Hi /lit It's my first time posting here but you guys seem like you know good literature therefore might be able to help me. A good Friend of mine is turning 18 and i wanted to gift her a book. I also have a huge crush on me, which she seems to share, so it needs to be something thoughtful that leaves a lasting impression. She likes Poetry (mostly mainstream stuff like Rupi Kaur) as well as contemporary young adult novels (John Green etc). This probably seems really basic, but she is a smart girl that could probably use some more serious literature.
I thought about a lot of books, but none of them seemed really right. These are the one I was able to come up with so far:
"The General in his Labyrinth" by Gabriel Gracia Marquez, because she liked "Looking for Alaska" and it might provide some interesting background.
"Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer, because she likes the whole running away idea and I enjoyed reading it.
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter s. Thompson, because she enjoys drug-fueld roadtrips
"Life: a user's Manual" by Georges Perec because a friend recommended it.
None of those really feels right, anyone got some suggestions/honest reviews of the books I named?
Help would be greatly appreciated
Jordan Price
If she "likes" poetry. Give her Finnegans Wake. If she says its garbage or unreadable then she's a fraud about poetry.
Easton Martin
They are all entry level shit and she sound like a basic bitch. You will be fine
Sebastian Lee
Yuck, she's not worth the effort
Oliver Perez
>I also have a huge crush on me You don't say
Isaac Bell
This. >she enjoys drug-fueled roadtrips Drop that slut now.
Brayden Myers
Oh come on you guys... Why not help OP getting laid?
Ayden Anderson
She should read the Bible tbqh
Sebastian Bennett
Serious answer, give her Naked Lunch.
Thomas Brooks
trying to give you a serious reply. being a girl and being this basic she might like some classic like pride and prejudice which is of course better than the garbage she’s into. she might like battle royale if she’s into ya stuff. catullus has pretty short and readable poetry, remember how cicero though of him and the like as the rupi kaur of their time.
Jace Howard
my diary, desu
Josiah Sanders
the wild boys by burroughs confessions of a mask by mishima death in venice by mann the immoralist by gide
these are my favourites ;)
Daniel Myers
Slaughterhouse-Five The Great Gatsby Billy Collins maybe since he's as digestible as Kaur w/o being garbage
Jace Flores
Anne Karenina
Asher Perez
Since you like tha simpsons bart simpson guide to life :^) you're welcome
Eli Gutierrez
> "Serious literature" > lists a bunch of trash
Sebastian Carter
Bitches love Murikami
Luke Reyes
Both you and the girl you are talking about are basic cunts Good suggestion
Christopher Brown
god you and her are both huge plebs. Life a user's manual is the closest you're getting to 'serious' literature and that's by accident.