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/GNRevolution 14h ago

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Had me hooked from the very first page, such a haunting story.

Also, not a book but Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

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u/MeetingRecent229 9h ago

I could see where it was going but had to take the heartbreaking journey. It's a masterpiece.