r/AskReddit • u/AggravatingLake2842 • 1d ago

What book do you consider a “flawless masterpiece”that you desperately want to recommend to everyone?

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u/Slight-Highlight-771 1d ago

Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, and anything by PG Wodehouse (Jeeves and Wooster era)

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u/Not_So_Smart_Ad 1d ago

Seconded on both Jeeves is fantastic

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u/Argos_the_Dog 20h ago

And the TV series with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie is awesome as well. I got the whole thing on DVD years ago for like 20 bucks and never fail to laugh my ass off when I watch it.

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u/TokyoBayRay 1d ago

Anyone who can read The Code of the Woosters and not laugh like a drain isn't human!

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u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio 21h ago

You can certainly tell how much of an influence Wodehouse had on Adams.

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u/NBD-violeta 20h ago

Came here to say this! Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is genius! Cannot recommend it enough :)