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Insomnia297
It's funny, Vonnegut is like Twain in that his writing sounds vaguely moronic, but brilliant when you think about it.
qweta
How the hell is do androids dream of electric sheep not on here
CalmDownLee
Fahrenheit 451 won't blow your mind- it'll set your house on fire. For owning the book
yamatto
This is...an underwhelming list, but I suppose most 'great literature' always has been once you strip away the hype.
SilverSound
You didn't even add a clever title to your repost.
NairouTryyshokk
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy anyone?
Cundou
Every time I see this I wish someone would explain why these books are supposed to blow my mind cause I'm too lazy to look them all up.
BobTheGoon
I feel like such a savage having not read so many of these.
AutoFox
Neuromancer. Alright, @OP has some taste.
Etazin
Didn't care for brave new world. Didn't find Huxley could paint a very good picture for me. Couldn't "see the world" in my head bothered me.
2fligh2high
Herman Hesse, incredible books which differ greatly. Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund. All excellent.
Screwdizzle
The literature that doubles as fap material!
goblinpork
Ass Goblins from Auschwitz
ScatterJ0Y
Hated #9
adogchasingcars
Finished 1984 two days ago. Mind was, in fact, blown.
manmadeReligion
Down with big brother
3vieTheEevee
No Dune?
Insomnia297
Meh.
kayzersosie
,-) and Asimov
AmelieHidingNearTheSpindle
How does this always get so many upvotes?
CosmicTeapot
Better upvoting books than naked models.
maxjbeezy
*25 books you probably read in high school*
SuperSmashBrosUltimate
I Am the Cheese
HermanManly
Most of these are famous because they set the precedent for genres not because they're "mindblowing" or even that great in that genre now
itsfunnythatwordsmeanthings
/a/jYP2G
Khaotix11
More people need to read animal farm I think.
Sn4f
That's school reading stuff and non of it is "mind blowing'. I hate this fucking clickbait trend in this site. Keep that shit on Facebook.
coolykid
Anthem - Ayn Rand. Dystopian kind of like 1984 but a different message
kansasreign
I hated that book
coolykid
I found it pretty easy considering it was for high school
ConvenientTruth
What kind of high school did you go to?
coolykid
Boarding school lol
JaXm
Yes, I too, took seventh grade english.
jatene
I read a lost of these. Funny thing... my mind wasn't blown.
nycterelis
Yeah, I've read over half the list. They were all good reads, definitely. Mind blowing? No.
scurve
naw but it was grown bro
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
17 or 18 out of 25 here, i my mind has not yet been blown, but now i am to scared to finish the list
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
why was i down voted ?
RicemanVo
May be if you read a "found" , your mind prob will be blown.
Ifyourenotfirstyourelast
Exactly. Most of my teachers had to explain what they meant.
Dreigiau
I don't know, I finally got around to reading 1984 and it definitely was a trip. Maybe because I wasn't being forced to read it *shrug*
BearsBeetsandBattlestarGalactica
That's coz you didn't use a gun silly!
poorwhitetrash
You sure?
beearewhyayyenn
A little mind fucking perhaps?
ohmygodstop
Perhaps a light dicking was done...
poorwhitetrash
You sure?
DrHotdogs
You should try the top secret book # 26. "A gun"
StonerCatJay
That'll do it
J0hnM00n
No Naked Lunch?
Khaotix11
Na hay heyked lunch!
LadyWidebottom
"I can think of at least two things wrong with that title"
krunkopolis
I agree. And nothing from Heinlein either?!?
humptydumptywastheking
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance should have made this list, but I'm glad Outliers and The Alchemist made it.
PissedOffLumberJack
Does it get better cause I never finished it I found it quite boring?
chewieismylandlord
Yes. Yes it does.
theycallmeIRISH
I have a friend who is adamantly encouraging me to read this book right now.
Kkenziewrenn
It's worth it! I picked up a $.50 cent copy at a thrift store once and it's one of my favorites.
PDXATX
This is basically my high school English reading list
FearTheKraken
Cliffnotes was my best friend.
icanhazusername
They need to add The Handmaidens Tale. Esp since Trump/Pence won.
Hellstorm99
Yep, try White Noise by Don Delillo and of course Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.
StrangelySexee
I think this is posted every time this is reposted
iteal
Thinking, Fast and Slow in school? Sure... Try it and tell me if you would think if this is "high school English"
ISuckedDickForBusFareAndWalked
Kind of said Ishaml isnt on here. It's a little pretentious but it's good.
RipOffTheBandAid
Good books but yes, high school
cowfluid
Same. Reading lists changed depending on a theme. Ours was "journeys", which I interpreted as "this will be reality soon so get prepared"
WillowRosenberg
In my school, our reading list was Shakespeare. Oh, and one Thomas Hardy novel. I didn't discover some of these until my 20's.
Ridley160
I feel we don't appreciate these books when forced to read them and pick them apart in highschool.
Infamouse
Thats because thats what this is
PsychedCosmos
As is mine, especially Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, The Alchemist, and Animal Farm
NotInClass
I might actually read some of these now that no one is making me do it!
ultrafoo
I did that once. Read all the typical high school books that I somehow didn't get assigned while in school. Mind wasn't blown though.
bvtthole
Fuck. What kind of school put Watchmen on the reading list? Sounds like the best school ever.
biggreenfan
My best friend teaches middle school English. With comic books.
brendoncnz
I swear this exact conversation happened last time this was posted. But my highschool did. Watched and read it. Was awesome
AllahHuSnackbar
how was that sex scene? #Hallelujah
brendoncnz
Awkward. We had an awesome teacher though, very down to earth. She actually taught me more than all previous English teachers combined
Tokanii
Shit, you got told to read Dorian Gray? I didn't even have Lord of the Flies assigned and that was apparently very common in high school.
Tokanii
Fortunately, my grade 10 English teacher was awesome enough to recommend some of these to read on our own. Divine Comedy and Atlas Shrugged
Tokanii
Were the two he recommended most.
link117318
Animal farm. That book did blow my mind in y10
BornDubstep
Yer learn about that book in Y8 now.
theotterman
Just finished lord of the flies today. Was hoping for more deaths
TheManyFacedDog
Animal farm is a terribly shallow metaphor.
ecodude
It's intentionally shallow. It's a way to dumb down the events of the time and political systems in general.
TheManyFacedDog
it's intentionally shallow because it's cold war propaganda. I'm not defended the Soviets, but it takes very little critical thinking and
TheManyFacedDog
doesn't really leave the reader with any meaningful takeaway. A far-cry from mind blowing.
Yinyang107
That can't be right, it's a respected work of literature. Respected works of literature have to be deep. I think it's in the contract.
QUeSTION4BLe
MAUS is the year 10 book i read, that shit scary
calebduh666
Huh. I read maus and animal farm in 8th
Konguy
Is that the nazi mouse one?
kiokope
Yes and the nazis were cats