/lit/ - Literature

>>10697058
>Farewell to Arms
>soycore
explain

>>10697058
I don't know what any of those books have to do with each other

>>10697141
OP doesn't like them

>>10697147
Yeah, it looks pretty salty.

I like charts though, so let's keep it up.

Why are lobsters such a big deal in literature?

>>10697287
phallic symbol and tasty food

>>10697287
Because lobsters live for over one hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives. I also like the sea very much.

here

https://imgur.com/a/oXGu3

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>>10697265
>KJV
Your chart is immediately shit

>>10697298
>>10697308
One should start from the history or it doesn't matter ?

>>10697342
Doesn't matter.

>>10697341
You christians sure are contentious about that shit, eh?

>>10697341
Indisputably the best bible f@m.

>>10697225
Highly recommend A Book of Traveller's Tales, it's my favourite book

>>10697341
There's no need to get anal about Bible translations, especially not if you're reading for devotional purposes.

>>10697058
Chadcore:
>Farewell to Arms - Mark Rippetoe

is there a chart for poetry?

>>10697349
>>10697356
>>10697362
What translation is best varies for each person but the (non revised)NIV is an objectively better translation than the KJV.
The only advantage of KJV is that it sounds the coolest when you quote it.

Is there a chart for scottish literature? History or fiction.

>>10697451
Not very pretty, but here's one for history!

>>10697442
>the only advantage of KJV is that it is the best aesthetic accomplishment
Exactly.

>>10697460

thanks

it seems scottish fiction has fell out of favour.

>>10697500
No problem. I don't really read fiction, so I wouldn't know.

Making your own list isn't that hard though, desu. Pull up Wikipedia, find whatever looks interesting, and throw the covers together in MS paint

anyone got any /x/ charts?

>>10697539
Does this qualify? Seems I missed it.

>>10697539

>>10697429
Also: not by a Mexican writer but Under The Volcano is set there and is pretty good

>>10697556
Gracias, amigo.

>>10697272
Where's Gregório de Matos? Leminski? Hilda Hilst? ( ...Padre Antonio Viera? O Cortiço??). Nice to see Dalton Trevisan, Murilo Rubião... well, good to see a br chart anyways.

>>10697572
Desculpe; eu não sou brasileiro. I'm just posting what I've accumulated over the years.

>>10697477
The KJV doesn't necessarily have the most aesthetic accomplishment
Rather, the KJV has heavily influenced culture from when it was the best available translation

For example Matthew 22:21
NIV: "Caesar's," they replied. Then he said to them, "So give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
KJV: They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

The NIV is much more clear and concise than the KJV
Which reads better is debatable
But the KJV is undoubtedly the more iconic because "Render unto Caesar" is so recognizable.

Dump complete. Have a good day, /lit/!

>>10697625

Wheres that essay from a white nationalist magazine he copped from?

>>10697628
thanks anon! this is all great.

Would anyone be interested if I made a chart for guides and stuff to abstract strategy games, (games that don't involve luck) like chess, shogi, go etc

>>10697688
definitely interested in a go one!

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>>10697265
>City of God
this book is unreadable
I read a few hundred pages in it and let me tell you that unless you're literally studying theology on a uni level that shit is so dense and so dry it's best avoided
try Confessions instead, which is far better reading

>>10697785
Rollan

>>10697977
or if you're just autistic
note that Aquinas' Summa is even longer, even drier and even denser so avoid that one as well

>>10697330
Kafka isn't German.

>>10697289
Steven Runciman's "A History of the Crusades" should be included in there

>>10697058
>Perterson
>Trump
>Moyneux
>MacDonald
>soycore

>>10698125
t. triggered soyboy

>>10697272
>>10697572
tbqh the chart should be
>Dom Casmurro
>Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
>Grande Sertão Veredas
A lot of this chart is "ok lit" and most people don't know Brazilian literature. I think it's pointless to dillute the chart with "ok stuff" just for the sake of having more books while you could just point people to the actual great ones.

>I have recently overcome my prejudice against Clarice Lispector with A Hora da Estrela and liked it though, prose is 9.999/10
>Never read Rubião or Trevisan though

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>>10697625
These are neat.

>>10697058
Why do you have to post shit like this man, you know it doesn't breed any worthwhile discussion. I'm not saying don't be political, but be actually political, this is just namecalling and stupid.

just made this
any feedback? from either of the people on this board who know anything about Icelandic literature lmao

did not realize until making this how starved Icelandic literature is of English translations
had to pass up a lot of classics and a lot of great authors simply because their works only exist in Icelandic and maybe German or Danish

>>10697550
My God this chart is horrible
Read the neoplatonists Anon, become a true gentleman

any chart(s) with books that deal with attaining meaning and happiness?

