monkeymoi

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The Fall by Albert Camus

And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave

Submarine by Joe Dunthorne

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Despair by Vladimir Nabokov (he has read other books by him, hasn’t mentioned which ones)

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe (though I’m not sure if he read this one or just saw the film)

The Collected Stories by Dylan Thomas

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

There Is a Happy Land by Keith Waterhouse

The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe (has also read others by him, but hasn’t mentioned which ones either)

Books referenced in songs: Romeo and Juliet (I Bet You Look Good), 1984 (I Bet You Look Good and Star Treatment), Sherlock Holmes (A Certain Romance)

Authors mentioned in songs: HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe (You’re So Dark), Charles Bukowski (She Looks Like Fun)

This got the most votes by far, so… I’m not sure if everyone knew what they were getting themselves into. Smut warning x

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Your grip was tight around the cool glass of champagne on the bar counter, your chest felt warm and your breathing wasn’t entirely steady. You could feel the sweet fizz from your drink on your tongue, but your throat was somewhat dry, and your gaze was locked on what unfolded across the room, your head tilting, neck arching here and there so the people passing wouldn’t conceal what you’d had your eyes on all night, or rather, who you hadn’t been able to take your eyes off all night.