Need to get back into reading. Usually read horror literature and Russian works. But regardless, tell me your favorites !

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[–] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My single favourite book is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

Honourable mentions to:

  • Catch-22 - Heller
  • Slaughterhouse 5 - Vonnegut
  • To the Lighthouse - Woolf
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude - Garcia Marquez
  • The Windup Bird Chronicle - Murakami
  • Pride and Prejudice - Austin
  • Burr - Vidal
  • Brave New World - Huxley
  • The Handmaid's Tale - Atwood
  • Hitchhikercs Guide to the Galaxy - Adams

Currently reading, and enjoying, Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 🙂

EDIT - also head over to !Books@lemmy.world for lots of chat and more recommendations

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