/lit/ - Literature

This is probably going to make Lit mad as fucking hell, but I want to learn philosophy more in depth, but is there any actual point to reading all those books and trying to make sense of them, or should I just spend my time reading summations of the main points and critical analysis of the authors

I mean, reading "classic" novels like the Illiad need to be read to be appreciated, but after reading Machivelli and Aquanias, I'm all "wow I wish I would of coles notes those fuckers, and saved myself 3 weeks"

Am I going to get any deep appreciation by reading ALL these books, or should I just find one philosopher that I really like (Kant would be my pick), read his works and then read criticisms of the rest or will I be missing out. I noticed alot of them just wrote critiques of each other anyway

Pic related, thats how mad this question will probably make some of you