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I pick up the list of Benji's five favorite books because we've got work to do:Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. He's a pretentious fuck and a liar.Underworld by Don DeLillo. He's a snob.On the Road by Jack Kerouac. He's a spoiled passport-carrying fuck stunted in eighth grade.Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace. Enough already.The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. He's got Mayflowers in his blood.

Caroline Kepnes

I pick up the list of Benji's five favorite books because we've got work to do:Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. He's a pretentious fuck and a liar.Underworld by Don DeLillo. He's a snob.On the Road by Jack Kerouac. He's a spoiled passport-carrying fuck stunted in eighth grade.Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace. Enough already.The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. He's got Mayflowers in his blood.

Tags: don delillo, favorite books, humor, jack kerouac, pretension, pretentiousness, stephen crane, thomas pynchon

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About Caroline Kepnes

Caroline Kepnes (born November 10, 1976) is an American writer, screenwriter, author, and former entertainment reporter. She is best known for her novel series You, consisting of You (2014), Hidden Bodies (2016), You Love Me (2021), and For You and Only You (2023), writing for the 2018–present Lifetime/Netflix television series adaptation of the same name, and the stand-alone novel Providence (2018).