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If you were to tell a person to read 1 book before committing suicide, what book would it be?

(The message of the book can be whatever - from "do it faggot" to "there's always hope" or anything else)

>> No.8096896

my diary desu

>> No.8096944

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

that way it's easier for them let go

i'm trying to be a nice person

>> No.8096991

The Holy Bible.

>> No.8096994

Brothers K

>> No.8097008

The Stranger

>> No.8097020

>>8096892
SD?

>> No.8097026

>>8096892
Start with the Greeks.

>> No.8097031

the meaning of shakespeare, both volumes

>> No.8097038

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

>> No.8097057

>>8096892
War and Peace. Should take them long enough to reassess their situation.

>> No.8097061

>>8097008
The Myth of Sisyphus is the better choice here

>> No.8097066
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8097066

This would push you over the edge or bring you back

>> No.8097068

>>8096892
Siddartha

>> No.8097085

In Search of Lost Time because they'll never finish it

>> No.8097135

Principa Mathematica.

>> No.8097236

Phänomenologie des Geistes

>> No.8097243

Either "The Ego and His Own" or "Good Old Neon" tbqhwyf

>> No.8097245

Georges de Scudéry/Madeleine de Scudéry
13,095 pages
:^)
Memeing aside probably war and peace or Brothers K

>> No.8097252

>>8097057
Hahahahahaha v funny

>> No.8097328

>>8096892
Wide Sargasso Sea
There are a lot of things I think a suicidal person can take from it and it will especially challenge them on an emotional level re. not confirming biases or acting like a stereotyped "supportive friend."
Be prepared to feel as though you've just been kicked in the balls for the next 48 hours though

>> No.8097362

>>8096892
Gravity's Rainbow
Oh wait, that would motivate them to kill themselves.

>> No.8097363

Divine Comedy. Should put the fear of Hell/suicide in that pathetic wanker.

>> No.8097384

>>8097068
This desu

>> No.8097390

>>8096892

TWaWaR by Schopy. It's huge so has time to reconsider or it could also strengthen his resolution.

>> No.8097444

>>8096892
The Myth of Sisyphus

>> No.8097466

>>8096892
The Talmud.

Keep him alive for a while.

>> No.8097482

>>8096892
Who is this testicle spectacle?

>> No.8097486

The Bible

>> No.8097490

>>8096892

the opening book to any pulpy series of sci-fi novels.

nothing creates a sense of purpose like having to read through 5-10 books worth of characters and lore you've become invested in.

also: genre fiction is a useful means of escapism. the next step is RPG's (vidya and round a table) and then LARPing if said person is able to find new friends with their hobby and possibly achieve a modicum of happiness or at least contentment.

better to be an alive loser with loser friends and a loserish but fulfilling set of hobbies than a dead loser with nothing to live for.

>> No.8097534

>>8096892
The gospels. I don't find them that inspiring personally but they have a good track record with these kinds of things.
>>8097135
laughed

>> No.8097593

My own unpublished book.

A pity there isn't a market for visionary works of genius nowadays. 50 years ago I'd be your god.

>> No.8097598

>>8097593
pdf link you fag

>> No.8097606

>>8097598
It's not in english.

And I still have some hopes to eventually finding a publisher smart and brave enough to realize the immense depth and scope of the novel and give it a shot. It could save the entire human race and the biosphere itself.

>> No.8097615

>>8097606
>hurr durr I am great lit author just believe me on this
Absolute fucking trash.

>> No.8097624

>>8097615
I am, though.
Prove I'm not.

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>>8097606
All the more reason you want to share it with anon. They'll get it translated, you can correct and approve it as it goes.

>> No.8097646

>>8097624
>doesn't understand burden of proof
There we go, I just did.

Someone pls let me know if I'm getting baited here

>> No.8097667

>>8097646
You are being baited.

>> No.8097752

>>8097135

which one ?

>> No.8097759

The Waves.

>> No.8097774

finnegan's wake. that way they will kill themselves faster instead of having to suffer reading the whole book

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>>8097774
>finnegan's

>> No.8099497

>>8097390
its huge?

its like 400 pages max

unless i read an abridged version and was robbed of true enlightenment...

>> No.8099503

>>8096892
Montaigne's essays

>> No.8099508 [DELETED] 

Notes From the Underground

When they see what a shit person I was they won't be sad anymore.

>> No.8099523 [DELETED] 

>>8096892
Critique of Pure Reason because I finally found out that I'm actually retarded since I took me like 5-20 minutes per page. Instead of going through the whole thing I just accepted being too stupid for this world and killed myself.

>> No.8099528

>>8099497
Vol. 1 is a little bit more than 500, and Vol. 2 goes around 700.

>> No.8099550

The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Fathers and Sons
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Ulysses

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>>8096892
_The Stranger_ by Albert Camus.

>> No.8099571

>>8099558
>babby's first existentialist thought

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>>8096892
Read The Western Canon, treat it as one book.
Then you have my permission to die.

>> No.8100542

>>8096944
came here to post this

>> No.8100544

This is kind of funny, because it is so pointless.

>> No.8100545

The Anatomy of Melancholy, Richard Burton

>> No.8100548

>>8100544
>pointless
just like life itself

>> No.8100550

>>8100548
>t. read camus once

>> No.8100556

Will O'the Wisp by Drieu la Rochelle

>> No.8100563

>>8100548
Life has a point. You just haven't reached it. Don't worry, you eventually will.

DEATH

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>>8096892
Don Quixote. Might as well have a few chuckles before killing yourself.

>> No.8100712

>>8096994
Definitely agree with you.

>> No.8101170

I want one of her feet on my dick and the other in my mouth.

>> No.8101229

'How to Write Your Own Will'
Inconsiderate to leave the sortings out to others.

>> No.8101255

>>8097490
escapism is such an obvious shit thing to hide behind
it's even worse when you're doing it conciously
like you know how much shit sucks and you trynna distract yourself with shit that makes your feel good so that you can take off your mind from the present shitness
also larping is for fags

>> No.8101355

>>8099571
have to start somewhere