Book thread /b/ what is the best book you have ever read?
>>580475591
>>580475591
you don't actually like this shit tier book right??
>>580475591
>being this casual
>>580475591
God Tier
Don't know about best, but this is my favorite series.
read it in 5th grade. Remained my favorite all the way through to college.
>>580477235
What do you think about Metamorphosis?
580476794 faggot
580477020 yes I actually enjoyed it
>>580475591
>>580477793
Never gets old, it's the kind of story when you finish it, you just kinda have to stare out the window and think a bit.
>pic related, I read it here.
>>580478476
god why, one of the worst endings ever if i recall correctly. All about the experience along the way kinda shit right?
Are you niggers even trying?
George orwell - Animal farm
>>580475591
I'll say this just because it left a big impression on me. Shit is harrowing.
>>580478980
Dude, it was good, but they made us read it in 8th grade, thus killing it
The whole Malszan series
Read this in Afghanistan, god tier
>>580475591
Fantasy man
dirty white boys - stephen hunter
It was a great book to read when I was in 7th grade. Heinlein was a goddamn master.
>>580476794
faggot.
>>580479457
oh fuck off
This is pretty great
>>580477524
I like you. Read the whole series yet? And know if any new ones are coming out any time soon?
>>580479457
God tier, anon
>>580479539
You should read it
It will change your life
https://libcom.org/files/images/library/Q.jpg
god
>>580479181
i got throught book 8
and then, jesus christ, i just couldn't bring myself to read anymore
especially after his introduction
and didn't the fag just start a fucking series that takes place before all this shit happened?
>>580479459
tfw when he gets the whole bridge making crew killed. fucking idiot
Don't read this unless you're ready to finally take yourself seriously and live your life meaningfully.
>>580479459
So much yes
>>580477793
not that guy but I don't know what to think about that book
I read it and as I was reading it it was getting my attention and making me turn the pages to see what would happen then when it was over I was pretty muck thinking
"what the fuck did I just read"
i felt like it meant something really deep and I am just to dumb to get it so to me it's just a monster story about a guy who turns into a bug
>>580479824
God damn. My mom used to read that book to me on a daily basis when I was like 3.
>>580479676
yeah sure, everything you read will have an impact one way or another. and dont tell me what I SHOULD do...
I know a lot of things the bible humpers SHOULD do
Loved this book aa a kid
I've read a lot of shit but this is probably the book which entertained and engrossed me the most. Love me some true crime.
original Dune series by Frank (nothing by brian)
/thread
Does anyone have any Japanese books like this they like?
>>580479692
fuck. you beat me to this gemstone.
>>580475591
OP confirmed brazilfag
>huehuehue
Best work
A great book from a brilliant mind
I like em classy
>>580477210
Mah nigga
>>580478973
>Stephen king
>God-tier
Why not Tom Clancy ? or Dan Brown ?
>This is why the world thinks Americans cannot into literature
>>580479983
My mom gave it to me as a going away present when I moved out to college.
>>580475591
>>580480096
Nice tier anon,
>>580479886
It's about alienation and, quite literally, metamorphosis.
As he turns more and more into a bug his family starts acting like he's just a bug and not the family he used to be. I'd say that the story is pretty open for interpretation but the general gist of it is alienation.
>>580480165
waaaaaahhhhh?
my nigga
(chris? is that you?)
>>580480486
Bullshit that's your favourite book. Admit you posted it just to look smart. Nobodys favourite book is Crime and fucking Punishment.
>>580475591
>>580480421
The Border Trilogy is next on my list, it'll be the first Cormac McCarthy I've read. Any recommendations anon?
>>580480165
I actually tried to read this shit but it got too boring and I quit
>>580480171
Norwegian wood
devotion of suspect x
Influence by Robert B Cialdini
>>580479886
My impression when i read it was, Rehor Samsa wasnt the one going through the change, it was mostly his family who got through metamorphosis from loving their relative to detesting the bug thing
>>580478973
amen brother.
The handmaid's tale - Margaret Atwood
Infinite Jest
>>580480848
read it love it gr8 r8 m8 8/8
>>580481163
You believe that happy crappy
>>580480768
no but i saw that post and you were like 2 seconds behind me.
>>580480349
That phase. What's the opposite of nostalgia?
>says book
>posts graphic novel
go to bed jimmy
>>580475591
philip k dick a scaner darkly.
>Foundations series
>Asimov
>God tier
>>580479886
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E9aOuf6eI8
>>580480937
thats because you're 12
http://blog.hpb.com/storage/post-images/count-of-monte-cristo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1326996933874
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
http://www.facebook()com/fearandloathibginlittlechicago
>>580481359
>implying graphic novels arnt books
>>580476794
ha!
