/lit/ - Literature

Ya so Durant's Story of Civilization is recommended here nearly every time /hist/ comes up. I read a free preview on my ereader, and didn't find it that compelling.

Can we get some other history books beyond the primary sources recommended in the wiki? Like, what's a better book that corresponds to the events in Durant's Life of Ancient Greece, or Caesar and Christ, etc?

Cú Chulainn>Beowulf>...>Sigurd

Hey /lit/, why don't the Irish cycles get as much attention as the Icelandic sagas?

Just finished reading Táin Bó Cúailnge.

>"At last they hit upon a method to abate his manly rage (the result of having shed blood), and it was this: Emain Macha’s women all (six score and ten in number) bared their bosoms."

And something on that level of GAR happens about every four lines. JESUS CHRIST I've never read anything this manly, goddamn. What's the manliest book you've ever read, /lit/?