5 Massive Books That Are Worth Your Time.
- 5 Massive Books That Are Worth Your Time.
Five literary monsters that broke my back, melted my brain, and somehow made me love reading more.
You want to know the exact moment I became an insufferable asshole?
October 2019. Barnes & Noble. I’m buying a birthday card for my nephew (dinosaurs, he was going through a phase) and I see this guy — leather jacket, man bun, the works — picking up a copy of Infinite Jest. And I just… laughed. Out loud. Like a dick.
“Good luck with that,” I said.
He looked at me, looked at the book, looked back at me. “You’ve read it?”“Three times.”
Total fucking lie. I’d read maybe 200 pages and a plot summary. But something about his stupid man bun made me want to win whatever this was.
“Wow,” he said. “I’ve been meaning to — “
“Don’t.” I was already in it. “Unless you’ve got three months and a serious cocaine habit, just… don’t.”
He put the book back. I felt like a god. A small, petty god who gatekeeps literature.
Then I bought The Brothers Karamazov because I figured if I was going to be that guy, I might as well commit to the bit.
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