>>10697323
Everything should be in the fiction section brainlet

>>10698387
most of those are clear nonfiction m8
very few of those are straight up stories like the Bible

>>10698226
>that Egil's Saga cover

I've only ever read Egil's saga and Independant People, but the chart looks bretty gud nonetheless. That Powers of Darkness looks pretty cool. I'll get around to Njal's Saga sooner rather than later, my understanding is its the "best" of the sagas

>>10698410
that Egils Saga cover is the edition used in most Icelandic high schools
of the sagas the three "big" ones so to speak are Egils Saga, Saga of Burnt Njáll and Laxdæla Saga
it's hotly debated which one of those is the best one, my pick is indeed Njál's Saga
Egils Saga is probably the most epic one, Njál's Saga the most poetic one and Laxdæla the most romantic and dramatic one
other popular one include the Saga of Gunnlaugr Worm Tongue, Saga of Grettir the Strong, Saga of the Confederates, Saga of Gísli Súrsson, Hrafnkel's Saga and more
if we step outside the sagas of the Icelanders genre other popular sagas include Saga of Hervör and Heiðrekr, Saga of the Sturlungs and Saga of the Volsungs and more

Powers of Darkness is actually very interesting, it's a "translation" of Dracula that was serialized in some Icelandic magazine in 1901 but changes the story significantly and there's reason to believe those changes were actually made with the knowledge and help of Stoker himself although it's not clear exactly if that was the case
I hesitated to include it because it's not exactly Icelandic but it's interesting enough and was just rediscovered a few years ago that I decided to
also because most of the other authors I was considering haven't really been translated

>>10698226
Needs The Atom Station

>>10698467
The best part of Egil's Saga is when he pins that farmer down and vomits in his face so much that the farmer then vomits back in Egil's face. 10/10 truly comparable to Homer

>>10697583
Are there any books that criticizes nazism?

Has anyone made a chart for Spain? I can make one if noone has done it yet

>>10697225
>No On the Road

>>10697628
You rock man. Seriously, thanks. I saved a ton. These charts are always great inspiration when I don't know what to read.

>>10699379
>.IJ literally dropping 42 places in the ranks from 2015-2016
>Quixote that low

The decrease in IJ's really kinda just seems like /lit/ getting self-conscious about having something so memey and contemporary be it's no. 1 multiple times. which i understand, but is also sort of sad.

>>10697429
>Jorge Ibargüengoitia

Neat.

There is a Biology/Physic Chart?

>>10698018
Yet he wrote in German.

>>10697555
Fucking saved

>>10697311
Respect for that reference.

>>10697425
>i don't even know what a function is
>this chart...
wrugh

>>10697318
>>10697343
No charts on islam with hadith and so on? What are the best hadith? Does the hadiths hold any literary merit outside the religion?

>>10697380
/r/ing this and more /sci/, /g/ and /his/ charts.

Any poetry charts? The only one I have is the leaves of grass being top tier one

>>10700997
>>10701291
i just have 2

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>>10697596
Can someone make one of these for Deleuze?

>>10697539

>>10697539
>>10698234
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>>10697338
Missing the Prince and the Grimm Brother's fairytales, but accurate otherwise. Might also want to add Canterbury Tales.

>>10697318
>>10697323

+ Johnson's Lives of the Poets

Bump

Is there a chart of prehistory, to resume with the bronze age?

>>10699498
Good, because IJ is actually shit.

>>10698385
Technically, what you're looking for would fall under self-help. Unfortunately, there is a vast amount of garbage under that label.

>>10697338
>atlas shrugged
??????????

>>10699131
No, anon, there are literally no books that criticize Nazism.

>>10701322
>lit poetry guide
>2pac
this is something i'd expect from reddit

>>10703706
yea we all know biggie was better

>>10701316
Thanks

Here's a slightly improved version of a list I made a little while back. Intro to Judaism.

Does anyone hace a chart related to thrillers or horror?

>>10697785
rollon

>>10697785
Roll.
How do you guys create these charts?

>>10697058
Kys my dude

I've seen a chart about geopolitics floating around here before but can't find it. Does anybody have it?

>>10697222
yikes

>>10705229

>>10697371
>Gaiman
kys

>>10701322
Why is there no good poetry guide?

>>10699201
But anon, the chart is a guide to travel literature. Why On the Road be listed with the literature?

>>10697487
I kind of want to get started on some of these but I feel like they would make me hate our modern capitalist society even more than I already do..

>>10698135
either switch casmurro with quincas borba or add the latter. Also, Os Sertões is essential br/lit/.

>>10698000
>pic related
aquinas' own shorter summa, for us mere mortals.

