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12306225 No.12306225 [Reply] [Original]

how good is this list to get started, /lit/ ?

>> No.12306233

>>12306225
ok

>> No.12306263

>>12306225
>Harry Potter
Jesus Christ, /lit/, what were you thinking?

>> No.12306270

>>12306225
Turn it upside down and it’s decent

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>>12306225

>> No.12306763

>Harry Potter
>Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy
>Dune
>1984
>Catch-22
>Infinite Jest #1
And yet /lit/ still has the nerve to think it's superior to Reddit.

>> No.12306783

>>12306225
alright if you're a monolingual dilettante

>> No.12308396

>>12306763
>implying it wasn't a Reddit raid that caused those books to show up on the chart

>> No.12308421
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12308421

>>12306763
We are superior, m8. Look at this year's edition.

>> No.12308453

>>12306225
>>12308421
Both of these lists are good. Reading any of these books would be an improvement for you if you haven't read any, honestly.

>> No.12308642

>>12308421
>The Odyssey
>Fagles

>> No.12308652

>>12308421
Why are BNW and 1984 in the top 50 when they get trashed every single time they're mentioned here? Also BOTNS is as embarrassing as any of those

>> No.12308665

>>12308421
>Faust 1 & 2 as a single entry

For what purpose

>> No.12308666

>>12308421
why is the bible so up there? is it even worth reading? isnt religion just bullshit used to control people?

>> No.12308673

>>12308421

>99% fiction
Absolutely disgusting. And you guys have the audacity to call yourselves intellectual.

>> No.12308709

>>12308666
it absolutely is worth reading, don't believe the lies of the fedora tippers

>> No.12308713

>>12308642
what's wrong with Fagles translation

>> No.12308722

>IJ
>falling for the meme
i wish i could cum on all of your eyes

>> No.12308747

>>12308666
here is a (You) so no one else feels such obliged

>> No.12308759

>>12308421
>Moby Dick is first place
Dude...

>> No.12308773

>>12308673
this is the LITERATURE board you absolute mongoloid

>> No.12308784

>>12308673
>being an intellectual
>being unable to see the value of symbolism and the imagination in representing various facets of the human condition
Pick one, brainlet.

>> No.12309062

>>12306225
Honestly fine, it's all pretty well respected stuff outside of some weird ones.

>> No.12309098

>>12308713
Fagles didn't write the Odyssey

>> No.12309102
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This was probably out best list even though it was rigged and fake

>> No.12309718
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>>12306225
Why the hell is Catcher in the Rye so highly regarded?

Pic not related.

>> No.12310527

When will the new chart be posted on wiki?

>> No.12310653
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>>12308421
I had a hunch and went over to plebbit to drink their tears. I wasn't disappointed.
>were are muh wamen
>were a muh bleeecks
>were is muh to kill a mockingbird they is nazis
>I'm ashamed of plebbit in comparison

>> No.12310834

every fucking year

>> No.12310855

>>12308421
>The Iliad no. 9 almost 3000 years later
How did "Homer" do it? Is literature and civilization so much nothing that on the whole we have very little to surpass this work?

>> No.12310979

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12311042

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12311086
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>>12306225
It's a decent list, but tends toward the profound, significant, and popular (as any top-100 list naturally does). I wish /lit/ would do an "alternative" list, although alternative would have to be defined first.

>> No.12311091

>>12310855
>How did "Homer" do it
He didn't, we did -- by basing all of Western literature on his two books.

>> No.12311095

>>12308709
I had to read that shit in school and it was the dullest piece of text I've ever laid eyes on.

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>>12311117
>All fiction plebs.

Come take on the weight of the world you fucking pussies.

>> No.12311240

>>12309102
Yes, it seems unlikely, sadly, that a book like The Opposing Shore would place now.

>> No.12311257

>The Bible
I liked the part where she gets her dad drunk and fucks his limp dick until she passes out... oh wait that was my mom trying for an anchor baby

>> No.12311262

>>12306225
hate all of these; the fake 2017 one is still objectively the best - fite me

>> No.12311270

>>12309102
>>12311240
>>12311262
Fuck off back to your discord fags

>> No.12311428

>>12308666
begone satan!

