I have difficulty with some of the especially the verse epics I never finished the amiid for example or something like that and I've difficulty getting into some of those. The prince is probably my favorite or the idiot is sometimes translate but I'm not a big fan of Dostoevsky so Tom G wrote this question into me a marginal revolution quote which are the first three books that come to mind in answer to the question what books made him feel really good after finishing them quickest answer desired he couldn't think of one off the top of his head.
Michael Orthofer, one of the world’s most prolific book reviewers, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on — what else? — books. Read to discover why Michael believes everyone should read more fiction, how we should choose books, why American popular literature is overrated, what he thinks about authors like Herman Melville, Fyoder Dostoevsky, Goethe, J.K. Rowling, Arno Schmidt, and many others, his recommendations for the best sites for readers, why studying literature at college was such a big disappointment, how much book covers matter, and why his opinion will never be the final word.
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