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Mcmonkeybug
Flowers for Algernon made me sad.
Bramicles
I thought The Stranger by Albert Camus was not very good. What did I miss?
VladTheInhaler1
Here's a list of 25 fairly popular books!
CommanderCaribou
The Quran?
CalebJames65
Don't fucking read the stranger it is not an existential masterpiece it is basic and almost lazy
aceryz
The Alchemist is a good read indeed, but IMO Coelho is a simplistic motivational poster equivalent of literature. Would not recommend.
SomeAngelDude
Where's Mein Kampf?
poobacca
25 books you were probably forced to read in highschool
NirvanaNik
No Jules Verne?
MechaRoosevelt
Pretty low standards for "mind blowing"
loldogz
There are some very good books there. I know there are a few mediocre picks but seriously curious, what would you recommend?
CaptainFrito
Oh God, many good books here...But Pablo Coelho? That's crap disguised self-help disguised as a novel
BubbleTeaFox
Can I read Slaughterhouse Five without having read Slaughterhouse One - Four?
BeerInfoNetwork
#100 from Years of Solitude series was a bitch to get up to.
Lucama221
I mean, you might miss out on some of the context of the world, but in general it's just fluff so you should be fine.
hrith
Mary Shelley was a terrible writer. She owes the success of her novel to Byron and her husband, but her style was childish at best.
Yepitsausername
It's an easy read, but to me it's about the concept, and less about the complexity of the writing.
SpaceOrks
I will read exactly none of them.
8BitFish
Fave and forget
norrinraddsboard
Always a +1 for Flowers for Algernon
WonTauntaun
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radrage
Love that story. I may just pick it up again.
suckstoyourauntie
I finally read it yesterday, because I keep seeing it on all these lists. I loved it, but did not 'cry like a little bitch', as promised.
Larentiah
You have no soul :o
henbykilla
What do you think im going to read those books if i didnt even read the list
MrsF1nch
I can't believe you didn't include "We" by Jevgeni Zamjatin to your dystopian horrorshow
AskMeAbout3DPrinting
Of Mice and Men was pretty good too. The ending will definitely blow your mind.
Yepitsausername
I definitely blew Lenny's mind, that's for sure.....
ClockworkOrange1971
Read most.
Larentiah
Don't read Flowers for Algernon unless you feel like going on a major feels trip.
ChibiYui
Just don't read it. It's the better option.
Yepitsausername
1) I bawl every time. It's worse knowing what's coming. I usually start crying right when the writing increases in complexity, and
Yepitsausername
2) when Algernon starts going a little crazy I pretty much don't stop sniffling till the end.
WonTauntaun
Or watch Phenomenon with John Travolta
thefanaticals
More like 25 books that will make you question human decency and its value as a race.
CaptainMinnette
The Alchemist was more good feelsy about the human race, though the main character does get robbed tricked and beat up.
NeverTrustaHogwallop
Guess you haven't read Tuesday's with Morrie or the Alchemist.
thefanaticals
Yeah, actually, that's one of the few I haven't read. I'll have to add it to my list :)
FizzyBacon
Troubled?
littlegoblin
The internet can accomplish that in less than an hour
hellafyno
YouTube comments can do it in minutes.
Kythyria
I'd recommend turbo-nerd stuff. Like /Weaving the Web/, or anything by Schneier. Which will only make you question your intelligence.
YetAnotherUsernameAttempt
Read Schneier, question your intelligence, then realize that everyone is that stupid as well, and no "mind-blowing" book can fix that.
Kythyria
Yup. At least something like WtW is entirely positive and optimistic.
ihopeimgurlikesme
#26: Kurt Cobain's autobiography
HisRoyalSighness
♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️
fuckyouyoufuckingfuckedupfuckingfuck
No stranger in a strange land?
iwouldliveinsaltforyou
heinlein was trash who's only redeeming quality is accidentally writing satire
fuckyouyoufuckingfuckedupfuckingfuck
Tell me how you REALLY feel
iwouldliveinsaltforyou
I think heinlein was more concerned about his weird sexual hang ups than writing good fiction.
scotskies
Many of thee started life in the Fiction category.
scotskies
*these
lovethepool
Dorian Grey is a good book, and should read it. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a great one on humanity. But, you can find better lists.
DoctorCatDog
I HATED Dorian Grey. It dragged to absurdity for the first half, and ends just as it's getting remotely interesting.
ImJustGod
Yeah, where is Mein Kampf?
TheBrickTamland
On FP yesterday, where is stat guy?
IamNotaBlackMan
I hate that bot.
FackGamer
@statguy
jojiluis
@repoststatistics
Steelflameblade
Still having an elliptic fit from the aftermath of the 29th.
LetsGetThisOverWith
Bot. And probably dead after the parrot invasion.
FizzyBacon
Haha, good stuff!
machedelic
I realized that after reading a few of the names.. It's so annoying
TheBrickTamland
I Dont mind reposts if its been a while, but reposting a FP post the next day is just sad
machedelic
Exactly.
sweatytelemarketer
I think he died after the 30th.
BrodyMorris
"Dancing parrot last seen 1.2 seconds ago" lmao
CatlitterDaily
@RepostStatistics
twerkforchildsupport
Basic af reading list but nothing bad about a classic
nicedog
make a better one pls
twerkforchildsupport
Middlesex,A river runs though,The corrections,Saturday,Solar,The Decameron Crime and punishment,Summa Theologica,Tis pity she’s a whore
twerkforchildsupport
Paradise Lost,Niomachean Ethics,Marx-Engles Readers,Harry potter and the goblet of fire,Gravity’s rainbow,The death of Artemio Cruz
DwarfAardvark
Why Goblet of Fire specifically?
twerkforchildsupport
I enjoyed it the most out of the 7 in the series. I thought in introduced rich characters as well as moved quickly for 800 page kids book
twerkforchildsupport
African Short Stories (edited by Chinua Achebe and C.L Innes),One flew over the cuckoo’s nest,Long days journey into night
twerkforchildsupport
Ordinary people,The children’s hour,Fences,Angels in America,The orchid thief,Hard times,To the light house
jobythe1
More like highschool reading assignments.
HeroDude
well they're highschool reading assignments for a reason
herro2u
Should be *
cluckythehorse
7 of those books I had to read in highschool
herro2u
4 for me, but you're right. My friend that went to hs in Houston went through graduation not reading a single book.
charlierunkle
So, can't they be both?
DerSubhuman62
You can't have fun and learn at the same time, silly!
charlierunkle
My bad, sorry
Syphryn
With how unpleasantly long and drawn out an over-analyzed they make it, as a 2 month assignment worth 1/4 of your grade, no. No they can't
charlierunkle
Pff agreed on that one.. But if you read it outside of school I mean
stitchsohana
Pretty much every single one honestly
TheBrokenWizard
Not clockwork orange. at least my HS thought it was a bit too much for high school students
jamesdeanshat
Also what kind of high-school recommends ender's game, watchmen or Frankenstein; I want to go there!
Rufin
Most. Also Persepolis and the Kite Runner are commonly found on required reading lists. A lot of Hemingway too.
GraniteIvy
Seems odd to have a graphic novel on a school reading list?
Rufin
No. Not at all. Persepolis is essentially an auto-biography that captures a time and place must Americans will NEVER understand.