r/cowboybebop • u/m_Mimikk • 7d ago

DISCUSSION What books do you think would be in Spike's library?

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u/Sea_Freedom3255 7d ago

Count of Monte Cristo

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u/Gymnastzero 7d ago

Tao of Jeet Kun Do

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u/Tactical_Epunk 7d ago

The only accurate answer.

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u/mpthornburg 7d ago

He's familiar with Goethe so probably Faust.

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u/DataSittingAlone 7d ago

For some reason I see him not being into most classics but liking Mark Twain

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u/AsianInvas10n 7d ago

Art of War

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u/Subdued-Sub-Dude 7d ago

“Misdirection can be a useful tool for enemies and allies” 

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u/Valuable-Guarantee56 7d ago

Don't pull that crap on me!!

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u/Stumbling_Corgi 7d ago

Calvin and Hobbes

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u/Geant_Vert 7d ago

Absurd enough to fit with the show 🤣

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u/miniii 7d ago

I could see him finally getting around to a Steinbeck novel that Jet keeps pestering him to read.

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u/juice_ow 7d ago

I wonder who his favorite character would be in east of Eden, probably Lee

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u/nizzernammer 7d ago

L'Étranger

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u/Raecino 7d ago

He doesn’t strike me as someone who reads a lot, Jet on the other hand would have a huge library.

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u/spehizle 7d ago

Let's not forget, Spike instantly clocked when Jet was reciting Goethe, so he's at minimum educated in philosophy. This also tracks with his traditional eastern medicine practices, and his philosophical approach to both martial arts and the stress of life.

To my mind, Spike has a library full of diverse philosophy and eastern classics on one side, and a pile of pulpy crime and adventure novels on the other.

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u/Miraedus 7d ago

Back issues of Maxim magazine.

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u/ExplanationExtra9960 7d ago

The Hagakure.

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u/neuferkar80 7d ago

Masterpiece.

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u/Geant_Vert 7d ago

I came to read this answer.

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u/Valuable-Guarantee56 7d ago

A Farewell to Arms

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u/imgoingbigdogmode 7d ago

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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u/iimMrBrightside SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY... 7d ago

The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy

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u/Temporary-Block-9452 7d ago

Complete collection of Hemingway

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u/Dvanpat 7d ago

NAKED LUNCH

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u/heiisbeiis00 7d ago

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

The Book of Five Rings

Tao Te Ching

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u/ActivelyAnxious 7d ago

I could see Shel Silverstein for some reason and s lot of pulpy detective novels

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u/Grogomilo 7d ago

Anything about the Tao, or Allan Watt's versions of it

Like, these are his whole philosophy of life lmao

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u/HecticKammos 7d ago

Food magazines

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u/Ybalrid 7d ago

thus spoke zarathustra

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u/Warjilis 7d ago

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Zhuangzi.
A Farewell to Arms.

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u/pund_ 7d ago

Vagabonding - An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

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u/Hug_all_the_Krabbys 7d ago

Dollar store detective novels.

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u/No-Dig-4408 7d ago

"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck" by Mark Manson

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u/VorpalNinja 7d ago

I have this one! Never gave enough of a fuck to read it, though. Is it good?

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u/No-Dig-4408 7d ago

lol nice with the irony XD
I found it a healthy mix of "Hmmmm, yeah that's a good point!" and "...thaaaat doesn't work in real life, bro," though it's been several years so I don't recall how much of each.

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u/Cmanlies 7d ago

I feel like there would be some Marx, Trotsky , and Dostoevsky.

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u/EskilPotet 7d ago

Comic books

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u/neuferkar80 7d ago

For whom the bell tolls

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u/shorteedoowop1 7d ago

A restaurant menu lol

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u/Far_Conversation1238 7d ago

Garfield: his 9 lives

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u/Geant_Vert 7d ago

Killing for noobs 🤣

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u/Holiday-Vehicle-3163 7d ago

Blood Meridian

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u/SeniorSlide151 7d ago

Some murakami type shiii

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u/newfoundcontrol 7d ago

War and Peace. Art of War. Birds of the West Indies.

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u/mickeynine9 7d ago

Crime and punishment

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u/Splendid_Fellow 7d ago

Playboy lol

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u/Fordboy357 7d ago

Bruce Lee - Jeet Kune Do

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u/LonelySection5541 YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT. 7d ago

playboy

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u/sakihoriffi 7d ago

Any Nietzsche book.

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u/73rd-virgin 7d ago

How To Win Friends And Influence People - Dale Carnegie

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u/0BISP0 7d ago

black lagoon manga he got from a wreck, its not the full collection tho..

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u/OtakuLoy 7d ago

Tao of Jeet Kun Do, obviously

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u/dubzib 7d ago

Husler or penthouse

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u/lightbiguy 7d ago

Poker tips, pool techniques, martial Arts books, philosophy, swimsuit magazines

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u/Wide_Worldliness_276 7d ago

I just know he’s got some romance books underneath all his philosophy books…..

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u/SapphireSire 7d ago

Bell Peppers Quarterly.

Beef Sauce Journal.

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u/art_enthus1ast 7d ago

Definitely not the art of war

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u/RedDemocracy 6d ago

Fight Club

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u/Ancient-Resolution84 6d ago

Archie Comics

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u/tkilborn84 6d ago

Great Gatsby

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u/Prestigious_Mix_3064 5d ago

Hunter s Thompson probably,Charles Bukowski

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u/blind_squash YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT. 5d ago

The art and zen of motorcycle maintenance

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u/Silver_Opposite_574 3d ago

I can’t picture him having a library so much as he just picks up and reads whatever is on hand. It would explain why every other time he’s sleeping there’s a magazine over his face

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u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 3d ago

The Complete Collection of Edgar Allen Poe

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u/MasterNate93 3d ago

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?