Will Shadbolt

sometimes I write stories, sometimes they’re good

[jesse @darthgordita]

they should turn this into a movie

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@krish_bohra I loved Teatro Grottesco but struggled to get into this one. What stories stood out to you?

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@souljagoyteller No Steinbeck?

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@gregorymconway How are you finding the Oe? He's one of my favorite writers

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Acting like Edwin Mullhouse never even existed

[Adso Øvbelk @AdsoOfBelk]

You can know that literature is a higher, more human, pursuit than music because there’s never been a virtuosic 6 year old novelist

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@SRV_Ash_ Great book, but what is that cover??

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@CHRISF0GLE In a Grove by Akutagawa redefined what a short story could be when I was in undergrad

Hut on the Mountain by Can Xue is also a great, surreal tale

[Will Shadbolt @W_Shadbolt]

@thediscoseth I'd recommend some of the following
Frankenstein
The Dispossessed
The Remains of the Day
Blindness
Jane Eyre
White Noise
Disgrace
Notes from Underground
Wind Up Bird Chronicle

Look at the descriptions and pick what interests you. It's easy to burn out otherwise!

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Any Knausgaard fans? I'm getting back into his work--what's better, The Morning Star or A Time for Everything?

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@normalmadeline Lucky Per?

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@cwik_greg Melancholy by Jon Fosse

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white people be like jon fosse helped me through a really dark time in my life (it's me, I'm white people)

[irix ❤️‍🔥 @queerbobdylan]

white people be like bob dylan helped me through a really dark time in my life

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May reads

Can Xue was great as always, but I unexpectedly loved both the Huysmans and the Hesse

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@bookbeduion Morning & Evening by Jon Fosse

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@TheUntranslated @exhaustdata Nice, I think that's one of his best novels

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My top 4 of 2026 so far

[Helios. @dogofthesun]

top 4 of 2026 so far!

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@charmreduction Easy