I think it’s better if you read what you like instead of what “everyone should read”. So what genres are you interested in reading? What movies do you like? We need to know more about your interests to suggest something you might enjoy.
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That’s not a lot to go on, but some books I think most people will be able to take something away from:
* The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
* I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman
* Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
* Parabel of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
* Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-joo
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Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan.
Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach tetralogy
Carlos Castaneda’s work.
Dorothy Bryant’s The Kin of Ata Are Waiting For You
Lafcadio Hearn’s Kokoro: Hints of Japanese Inner Life
Richard Bach’s Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
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I think it’s better if you read what you like instead of what “everyone should read”. So what genres are you interested in reading? What movies do you like? We need to know more about your interests to suggest something you might enjoy.
That’s not a lot to go on, but some books I think most people will be able to take something away from:
* The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
* I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman
* Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
* Parabel of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
* Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-joo
Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan.
Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach tetralogy
Carlos Castaneda’s work.
Dorothy Bryant’s The Kin of Ata Are Waiting For You
Lafcadio Hearn’s Kokoro: Hints of Japanese Inner Life
Richard Bach’s Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet