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ListJun 15, 2026

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ListFeb 4, 2026

r/TrueLit Top 100 Favourite Books (2025)

Congratulations to the following 10 works for being inducted into the r/TrueLit Hall of Fame, and thereby disqualifying themselves from consideration for this, and all future, r/TrueLit Favourite Books lists: Moby Dick - Herman Melville Ulysses - James Joyce…

@vedleyHunger

ReviewSep 2, 2025

Hollow from head to toe

“I couldn’t get the right tone in the language. All the workday life around me, the loading chants, the noise of the winches, the constant rattling of the iron chains, was incompatible with the moody, self absorbed atmosphere of the Middle Ages, which I desir…

@mickeyHunger

ReviewAug 22, 2025

Knut Hamsun, Hunger (4/5)

Knut Hamsun’s Hunger is a haunting, psychologically intense novel that offers a raw and unfiltered glimpse into the mind of a starving writer wandering 19th-century Kristiania (now Oslo). The book's narrative is its greatest strength, pulling readers directly…

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Knut Hamsun, Hunger (4/5)