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ITT: Best book you've ever read
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>>682195314
still my favorite
>>682196653
what book?
>>682195314
I second this.
>>682195314
>>682195314
Very much yes.
Also a fan of A Wizard of Earthsea
>>682196737
neuromancer
Morals and Dogma
because the klan be cray
>>682195314
I third this. It's either Dune or "hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy"
>>682196737
oops i'm sorry i posted the wrong version...
here.
lol scifi
might as well tell us you never plan on becoming a real adult
>>682195314
never read another sci fi book that even comes close to the magnificence of this one
>>682195314
Nothing but truths in this book 10/10 best book ever nothing better can't tell me otherwise
I havnt finished them all, think Im missing the last 3 or 4 But really the whole series is really good.
>>682197515
that bait though
>>682197533
get out
Damn good one, really worth getting
oh the shivers when it unravelled...
i'll take any chandler, but this one's my favorite
One of my favorites at least.
Not sure if best
Dune is great
Rendezvous with Rama is great
Hitchhikers is great
Foundation is great
Snow Crash is great
Neuromancer is meh
>>682195314
can't get a hold of Dune smh
>>682198976
forgot pic
>>682198975
holy shit anon
i did not come here to be reminded of these feels
seriously though, you have good taste.
Scary read
>>682198976
>neuromancer is meh
kill yourself
>>682195314
>>682199288
ooh that was good
>>682195314
read when i was 13, formed my worldview re meaning of life etc, which has not changed since alas
the entire Parker series, really
>>682198976
Loved foundation
Also, Uplift is wonderful! Everyone go and read the series
these two authors together are magic
>>682197658
no shit, thats the joke
>>682200170
hmm. okay, will do.
>>682200378
that's what i said
>>682199204
I'm more than a little surprised someone else here has read this. Cheers anon
>>682195314
Meh... it was okay. Points off for the fifty page glossary at the end.
>>682200703
i cried when armistead died.
and what can i say, i'm old.
Is it edgy if really enjoyed a clockwork orange?
>>682197190
One of my favorites
fuck it was good. So are several of his other books
>>682201030
the bridge trilogy might be my favorite
Horus heresy
>>682201170
He wrote more than virtual light? I've got to read those then.
Also you guys should look up Mortal Engines and Destroyermen. Both are wonderful series
I didn't know adults read books instead of being a productive member of society
>>682197533
> Kim Harrison
even looks gay
kill self
>>682198157
good book and his homeward series was good for a few books but the rest of his shit ducks
also that first book is ruined by the sequels where he makes ender into a pussy
fuckin weird Mormon fuck
>>682201398
bridge trilogy:
virtual light
idoru
all tomorrow's parties
>>682198976
>neuromancer is...
fuck you buddy
u haven't even heard of the other shit u posted
>>682199129
Oooh tell me about that one a bit
rating and comparison to nuero?
>>682201409
>ITT: best book you have ever read
>guys I didn't know adults read books instead of being productive members of society
>I can't read
>>682201726
I'm not the anon who posted it, but I've read it. it's... okay. not in the same league as gibson's solo work. b
>>682201603
I haven't even heard of what I posted? What?
>>682195314
Nietzsche: Twilight of the Idols
>>682197748
tell me this is bait?
>>682195607
/thread
Just finished it today.
>>682202333
i thought maybe it was. or an underage anon.
>>682201543
Thanks m8, I'll put them on the reading list
Great Read. Really opened my eyes to the world.
>>682202545
anytime.
the sprawl trilogy is second favorite:
neuromancer
count zero
mona lisa overdrive
>>682202670
all jokes aside, this is one of the greatest books i've ever read
>>682195314
>>682195314
yes fucking dune and the dark tower ftw
>>682202952
That and The Satanic Bible, huh?
This book right here. I grabbed it off a stack of random books on a cart while walking through B&N one day. Liked the cover and just fucking bought it. Greatest unexpected find ever.
