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Recommend me good books on morbid reality: war, genocide, cults, natural disasters, mental illness, poverty, famine, crime, etc.

>> No.8079949
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>>8079944

>> No.8079953

The 3rd harry potter is fucked uppppp

>> No.8079960

>>8079944
The Recognitions
The Tunnel
Women and Meme

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The Jewish War - Josephus
Berserk - Miura
Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism - Lifton
Torture: A Collection - Sanford

>> No.8080982

Storm of Steel is a brutal account of WWI.
Under the Volcano is an interesting look at self-destruction with the absolute best depiction of alcoholism and drunkenness in general I've ever read.

>> No.8081211

>>8079960

is this the new meme trilogy?

>> No.8081247

>>8079981
Hey, I reverse image searched this image, and it says that it is from a war in Poland. My grandfather has a picture of this though from a WWII concentration camp. I don't know if it is the same photo off of the top of my head. Was this a common torture method?

>> No.8081316

>>8079944

Romeo Dallaire, Shake Hands with the Devil (on Rwanda, where the author commanded the UN force during the genocide).

>> No.8081344

>>8081211
Yes

>> No.8081350

>>8079944
2666

>> No.8081353

>>8081350
Stop recommending this shit

>> No.8082481

>>8079944
Martin eden is pretty sad and was a quasi autobiography by Jack London

>> No.8082483

>>8079944
pick up a history book, you dolt