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>>10698000
woops, wrong pic, here it is

>>10700130
>~le good "X wasn't from Y nationality, he was JEW XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD helo redit =))) str8 outta redplled /POL/ XD

>>10706168
He might also be referring to the fact he lived in what is now the Czech Republic. It's still redundant though since he wrote in German and was part of the German Empire.

>>10706168
What kind of mental disorder is this? And what did he mean by this?

>>10697312
Best post here. Thanks, anon.

>>10702229
thanks

>>10697225
>no The four voyages of Christopher Columbus
>no Montaigne
>no Seven Pillars of Wisdom
>no Pytheas the Greek

I also highly recommend
>Journey to the Land of the Real

Does anyone have a chart for self improvement books?

>>10705876
Agreed, should replace him with Kevin Crossley-Holland.

>current year
>not being hitlero-thomist
:^)


>he doesn't speak French

>>10707866
Nah nigga
Strasserist neoplatonic gang for life

>>10707887
Get back you dirty leftist

>>10707411
12 rules for life.

>>10697785
role

>>10699371
nice

>>10697222
>The art of war
Ah yes, the tapout shirt of literature.

>>10697222
hahah what the fuck? there's no way ANYBODY on /fit/ has read Celine.

>>10707979
Iris Chang is a meme who went crazy and forgot what she was doing.

>>10707979
are you b8ing

>>10697425
thanks for this. i'm a math brainlet and want to improve myself. much appreciated my friend!

>>10697225
>No The Great Railway Bazaar

kys

>>10697785
roll

>>10699371
Is there something wrong with me if I didn't find Journey to the End of the Night depressing?

>>10702229
I hear Herodotus is really unreliable, though.

>>10697785
Sad, So Long See You Tomorrow by William Maxwrll isn't on here. It's one of my favorite books.

>>10697058
this chart is literally incoherent. stick to one social archetype, my guy.

>>10697222
>no one has anything nice to say because stupid people read some of these books too
this is a decent list from the gay roidfrogs

>>10697573
>no Chekhov

>>10698385
read a psychology textbook literally.

>>10708477
>someone on 4chan, out of the millions, reads celine
>goes on /fit/ semi-regularly, makes some posts
There you go, stop pretending boards and 4chan as a whole are some insular and locked communities wherein everyone comprises an inalienable, monistic, singular, archetypal mass of a being.

>>10697058

>>10701561
please

>>10705806
glad to see my chart getting posted
I'm still reading a bunch of horror and hope to eventually make a definitive literary horror chart that extends to the present day

>>10701561
uh yeah just read Difference & Repetition and ignore everything else, especially anything cowrote with Guattari

>>10710583
What did you use to make that chart? Photoshop?

>>10710575
that would require that anyone on /lit/ has an understanding of Deleuze

>>10697785
Rawllin'.

>>10699379
Annnnd roll.

>>10697785
Roll. Gimme something good.

>>10709903
Herodotus is better than history. and its not like he had written sources he could check

>>10710889
got me pussy wet cheers lad

>>10697785
rool

>>10698000
The complete Summa is probably more than 3000 pages. People who make these charts have never actually read the books they list.

t. theology student

>>10701316
>>10701322
Does anyone have a decent poetry guide ?

Christ.

>>10706124
Most of these books aren't leftist critiques on capitalism

>>10699498

That’s the fake list, in the real one IJ is like fourth.

>>10703531
it literally says "just kidding" underneath, ya dingaling

>>10697338
I read Candide but I fail to see how it is regarded as influential. It's basically just a satire/argument from the absurd made to refute/ridicule Leibniz' optimism... So what? Philosophers get refuted all the time.

>>10710567
ah, I remember my courses in Teichmuller theory back in middle school. fun times

>>10697785
Roll

>>10699379
Roll

>>10697785
Roll

>>10697785
roll

>>10697785
roll river

>>10697785
Give me cummies.

>>10697550
why is joyce on there kek

>>10697555

>Soy Grand Theory

Fucking thank you for this!

>>10698226
you're missing The Atom Station and Fish can Sing

Where's the 'living off the land/future ecoterrorist' core chart

>>10698226

Everything below Laxness on that list is complete garbage (excluding Þórbergur). And this list urgently needs Grettis saga, Sturlunga saga and Heimskringla.

Also some good ones:
Þjóðsögur Jóns Árnasonar
Piltur og stúlka by Jón Thoroddsen
Svartar fjaðrir by Davíð Stefánsson
Tíminn og vatnið by Steinn Steinarr

None of these have been translated to English, but hey, if Tolkien could learn Icelandic I guess you can too, faggot.

>>10697785
rawling

>>10697272
>no Sagarana
Why

>>10697785
rolan

>>10697785
rolllll

>>10714984
I searched for it on google and didnt find a thing
Wtf is this shit