/lit/ - Literature

>be old man
>just retired from job
>constantly complain about mundaneness of life
>nobody cares about what I have to say
>fuckthisshit.jpeg
>decide to start preaching in street to tell society to its face that it's retrograde and disgusting
>slowly start to gather crowd
>turns out to be just a bunch of teens
>they see me as Socrates or Jesus
>lightbulb.wmv
>start to tell these kids to do different stuff for the hell of it.
>get the attention of their parents
>tfw people start to listen to me

Hello /lit/; I need some advice:

I am in an independent study class at my school with two other students who are a bit plebby but seems nice enough. One of the requirements for the class is that we read a book together; what book we read is out choice. I want to read a book that we will all be able to enjoy but that is also a serious piece of literature. We are supposed to come back in two weeks with a list of 5 books as recommendations, after which we will decide together which to read. What should I put on my list and how can I convince the others to pick a good book?

My ideas so far are:
Blood Meridian
Stoner
Something by Nabokov that isn't Lolita bc I don't want to seem too edgy, maybe Pale Fire or Ada

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