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Andrew Solomon recommended War and Peace in Books (curated)

 
War and Peace
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy | 1869 | Fiction & Poetry
8.6 (7 Ratings)
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"To read this book well is to learn a great deal about both war and peace, and about the violent and kind impulses of man. But it is also totally absorbing; I couldn’t bear to put it down the whole time I was reading it and would have chosen the next page over food even had I been wrecked a month at sea."

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Nick Cave recommended Crime and Punishment in Books (curated)

 
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 1866 | Crime
7.5 (13 Ratings)
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"When I grew a little older my father read me the murder scene in this book and said: This is what violent literature should be like, son. He was right. This is one of the most influential books I’ve read and it affected the writing of my own book. My father gave me a very special feeling about written words"

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
2012 | Action, Animation
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8.0 (6 Ratings)
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Part 1
Heavy hitting, violent, trauma, and more. This part of the film is really good. Part 2 not so much.


The Plot: Batman comes out of retirement and gets help from a teenage sidekick. He faces off against the Joker and Two-Face before a battle to the death begins against Superman.



It is also pg-13, so that is a plus.