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Originally Posted by jupstin
Not to sound like a pretentious jerk, BUT:
<pretentious>The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky</pretentious>
The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe (not really one book, but it would be pointless to read only one)
Titus Groan/Gormenghast (again, not one book, but they belong together)
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Why would loving a book make you a pretentious jerk? Despising someone because they love books you hate, or hate books you love, that would be pretentious. Or pretending to love a book because everybody says intelligent people are supposed to love that particular book, that would be stupid.