>>580481425
dude, man in the high castle is way beter
>>580481618
Agreed.
>>580481425
Y wot m8?
the GREATEST BOOK ever written!
>>580481824
kill yourself
>>580480913
I think it's better to read those before Blood Meridian. I think it's a better book, but it's a hard read in a way too. If you don't know Spanish, have a computer handy to translate some because he does wander off in Spanish in those books at times and it'll help you a lot. Very good books. The Crossing is my favorite of the three
>>580481897
Agreed.
>>580480913
i'm a diff anon, but i just had a long discussion about mccarthy with a friend, and they said that Blood Meridian was written during the end of his drunkeness whereas the boarder triology was written when he become sober. I thinkall the pretty horses is his best novel, but it's certianly not his bloodiest. i also read child of god
>>580481618
got it. will start it later.
>>580481824
You're right. It's a great book for intellectuals everywhere.
>>580481451
Shit I was 12 the first time I read it, had no prolems
>>580482064
>>580481618
>>580477490
>>580480965
>>580481462
My niggs.
>>580480472
Stephen King is god tier
God-tier, definitely.
The great and secret show by Clive barker. I feel like e fucked my mind on this one.
>>580475591
I don't for a second believe in God or fate, but The Alchemist was actually a pretty good book about seeing opportunities and taking initiative.
John Dies at the End has been my favorite book for about 5 years now. Not the best I've ever read, but definitely my favorite.
>>580481549
>implying graphic novels are books
go read sin city you uneducated faggot
>>580481435
As your attorney i advise you to take another pellet of mescaline
>>580479274
this shit right here is god tier.
had to read in 11th grade.
one of two books I actually enjoyed from school.
pic is other book
>>580482279
yes. dick too
>>580482439
There it is
>>580480165
>>580480169
dat hivemind. I just read Dune and all I could think was: I could and should be writing this shit.
Still enjoyed it! Anyone notice that the heroes are muslim terrorists?
>>580481618
Is that the one where the japs won ww2
And the book takes place on the west coast somewhere. Some art dealer or some shit
>>580477235
This was a great book although it gave me a lot of anxiety for some reason
Part one of 3 of my favorite books.
>>580482279
Yeh... No.
He's a good commercial writer, he knows how to captivates his audience and find interesting plot twists.
that doesn't make it good literature, it makes it "a sweet way to pass time".
God-tier, meaningful Literature can be entertaining, but entertaining books aren't necessarily god-tier literature. Otherwise Harry Potter is God-tier
>Which we all know it is not, while i still loved reading it.
ITT: books that are well known through movies
>>580482465
The same here, and I'll read john Fies at the end when I have a chance
>>580482635
Just finished IT
Long as fuck but worth the time
>>580482537
This is his least best novel. The other two in in that particular series are much better.
>>580482904
east of eden is a movie? holy shit i've been missing out
>>580482821
Basically. Germans controll the west, Japs control the east. It switches between the two. Good book, although Fatherland is better.
>>580475591
Op that is the best book I have ever read
I love this book!
A song of Ice and Fire series as well
>>580475591
NOT ONE BOOK BY MURAKAMI??? ALL OF THEM. ARE SO GOOD.
>>580482950
If you like cosmic horror and dick jokes, you'll enjoy it.
>>580475591
OP you picked the least interesting paulo coelho. Try veronika decides to die or by the river piedra I sat down and wept.
Crime and Punishment. Quite a good read, Raskolnikovs paranoia really adds extra flavor. I started reading it because silent hill 2 was supposedly partly inspired by this novel.
>>580482728
Only in the first book. Might be the best because you can remove it from the series, but the fifth book might be my favorite.
Gets weird in book for though, that's were I stopped the first time I read it.
But the original 6 books thought me more about our species that anything else I experienced.
Everything by brian is shit though...
>>580475591
NO BHAGAVAD GITA??
>>580482043
Cool, thanks to you both. I was so blown away by No Country (the movie) that I wanted to read his books...
>>580475591
>>Thats a good human book OP. Many chicken fucking idiots dont read any more. Or if they do, its some Harry Potter shit type deal. But a God Tier book is thus:
>>580483075
not really missing out. it's not that good.
This shit right here
Practical guide to racism
An idiot abroad
The moaning of life
This is not my hat
I want my hat back
A confederacy of dunces
>>580483754
YES
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
I don't 100% agree with the extremes of her philosophy, and her writing is quite dense to read, but the perspective I gained from reading The Fountainhead was amazing.
I found a similar thing with the Alchemist, but it's such a weak book I could only see it as a vehicle for Coelho's allegorical life meaning.
