billy
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Great Short Books
Does what it says on the tin, get it done in a day
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Mental German dude finding inner peace via a fantasy India. Cannot recommend enough.
The Fall - Albert Camus
Very good, but if you haven't read the stranger read that first.
Fear and Trembling - Soren Kierkegaard
Beautiful, unique, mostly went over my head. Read the first few chapters about Abraham and Isaac. No where else have I encountered someone thinking so deeply about a short piece of text and drawing so much out of it.
The Stranger - Albert Camus
A really niche, obscure one, from a nearly forgotten author. Well worth the read, probably shouldn't take its view on life to heart. Despite the associations its actually super fun.
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Twisted Sci-fi tragicomedy.
A Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemmingway
"ahhhh where have they gone" Great book, bit longer than the others. Maybe a long weekend, not long afternoon.
The Gospel of Matthew - Eponoymous
"How's the water?" said the old fish to the young fish. "What's water"
Great Long Books
Commitment
War & Peace - Leo Tolstoy
You gotta commit, but it's worth it. Get through the first ~100 pages, where he's setting it all in motion, and you'll be rewarded with the greatest read of all time. It didn't get its reputation for nothing.
Wolf Hall, Bring up The Bodies & The Mirror and the Light - Hillary Mantel
Do not start these if you have anything important that needs your attention in the next month or so.
A Place of Greater Safety - Hillary Mantel
Her debut, probably not as good technically as the wolf hall trilogy, but I enjoyed it even more. Maybe more appealing because the characters are younger, living more intensely than Cromwell? Have re-read multiple times. Genuinely detracted from my studies, could not pull myself away from it.