r/AskReddit • u/Vanshika_vgh04 • 14h ago

What's the best book you've ever read?

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u/Hottie_ella 13h ago

Slaughterhouse Five. No other book has influenced the way I view the world to the same degree. It helps that I read it at a formative 17 years old the first time.

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u/Koren55 8h ago

I read it as a Junior in high school at age 15. I read it again in my first year of Uni. I was 17 at the time.

The fire bombing of Dresden, Germany killed more people than Hiroshima. Vonnegut’s harrowing description has forever been engraved upon my soul.

So it goes.

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u/Masashi215 9h ago

So it goes!

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u/BigChiefBanos 2h ago

I have that tattooed on my arm!

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u/Beezer_MB 20m ago

Poo-tee-weet

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u/NickDanger3di 9h ago

I read it around the same age. Just put it on my 'to re-read' list after seeing your comment.

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u/1should_be_working 7h ago

Definitely the best book I've ever read. I've probably reread it close to a dozen times.

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u/cramponhoovercrust 3h ago

Vonnegut always comes up in these threads because he's just awesome

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u/GeoBrian 5h ago

I read it a month or two ago, based on one of these posts.

Very impactful. I'm about 2/3 of the way through Catch-22, which I think I like even better.