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What are lit's guilty pleasure books? What are you reading when you aren't trying to look sophisticated on a chinese cartoon bulletin board?

>> No.6525206

>>6525106
ulysses

>> No.6526791
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>> No.6526806

I like sci-fi but don't feel guilty about it. I'm posting this because /lit/ would have me believe that I should feel guilty about liking something "uncultured" or without "literary value".

>> No.6526817

I like a lot of genre fic - sci-fi, fantasy, spy thrillers, mysteries, etc. Comic books every once in a while. I don't feel guilty about it though...I don't think time spent reading Mieville or Le Carre is particularly more wasted than time spent reading Tolstoy.

>> No.6526843

Irvine Welsh, Hunter S. Thompson, Iceberg Slim

>> No.6526877

>>6526791
I like the look of Suicide Squad Harley Quinn too.

>> No.6526882

Harry potter, song of ice and fire. I also enjoy william walker atkinson's work, fluffy summaries of indian philosophy for the most part but good when you want a lil euphoria.

>> No.6526886

>>6525106
DC Comics.

I love me some Flash and Green Lantern

>> No.6526890

>>6525106
>>6526791
>>6526806
>>6526882
>>6526886

so... where do all the butthurt patricians come from?

>> No.6526897

Itt: people trying to seem sophisticated
Actual guilty reading pleasures: 4chan, reddit, gq, pitchfork

>> No.6526986

>>6526890
That's me, i honestly can't read ASOIF or any other fantasy because i just find it so badly written. Yes i have read Wolf, he's okay but i never got into him enough to buy the next book.

>> No.6527153

4chan and Cosmopolitan/Seventeen magazine. gf has copies lying around appt. and i leaf through when waiting for her. also the kardashian show when with gf at night

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Warhammer 40k novels

>mfw reading Titanicus

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>>6525106

>> No.6528028

Fantasy such as A Song of Ice and Fire

>> No.6528038

Neal Stephenson

>> No.6529053 [DELETED] 

tao lin

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>>6525106
Japanese Light Novels, because I'm a fucking weeaboo. The writing in most is awful, and made even worse by shitty translations. I still enjoy the content, and don't really feel guilty about it. Escapism is great.

>> No.6529202

Murakami

That might somebody off but I'm not joking.