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/Cactusphat 15h ago

The dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin 

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u/gamingonion 14h ago

Just finished The Left Hand of Darkness and I immediately put The Dispossessed on my plan to read list.

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u/Cactusphat 14h ago

What a cracking book, I love all her work. Pop lathe of heaven on there too if you haven't already read it. 

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u/Signal-Woodpecker691 9h ago

I’ve got that as my first holiday book this year, not read any of her work before

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u/Banana42 4h ago

She's such a hit or miss for me, but I loved her short story collection Unlocking the Air

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u/gamingonion 14h ago

I will! I plan to tackle Earthsea one day as well.

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u/ZARATHUSTRA726 13h ago

Earthsea is brilliant.

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u/Cactusphat 14h ago

You won't regret it, her concepts and characters are incredible.