I’m pulling a Biff from Back To The Future 2 and taking a sports almanac from 2023 back to 1990. Watch my gambling and sports empire grow!

No Longer Human by Dazai. Absolute masterpiece of literature, everytime I read it I find a new depth. It’s genuinely one of the only pieces of writing I find myself in.

The confidence gap by Russ Harris. To give strategies to overcome the nasty voice in my head that will likely emerge criticizing everything I did/do, coz ya know I'll be time travelling and likely put my foot in and generally do stupid stuff that doesn't belong in that time. So the inner meanie might wanna come out and "beat me up". Better be prepared on how to overcome that meanie when I need it.

Like I know I'm going to the past? A book of herbal remedies. If this is a book for enjoyment sake then I would say maybe The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, Cultish by Amanda Montell, or Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall. Those are just three that came to mind because I enjoyed them a lot. I also love Fight Club but people always wanna dog on it. It was the first book I'd ever read with a legit plot twist. I've always loved reading but I didn't know how exciting reading could be until then.

The secret history for sure. I finished it yesterday but I am already making it my whole personality Hahah i am obsessed with the writing and story.

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There's obvious answers, like Lord of the Rings. Other popular series like Twilight, Harry Potter, etc. Sherlock Holmes books, or James Bond 007.

I lean towards more science stuff, so for fiction The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman. Foundation by Asimov. Clarke's 2001.

Going to the past, I'd take a comprehensive physics textbook. And just to put some style in it, I'd grab The Feynman Lectures.

I'd imagine that going "into the future" would make the question irrelevant, as you'd have access to all books anyways. Maybe something that captures what life was like, To Kill a Mockingbird. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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