The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I didn’t read it and found out years later that I made an excellent decision.

I love Gary Larson. I had forgotten all about The Far Side

A woman loaned me a book essentially about the “evils” of electricity and how it’s giving us all cancer. I never talked to her again. Also any woman(or man, honestly) giving 5 stars to any Bukowski, but Pulp is getting swiped left.

Yes, there was a large portion on the guillotine and the French Revolution.

Man, I forget the full title and author. It’s called Lord High Executioner… About headsman and executioners throughout history.

Both good picks. I’ll never read Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk ever again. Particularly the short story “Guts.” I highly recommend the book overall. But “Guts” is a good way to throw up.

Alphabetical by author is what my autistic brain prefers, but as an editor I have a separate shelf for my vast collection reference materials.

Don’t spend too much time trying to understand it. Just let it come. One of the most fucked-up things I’ve ever read and one of my favorite books. The visual components are beautiful too.

Although I remember almost nothing of that book, I remember liking it.

Stephen King and Brandon Sanderson both deal with a multiverse. I love seeing the same characters show up in other books.

1Q84 was a good read. Timbuktu by Paul Auster is the one I constantly think about.

Your post reminds me of the book Fiend. It’s about two meth heads who experience the zombie apocalypse. Great depiction of drug addiction. And they’re also realistically incapable of dealing with their situation.

Farenheit 451 was one I remember enjoying in school. Flowers for Algernon is one of the saddest books I’ve ever read. And I’ve read some fucked up books.

Into the Wild was assigned reading my senior year. It was far beyond my reading level and comprehension. I needed to be challenged in highschool.

I think I did 2-4 of GoT one after the other and a couple of Dark Tower novels, but I like to take my time. I also like to finish up series around the same time as others. Like I just finished Hannibal, I’m finishing Children of Memory and then I’ll read the last HG2G.

Flowers for Algernon is one of the saddest books I’ve ever read. Remembering Charlie’s decline at the ending is making me almost cry. My 10th grade honors lit teacher gave an unforgettable lecture on Lord of the Flies. The amount of symbolism William Golding can jam into ~200 pages. Many people have theories about the book, and I think Golding intended for all of them to be correct. Fun fact: If you translate Lord of the Flies in Hebrew the word is Beelzebub.

There’s a couple that stand out to me. I read the first two HG2G shortly after the movies came out and they weren’t anything special to me. I restarted the series this year and realized it all went over my head. Laugh out loud funny and a 100% original style. Less Than Zero by BEE is another one. I read it when I was probably about 12 knowing nothing about drugs, LA, Etc. I reread it this year and by god, it seemed so much more fucked-up when the gravity really hits. It never did the first time.

I struggle with this feeling. Sometimes 3 or 4 fantasy or sci-fi in a row, I feel like I have to break it up with Steinbeck or Didion. I love good prose, but I also have an affinity for magic and spaceships.i have friends who are English majors who read nothing, but mediocre fantasy writing.