/lit/ - Literature

It's been 7 years since i've last been on /lit/. What the hell happened to this place?

I’m a very basic reader, I’ve literally only read the books I had to in high school, my question is, is it safe to start in the “deep end”? Or will they be far too challenging for my pleb mind to comprehend?

How many have you read?

>>14649204
Don't let him bully you. /lit/ used to have a wiki with basic book recommendations. I've saved a bunch of charts that anons made over the years.

How do I know when I'm ready for Hard and Ultimate Mode? I seem to be pretty comfortable with Moderate, Lolita was easy and so is Dubliners.

Reading Lolita rn and it's not a hard read at all, does that mean the other Moderate ones aren't hard

>>9801155
the greeks are no meme, they are great, however you may want to start as anon above said with the start kit/entry level, which are lighter and easier to enjoy by people not that experienced.

books in this pic are pretty good, I'd personally recommend the stranger, it is a good intro to actual literature but still easy to read and very enjoyable

How accurate is this?

>>7519577
I'm in the same boat you're in pall but I just didn't read anything for four years and my attention span became like a fuckin gnat's

I'd say start with Slaughterhouse Five on that bottom section there and work your way up. Don't feel grounded to the guide though, just use it for reference.

I'm new to /lit/. How accurate is pic related and with which book should I start?

>>7314233
>>7314412


>basically the top row from this chart

>>7061904
this?

yea there are modified versions of the starter kit

>>5276142
Welcome to lit, I advise against scifi and fantasty. If you want to see what /lit/ is really about, read some of the entry level stuff on this chart.

>Greatest work of Spanish lit

Don Quixote

>Greatest work of Italian lit

The Divine Comedy

>Greatest work of French lit

In Search of Lost Time

>Greatest work of Irish lit

Ulysses

>Greatest work of German lit

Faust

>Greatest work of British literature

Hamlet

>Greatest work of American lit

Catch-22 or The Sound and the Fury or A Farewell to Arms or Huck Finn or Underworld or Gravity's Rainbow or Moby-Dick...

I could go on. Why does every country have a distinguished magnum opus except for America? Is it still forthcoming?

oh boy it's this bullshit again
here's an old one, dunno the accuracy

Write a joke on the spot.

>>4753470

Clean version

Honour, wit, courage!