/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.20284671]

ITT: books that are pure fun

Pic related and Count of Monte Cristo are peak entertainment lit

[Anonymous No.20285323]

in no particular order:

-Winter's Tale
-Howl’s Moving Castle
-Dragonflight
-Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
-Jurassic Park
-Timeline
-His Majesty's Dragon
-City of Thieves
-Imajica
-The Three Musketeers
-Emotionally Weird
-The Haunted Forest Tour

[Anonymous No.20285496]

>>20284671
Isn't this the book where the main character is just a self insert and as soon as he gets to Japan a bunch of girls start fawning over his penis because it's bigger than the average Jap's? You have a weird definition of pure fun if reading some old guy's wet dreams is at the peak

[Anonymous No.20285503]

>>20285496
sounds based. Imma read it now

[Anonymous No.20285522]

>>20285496
read the fucking book

[Anonymous No.20285523]

>>20285496
If you’re not a seething hapa it’s fucking great

[Anonymous No.20285541]

Treasure Island
Kidnapped

The Riddle of the Sands

The Sword in the Stone

Pic related

[Anonymous No.20285547]

>>20285496
Sounds absolutely wonderful

[Anonymous No.20285556]

[Anonymous No.20285563]

>>20285496
yellow hands typed this post
>>20284671
if you liked shogun read gai jin. its nearly as fun i had a great time with gai jin.

[Anonymous No.20285590]

Basically everything by Jack Vance, but especially:
Lyonesse
Planet of Adventure
Demon Princes

[Anonymous No.20285782]

>>20285496
I will now read your book

[Anonymous No.20285786]

>>20284671
I've seen this exact same thread made before.

[Anonymous No.20285789]

>>20285786
must be a coincidence. I'm the OP of this thread and this is the first time I've ever made a thread like this.

[Anonymous No.20285836]

>>20284671
>read monte cristo as a kid
>probably didn't understand a lot of it, but remember it being kino anyway
>now in my adult years, having learnt french
>read it again (in french) to see if it's as good as i remember it being
>it is
Feels fucking good, bros

[Anonymous No.20285855]

>>20284671
Funchads RISE UP

[Anonymous No.20285903]

>>20285786
wow, a thread about good books on a literature board. but since this is /lit/, I can understand why this seems so notable to you.

[Anonymous No.20285984]

>>20285786
I’ve seen threads asking for nautical books or adventure books. And one specifically asked for swashbucklers.

There’s some overlap.

Books young men enjoy are going to show up repeatedly on a books board frequented mainly by young men.
You can always seethe and dilate on discord

[Anonymous No.20286003]

>>20284671
Lonesome Dove

[Anonymous No.20286033]

Pynchon is both FUN and LITERARY

[Anonymous No.20286040]

>>20286003
Hmmm
Lot of fun in Lonesome Dove but it also rips your heart out four or five times and feeds it to a pack of hyenas who devour it while you watch in anguish.
Make it four times. Number five sort of didn’t deserve it but sort of did.

[Anonymous No.20286046]

>>20286040
Oh no... I've been wanting to read Lonesome Dove, but I have a weak heart...

[Anonymous No.20286150]

Idk about pure fun but its pretty entertaining so far

[Anonymous No.20286183]

>>20285556
Transman of Gor

[Anonymous No.20286189]

>>20286150
I love it, but I don't know if you could call it "fun"

[Anonymous No.20286226]

>>20284671
Check this one out if you like those. You might also like The Last of the Mohicans.

[Anonymous No.20286322]

>>20286046
It's not that good, if it helps

[Anonymous No.20286333]

Memoirs of Casanova. Especially to anyone who enjoyed Count of Monte Cristo

[Anonymous No.20286405]

>>20285323
Great fucking list

My picks:
Bridge of Birds
Neverwhere
The Stars My Destination
Treasure Island
Deathstalker

[Anonymous No.20286478]

>>20285496
huh, this happens irl, jap women are whores jsut like any other women

[Anonymous No.20286511]

>>20285496
Just added this book to my "to read" list thanks anon

[Anonymous No.20286522]

>>20286046
If you get emotionally attached to characters it’s pretty rough.
Cattle drives are dangerous. Back in that era just wandering around Oklahoma and Montana was pretty dangerous
The death toll in Lonesome Dove is pretty high.

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[Anonymous No.20287257]

>>20284671
try musashi. similar flavor to shogun but much cooler. have you seen the old shogun tv miniseries? it's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.20287438]

>>20284671
Nice OP, Shogun and Count of Monte Cristo are the two books that really pushed me to read more back in high school. Shogun is so fun, Clavell was a great adventure novelist. I recommend Tai-Pan as well.

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[Anonymous No.20288020]

King Solomon's Mines was way better than I was expecting it to be. Crazy climax.

[Anonymous No.20289313]

>>20284671
Bengtsson's The Long Ships is great fun
Bulgakov's Master and Margarita
Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat
Dumas' D'Artagnan Romances (Three Musketeers, 20 Years After, etc.)
Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
Pynchon's Crying of Lot 49
Clancy's Red Storm Rising
Pretty much any Crichton

I've got a ton of SFF that I could add to this list, but tried to steer away from that since it's a bit of an acquired taste for some.

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[Anonymous No.20289540]

>>20289313
Mind adding the SFF? I’m a fan but have been on a bad streak lately.

[Anonymous No.20289720]

>>20284671
I read Whirlwind by the same author and it was terrible. It was like something an /int/ poster would write.
>australian character whistles Waltzing Matilda when he's happy
>finnish characters builds a sauna in Iran for some reason.
>french character is brusque and arrogant

[Anonymous No.20289729]

Sherlock Holmes is fun.