Catcher in the Rye, of course.
Make sure to scribble madly, illegibly, in the margins and the occassionally glare at your fellow passengers while making finger guns.
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Can't believe no one's suggested Nietzsche (Zarathustra, etc). Maybe no longer in vogue now that sincerity is on the rise, though.
A Critique of Pure Reason
A nearly monotone, apathetic reading of The Stranger or The Plague.
The dictionary
Beat the dealer, it shows you read and that you are smart in other ways
Can't go wrong with Hobbit and LOTR!
It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.
Go Dog, Go!
Do you like my hat?
Real talk, H.G. Wells was a fantastic author and his biggest hits are both immediately recognizable enough to be a performative conversation starter while also having the added bonus/hazard of potentially accidentally getting into it.
War of the Worlds, The Time Machine and The Invisible Man are all ones I've recently listened via Librivox (I linked the specific readers I listened to) during my commutes, but of course, my goal is to actually enjoy the books
I really love journey to the centre of the earth.
Autumn in Pekin by Boris Vian, which happily doesn't treat neither Pekin nor Autumn in any way.
Memoirs of the better Past, be Wizarding_Lizarding.
Eat Prey, Luv??