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Do you guys have any recs for someone who just picked up reading as a hobby? I just finished Shadow of the Torturer, I didn't really get that engaged with it, I'm reading The Hobbit right now and it's pretty. I want something that's going to challenge me though.

>> No.7892525

>>7892523
Brin's Uplift Saga

>> No.7892527

>>7892525
Looks interesting, I'll check it out. Thanks

>> No.7892528

Foucault's Pendulum
Wittgenstein's Mistress
Heisenberg's Pandora
Tesla's Hammer
Kripke's Symbol
Delueze's Mirror

>> No.7892529

>>7892523
the greeks

>> No.7892532

>>7892523
Ever heard of the 'meme trilogy?'

>> No.7892534

Obligatory 1984

>> No.7892538

>>7892528

I was going to say 'Be nice now,' but then I remembered where I was.
These are good titles, but they aren't exactly for New Readers, OP.

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>> No.7892543

im on the last few chapters of The Hobbit, its so beautiful. i love that lil Bilbo.

>> No.7892545

>>7892528
Quaphurst's Bicycle
Pentacoast's Tablecloth
Signborge's Fishtank
Klessbrott's Wishing Well
Rottenheimer's Bowling Ball

>> No.7892546

>>7892523
Roadside picnic by Strugatsky.
Easily one of the best sci-fi books, alongside Solaris. Both are relatively short, dark, intense and have that philosophical pinch which is lacking in western sci-fi.
Perfect for people who have recently discovered reading.

>> No.7892549

>>7892538
I'll keep them in a backlog for now

>>7892540
Looks good, thanks.

>> No.7892559

Flowers for Algernon
Easy to read, not that hard to understand the themes, while still having themes and meaning beyond the literal.

>> No.7892568

>>7892528
Peninsula's Golf Course
Sandyhook's Sheep Farm
Wittingham's Doorknob
Princemoor's Pregnancy
Blastfurry's School Lunch
Poppinwaggle's Gas Tank
Michelanjello's Alarm Clock

>> No.7892576

Stranger in a Strange Land

>> No.7892607
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>Sci Fi
Foundation - Issac Asimov
1984 - George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

>/phi/
Notes From Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Candide - Voltaire

>non fiction
The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan
The Communist Mainfesto - Karl Marx
The Greatest Show on Earth - Richard Dawkins
The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene (most challenging read of the 4)

Welcome to /lit/. The smartest, most consistent board on 4chan.

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>>7892607
>Dostoevsky
>Marx