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Recommend one book to a disill(...) 09/02/25(Tue)17:20:26 No.24692284

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Recommend one book to a disillusioned zoomer who hasn't read anything this year Anonymous 09/02/25(Tue)17:20:26 No.24692284 Archived

I'm so tired of the mundanity and repetition that even thinking feels like a chore now. Anything to escape this rut

Anonymous
09/02/25(Tue)17:21:13 No.24692286

Anonymous 09/02/25(Tue)17:21:13 No.24692286

>>24692284
Moby-Dick

Anonymous
09/02/25(Tue)19:09:50 No.24692541

Anonymous 09/02/25(Tue)19:09:50 No.24692541

>>24692284
what's something that you know a little bit about? or something you used to get lost in as a kid?

Anonymous
09/02/25(Tue)21:45:54 No.24692863

Anonymous 09/02/25(Tue)21:45:54 No.24692863

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Anonymous
09/03/25(Wed)08:25:53 No.24693764

Anonymous 09/03/25(Wed)08:25:53 No.24693764

>>24692284
The possibility of an island is one of my personal favorites. If you want something you can talk to women about that also isnt complete slop, Piranesi is pretty good too.

Anonymous
09/03/25(Wed)08:59:29 No.24693799

Anonymous 09/03/25(Wed)08:59:29 No.24693799

>>24693764
>Piranesi
Very good, I'd say. Norel and Strange is also highly entertaining.

Anonymous
09/03/25(Wed)10:15:47 No.24693918

Anonymous 09/03/25(Wed)10:15:47 No.24693918

Dumb ass zoomer, how much time do you spend looking at short form video content?

Anonymous
09/03/25(Wed)15:29:15 No.24694573

Anonymous 09/03/25(Wed)15:29:15 No.24694573

>>24692286
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>>24693799
Thanks :)

Anonymous
09/03/25(Wed)15:30:29 No.24694577

Anonymous 09/03/25(Wed)15:30:29 No.24694577

>>24692541
Thanks, made me reflect

>>24693918
An insignificant amount

Anonymous
09/03/25(Wed)20:32:18 No.24695434

Anonymous 09/03/25(Wed)20:32:18 No.24695434

>>24692284
I say read some serious kino first to get into the groove.
Perhaps this, by the master-stylist Raymond Thornton Chandler himself. "The Long Goodbye" (1953) -- One of the most gorgeous novels.
>>24693764
This was grueling and desolate. Read it yes, but it is painful.--I do think Houellebecq is doubtless the stylist of our age. Though, the image of nihilism he depicts is deliberately grating,--though thankfully he's so-very funny and sweetly observant.

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)10:22:42 No.24696950

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)10:22:42 No.24696950

>>24692284
Denis Johnson's "Train Dreams" and his story collection "Jesus' Son"

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)16:36:24 No.24697966

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)16:36:24 No.24697966

Universal Line stuff by John Paolucci
>>24695434
Also, this. Raymond Chandler is one of the greatest writers this world ever had.

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)16:42:56 No.24697987

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)16:42:56 No.24697987

>>24695434
His last book is very touching, almost hopeful. Took me by surprise, even

Voluntary Fool
09/04/25(Thu)20:03:59 No.24698548

Voluntary Fool 09/04/25(Thu)20:03:59 No.24698548

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