not actual recs, but his reading list. the source is yoñlu's own old blog, lone cannoneer. yonlupedia compiled a few posts on a twitter thread, that's where i got this list from. i removed one title i'm not interested in/seems hard to find.

i plan on reading these so i'll be crossing out the title when i'm done with it!

[★] = my reading priority

⋯ from post his difficult and sad books, shared on may 1st 2006

• the polysyllabic spree, by nick hornby
• três canções de tom jobim, by lorenzo mammi, arthur netrovski and luiz tatit
• homens invisíveis: relatos de uma humilhação social, by fernando braga da costa [★]
• saturno nos trópicos, by moacyr scliar
• our dumb century, by the onion
• finest news reporting, by the onion
• dispatches from the tenth circle, by the onion
• contos definitivos, by machado de assis
• os ratos, by dyonelio machado
• dom casmurro, by machado de assis
• antes que o mundo acabe, by marcelo carneiro da cunha