>>682203292
Great book
>>682204251
Nah this
>>682204282
holy fucking shit i forgot about that one
you're right, it's fantastic
>>682202480
...and
Wish Card would finish this fucking series
pretty much anything by charlie huston
but start with this
>>682204851
FUCK, YES! Thank goodness he's a prolific motherfucker--or at least he used to be.
>>682200911
It's edgier that you understood it
>>682204628
The whole Kovacs series is great. But that first one Man. Its just perfect. If you haven't read any of Richard K. Morgans other works give them a looksee. I highly recommend 13/BlackMan.
>>682205074
yeah. kinda slowed down a bit. writing scripts now, maybe?
>>682205389
will do, based anon.
>>682204367
Was looking for this thanks anon
best post apocalyptic i've read in awhile
>>682197366
Not a big reader but this one was really good
>>682204367
does big brother there look like ian mcshane's al swearengen from deadwood or am i tripping
>>682199910
I fucking love that book
>>682206219
This book is trash.
Fucking yams. Yams. And more yams.
>>682206219
yoikes haven't read this in 20 years. damn, anon. going old school.
![img[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Se2VfNg.jpg "img[1].jpg")
Finished dune series recently, good but doesn't compare
Any of John Sandford Prey series.
>>682206219
I didn't think anyone else would have ever known about this book.
Neat.
>>682204660
It was the best book I ever read.
>>682204251
>>682203798
>can't actually rationalize why mein kampf might be a good read
hurrrr
>>682206533
how about this one, learned anon?
For anyone out there interested in altered reality this is a cool read.
>>682206820
>the part where he breaks his thumb
lol
Antony and Cleopatra
>>682198157
ohhh man shit! yeah motherfucking enders game! read that when i was in elementary school fucking AWESOME book. what a twist at the end.
a few years ago when i was 23 i went out n saw that movie they made of the book in theatre..........it left out SO MUCH of the details/plot/characters from the book. really dissapointed. but at least to see the special effects and how the movie portrayed the training room and stuff was badass.
Not even kidding
>>682198445
Long Goodbye is only one I've read but I really need to read the fucking rest.
the movie was surprisingly faithful to this. well. maybe not surprising.
the cohen brothers.
but it's an awesome read.
![9781593082789_p0_v3_s1200x630[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Umi5mqH.jpg "9781593082789_p0_v3_s1200x630[1].jpg")
I just loved imagining the world Zarathustra lives in.
Metro 2033 was also a wonderful book, I was fully immersed at some points.
Artjom's state of mind before the nazi execution was really fucked.
The Cemetery in Prague was also something a history nerd like me loves.
The Forever War
Incredible book, will always love.
Also House of the Scorpion, god tier book, have read a thousand times, will continue to read.
>>682195314
The first four Dune books are utterly amazing and form an awe-inspiring story-arc. The next couple before Hebert died...eeeeeh...and the sequels and prequels from his son and that Scientologist dude are fucking garbage.
>>682206820
This thread...
I learn something about everything through the internet every day.
>>682207292
>>682207292
You're thinking of Half Baked
>>682207036
I read this in highschool. 3/10
I think there's a sequel to it I never got to read.
>>682206714
couldn't even make it past the first chapter i was so fucking bored.
>>682207455
you really do, anon. there's only a handful of them.
and the first four in particular are the best noir ever written, full stop.
>>682207202
God, the mini-series sucked all the fun, wit, and charm out of this. It's like they tried to make a grown-up Harry Potter instead of adapt the fucking novel.
>>682195314
the forever war - Joe Haldeman
ive read many sci-fi books before and since. but nothing really compares.
the fact it goes into so much detail about the more social effects of time dilation really makes you question how much you matter as an individual in the grand scheme of things
>>682202480
I've heard that it's good but haven't heard of content, what's it about?
>>682204760
the series, as far as im concerned ended after enders game. the rest is just milking a dead cow.
>>682206219
Book was interesting but meh. I had to read it for a college class.
>>682207648
never stop learning, grasshopper
It's not the best I've ever read but it's extremely underrated, especially since it's Asimov.
>>682195314
One of my all-time favourites.
