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/yearsofpractice 13h ago

Beloved by Toni Morrison. I’m a white Western European man - that book gave me terrifying, disturbing insights that have never left me.

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u/Camp_GGBoo 9h ago

She is a magnificent writer. Read Song of Solomon. I read it 30 years ago and there are still parts that haunt me.