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[alizazila]

I'm compiling a list of books to read this summer.

In your opinion, what is the one book I must read (and an alternate, in case I've read that already)?

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[andthemoon_]

extremely loud and incredibly close AND everything is illuminated - jonathan safran foer

lolita - vladmir nabokov

an imaginary life - david malouf

and you've probably read cat's cradle, right? anyway, the last two books i read for my english class and they are both beautifully written. lolita, if you haven't read it, is about a very intelligent pedophile, and an imaginary life is a fictional account of the life of the roman poet ovid after his mysterious exile from the empire.

sweet! i can also probably loan all or some of these books to you.

[ratskcor]

the sirens of titan by kurt vonnegut.

backup: the complete and unabridged autobiography of richard j. aufrichtig.

[alizazila]

I read Sirens of Titan last summer from your recommendation....and you have an autobiography?

[bombshell_aura]

honeymoon with my brother by franz wisner.
it's really light and definitely a beach read.

and for backup: prep by.... ummm i can't remember the author.

they're both fun.

[g_to_the_izzle]

atonement (this is a must-read)
buddenbrooks (you know how i feel)
disgrace (kind of weird and disturbing but a great page-turner)
middlesex (needed to add a book that isn't on a philip fisher syllabus)

[g_to_the_izzle]

oh also catch-22 just bc everyone should have to read that book. and its also funny.

[trillianbird]

Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins. Seriously, it holds the key to life. I don't know if that's true, but I felt like it held the key to life right after I finished it. And aside from that it's really funny and entertaining, and features a Can o' Beans as one of the main characters. What more could you ask?

Backup: The Giver. Oh, wait...

[alizazila]

hahahahaha. giver book heaven.