style is so accessible (and duly pleasant)
I'd recommend Mediations of Marcus Aurlies too for a similar reason; though the content can in difficulty from section to section, the format is very accessible (short passages, sometimes lone aphorisms).

>> No.17860760

>>17860696
Dune
the hobbit
the trial
enders game
chapo guide to revolution
how to win friends
seven habits of highly effective people
v for vendeta
the stranger
the illustrated art of manliness
dubliners
the idiots guide to poker tells
the sublime object of ideology
1q84
zen and the art of motoprcycle maintenance
american psycho
getting to yes
moby dick
complete works of edgar allen poe
le morte darthur
the count of montie cristo
the gambler
reminiscences of the cuban revolutionary war
drawing on the right side of the brain
starting strength
sun and steel
blacks law dictionary
deep work
atomic habits
how to read a book
The essential elements of style
Magic the gathering future sight time spiral cycle Book III
Shanna: The blazing novel of eternal love

>> No.17860767

>>17860696
Star Wars: The book
Capeshit: The Book

>> No.17860827

>>17860696
>preferably something short and accessible

>>17860760
eeeh

>> No.17860845

>>17860709
I don't really want to intimidate him with non-fic books. I don't think he really likes them even if they fit his ideology. He bought an anthony robbins book once but dropped it at some point. He also bought the autobiography of elon musk years ago but never bothered to even start reading (it's still sealed lol).
I was thinking of some novella that is life affirming. Maybe hermann hesse could be nice.
>>17860740
>What we talk about when we talk about love
that seems like a good rec actually, thanks
>>17860760
most of these books are too long or complex. I'd probably get him american psycho if it didn't have 400 pages. He doesn't have that much dedication and I don't want him to feel forced to read a lengthy book just because it's my gift.

>> No.17860863

>>17860845
>most of these books are too long or complex. I'd probably get him american psycho if it didn't have 400 pages. He doesn't have that much dedication and I don't want him to feel forced to read a lengthy book just because it's my gift.
I was jsut looking at my shelf and typing titles

>> No.17860877

gimme crabby patty

>> No.17861045

fuck this board honestly

>> No.17861060

>>17861045
Slaughter house five. It’s short. It’s well known. It’s funny. It’s interesting.

Boom. Your retarded brother will still not read it.

>> No.17861062

>>17860696
american psycho

>> No.17861098

>>17861060
thanks. will probably get him that, siddharta and the metamorphosis.