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ITT: 10/10 books
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>> No.3469174

>>3468821
too bad siddhartha is not a 10/10

>> No.3469215

>>10251307
Nor are you a 10/10 poster, so what makes you think you belong in this thread?

>> No.3469221

>>3468821

Hesse gets tiresome after about one book.

>> No.3469228

>>3469221
Might be a little harsh, but he's derivative without question. No one ever posts Glass Bead Game and I think he finally shook it up a little with his last book.

>> No.3469233

>>3469221
did you fuck up the email or were you typing "someone"?

>> No.3469234

I think Siddhartha's kind of like baby's first Hesse. I liked....pretty much almost everything else by him a lot more.

>> No.3469238

>>3469221
This
Good premises, shallow development. Baby's first step in literature.

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>> No.3469251
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this guy's short stories collection

>> No.3469255

>>3468821
It bored me to death. I tried reading Siddhartha and I tried reading Steppenwolf.

Jesus fuck, what do you people see in those books? And it's not I'm not into the whole eastern shebang, so that's not the reason.

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>> No.3469258

>>3469251
that's good!

>> No.3469264
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>> No.3469283

>>3469264
Btw, what's great about this book, for y'all Borges-loving niggers is that it reads almost like a novel written by Borges.

Borges was kind of Bioy Casares' mentor. They were bros, sure, but Bioy was heavily influenced by him. You can tell that from his style, vocabulary and themes.
Plus, Borges did a lot of revising and correcting in The Invention of Morel.

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Eco 2/2

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Eco 1/2

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>> No.3469603

Might as well just post a link to Penguin's Classics and Modern Classics ranges, the way these threads are going.

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Surprisingly good, didn't expect that.

>> No.3469608

>>3469295
Still insisting on the joke?

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>>3469603
its more fun this way

>> No.3469727

>>3469255
I thought it was comforting, like being wrapped in a blanket. Boring though.

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>> No.3469847

>>3469255
not OP but personally I thought Steppenwolf to be a delightful story. granted at the time that I read it I was a homeless, bearded, hippie not yet even 20 years old. The story is for those who have been through personal conflicts with insecurities and self esteem. Really it's hard to describe.

>> No.3469851

>>3469592
what is this about?

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>> No.3469933

>>3468821
That book is dreadful.

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>>3469827
another HUEbro here?

>> No.3469986

Is Sidharta about the buddha?

Does it basically tell his story>

I think I've read it but don't know

>> No.3469992

>>3468821
I overheard a girl say that she has grown out of Siddhartha.

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>> No.3470005

>>3470001
>>3468821
2pleb4me

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>> No.3470142

>>3470016
Im sorry, but someone who shits all over their book by turning the text into garbage deserves at least 1 point taken away.

>> No.3470146

>>3469851
Thinking man's Da Vinci Code

>> No.3470154

>>3470026
MUP
you are incorrect

>> No.3470161

>>3469592
looks edgy

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inb4 high school

>> No.3470173

>>3470154
Pretty sure this isnt a thread that can be objectively qualified, and that book has been posted twice.

>>3470161
It isnt

>> No.3470281

>>3470142
>Missing the point to this extent.

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>> No.3470302

>>3469255

They really felt unique when I was 17. Can't get any of that anymore. The only Hesse book that I've re-read twice is Rosshalde. Quita naiive too but charming.

>> No.3470313

>>3470281
Please. Book is unreadable. I get why he is basically illiterate, he is in a collapsing society, its not that hard to see the fucking point. But if you are unable to communicate to the reader, and the reader ultimately says "fuck it, I dont want to read a "great novel" that is written in a 2 year olds phonetic spelling, then ya, it def deserves a deduction. I dont give a fuck if its a Goosebumps book or Crime and Punishment, if you destroy your book through some kind of artistic masturbation, you deserve a one point deduction.

He could have written the same fucking book in third person. Inb4 "buttmad", yeah im annoyed that someone could even question that that shit isnt for 99% of the population.