Strangely never got in to the rest of the series. The movie needs to be redone. Hollywood reboots all sorts of nonsense, but now we have the tech to make a really good Dune (follow the fucking book, don't try & be clever) the project never gets off the ground.
Was a reasonable min-series a few years back.
>>682206483
I have that edition. Good book.
List of a couple:
Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Long Earth series by Pratchett and Baxter
Icewind Dale Trilogy
Steel Beach by John Varley
>>682195314
Can't be bothered to find a pic, but
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
>>682207630
>>682207917
Such a beautiful book!
>>682207630
>House of the Scorpion, god tier book, have read a thousand times, will continue to read.
Damn. I thought I was the only one in the world who read this. Good taste anon
>>682207384
Just about anything by him is fantastic
>>682207202
Tried to read that book, halfway through I was still not interested
>>682206759
>rationalize
Oh, there's certainly some rationalization going on.
>>682207384
Why would you be kidding? It was a good book.
>>682206816
yes
>>682206820
t. /lit/ ?
>>682207036
I read this over a weekend a number of years back. I was incredibly easy to consume. Good pacing and very decent story. The ending seemed to be missing a bit of flesh but easily worth the read.
>wouldreadagain/10
A Song of Ice and Fire.
Yes, it's a series, but isn't it arbitrary to consider series' as different books, but not chapters?
>>682208323
I hear there was a sequel recently released, will read soon.
Dune (fuck the prequels)
Starship Troopers (fuck the movie)
Mote in God's Eye
Snow Crash
A Bridge of Birds
World War Z (fuck that movie too)
A Brief History of Almost Everything (Bryson is hilarious, greatest coffee table book ever written)
Passage at Arms (Cook writes amazing gritty fantasy, but this is one of the greatest military SF novels ever written)
Adiamante
>>682208458
It gets a lot of hate too. Some people criticize it for being too simple or incoherent when thematically it's anything but, and aesthetic simplicity is the point. In fact a lot of criticism against Vonnegut can be excused with "that's the point".
>>682204760
Wish he'd never started thinking of it as a Series. Speaker wasn't total shit, but after that... total fucking cash cow with no regard for consistency, clarity, message...
And how is it that no one here's posted Old Man's War?
he's gotten repetitive the past few books but the first ten or so robicheaux novels? some of the best genre fiction i've ever read.
>>682208987
I like House Harkonnen though
>>682207202
The footnotes started as clever, got awful.
>>682208069
>>682208109
>Long Earth Series
I guess I'll genuinely contribute to the thread now, then...
I've read a lot of good books in my short time. According to this thread, most of them most certainly haven't been forgotten, so I'll just say it: will everyone hate me if I tell them that I read this book over 170 times in the same year that I first read it, because I felt like I missed something after each read (also because it's -that- book, and it's already probably been beaten to death and back by pop-culture references)?
I also maybe know the entire book by heart since then. Even the book inside the book.
Divergent series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotrek_and_Felix
/thread
>>682209291
underraged b&
>all the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies
>>682209559
mistah kurtz, he dead
>>682209287
Another book (series) that isn't so dated, but which I also thought was a really good read.
This entire fucking series and everything made by this author.
muh childhood
>>682209586
You can't '/thread' your own toast nigga. Also learn to greentext.
That book is shiet btw tbh fam
>>682208075
This is one of the most imaginative and unique takes on alien life.
>>682210229
How is it shit?
>>682210068
Agreed - the Stormlight books are also really good so far.
>>682195314
read more books faggot, dune is weak shit science fantasy, more for dorklings than anything
I'm about a quarter through the second one. The only downside was sometimes I'd end up googling so many words I'd never seen I lost my place.
>>682210853
hmm. googling it now...
>>682209897
Another one- short story turned series, fairly decent, kept me reading all the way through.
As a book, goes by "Silo", but the short stories go by "Wool", "Shift" and "Dust".
Loved this series
>>682211120
I couldn't get past the beginning. It felt a lot like showpiecer but in a silo..
>>682211120
hey i've heard of this. okay anon. i'll scope it out.
