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What is the absolute craziest book you've read? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by kawaiitophat@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I'll start, so as a teen I stumbled across a book called," Someone comes to town, someone leaves town." The synopsis caught me as it's about a man with a mountain as a fathera washing machine as a mother and one brother that is dead and trying to harm him. I'll admit some of the technical terms were too much for my developing mind but it has stuck with me all these years.

What is the wackiest / craziest book you've read and did you enjoy the ride?

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[–] StEvE19095@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I’m 2/3 of the way through The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and it’s a pretty wild ride. Definitely a book that you won’t know what’s going to happen next

[–] facktoetum@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This was my introduction to Murakami. I've read almost all his books by now, save for some of his earlier, less developed works. As you get through them, you see that he's sort of making the same soup with slightly different ingredients. I really enjoyed Killing Commemdatore and 1Q84. My least favorite was probably Colorless Tzukuru. His short story books, particularly The Elephant Vanishes, is really good, as are his two nonfiction books about running and Writing as a Vocation.

[–] StEvE19095@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good to know. Just checked out the so called short story about the elephant, 336 pages 😂

[–] facktoetum@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The book is 336 pages, not the story.

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