>> No.3470321

>>3470313
Yes, I can certainly see a few ways that you would represent a one percent minority.

>> No.3470325

>>3470290
Not even close.

>> No.3470340

>>3470321
That doesnt even make sense. Book may be fucking fantastic, but author fucked it up.

For example, I love Canticle for Leibowitz, which is sort of same genre. Imagine if he evolved his writing over the what, 1600 years that novel took place, so that the last chapter was barely in English? Even if it told the same story? It would be fuck all, maybe it would be a cool game with the text, but he would have fucked up the experience for the majority of readers who just want to read the fucking book. Or if a book about a dyslexic woman was written with the letters backwards? So trendy, probably would get great reviews, but fuck if im gonna give it a 9/10

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>> No.3470344

>>3470340
More like half a percent.

>> No.3470395

>>3469847
> insecurities and low self esteem
not a 4chan user trademark?

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>>3468821

>> No.3474154
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3474154

This is 10/10 for me

I have only read 30 books in my life

>> No.3474176

>>3474154
If you're only going to read 30 books in all your life, Confederacy should damn well be one of them. Greatest book ever written by a USA-ian. Seriously.

>> No.3474179

>>3474176
>USA-ian
Why not just say "American"

>> No.3474197

>>3474176
No, I meant 30 book until now and Confederacy of Dunces was one of the best I've read

>> No.3474207
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My favorite Endo. Definitely a 10/10.

>>3469251
>>3469264
>>3469827
>>3469978
Nice.

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I know this is on the pleb side of things, but this book is definitely a 10/10 for me. A lot of Vonnegut is this way to me, actually. I just find his writing style captivating and his lines of thought appreciable.

>> No.3474235

>>3474222
i feel you, sirens of titan is damn sure my favorite though

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>>3474240
Well done, sir.

>> No.3474280

>>3474235
I haven't read it. I'll be sure to read it soon, with a recommendation like that. I'm in the middle of rereading Galapagos right now. He has a stylishness that just carries me along and makes it hard to stop reading.

>> No.3474289

>>3469289
thumbnail looks like brad pitt outta that cowboy movie

>> No.3474303
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because I can relate

>> No.3474341

The Hobbit

>> No.3474401

>>3470343
Haven't read this one yet, but Lem is god-tier.

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>> No.3474620

>>3469245
Yep.

Mann's awesome. I loved his short story, 'Der kleine Herr Friedemann.' Made me weep.

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>>3468821
agreed
Part of the reason why I like it so much is Hesse's prose which I find to be really soothing. Didn't like Steppenwolf too much though.

also pic related. Maybe not a 10/10 but definitely one of the best books I've ever read.

>> No.3474760

>>3469593
This guy won life

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I'm surprised nobody mentioned 1984.

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>> No.3476676

>>3476607
Fuck you.

>> No.3476703

>>3469255
You probably have close to no imagination if you thought it was boring. The descriptions throughout the book are just mind blowing. The part near the end where he touches Govinda's head is probably the closest anyone is ever going to get to conveying what becoming enlightened feels like.

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>>3469251
mah nigga

>> No.3479327

>>3476703
>If a person has a different opinion than I do they must be an idiot.
Please try to grow up a bit before you post again.

>> No.3479356

>>3476607
ehhh i didn't like it, i like orwell as a person what with the whole democratic socialism thing but i just couldn't get into it, possibly because he is forever compared to huxley and ape and essence, brave new world, and island blew this out of the water, that being said animal farm is pretty damn great

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Possibly my favourite book overall. Every time you read it something new is revealed. I wonder, is Hamsun respected on /lit/?

>> No.3479665

>>3479658
I have a very high opinion of "The Growth of the Soil".

I don't care too much about "Hunger".

>> No.3479695

>>3479665
Hunger was a frustrating read for me because the protagonist is so helpless, but I guess that was the point.

Growth of the Soil is fantastic, agreed.

>> No.3479947

>>3479658
Nothing by a nazi could ever be 10/10