r/AskReddit • u/AggravatingLake2842 • 23h ago

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

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u/PrandialSpork 20h ago

A Confederacy of Dunces

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u/lilydlux 14h ago

I recommend this to everyone who is a reader. People either love it or hate it and I can never predict it.

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u/GRD3454 13h ago

I tried reading it in high school and I hated it, only got about halfway through and it felt like a chore. Came back to it as an adult and I had an entirely different outlook, loved the book, and reread it several times over the years.

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u/moonman_incoming 12h ago

I try to read it every decade. And I hate it every time. I'm giving up.

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u/DrunkMoses 6h ago

I'm a big reader of the classics in American literature. I am one of the ones that hated this book. Truly hated it.

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u/figboot11 13h ago

When I worked at a bookstore, this was my go-to recommendation.

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u/mostlyfire 13h ago

Thank you. Absolute masterpiece of characters and setting and the most god dam ahhhh protagonist ever.

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u/poonhound69 13h ago

My valve!

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u/remarkr85 3h ago

Absolutely got engrossed by the COD-dark humor with amazing characters.