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So I really want to get into some more reading, what does /lit/ suggest for a 19 year old male?

Only books that I have really read were shit for school, LOTR, and Harry Potter series. So all that mainstream shit. I want something good

>> No.739961

o.o The road is a good vampire story...
anything Maximum ride related...
oh
and the Littlest Flower..
..
it's an awesome story of a girl in the old-n days on her way to be a saint... ^_^

>> No.739963

expand your mind op

>> No.739969

john green

>> No.739974

what kinds of stuff do you enjoy?
how big a commitment do you want to make?
length of book, language difficulty, deep topics, etc.

Tell us about yourself otherwise none of what we say will be relevant to you.

>> No.739975

Supervert's Necrophilia variations is an amazing read.

I dunno what else to suggest you. If you only read things that your english classes gave you, then you really have no reading skills/abilities to REALLY appreciate good literature like Life of Pi or Handmaid's Tale.

>> No.739981

>19 year old male
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk... except Snuff, which was terrible.

>> No.739988

Its a fucking miracle if anything anyone posts has any relevance to you. Does anyone know that site that's kind of like Pandora for books - you input the stuff you've read and rate it and it recommends books for you to read.

>> No.740063

>>739988

That would be very useful

>> No.740070

read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. it takes a while to get used to, but then it sucks you in. a great cyperpunk novel

>> No.740142

House of Leaves, Danielewzki (I think that's his name?)

>> No.740151

atlas shurgged

>> No.740160

>>739988

it's called amazon recommendations

>> No.740180

>>739988
goodreads?

>> No.740289

try.. misery.. o.o

>> No.740316

blink by malcolm gladwell

>> No.740325

http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading

>> No.740363

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Penguin_Classics

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740370

Nausea by Sartre.

You're the PERFECT age.

>> No.740373

stranger in a strange land

>> No.740376

>>740373
read this please

>> No.740390

>>740151
agreed

>> No.740493

Dostoevsky

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740529

30+ year old astronomy and cosmology.

Good place to start.