/lit/ - Literature

Always heard that Reading is good for you, that It Can change your life ecc
But what kind of book?
Will reading a novel, like thriller or fantasy have benefits on my Life?

What's your favorite spoken word piece? Post the link

hello /lit/, i need your help.

i am looking for a very specific book, this is what i know about it

it is a very special book, meaning it was written in a special way, its hard to describe so ill try my best

each chapter is basically its own story, but they are all related to each other (meaning a character could appear in multiple chapters or a single event taking place over several chapters).

each chapter is a specific genre, though most of it has a science fiction undertone (i remember most of the book taking place in the future, and one of the chapters talks about interrogating an alien)

but the last thing i remember about the book is probably the craziest thing about it, you dont have to read it in order, meaning you can read chapter 12 and then go back to chapter 1 and the story will still make sense, no matter what order you read it in.

that is all i remember from the book, will you help me /lit/?

Ok so over the past few years I've discovered /mu/ and went through and listened to pretty much everything from their "/mu/ essentials" chart and am pretty well antiquated with music.
Now I'm looking to move on to literature and try and read as much essential reading as possible. I already checked the sticky and saw the basic 1984/F451/Lord of the Flies shit that was listed and have already read in school.
Do you guys have a "/lit/ essentials" chart somewhere or does anyone have any beginner recommendations besides shit like 1984 that everyone should have already read in school? I've already got my library card and am ready to go.

Why do you read books? Reading fiction in no different than watching TV shows because it's a waste of time

Hello, /lit/.

This is my first time around this board, and i want some recommendations from you fellas. I'm a nineteen year old that has read roughly 15 books in my entire life. I am ashamed of this fact, and as such i aspire to one day be a better, well-read man. But for this, i ask you: where should i start?
Thank you for your time.

The Holocaust

Dear /lit/ users, can you tell me some good political literature? I already looked at the wiki, and I doupt /pol/ could give me a reasonable answer.