(Part 2) Best british & irish literature according to redditors
We found 155 Reddit comments discussing the best british & irish literature. We ranked the 78 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
I took a gay lit class in undergrad, and our reading list was pretty fantastic.
Some of the books I remember are:
Stone Butch Blues- semiautobiographical novel about a butch lesbian- read this one with kleenex around
Tipping the Velvet- lesbian fiction set in Victorian England
At Swim Two Boys- gay fiction set in Ireland
Angels in America- Tony/Pulitzer winning play that was made into a HBO series
Zami- Lesbian "biomythography"
Latin Moon in Manhattan- queer diaspora in NYC
Faggots- I had a hard time getting through this one, but my prof really recommended it
I put the books in the order I would recommend them by- SBB was definitely my favorite out of the class, although it was deeply disturbing and difficult to get through at times. Hope this helps!
No worries! Just thought of another one this morning - The Suicide Shop - a dark satirical fiction title by Jean Teule (trans. Sue Dyson). There's an animated movie made of it as well which someone posted here about two years ago. (That's how I first learned of the book.)
There are three recent good translations from Mexican authors and the books are great, considering you liked Aira, Cortázar and Bolaño.
The story of my teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
Signs preceding the end of the world (yuri herrera)
and I'll sell you a dog
enjoy!
Could you please recommend three of the type from India?
You know what strikes me as a commonality in your list here? Narcissistic protagonists. With very few exceptions these are all novels of profound selfishness. The quintessential narcissist is Holden Caufield, but recommending The Catcher in the Rye feels too easy. Instead I'll give you Lux the Poet, by Martin Millar. It's got Angels, Punk Rock, the Brixton Riots and a good dashing of cocaine.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes.
http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Dictionary-Dover-Thrift-Editions-ebook/dp/B00A735NY8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418924769&sr=1-1&keywords=devils+dictionary
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Someone who I don't even know (my mom knows them) recently gave me 1000 dollars towards a wheelchair!
Ebook :)
Some suggestions for good stand alones:
The Sand Reckoner
The Physician
The Alienist
The Pillars of the Earth
proof
looks like it isn't that great
How about a post about a modern retelling of TKAM?
From Amazon
Tangentially related: Unseen Academicals
I stumbled on Academy X and it looks baller. I'd also be down to read Point Omega by the incredible Don Delillo or Wool. I'm in the middle of Wool, and it's just a really excellently written and pretty straightforward dystopian novel.
I’ll give you three, just in case you’ve read the one I was gonna give you.
Good luck.
https://www.amazon.com/Comparing-Religions-Jeffrey-J-Kripal/dp/1405184582
https://www.amazon.com/Western-Esotericism-Guide-Perplexed-Guides/dp/1441136460
https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Goddess-Complete-Birrell-Hughes/dp/B002C3UTM2
You should read The Uncommon Reader, it's super short and really all about reading and loving books. 126 pages. You can read it in one sitting on a lazy weekend afternoon.
Jasper FForde's The Big Over Easy is pretty light, but funny. I'd also reccomend The Automatic Detective. Neither of these are particularly deep, but they're fun stories, imho.
Not all within the last five years but,
Await Your Reply. Best if you don't read anything about it before you start.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
A Suitable Boy
The Ghost Writer
There is a book somewhat that effect, "Scepticism, Inc," about a man who has people bet that their faith is the One True Faith and gets insanely rich in the process. It was a good read in High School, not sure if it holds up with age, though.
http://www.amazon.com/Scepticism-Inc-Bo-Fowler/dp/B000HWYT6C/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292219191&sr=1-1
Diana Evans - "26a"