What you gonna do about it faggots? If only you actually knew more about evolution than what you actually do even though you think you know everything...
>>580483458
yep. great books
>>580483426
Mate, read Notes From Underground from Dosto after this one, then. You'll swim deeply inside Raskolnikof soliloquies after "The Sir" monologues.
>inb4 lolita
>Frank Herbert is God Tier
Read all Dune books while learning English
I still think is the best series there is.
People asked him if he was starting a religion since his themes revolved around God-like persons and people who worshiped such persons. But it covers so much more than made up religions.
Better than Asimov's Foundation series imho
>>580484018
And if only you knew more about basic syntax and punctuation, we might understand your poignant message of enlightenment.
>Euphoric !
I'm no fucking weeboo, waifu wanting faggot but all the books in this series are fucking awesome
>>580475591
Very sad book, but very good. Would recommend.
>>580482838
I think that's what's supposed to happen. Can't really say why, but seems to ring true.
>>580483706
This is one of the best writers and stories that came out of Mexico by far. I'm Mexican and I grew up near the areas where Rulfo's stories take place.
A must read but it'll make more sense of you read it in Spanish
>>580475591
Hey OP,
I just got done reading this book 3 days ago.
What a coincidence.Great book.
>>580483754
I cut my teeth of Vonnegut & Heller when I was a teenager a very, very long time ago. I did a paper comparing/contrasting this and Slaughter House Five
>>580484523
I quite liked Shogun
Oh yes.
This shit.
Right here.
Bring a towel muthafucka.
>>580482465
JDATE is a guilty pleasure of mine. I think the first time I read it I did it in one sitting.
Did you catch the part where he kills big jim by shooting him in the neck with a shotgun.
Everytime I see a book thread this is never here.
>>580484745
Yeah, I read it in Spanish. Also read his short stories. Anacleto Morones still gets me laughing every time.
>>580484361
That shiz fo lozers faggot
>>580477210
La peste tho
Island. Fucking great. Surprised it was never made into a movie.
>>580479692
fucking this
>>580477210
>>580477235
>>580480165
>>580480486
>>580480623
>>580480370
>>580483426
Im impressed by b/ You sand niggers are humans and read great human books. Dostoevsky, Kafka, Herbert, Camus, Milton, McCarthy. Dostoevsky is God Tier Human Author. That poor sweet mofo was a human genius.
>>580483754
>awkward sex education
So great
>>580479824
I was not ready for the feels
>>580485090
Quite epic
It seems you are a gentleman and a scholar anon
>>580485215
Mah nigga again. That's an amazing Realism moviment work.
>>580485049
JDatE is amazing, and imo the sequel is even better. David Wong is also about to release his third book, and after that he says he'll work on JDatE3.
>hype
>>580480243
a terrible piece of shit. you and the book
>>580477210
>>580480410
mes nègres
>>580485123
Indeed, his stories are dark and funny at the same time.
Have you read "Cien años de soledad" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
This one is my all-time favorite.
I actually screamed at this book when I was 12. I miss having hope and being creative.
best book ever, tbh. Not my favorite, but pretty damn great.
>>580475591
You gotta be kidding me... this book is full of shit :/
>>580480856
nice list. read all except lolita and siddhartha
>>580480421 is probably the best book I've ever read, but this one makes me happy
>>580485782
Forgot pic
>>580485695
Tried but never finished. For some reason I couldn't get into it. I've read a few of his other works, I'm not a big fan.
La guerra del fin del mundo, by Mario Vargas Llosa. That was a headtrip of a book. I got so mad when he killed off Gall halfway through the book that I stopped reading it for like 3 weeks.
>>580477210
What a difference compared with OP shitbook
>>580482537
Anything by HST is good,
The Rum Diary's is my new fave but "loathing" did get me started.
It was actually in the school corriculum in the 70's in Canada..True Story
>>580485872
this is a great book. Truly changed the way I look at a lot of things...a book I think everyone should read
>>580485908
Fuck you man, i actually enjoyed this book a lot
Too much mindfuck.
>>580484131
You my nigga
>>580480623
nigga that guy loved talking about dust in a variety of different ways.
Based
>>580486043
Love Bradbury. Martian Chronicles is my personal fave of his. Pic related is my favorite book of all time.
>>580481846
Wanted to post that. Good choice.
I also enjoy Lovecraft.
>>580486296
Fuck yeah, dude. I read that as a teenager and it changed my shit.
>>580486542
Excellent. I love the painted man, myself.
this is another book that influenced me enourmously when I was young, really had ideas that were completely new to me at the time
>>580486194
Not your cup of tea then? I've read it at least three times and each time I learn new things.
