What's the book you've read most for the reason that you wanted to feel impressive or accomplished for having read it?
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GEB but more to fit in than to stand out (it turned out to be really entertaining in any case)
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I read it in a college class. Not to be a snob, but I liked it but do not see it as particularly challenging or impressive.
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I wanted to read that long before anyone I knew ever heard of it, or cared about it. I wanted to read it because it was fascinating.
I made it maybe 1/4 of the way through even though it was fascinating.
I read the whole I am a Strange Loop though. Great book.
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That isn't the answer I just liked the tweet so I could remember to check out this book at some point; remember seeing it a long time ago thought it looked interesting and then forgot it's existence until now
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I read GEB in 1983 and bought my own copy in 1986, which I’ve re-read several times. No one gave a fuck about it back then. (Also bought in 86 or so Richard Bach, Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman, Atlas Shrugged, Selfish Gene, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)
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I read Gödel Escher Bach around the same time I read The Satanic Verses: because they both sounded way interesting.
I only remember a few select things about TSV. But GEB was exactly what I hoped for, and I was impressed by it, not myself.