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I'm looking for something comfy to read during summer. I want something with a pretty straightforward setting: no fantasy, no sci-fi (maybe a little bit can be fine anyway, but not too hard), not too much politics or drama or hard philosophy. Only interesting and likeable characters interacting with each other and saying interesting things. I don't want the book to be stupid, but simply not too heavy. Pic related is a perfect example of the kind of book i'm looking for. Collection of short stories matching these criteria are fine too. Epub and pdf are appreciated, but not mandatory. Thank for your hints, lainons!

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. It's the ultimate comfy summer book - it's literally a short story about summer.

Feel free to pick any of these based on the descriptions you can find with startpage/searx

>>1008 I already read Kafka on the Shore last summer but didn't like it very much. However, since i noticed i have After Dark even papery and in my language at home i'll certainly give it a try this evening. >>1007 Ok, downloaded it!

Comfy became a synonym for escapism.

>>1011 It's summer, relax lainon. We can't always read Sartre or prepare the revolution, a bit of escapism can be fine sometimes.

>>1006 If Holden is the standard of likeable then Vonnegut's Bluebeard might be a nice read. >>1011 That's more of a "my high school got me to read the usual books but I should be belittled for enjoying or wanting to talk about them because they are too widely read" collection.

>>1011 >only read Catcher >hated it Is Catch-22 good?

>>1006 classic cheeki breeki, derezzed by USSR for being too capitalist the story of a deaf man who "listens to other peoples problems" and i would post it but cannot find english PDF "imperium" by kracht about coconut eating nudist cult (a political metaphor)

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Here's a few that aren't too political. They are all books that I really love, comfy in either reading level or subject. Zorba the Greek: A book with a laid back subject matter. Super misogynistic, but hey, it's old, what are you going to do? If you are familiar with modern Greek culture, you'll enjoy it a lot. The Razor's Edge: A really comfy book that is by W Somerset Maugham. It feels very European despite it technically being about US citizens. It follows a character who ends up going on an intellectual journey of sorts. Making a pilgrimage to India, that sort of thing. It's probably my favourite book. Death of Ivan Ilyich: I put this on here because it's a really short novella that shouldn't take you more than a day. About a man slowly dying. A fun short read!

I second Death of Ivan Ilyich, was an interesting short little read.

>>1019 I already read Roadside Picnic and really liked it, but i didn't know it was censored by USSR. Why? I didn't notice very much criticism against Motherland... >>1022 >If you are familiar with modern Greek culture you'll enjoy it I'm not, but i'd like to become. Dunno why, but east-mediterranean europe (basically Greece and Turkey) always fascinated me. Can i read the book even not knowing much about Greece's modern history&culture? And can you reccomend me some book to expand my knowledge in this field? Obviously it doesn't need to follow the /comfy/ rules, politics is allowed and encouraged. about all the other books: thanks, added to the list! Now i'm reading After Dark (liking it more than kafka on the shore for now, thanks >>1008), but as soon as i finish it (it' less than 200 pages, so it won't take too much time) i'll pick another!

>>1019 I don't get how Roadside Picnic is light summer reading. All I can picture is the description of the meat grinder at the end. >>1028 Governments and judges in many countries were more literate back then. A thing didn't even have to mention communism to be subversive to it. Check the story behind the film On the Silver Globe for example. The Polish government thought that a conflict between humans and telepathic aliens was the wrong metaphor and shut the production down (for ten years anyway... a version was released in freer times).

>>1006 If you actually liked Catcher in the Rye, check out Brewster by Mark Slouka. epub attached. You may even like this better than Catcher.

>>1028 it got derezzed because stalkers make a life for themselves by selling artifacts they acquired in order to make personal profit, not anti commi, but pro capitalist in the eyes of the party

Please read Stoner if you haven't already. It's the greatest shorter book ever written, absolutely perfect in every way.

>>1015 not who u replied to, but yeah i liked it a lot.

>>1032 "no"

>>1032 >attempted, put down due to lack of interest

This is for you anon. Man and a gorilla have a series of conversations that will change the way you see the world. I don't say that lightly. Won quite a few prizes

Don Quixote might be what you are looking for, I haven't read it myself, but from what I have read about it, it seems like it might fit the criteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote

Im reading twilight

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