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8 Book Recommendations That Totally Miss The Point

8 Skewed Book Recommendations

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You know how some book reviews end with the sentence “…so read [novel x] if you like [x, y, and z]” ? Well, I started thinking- what would happen if you took a person who was absolutely and completely clueless about everything in the universe and always misses the point (and we all know that person), gave them a book to read, and then asked them how they’d recommend it to a friend? Here’s what I came up with: (I chose these particular books based on my own recent reads.)   onsuchafullseaRead On Such a Full Sea if you like:
  • fish
  • a group of people who think they’re one person
  • gated communities
  • traveling musical groups that may try to murder you           Annihilation_by_jeff_vandermeerRead the Southern Reach trilogy if you like:
    • owls that think they’re people
    • towers
    • not telling people your real name
    • notebooks
                colorlessRead Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage if you like:
    • freaky dreams
    • sitting in railroad stations
    • swimming
    • Tokyo
                American_godsRead American Gods if you like:
    • coin tricks
  • guys who have like 25 thousand different names
  • road trips to Wisconsin
  • the uber-freaky House on the Rock             mercedesRead Mr. Mercedes if you like:
    • German engineering
    • ice cream
    • basement computers
    • more ice cream
                silkwormRead The Silkworm if you like:
    • anything related to Hannibal Lector
    • people with grudges
    • obnoxious people
    • rain, lots and lots of rain
                cloudatlasRead Cloud Atlas if you like:
    • boats
    • deja vu
    • unexpected chapter breaks
    • Tom Hanks
                secret_historyRead The Secret History if you like:
    • clique-y people
    • precipices
    • snow
    • very small class sizes