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bestie help, i need book recommendations (that my teacher will think are grade-appropriate. apparently, hunger games is lower than my grade level) so i’m looking for books that Jason would totally read and enjoy and probably be able to write several essays about. help pls

heck yeah.

ok so necessary reading for every bastard on here:

pride and prejudice - jane austen

fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury

1984 - george orwell

good omens - neil gaiman and terry pratchet

macbeth - shakespeare

the 7 husbands of evelyn hugo - taylor jenkins reid

slaughterhouse 5 - kurt vonnegut

the picture of dorian gray - oscar wilde

maurice - e.m forster

if we were villains - m.l rio

the goldfinch - donna tartt

books that kinda skirt the edge of YA but are still necessary reading for every bastard on here:

perks of being a wallflower - stephen chbosky

his dark materials trilogy - philip pullman

#ok so here's all the books i think jason would like that i've at least read so im not recommending total crap to you #pride &p you have to read bc it gives you a really great idea of the language of then so it makes other books easier to read as well #fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are kind of the 'go outside and touch grass' of literature and you HAVE to have read at least once in your life #good omens is just good natured fun and as wacky as it is it's excellently written and one of the best modern fantasy novels ever #macbeth is a cool fucking play and it has excellent themes of like the going mad and murder crazy y'all keep talking about w jason #for that matter i'm also a big fan of hamlet (and jason even mentions it in the comics at one point lmao)#the 7 husbands is this excellent story about a hollywood starlet whod been married 7 times retelling her life to a journalist #it's VERY GOOD and has a lot of diversity- but that's really all i can say without spoiling it #personally i just read things without checking the description and it makes the experience so much better #slaughterhouse 5 again is a must read! its a sort of science fiction/anti-war/time travel/introspective novel that deserves to be read #i wont spoil anything bc again reading it without the description makes it so much better but it was written by a ww2 soldier who was a pow #the picture of dorian gray for ppl who havent read it is basically about art and beauty and rabid twinks losing their shit #it's great tho like the deterioration of the inner self being reflected on the painting????? REVOLUTIONARY #i read maurice a few weeks ago and it's this really beautiful look at homosexuality and gay relationships and love in the early 1900s #em forster wrote the book in 1913/1914 but it was only published in the 70s but this is like so fucking interesting to read like DAMN #also maurice is such a funny lil bitch like he's so dramatic i love that little fuckhead #if we were villains is like the most creative adaptation of shakespeare i've ever seen. like it takes a lot of themes and elements from -#shakespeare and then makes that into an entirely new story its FANTASTIC and you should definitely read that AND macbeth together #that's just like an essay idea for you- you can compare a shakespeare play mentioned in the book to the book its great #the goldfinch is 'twink with mental problems should probably see a shrink but instead does drugs and cries over a painting'#but it's kind of good ngl even if i think it sometimes veers into pretentious asshole territory #as for the perks of being a wallflower? fantastic and showstopping and you'll probably cry.#his dark materials is just fun and was fucking cool to read and also has some of the best fucking world building ive ever seen #also it impacted fantasy and childrens books for the next few decades so HELL YEAH read it #if youve read all these tags. i respect you. but yeah these are great books just read them #jason would love them too bc i said so #if someone asks me to i'll probably explain all this in more detail but for now. READ THIS shit i swear to god #anon #bataranswers #book rec

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