>> No.12311432

>>12308421
Roll em

>> No.12311441

>>12308421
High roller

>> No.12311588

>>12308421
Rell

>> No.12312190

>>12308421
Rulf

>> No.12312261

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12312296
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12312296

>>12310855
homer had divine help

>> No.12312312

Rollin

>> No.12312321

Rollin for both

>> No.12312324

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12312335
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12312335

>No Dorian Gray

>> No.12312352

>>12308421
Rill

>> No.12313882

>>12308421
Rollstein

>> No.12313889

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12313919

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12314025

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12314077

>>12308421
based

>> No.12314264

>>12308421
R2

>> No.12314282

>>12308421
roll:

>> No.12314296

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12314298

>>12308421
R0ll

>> No.12314317

>>12308421
Rull

>> No.12314325

>>12308421
Rolll

>> No.12314330

>>12308421
Read 16 of these this year and have 11 of them on my shelf. Here's to another year of reading

>> No.12314344

>>12308421
Rule

>> No.12314356

>>12308421
rollo

>> No.12314364

>>12308421
:D

>> No.12314372

>>12308421
Rollerino

>> No.12314390

>>12308421
R

>> No.12314397

>>12306263
this, made me disregard the entire list honestly

>> No.12314417

>>12308421
Re

>> No.12314436

>>12308421
Rolling

>> No.12314735

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12314739

>>12308421
Rolling

>> No.12314820

>>12308421
rolling

>> No.12314956

>>12308421
Rollan

>> No.12315557

>>12308713
it's probably the best or one of the best translations but fagles didn't write the odyssey

>> No.12315559

>>12315557
Fagle can suck my 4 inch girlcock

>> No.12315887

>>12306763
stop being such a fucking snob, almost all of them good books.

>> No.12315951

>>12308421
Big Roll

>> No.12316063

rolio

>> No.12316095

>>12308722
gross lol

>> No.12316174

rola

>> No.12316252

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12316270

>>12308421
Rolo

>> No.12316315

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12316330

>>12308421
Rollin

>> No.12316336

>>12308421
Rerollin

>> No.12316355

>>12306225
Roll

>> No.12316379

>>12308421
Rolling for 1st book of 2019

>> No.12316385

hole

>> No.12316719

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12316729

>>12306225
roll big time

>> No.12317539

>>12308421
Rollllllll

>> No.12317544

>>12317539
Re-roll
>platos republic
Not thanks

>> No.12318450

a

>> No.12318461

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12318486

>>12308421
Roll (for when I will finish exams)

>> No.12318518

>>12312296
underrated post

>> No.12318527

>>12308421
J K Rowling

>> No.12318583

>>12308421
Rollos

>> No.12318589

>>12308666
>Is the most referenced and influential text to Western literature and society worth reading?

>> No.12318600

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12318606

>>12308421
rollerino

>> No.12318613

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12318630

>>12306225
if you want to be a /lit/ard then it is good.
if you want to be a healthy human being then I am sorry.

>> No.12318632

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12318647

>>12308421
rolling for my first read of the year

>> No.12318734

>>12308421
Rollo

>> No.12318754

>>12308421
Roll.

>> No.12318757

>>12308421
Ρολλ

>> No.12318769

>>12318754
Mm. I'm satisfied with my roll. Will get onto that really soon.

>> No.12318776

>>12308421
rollan

>> No.12318780

>>12318776
read that already
>>12308421
again

>> No.12318811

>>12318734
I should like to roll again

>> No.12318839

>>12318811
Third times the charm

>> No.12318847

>>12318839
Ayy. I'll be starting this year with the Greeks

>> No.12319048

>>12308421
rolling

>> No.12319163

>>12308421
rollan

>> No.12319230

>>12308421
roelign

>> No.12319370

>>12308421
rollins. hope its something on my self

>> No.12319429

>>12308421
Not enough Mishima

>> No.12319894

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12319901

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12319951

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12319959

>>12319951
And I'm in the middle of it, praise kek

>> No.12321074

>>12319951
roll

>> No.12321155

>>12306225
Where can you make book charts? I know of topsters 2 for albums and movies

>> No.12321640

>>12308421
wroll

>> No.12321642

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12321683

First

>> No.12321694

>>12321683
Rrll

>> No.12321701

>>12308421
rollin

>> No.12322144

>>12308666
consider that half the population believe in god
you think they aren't going to rate it highly?
you think they are going to give it anything other than the utmost praise? think about it

>> No.12322343

>>12308421
ra

>> No.12322351
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12322351

>>12306225
boogers

>> No.12322406

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12322524

>>12308652
Because it only takes like 30 votes to get top 50 I think.

