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    23 KB Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)10:52 No.964642  
    Best books released in the last ten years, /lit/.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)10:58 No.964658
    How about no?
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)10:59 No.964662
    >>964658
    Holy shit, I just might end up reading this.
    >> Illiterate 07/25/10(Sun)11:53 No.964824
    "My Cold War" by Tom Piazza / "Roscoe" by William Kennedy / "Never Let Me Go" by Ishiguro
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)11:56 No.964843
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    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)11:56 No.964845
    New Moon

    >thread
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)11:57 No.964851
    >>964845
    Ya, this is a thread
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)11:58 No.964858
    There is absolutely no contest whatsoever in the last decade. 2666.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)11:59 No.964867
    >>964858
    I dunno, there are probably lots you haven't read..
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:13 No.964918
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    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:14 No.964925
    >>964918
    >I smell a troll.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:15 No.964928
    >>964918
    >I smell a Tao
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:38 No.964993
    John dies at the end from the ones I read.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:38 No.964995
    >>964918
    oh, hi Tao!
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:42 No.965002
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    This is the only correct answer
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:49 No.965015
    >Implying any good books has been released in the 21th century
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)12:51 No.965025
    >>965015
    >I maked a grammer mistake
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:04 No.965045
    >>965025
    >>965015
    Needs a cat picture.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:08 No.965054
    >>964642
    What's this about? I remember reading something about it and being real interested.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:11 No.965058
    books are published like magazines nowadays. the majority are throwaway bullshit.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:17 No.965068
    Kavalier and Clay. :)
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:19 No.965075
    >>965058
    >implying this hasn't been the case since Gutenberg
    >> Br0(Since the MPP leak) !!6MVXskhR3UN 07/25/10(Sun)13:23 No.965081
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    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:25 No.965085
    Honestly, the best book I've read from the last 10 years is probably The Road.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:35 No.965101
    /lit/ is too young to be reading current releases. They're still in the nigh school phase where you make your way through the classics. You have to be well read and a bit more mature to pick up a new hardcover.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:36 No.965104
    >>965101

    Or you have to be a pop-culture influenced ignoramus.

    Enjoy your modern shit.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:37 No.965105
    Atonement
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:38 No.965108
    >>965104

    oh son, you're such a rebel!
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:39 No.965109
    >>965101

    You don't speak for me. And I left high school a while ago.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:43 No.965113
    I've been out of high school for 6 years and I still only read classics with rare exceptions.

    Honestly how do I convince myself to read something brand new when there are still Hemingway, Tolstoy, Faulkner, Thoreau, etc.. to be read
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:46 No.965120
    >>965113
    mmmm this is how I feel too. I'd rather spend time reading something that people have been saying is good for years and years than something that's totally hit or miss.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)13:50 No.965131
    > You have to be well read and a bit more mature to pick up a new hardcover.

    no you don't.
    >> Anonymous 07/25/10(Sun)14:01 No.965162
    >>965113

    I tend to lean a little towards older books myself, but to play the devil's advocate, I would say that new books probably offer a different experience.

    I mean, books from the 19th or first half of the 20th century have lots of variety, lots of themes and subjects, yeah, but I think newer books might often come from a perspective that just didn't exist then, or have an aesthetic that you just aren't going to experience in an older book.

    It's not that any time period is "better", it's just that 50+ years probably gives things a different feel.

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