/lit/ - Literature

>>11960705
the Principia mathematica

>>11960705
haven't we had this thready before

>>11960705
Are you white?

>>11960705
The Secret

>>11960705
Don't even bother. Books are an obsolete medium.

If you want to be entertained just watch a movie (most of the good books have been turned into one) or play some vidya. If you want to learn something just watch some Youtube videos instead of slogging through some boring ass 900 page brick.

There's no point to books in 2018.

>>11960705
FICTION OR NON FICTION, PLEBIAN?

Vanity Fair

>>11960733

>>11960705
Start with George Orwells 1984. For reading starters it's important, that the book is interesting from beginning.

1984 throws you in an interesting World by page 1.

>>11961679
Book are the unchallenged type of archive. When someone publishes a political book you can't manipulate it afterwards.

Your youtubechannel, bitchutevideos and blogs die with the servers or bans.

>>11960705
Pic related has decent suggestions. I would probably recommend Of Mice and Men as your first, it's very short and easy to follow.

>>11961710

This. 1984 started my reading hobby in the 20's.
Easy to read and understand, interesting world and story.

Conan the Barbarian is also one that is easy and interesting. Also the stories tend to be pretty short, which is pretty important in the beginning.

>>11960733
lol

Shitty recs you got here. Try The Little Engine That Could.

>>11960705
Demons by Dostoevsky

>>11960705
Clean your room, wash you dick and then start with 12 rules for life

>>11960705

Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf

>>11961899
Don't start here OP that book is shit

>>11961775
>first book
>american psycho, lolita, clockwork orange
those are fairly tough going

>>11960705
the fucking sticky

1984 and Of Mice And Men are easily the best introductions to literature that I can think of

>>11960705
i confess im a weeaboo i started from anime ---> manga ---> jap light novel (overlord, Mushoku Tensei, Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria that kinda shite) --->

then I desire for something serious i started going into western literature I think my first book was 1984 or brave new world then just went on from there. Now I find jap shit completely revolting. now currently reading meditation and kafka

>>11960705
Unironically something by stephen kang
Or eco

>>11961723
Implying books can't be changed to fit a narrative

>>11962872
>american psycho
why?
ive read it as the first book in ages and it was a fairly easy read even though im not a native english speaker and i didnt understand every word. is it because of the unreliable narrator?

>>11962982
this is how i transitioned, too, just that i never read light novels

>>11963714
>dude and then I shoved these rats up her vagina and watched them eat their way out lmao
not exactly everyone's thing tbqhwyfam

>>11960705
the little prince

Unironcally Fight Club.

Being and Time by Martin Heidegger

>>11960733
STOP IT, IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE

>>11961899
this but unironically

>>11960733
>There's no point to books in 2018.
except when the internet goes down

>>11960705
start here

>>11964136
pfff I'll just spend the time with my g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g AAAAARRRRGGHHH

>>11960705
Just read catcher in the rye

>37
>37 fucking replies
>and no one has said "start with the greeks"
/lit/ has gone to shit.

>>11963420
>implying you're gonna come into my house with white-out and change the words

Illiad
Odyssey
The anabasis
Metamorphoses
No longer human
A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
Chronicle of a death foretold

Congratulations, after those five you’ve read enough to pick the next one yourself

>>11964615
>starting with antiquated texts that are difficult for your average person to understand
let a newbie start with the simple stuff that's relatable; then he can move to classics.
Jeez bill, it's like you're a pseud or something.

>>11960705
Here you go friend, start with any of these :)
Once you have read these, try to find books that strike a balance between being the genre you enjoy while still being thoughtful works of literature. Good luck.

Don't listen to these cucks, heres the real guide

>>11961775
>>11964667
I guess this can be seen as a starter list but these are all trash.

>>11964687
starter list id how I started, I think its good for newbies, it trains you up how to read and then you realize the better stuff out

>>11960705
Start with the Iliad.
>>11961899
This is great, but not for a first-timer.

>>11964666
>he's too much of a brainlet to understand Greek literature.

>>11961775
>>11964696
>>11964667
The fact that a disproportionate amount of these are American should tell you it's a meme list

>>11964687
I'd agree most of these aren't the greatest works of literature, however they're relatively easy reads to exercise the brain so it's ready for harder works of literature. Not everyone can start off by reading Ulysses, moreover doing so would put a lot of people off reading altogether.

>>11964709
very likely if OP hasn't read any books in his life

>>11964709
Most people are.
You don't have to pretend to be smart to understand some dorks from 2000 years ago though.
t. Philosophy graduate

>>11960705
ΤΗΕ ΑΛΦΑBET

>>11964685
At last I see...

>>11965074
you mean TON ΑΛΦΑBHTON

>>11963808
It is a good book? The film was very nice.

>>11961801
>1984 started my reading hobby in the 20's.

Are you 100 years old?

>>11960705

Don't start.

>>11963788
I thought he meant the multiple page explanations of what everyone is wearing.