>> No.12322546

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12322547

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12322582

>>12308421
guess I'll roll

>> No.12322595

>>12308421
Ill rool

>> No.12322620

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12322629
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12322629

>>12308421

>> No.12322691

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12323065

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12323113

>>12308421
rull

>> No.12323132

>no mein kampf
plebian

>> No.12323150

>>12308421
rollan

>> No.12323309

>>12308421
s

>> No.12323754

Roll

>> No.12323966

>>12308421
rollio

>> No.12323979

>>12308421
Raül

>> No.12324202

>>12308421
Roule

>> No.12324350

>>12308421
oof

>> No.12324355

>>12308421
rollerino

>> No.12324359

It's shite. Meme-shite.

>> No.12324368

>>12308421
röll

>> No.12324386

>>12315559
You can suck my 8 inch man cock

>> No.12324396

>>12324386
Pics or gtfo

>> No.12324403
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12324403

>>12308421
the cover for #33 faulkner the sound and the fury should be replaced with a different version because it was designed by the jew marc j cohen

>> No.12324499

>>12308666
This is a religious board. kys atheist swine

>> No.12324506

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12324567

>>12308421
rollsy wollsy

>> No.12324963

>>12308421
rolll

>> No.12324965

>>12308421

rollin' for my second 2019 book.

>> No.12325079

>>12308421
Rolling .

>> No.12325083

>>12308421
Rolling pls good get

>> No.12325092

>>12308421
Rolling until I get what I want

>> No.12325100

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12325107

>>12308421
Anything except Lolita pls

>> No.12325115

>>12308421
Rolling

>> No.12325130
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12325130

>>12308421
rollin

>> No.12325137

>>12308421
Rollino

>> No.12325141

>>12308421
Rollin'

>> No.12325185

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12325682

>>12308421
Rollando

>> No.12325771

>>12308421
rolllllllll

>> No.12325800

>>12308421
rollin rollin rollin got me stargazin (yeah!)

>> No.12327162

>>12308421
rull

>> No.12327170

>>12327162
rerull

>> No.12327172

>>12308421
Rollin!

>> No.12327176

>>12308421
rellal

>> No.12328006

>>12308421
Reeeeeeeee

>> No.12328056

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12328080

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12328107

>>12308421
ROIL

>> No.12328138

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12328190

>>12308421
rollerinario

>> No.12328220

Role

>> No.12328250

>>12308421
Gibs book

>> No.12328266

roall

>> No.12328269

>>12308421

rol

>> No.12328273

>>12308421
niggy list

>> No.12328283
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12328283

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12328439

>>12308421
Let's see what fate says my next read will be.

>> No.12328458

>>12328439
Ok Fate, you can suck my cock. I'll pick my next book myself, thank you very much.

>> No.12328465

>>12328458
What's wrong with Plato?

>> No.12328490

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12328536

nigga roll

>> No.12328538

>>12308421
suck

>> No.12328630

>>12309102
Surprisingly good

>> No.12328640

>>12310653
>its true
kek

>> No.12328661

>>12308713
The Illiad - Homer
The Odyssey - Fagles


Don't you see a problem ?

>> No.12328663

>>12308421
Rolling

>> No.12328665

>>12308421
Rollan

>> No.12328677

>>12308421
>the odyssey by fagles
Whoever made this chart is retarded

>> No.12328687

>>12308421
>sakespeare
Lmfao

2017 list still only good one

>> No.12328703

>>12308421
Let me roll aa well

>> No.12328707

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12328920

>>12308421
reroll

>> No.12328969

>>12308421
Rolling

>> No.12329023

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12329028

>>12308421
reroll

>> No.12329031

>>12308421
rolling in order to contemplate about reading a book i will almost definitely not read unless i already have

>> No.12329079

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12329094

>>12308421
reroll

>> No.12329243

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12329248

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12329678

>>12308421
Roolin'

>> No.12330080

>>12308421
rul

>> No.12330177

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12330182

>>12308665
Because treating them individually would be impractical and stupid.

>> No.12330190

>>12308666
Nice try Satan

>> No.12330197

>>12308421
rolling without actually intending to read what i roll

>> No.12330207

>>12308421
rollin

>> No.12330242

>>12308421
roll.