>>682211417
Yeah, it does have it's pacing.
>>682211120
I just remembered this, too.
Short-ish... but nice. One of the first books I read as a kid that absolutely left me speechless at the end. This and "Gathering Blue".
>>682211829
forgot image kek
>>682210853
Have you read all of the previous books in the Solar Cycle (Shadow/Claw/Sword/Citadel)? What did you think of them?
>>682212114
>tfw a children's novel is a better-written and more original dystopian story than any of today's YA shit
>>682212130
I've only finished the one I've posted. I think I have the claw and another one. They good?
>>682212393
Just like a home-cooked meal by someone who cares about the craft of cooking is much better than a McDonald's cheeseburger, which is a commercial product designed to maximize profit.
>>682212488
I actually just started reading Shadow. I've read Vance's Dying Earth stuff and I also liked Black Company - it seems to be a really good addition to that genre so far.
>>682212114
Was required reading in my school. Fuck I still think about that book all these years later.
Fuck I should read it again.
>>682195314
It remains fairly fresh in my memory years after I've read it.
>>682212934
Same. I lost it tho. I wish i still had it
Too popular for edgelord /btards and the quality is a bit variable, but loved this series as it came out. Wind through the Keyhole is also very good.
>>682198157
in my kid's soccer class is a kid named ender.
>>682209287
hate you? no, but your behavior is indicative of some kind of anxiety or obsessive disorder
Not even joking, love all of his other stuff too best author I've ever read
>>682213352
Did you read salems lot?
>>682212900
Adding them to my list. Thanks for the suggestions anon. Also this book is hands down one of the best. Read it in a few hours and never regret it.
i know this post seems like bait because of the premise of Hitler however i can assure you this book is one of the funniest black-comedy books I've read in a long time. it is masterful and thought provoking as well as being utterly hilarious.
>premise is Hitler wakes up in modern day Germany(2014)
>>682204367
I' torn between 1984 and this. Both of them have so much of our present reflected in them it's scary.
I only read Star Wars books though
Awesome series.
Icewind dale series
Magician series
Dune series
Eddings Awesome books
>>682199910
I love you.
>>682213893
Tried to watch it on netflix
couldn't over how fake Hitler looked, should have got the Downfall guy to do it.
Simply amazing and unique book.
>>682197357
Just read it for class, very much enjoyed it despite its age and the criticism on his writing skill.
>>682206483
This. I cried while reading this in class in the 10th grade. Shit sucked. Great book though.
>>682198976
>Rendezvous with Rama
>Hitchhikers
>Foundation
>>682200314
>>682202670
>>682204367
>>682204760
>>682208987
>Starship Troopers
>Mote in God's Eye
My melanically enriched brethren!
all of them
litfags of b, please help. the greatest book I ever read was about these spheres that formed when energy was applied. they basically turned into a silvery ball and were foever stable with no energy able to enter or leave the sphere. no one was really clear on what happened inside, but to the outside world whatever it was just stopped- so enemy soldier coming at you with a gun? sphere him. jet plane with bombs? more energy, sphere it. whole army? bigger sphere.
that's the first half.
I still to this fucking day remember the damy cover- it's a giant fucking tree growing out of a space plane.
I've asked on lit, I've looked at bookstores and libraries for years. I've read every book I can torrent with time in the title (no idea if that' relevant).
The book was FUCKING AMAZING and I'm just looking for it again. picture unrelated.
>>682213701
Underrated post
>>682214315
dead eye dick is better
cats cradle is better than that
timequake is better than them all
sirens of titan is meh
>>682214738
I bet you haven't read something happened
>>682214420
only book ive ever read where i felt like the characters were real people that i knew...the subtleties of their personalities and such seem too real to just be written
>>682195314
Can you tell me why you liked dune so much? I really struggled to get into it.
>>682213545
>anxiety or obsessive disorder
Well, I'm glad to tell you that I don't have either of those in terms of a disorder. Being a young teen when I was, it wasn't often that you'd find a book on the library shelf that had several different plots/stories going on at the same time, some even told in a non-linear fashion. Even then, none told so well.
