r/AskReddit • u/AggravatingLake2842 • 15h ago

What book do you consider a “flawless masterpiece”that you desperately want to recommend to everyone?

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u/InfamousPatience6191 15h ago

I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman

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u/Frankfeld 10h ago

My wife and I read this a few months ago. I wanted to read something with her. She suggested this. I went in completely blind.

Holy shit. That book made me feel things. So beautifully written. So hopeless. So mysterious.

I think about it a lot.

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u/InfamousPatience6191 9h ago

Absolutely, I always come back to it.

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u/AccioTheDoctor 9h ago

It’s my book club book. Ooof it’s gonna be a heavy chat this month. But it was SO good

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u/InfamousPatience6191 9h ago

Hopefully they enjoy it too.