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If you could recommend one book to someone as their very first read ever, what would it be?

Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social

If you, like Alix Earle, have never read a book, we would like to offer you this guide. buff.ly/LTQa94e

buff.ly9 books to read if you, a fully grown adult, have never read a book.In a recent interview with Interview magazine, influencer Alix Earle admitted that she has never read a book. Speaking for myself and the collective reaction in the Lit Hub Slack, this was shocking…

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Garrett Martin

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Poetryhole

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The program: Read Walt Disney’s Donald Duck and the One Bear; next, rapidly proceed to Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland; then, rapidly return to Walt Disney’s Donald Duck and the One Bear.

sean minogue

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The Monster's Ring by Bruce Coville. Bullied kid gets a magic ring that turns him into a monster. Grows wings, fangs, fur. Scares bully but also struggles with urge to remain a monster.

Eva Amsen

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Books that are easy but still fun for adults to read. And in that category I think "Alice in Wonderland" is the best one. It's silly and easy, but there are jokes that children won't get. It's not purely a kids book.