My #1 was One Flew Over the Cuckooā€™s Nest. Also loved The Bell Jar, Hamlet (though I never wouldā€˜ve understood it by myself) and Slaughterhouse Five.
Feb 6, 2025

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the bell jar and slaughterhouse five are hot ticket items on my list
Feb 6, 2025

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Iā€™m so lucky I didn't have to read this until college because thereā€™s no way I would have appreciated it as a high schooler. I will also always go to bat for Macbeth (specifically for Lady Macbeth) and Hamlet (for depression).
Feb 7, 2025
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It was about a week before I was supposed to leave home for college. My aunt had bought me a copy of that & a copy of David Copperfield, neither of which I had ever picked up. She said something about those two books being very important for a kid like me. I still havent read Copperfield all the way through. Dickens is too English for my taste. But on a whim, that night I opened up Catcher. I read it till morning. Itā€™s clichĆ© & corny, but I hadnā€™t experienced the feeling of encountering some sort of soul mate in a book until reading that book (and wouldnā€™t again until I got in to Kafka). I still love JD Salinger to this day. I just made my way through Franny & Zooey actually. Adored it
Nov 28, 2024
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because heā€™s the king of the hill. obviously. and will make you feel everything. Other recs: The World Accoridng to Garp by John Irving is one of the most fucked up and disturbing books Iā€™ve ever read. feel like I almost canā€™t in good conscience recommend it. But you will feel ill! The bluest eye. Also super fucked up and sad. OH! Boy snow bird by Helen oheyemi. Unbelievably good, language is stunning, trippy but heartbreaking. ok thatā€™s the list.
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