You'd probably find Twilight instead. Nineteen Eight-Four, or Twilight?
>>682214734
I will have to check timequake then, shit. Mother night was a little weird though.
>>682208075
The second part of this book was so damn good. My imagination went wild.
>Reading
>Being this much of a faggot
>>682214840
You'd be right. I didn't want to be disappointed.
I think it's been long enough, maybe I can give it a go.
>>682195314
My favorite too but to really understand and appreciate it you have to read at least the next few books in the series and grasp the full intention of what he is trying to say.
>>682214302
>i thought he was portrayed accurately enough
at times it was slightly noticeable but did not deter
me from watching.
>>682213701
No problem. Agree that Stars My Destination is a jaunting good read.
![denise-richards-starship-troopers[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/W6Ycf6e.jpg "denise-richards-starship-troopers[1].jpg")
>>682208987
>Starship Troopers (fuck the movie)
the movie gets by on its own merits
Stephen King is lit af
>>682215248
>not reading
>being an uneducated heathan
>>682214738
Most overrated book of the century.
>whiney cowardly cunt discovers big organisations are awkward
>>682215248
>not reading
>>>/pol/
>>682195314
Oh man...this is my kind of thread.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
A Scanner Darkly
We can build You
Valis
By Phillip K Dick
I, Robot
The Foundation Trilogy
By Isaac Asimov
Jurassic Park
Prey
Sphere
Congo
By Micheal Crichton
A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Color out of Space
The Shadow over Innsmouth
Cool Air
Herbert West: The Reainmator
(Many more don't feel like listing them)
All by HP Lovecraft
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
I can't pick one.
>>682214302
read the book instead as to avoid that problem and get a more immersive and funnier version of the same story without having to worry about actor choice.
>problem solved
>>682215553
No, that would be catcher in the rye
>>682215553
>whiney cowardly cunt discovers big organisations are awkward
The fuck?
>>682215636
>Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Castle is an amazing novel as well
>>682215411
>the movie gets by on its own merits
Softcore space porn for dumbasses.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King is the best series I have ever read
>>682215898
The movie is just that, a movie. It entertains and is exciting.
>>682215898
>look at me i read books so i can't enjoy fun movies
kill yourself. i've read far more shit and harder shit than you and i love starship troopers
>>682215258
the sequal to catch-22 is disappointing. title escapes me.
something happened, well you won't be disappointed but you will have regrets. personally I'd read catch-22 again (which I do from time to time when I remember having read something happened)
Predilection for young sri lanken boys, but loved his vaguely realistic visions of the 'future'.
>>682215627
>>682215636
>I, Robot
>The Foundation Trilogy
>A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
YES!
>>682215075
I read (re-read technically) them all, in order about two years ago. shit runs pretty hot and cold, especially his short stories, but those three are the top three. bluebeard isn't bad either.
>>682215636
>read VALIS
>my face melts off, goes into another dimension, turns into somebody elses face, experiences an eternity, fissions back into being my face through a black hole, and reattaches to my body
>>682215636
>H.P. Lovecraft
Nice. Just so good at creeping you out.
>>682207978
Marijuana
>>682215898
The book was very different than the movie, Heinlien being a crazy right-wing mofo during the cold war era, but the 1st movie did stand on it's own merits, a real classic.
>>682215824
I haven't gotten into a lot of his works. In the PenalColony was very good. After I read one of his stories which was basically the business man and his father. The father is terminally Ill. The Father makes wild accusations about something dumb involving a friend the business man has. The dude ends up running out of the building and jumping off a bridge.
>>682213352
great series, read em as they were published myself.
always been on the fence about wanting to see it adapted to the big screen.
also loved the talisman.
>>682206483
this book made me forgive my piece of shit absent father. Kathy was the best character
damn thinking about this shit
>>682215636
Phillip K Dick's short story anthologies are well worth a look.
>>682216463
Yea, its either good, or meh/wtf
Ive only read his more popular stuff, so i will read them all.