>> No.12330396

>>12330197
>>12308421
same senpai

>> No.12330627
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>>12308666
Yes, start with the gospel. :)

>> No.12330659

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12330680

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12330703

da pawa

>> No.12330710

>>12327170
mother fucking rereroll

>> No.12330994

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12331479

>>12308421
rollin

>> No.12332761

>>12306225
>Harry Potter #54
>The Count of Monte Cristo #100

Oh nononono

>> No.12332773

>>12308421
Storm of Steel should be higher, but it's actually a pretty good list. Like it or not, you can tell that /pol/ anchored /lit/ into a particular direction, and it was for the better.

>> No.12332819

>>12308421
rollo

>> No.12332849

>>12332819
rerollo

>> No.12333021

>>12308421
Rolling Rolling

>> No.12333565

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12333650

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12333743

>>12308421
Rolling

>> No.12333769

>>12308421
let's seee

>> No.12333782

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12333789
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12333789

roll

>> No.12333812

>>12308421
>only one of my votes made the list

>> No.12333916

roll

>> No.12333950

>>12308666
Get behind thee, Satan!

>> No.12334631

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12334831

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12334837

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12334845

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12334849

>>12308421
.

>> No.12334852

>>12308421
reroll

>> No.12334880

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12334884

>>12308421
Reroll

>> No.12334911

>>12306225
On the Road sucks.

I've only read 22 of these but there is definitely some shit that should be on there that isnt there is some shit on there that shouldnt be.

No Gulliver's Travels, no Tristram Shandy, no Sophocles but there are three PKD books and too much Pynchon. The Crying of Lot 49 has the quality of prose one would expect from a comic book.

>> No.12335254

is knausgaard a meme or good

>> No.12335266

>>12308421
Test

>> No.12335269

>>12308421
.

>> No.12335297

>>12308421
I rolleth upon yee

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>>12308421
lmbaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

>> No.12335531

>>12308421
go

>> No.12335643

>>12308421

>> No.12335659

>>12308421
SCUM

>> No.12336179

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12336796

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12336807

>>12308421
Gimme that good stuff

>> No.12336846

>>12306225
hmmm today I will roll

>> No.12336920

>>12308421
rell

>> No.12336943

>>12308421
Roul

>> No.12336959

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12336977

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12336984

>>12308421
roll ds

>> No.12336987

>>12308421
what are we rolling?

>> No.12336992

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12337448

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12337457

>>12308421
Roll

>> No.12337485

>>12308421
rolllllll

>> No.12337523

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12337567

>>12308421
Roul

>> No.12337660

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12337712

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12337746

>>12308421

a roll

>> No.12337814

>>12306225
If the older me could go back in time and give the younger me some advice I would say skip Infinite Jest and read these 5 books to start off:
Lolita because it's suites a novice well.
Move onto American Psycho because it will improve your American English (vocabulary).
Then read Alice Adventures in Wonderland it will improve your British English (not Alice in Wonderland the US version).
Now you're ready for Fight Club then Wuthering Heights which are slightly more thought provoking.

>> No.12337911

>>12308421
Rolling

>> No.12338007

>>12308421

>> No.12338136

>>12308421
rolli

>> No.12338224

>>12306225
roll

>> No.12338695

>>12308421
Rollan for Jesus

>> No.12338722

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12338736

>>1230622
lloR

>> No.12338756

>>12308421
4011

>> No.12338795

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12338911

>>12308421
Řołł

>> No.12338913

>>12308421 roll

>> No.12338919

>>12308421
roll

>> No.12338925

>>12308709
t. Guy that has not read the bible.

>> No.12338929

>>12338919
roll

>> No.12338934

>>12338913
roll again, already read it

>> No.12339000

>>12306225
not a single Mann's book
nice joke

>> No.12339007

>>12308652
BOTNS is top tier sci-fi and I doubt anyone who has read it with some degree of comprehension would disagree. Wolfe has a way of putting the reader under a barrage of complex themes in a way which most sci-fi and fantasy novels barely approach. As to his narrative ability, he wove one of the most interesting relationships between narrator and plot I had ever seen with a constantly evolving linear storyline that demanded the readers attention. The intricacies of this series are only able to be fully appreciated on a second read through due to the masterful levying of situational irony throughout the novels.

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It would be helpful if this list included length of each book

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>>12308421
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