/lit/ - Literature

>>9574838

Start with Eiji Yoshikawa. His books are similar to fantasy, in the sense that they start our small and gradually the story of the character envelops more and more of the world.

Tom Holland is technically counted as nonfiction, but his prose is so strikingly beautiful that it blows most author in this thread out of the water. You can try Rubicon by him.

Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem is fucking incredible, if you want to continue with the downfall of Rome thread. I, Claudius is neat too.

And as I'm an Alexanderboo I must recommend God of War by Cameron and Alexander at the World's End by Tom Hold.

In any case, so long as you avoid anything written by a woman you'll be fine. If the top reviews on Goodreads are five star ones by teenagers, especially girls, you should stay the fuck away.