>>682202480
The very worst postmodern tripe ever to be published and inexplicably become famous. Well, I guess it's not inexplicable given the state of literature these days. Do yourself a favour and read an author who doesn't just write down the first thing that comes to his sciolistic mind. It also helps if said author has submitted to an editor that actually cuts out the unnecessary detritus that inevitably accumulates in a novel. The editors of Infinite Jest missed about 890 pages that should have been trimmed.
>>682213893
I got this at Christmas but haven't read it yet. English version? Is it political?
ridiculously good
![smoke_signals_1998[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ICawVVk.jpg "smoke_signals_1998[1].jpg")
>>682216830
im going to drop some real shit on you...watch this movie
its not really a comedy at all, that cover is thrown together to intentional miss-sell the movie because its pretty much a character drama that starts out kind of comedic
the ending made me think mad thoughts though, youll understand after you watch it, i know it looks corny
>>682216346
1950's misogyny here we come
>>682216968
>sciolistic
Nice, I learned a new word today!
read this if you want to experience hallucinogen drugs without taking them.
>very interesting and short book from Huxley
>>682216613
I can't lie. I am reading it right now. Color me confused and intrigued. It's about a science fiction writer being influenced by God. He decides to tell his story after the fact. Keeps switching between third and first person while he is writing it.
I am loving it.
>>682216843
List a few and I will give them a gander.
>>682207531
Glad to see Cormac is getting some love here, I've only read 3 of his novels.
I love his style
>>682195314
good one
>>682208987
>Mote in God's Eye
this
>>682217032
not very political and yes it was translated to english
the focus for the majority of this book is on comedy but there is a political aspect which comes into play later on.
>that's about all i can say without spoiling it but if you aren't into political works then don't worry, this isn't one. if you want to laugh and aren't offended easily while also wanting to read something with meaning, read this
>>682206824
Read that when I was 12, the dvd was the first movie I bought. Somehow I turned out sane. Guess censorship is BS.
Anything Thomas harris
>>682214531
I think that would be Sphere by Micheal Crichton
just finished Gods Demon, pretty good.
>>682213549
I've read Lolita and nothing else by him, but I loved Lolita to death. What should I read next?
>>682195314
The best -story- I've ever read is King's Black Tower series.
The best single book is King's "Eyes of the Dragon"
Neither are his usual horror fare, which makes them quite a bit better in my opinion.
>>682218001
how to survive in prison
by don cheadle
>>682213549
What is lolita about?
>>682217846
It is not.
Sphere by Micheal Crichton is about an artifact being discovered in an underwater space ship from the future.
>>682195314
The 3rd witcher book: Baptism of fire. Can't wait for the 4th book to be translated.
>>682218215
Anything by neil gaimen is pretty damn good.
>>682207639
I really enjoyed the butlarian jihad series. It was very different but I found it very immersive.
>>682218291
Sorry my bad.
>>682218188
a story of pedophilia between an old ass nigger and a young ass bitch
>>682198976
Rama was AWESOME.
>>682217183
eeyy Victor!
>>682197096
is that good? I love stories that are fantasy related, like old school runescape and dnd feel.
>>682218215
I love Neil Gaimen but he has the shittiest ending I have ever read. Everything (outside of the Sandman) is just so anti-climactic.
>>682213549
I agree, Nabokov's prose is so beautiful and despite how you may feel towards Lolita, it's an incredible book.
What other books have you read by him, anon? I just got Ada a few days ago and I'm eager to read it
>>682195314
But dune runs in my top 5
>>682218408
Why..... and why?
>>682199067
I must second this, with a very close second being Snow Crash. Or maybe the other way around. Man, choosing between those two is hard.
>>682210202
Loved those books!
>>682218188
>guy marries woman
>woman has 12ish yo daughter
>guy kills woman
>runs off with daughter
>loli sexy fun time
>daughter runs off with another hebephile
>guy meets daughter years later
>daughter is married w/ kids
>holds nothing against guy
>>682204367
I like that cover, never seen it before