Never read Vargas Llosa. I guess I'll try some time. I've read many other US authors like Faulkner, Hemingway, Melville and other modern fiction writers, but I keep coming back to Latin American writers because I identify myself with them for some reason.
Also and Excellent book
>>580486794
I'm intrigued by the title, but I'm lazy and my tsundoku is already getting out of hand.
What's it about? Sell me on it lol
Kirt Vonegut
player piano
cats cradle
both favorires
>>580486876
Eh, you read what you know. I'm American, I love Steinbeck. Probably my second favorite author behind Rulfo.
dunno why but im so hooked on this
>>580486315
Fucking self-help book man, Like Cuauhtémoc shit, go read some decent books
>>580480003
>>580479539
>the edge is off the charts
go finish highschool already
>>580486542
martian chronicles is good as hell, too. don't like it quite as much as dandelion wine, but "there will come soft rains" is probably one of his best stories.
Something Wicked this way Comes is also the GOAT halloween book.
Have you guys ever tried Brazilian Literature? Specifically Machado de Assis.
This pic related and Dom Casmurro are the shit.
>>580487210
No damn cat, and no damn cradle.
Call of the WIld anyone?
Ever since i read that all i wanna do is live in alaska with dogs
surprised this isnt in here yet. By far the best character progression out of most of the books listed here.
Anybody read John Wyndam's - Day Of The Triffids?
Was good at the start but the pace at the end was unbareable.
I dint throughly enjoy it, the themes should have focused more on the politics and importance of the women and leadership. Meh
>>580481332
The word "cringe" can be used to refer to both present observations and also past memories.
>>580482586
Read this on deployment too, enjoyed it.
It was kind of trendy though when it came out
>>580477729
great book
>>580479274
was going to post this. best book ever
>>580482586
fuck that gay arab shit
>>580484131
dune is pretty great, and better than the foundation series, but ya gotta admit the foundation series is pretty based.
>>580487613
On page 573 right now. Some of his sections get migraine-causingly long-winded, especially the AA stuff.
>>580487121
I don't know, I'm pretty fucking high...So it's about a human boy raised by Martians after a botched landing. He grows up in their culture and then gets brought back to earth. It's an old book, so it's kinda dated now probably, but the Martian culture was fascinating, and it was the values of that culture that blew my mind when I was 14
>>580480472
First off, did I say I am American? (I am)
Second of all, I've never met a single human being who has read this book and not loved it, it's fucking incredible. I'll be the first to admit, king has written some sub par books, but don't hate just because you didn't read it.
>>580479457
if you look at it as a story and ignore the religion part its not that bad. comparable to the lord of the rings series
Personal favorite
love Voltaire
Jack Vance
>>580484686
Hey, what's that over there /prog/ an unoptimized Fibonacci sequence! Go, go now!
>>580487957
"im jesus of nazareth, son of joseph"
Yeah, it kind of works
Enders Game
>>580487942
Haha I'm pretty fucking high too man, sounds like something I'd enjoy though. I'll add it to my never ending list of books to read
>>580479494
I read this last month. Stranger in a Strange Land was much better. Starship Troopers was way too fucking preachy.
Read this in 7th Grade. Always in my top 3.
>>580479459
the fuck is it? i cant even see, the way of kings?
>>580488330
I already red it it was great, I was disappointed by the movie though
>>580482845
Nothing says LITERATURE like gold-embossed gothic.
I actually prefer /b/'s opinion over all that /lit/ biased bullshit
>>580481332
i believe the russian word 'poshlost' comes close
look it up
pic related, my favorite book
>>580475591
If you like Dragon Ball, you'll love this.
also this series
>>580487259
Here's a guide for the Mexican literature
>>580485360
Liked this, but wouldn't re-read.
>>580488832
What is this??
>>580487471
This
>>580480848
It's actually shit, read the communist manifesto instead.
>>580487471
LOL! Gotta love duhmerikunts.
I know, it's King... but it's so damn good. Addictive as shit..
>>580488838
Much appreciated, I have only read some of these. Wife is Mexican. I had an appreciation for Latin American authors prior to even meeting her, but she says she knows many of these authors here.
Agreed about god-tier Rulfo.
>>580489026
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
>>580487943
>>580480472
Some Stephen King books are fun to read sometimes... BUT they are NOT God Tier u sand niggers.
>>580479494
One of my all time favourite movies, never read the book though. Biking to Barnes and Noble tomorrow after the gym to buy it. Thank you.
>>580488074
Yes.
>>580489026
It's a list of must-read literature from Mexico
>>580479457
the thing about the bible is it's not even good to read
like
I don't really care about all the religion stuff, but a poorly written inconsistent book is fucking annoying
>>580489529
What is it about? Sell it to me