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I have $25 in Barnes and Noble gift cards, help pimp my cart?
So far I have Infinite Jest by DFW (May God bless his soul) which is $9.44. I have zero opposition to used books.

>> No.7549578

bamp

>> No.7549606

>>7549572
double bamp

>> No.7549608

If you're looking for a DFW master cart try and check out:
>The Pale King
>Oblivion
>Literally any of his essays

Everything else, regardless of whether you think it's good or not, pales in comparison. Also the Pale King is his true magnum opus not eternal joking.

>> No.7549640

>>7549572
I'm quite tired right now, so I'll only make two suggestions. Hope that's alright.

1) If you're serious about book collection and want the ultimate book, get The Complete Works of Shakespeare (ISBN: 9780760703328). It looks amazing, contains beauty, and others will be impressed with it.

2) A miscellaneous and random rec would be the last book that I really enjoyed - Celine's 'The Journey to the End of the Night

Other than that, let your shopping flow with the ebb of your fancy. Have fun.

>> No.7549643

>>7549640
>The Complete Works of Shakespeare (ISBN: 9780760703328)

god know if you're gonna get shakespeare get a real edition

>> No.7549651

>>7549643
this

>> No.7549981

>>7549643

What's a real version ?

>> No.7550176

>>7549572
Crome Yellow is a short book by Aldous Huxley about a country house gathering that I enjoyed because it worked like a small machine with its varying characters. It's pretty funny, too.

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>>7549640
>looks amazing
>others will be impressed with it
it's five bucks near me

really though, I think they've got more subtle ones that have a jacket you can take off. I got the divine comedy for the half that price on terrible newspaper pages.

>> No.7550466

>>7550404
>Barnes and Noble collectors edition
NO. RUN. SAVE YOURSELF. DON'T.

>> No.7550499

>>7549981
The Pelican, Arden, or Oxford Complete Works.

>> No.7550514

>>7550404
DONT DO IT

>> No.7550527

>>7550404
that book looks like the embodiment of difficult, constipated turds.

>> No.7550540

>>7549572
Get a book on Literary Criticism, preferably introductory material if you're not familiar with the field

Get anything else you want, preferably a classic in lit or philosophy

>> No.7550918

>>7550540
Why should i read literary criticism?

>> No.7550940

>>7549572

I recently finished Essays and Aphorisms by Schopenhauer and I loved it. It's just a collection of all of his smaller essays and you don't really need to understand Kant to dive in. I've had a few chuckles and he makes some great points. Give it a gander.


Notes from the Underground is worth reading too

>> No.7550946

>>7550540

>Literary criticism

Go away

>> No.7551018

I just got one too and what I got with it is My Struggle part 1, Beckett's Three Novels, and Story of the Eye

>> No.7551043

>>7550946
>he fell for the literary criticism meme meme

>> No.7552197

>>7550466
Why

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>>7552197
it's a meme
these things are classy motherfuckers

>> No.7552230

This book was dope as fuck. Don Winslow can write the shit out of a book

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>>7552230

>> No.7552243

>>7549572
Aye son. I straight up work at Barnes and Noble.

>> No.7552254

>>7552243
Can you tell me why they won't hire me?
I've worked at independent bookstores for years doing everything from mopping floors and unboxing to book buying and repair and they just hire 16 year old kids to stand around.

>> No.7552265

>>7552254
A 16 year old kid who just stands around will work for minimum wage

>> No.7552307

>>7552254
>>7552265
And they don't leave after a couple of months because of college.

>> No.7552321

not op but i don't want to make a new thread so help would be appreciated:

i'm looking to get into cynicism. what books do i need to read in order to further my views here?

>> No.7552342

>>7552321
Yukio Mishima

>> No.7552349

>>7552321
>>7552342
Oh and Osamu Dazai.

Japs know their cynicism.

>> No.7552653

>>7552211
>>7552197
so garish

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