I'm a big nerd and I've read a lot of books of all different kinds, and I'm an English teacher.

Tell me what you like or what you're looking for and I'll recommend something I think is good

Also, fun history fact, this comm used to be called c/books until I started posting poetry on main every day in protest of there not being a literature comm. Direct action gets the goods comrades

  • SootySootySoot [any]8•9 months ago

    I've been a big fan of Steinbeck since reading Of Mice and Men in school, I chomped up Grapes of Wrath and it was rad, hugest book I've ever read but gripping. Any recommendations along the same writing/meta themes? I'm not really fussed about the Great Depression, but that gripping exploration of characters and their interaction with societal expectations really does it for me. Alternatively I'll take some post-apocalypse suggestions.

    • ReadFanon [any, any]5•9 months ago

      Cormac McCarthy is a really good go-to for post apocalyptic novels.

      Turns out he just recently passed away. RIP to a hell of an author.

    • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]3•9 months ago

      Tough one, but very interesting. Let's see

      The Instructions by Adam Levin

      The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

      Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

      Passing by Nella Larsen

      The Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos