Books with the same writing style

[FixedKarma]

I know there's books already discussed here and served as inspiration, but I don't think I've seen anyone mention any that have the same "psuedo-intellectual but it's actually intellectual" sort of writing, the sort of writing that makes you come off as almost snobby but is at the least validated to a close degree. I want a read a book where to fully understand what the ♥♥♥♥ is being said I have to look up some of the words because they're only known by specialists in their field and I can't garner the meaning through context alone. I want a book that confuses me and treats me like a badger who hasn't even look at a book's cover, I want to feel like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot reading the book, to take a break from reading, not because I'm bored or because it's getting late and I should sleep, but because my mind is mentally exhausted from having to evolve to become a cognitive repository for words that 99% of the population hasn't even heard of, let alone understand and are able to conceptualize.

So any recommendations?

[Hexenfika]

Originally posted by FixedKarma:

I want a book that confuses me and treats me like a badger who hasn't even look at a book's cover, I want to feel like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot reading the book, to take a break from reading, not because I'm bored or because it's getting late and I should sleep, but because my mind is mentally exhausted from having to evolve to become a cognitive repository for words that 99% of the population hasn't even heard of, let alone understand and are able to conceptualize.

Read Deleuze

[Centipede]

Try Umberto Eco, for example 'The Name of the Rose' or 'Foucault's Pendulum'.

[Fresh New Information]

Thomas Pynchon is great. In particular Gravity's Rainbow and V.. You could always read Ulysses as well.

[Centipede]

Originally posted by Fresh New Information:

Thomas Pynchon is great. In particular Gravity's Rainbow and V.. You could always read Ulysses as well.

Well maybe don't begin with James Joyce, that's like facing the final boss at the start.

[Fresh New Information]

Originally posted by Centipede:

Originally posted by Fresh New Information:

Thomas Pynchon is great. In particular Gravity's Rainbow and V.. You could always read Ulysses as well.

Well maybe don't begin with James Joyce, that's like facing the final boss at the start.

Did you read what OP was asking for?

Originally posted by FixedKarma:

I want a book that confuses me and treats me like a badger who hasn't even look at a book's cover, I want to feel like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot reading the book, to take a break from reading, not because I'm bored or because it's getting late and I should sleep, but because my mind is mentally exhausted from having to evolve to become a cognitive repository for words that 99% of the population hasn't even heard of, let alone understand and are able to conceptualize.

So any recommendations?

[Centipede]

Oh fair enough then, I didn't read it carefully. Maybe that's why I couldn't manage Ulysses either, turns out I'm just not good at reading.

[Fresh New Information]

Originally posted by Centipede:

Oh fair enough then, I didn't read it carefully. Maybe that's why I couldn't manage Ulysses either, turns out I'm just not good at reading.

Don't put yourself down, Joyce made Ulysses difficult on purpose. It doesn't make you a bad reader because it's challenging. That's like saying you're a bad music listener because you don't like The Rite of Spring or ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Brew.