Going through some tough shit atm so
>name some decent books that, you know, are _not_ depressing as fuck for a change.
Going through some tough shit atm so
>name some decent books that, you know, are _not_ depressing as fuck for a change.
The Bible
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Anything by Houellebecq, especially "Whatever" or "Elementary Particles".
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Just read some good, slice of life children's literature about some kid and her adventure.
Most children lit is actually depressing as fuck though
Something from Rachel Carson's "sea trilogy": Under the Sea Wind, The Sea Around Us, or The Edge of the Sea
Hope things get better soon, user
Blood Meridian
totally not depressing, I swear
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi wa-Thiongo. He's my African com-lit professor this quarter and the book is powerful and uplifting allegory.
The Henriad
Faust
Journey to the West
You're a meme-loving fuck so I know you haven't read either of those yet.
Plato’s Gorgias
Siddhartha
he said he wants to read something decent
Read A Confederacy of Dunces for a good laugh.
>the Bible
>not depressing as fuck
The OT is about the Jews constantly fucking up and incurring divine wrath. The NT is about a man literally too pure for this world getting murdered.
Guy looks like a fucking weirdo on the right and that's probably him at his best
The Long Ships (viking adventuring)
All Walter Moers books (fantasy books in a unique setting)
Most 60s, 70s SF is very utopian and positive (A E Van Vogt etc.)
The Peregrine
Even Kenzaburo's A Personal Matter is weirdly uplifting in the end
A Voyage To Arcturus
The Once And Future King (in parts dark)
Memoirs of Hadrian
All Dresden Files books
All Quatermain books
The Disaster Artist
Russell's Wasp
All Raffles The Gentleman Thief books
Lord of Light
Tender Bar
All Flashman Papers books
Princess Bride
etc. pp
>The Wind in the Willows
>the two Alice books
>Winnie-the-Pooh except for that damn last chapter
>uhh... lewis and tolkien
those are the top kids books i know
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