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feeeeebs

I just bought a Kindle, what are your suggestions for book purchases, reddit?

I'd really prefer some of the free ones, since I am broke as fuck, but if you guys are super passionate about some of the other books offered, I'd love for you to recommend some of them to me! I like to say that I'll read anything once, but I do tend to gravitate towards historical dramas and anything that can make me laugh. But honestly, I'm not picky. If you can make a good case for it, I will absolutely give it a go. :)

Posted Nov 29, 2011, 1:50 PM UTC

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crosscut•

Daily digest, cheap and free: http://ireaderreview.com/category/free-books/

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feeeeebsOP•

Sweet! Thanks for the link.

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http://www.gutenberg.org/

I recommend starting with "Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas, but they have a ton of public domain classics to check out for free.

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feeeeebsOP•

My brother loves Project Gutenberg. I had completely forgotten about it until you reminded me. Thanks!

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drtide4•

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

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feeeeebsOP•

I think I read that one in high school but I don't remember it much. Maybe that's a sign I should read it again.

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drtide4•

I recommend you go back and read it!

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MrMinuteMan•

Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami

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feeeeebsOP•

What's Norwegian Wood about? I seem to remember people talking about it, but I can't remember what was said. I only remembered the book title because of the Beatles song haha.

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MrMinuteMan•

It's the late 1960's. College student Toru falls in love with the girlfriend of his (dead) best friend. She eventually becomes ill (though not physically ill) and has to leave to live under special circumstances, far away from him. While she's gone, he meets Midori, a college student who obviously is interested in him. But he's holding out for his girlfriend Naoko. Never knowing if she will recover from her ailment and be able to rejoin him in society, he goes to classes, sells phonograph records at night, and spends some time with Midori. He visits Naoko a few times, gets to know her wacky roommate/friend/mentor Reiki, and eventually he has to decide between a life with Naoko (without Naoko?) or with Midori. Throw in a bizarre Geography-major roommate nicknamed "Storm Trooper," a scene where Midori (badly) sings folk songs to our Toru while they watch a neighborhood fire from the balcony above her parents' bookshop, and assorted other hilarious/bizarre characters and passages, and you've got vintage Haruki Murakami.

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Special_Jeremy•

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. A series of Letters from a senior devil to his nephew, a novice devil, on how to best infuence man. It's a great read.

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feeeeebsOP•

I've been meaning to read that one for years but never got around to it. Thanks for reminding me about it!

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Special_Jeremy•

No problem. It's one I always recommend. Happy reading.

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gengengis•

Recently finished The Invisible Bridge, which I liked quite a bit, and sounds like something you might like.

Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he has promised to deliver to C. Morgenstern on the rue de Sévigné. As he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter’s recipient, he becomes privy to a secret history that will alter the course of his own life. Meanwhile, as his elder brother takes up medical studies in Modena and their younger brother leaves school for the stage, Europe’s unfolding tragedy sends each of their lives into terrifying uncertainty. At the end of Andras’s second summer in Paris, all of Europe erupts in a cataclysm of war.

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feeeeebsOP•

Ooh, that sounds intriguing. I used to live in Prague and have been to Budapest many times, I wonder how much of the book will mention places that I remember.

Thanks!

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rufenstein•

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Reading it on a portable device has to be an interesting experience.

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DHandle•

I'm not sure if the Kindle has "screensavers" the way the Nook does, but if it does, there is only one option which would be appropriate here.

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feeeeebsOP•

I bought the cheapest kind, the $79 option which does have ads as screensavers when you put it into standby or when you haven't turned the page for 10 minutes.

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DHandle•

So you couldn't set your own screensaver?

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feeeeebsOP•

Unfortunately not. The reason this one is cheaper than the other options (only $20 less than the Kindle Touch without 3G, but even $20 is enough for my cheap ass) is that you can't pick and choose which ads they show you. Honestly, though, they don't bother me, because the only time I put my Kindle into standby is when I'm not reading it and have to stash it in my purse or something so I wouldn't be looking at the screen anyway.

There's also a small bar at the bottom of the home screen like a banner ad on a youtube video, but I'm so used to those that it doesn't bother me either. It doesn't show up when you're reading your book.

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caprican27•

A heavy book, like The Count of Monte Cristo, or a Song of Ice and Fire book. I remember Neil Gaiman saying that he was able to finish the Count of Monte Cristo using his Kindle, because the paperback edition was too bulky to read in public

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feeeeebsOP•

I've put all the Song of Ice and Fire books on my Christmas list, partly because they're so huge and I'm tired of lugging them around. Plus I borrowed them from a friend and had to return them before I finished A Feast of Crows.

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feeeeebsOP•

That one sounds...interesting. Like a pirates vs. ninja internet debate come to life. I'll check it out, thanks!

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john_nyc•

i would suggest a library card since you are broke as fuck

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barksatthemoon•

You can also borrow some library books on kindle now.

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iron_cynic•

World war Z by max brooks. Also, the old man's war series by john scalzi. Great read.

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planky•

If you're looking for free stuff, H. Rider Haggard's novels are all out of copyright - King Solomon's Mines, She and Allan Quartermain are probably the best known ones. They're pretty good swashbuckling adventure tales, and only a little bit racist...

John Buchan should be out of copyright as well - The 39 Steps is a pre-Bond spy novel that's well worth a look.

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richardleosimones•

The Counterfeit Man

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thecoshman•

I don't think 'reddit' is a book you can just download

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