/lit/ - Literature

>>16510427
Misery, 37.

Fanged Noumena 34

>>16510427
lolita, 70.

>>16510427
Dream of the Red Chamber, 36

Autobiography of Red. 27

/lit/'s a litter older than I though it'd be

>>16510449
How can you remember all the names? I'm curently struggling with that one

>>16510427
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell (a truly distinguished man).
90.

>>16510540
Quite.

Blood Meridian
Les enfants terrible
Valis
(Can't decide between the three)

28

I just got introduced to reading, thanks in part to this board so pls dont bully my list i havent made 20 reads yet

Lolita
Species of Spaces
The Illiad
The Stranger
In The Penal Colony

16

>>16510427
20
Maldoror, The Tunnel or Tomb for 500.000 Soldiers.

Count of monte cristo

24

>>16510949
My advice would be for you to lurk, you don't want to get demoralised at such a young age. Just keep reading and ignore all the edgy retards who pretend to read.

>>16510949

I'd say keep reading whatever you like, at your age things should naturally spark when you read something that resonates. That spark diminishes with age if you're not very careful and empty worries about book count and such will only contribute.

Anna Karenina
21

>>16510427
The Horse and His Boy, 26.
>>16510949
See you in two years.

>>16510427
The Brothers Karamazov
A Tale of Two Cities
25

>>16510427
I thought I was the only one that read this book. One of my favorite ones as well.

>>16510427
Stoner, 23.

>>16510949
You're an underage faggot and should be banned as such but you're on the good track. Very strange that you choose species of spaces, a very good book by Perec and a favorite of mine but rather obscure.

20

>>16511267
Tbh didnt hear bout that rule, if it existed cause I just look around here, I regular on /v/ and mustve missed it. I chose Species of Spaces because its was different and its the first one I've read, although that could change this week since I loved his writing so much I ordered Void and A Man Asleep and its coming in a couple days.

No longer human, 20

>>16511390
You should read Things, its his best work

>>16510427
The Diary of a Superfluous Man, 25

either The Gods Themselves or Crime and Punishment
22

>>16511390
A Man asleep is also a favourite of mine, haven't read void though.
>>16511430
It's one of his weaker imo. Have you read Life: A user's manual? It's not my favourite Perec's book but I think I'd call it his best work.

>>16510427
17 yo

>>16510427
22

>>16510441
Have you read much else of the Olympia Press?

Your attempts at datamining my true identity are unamusing so I shall answer my own questions.

>Who is your favourite Swiss?
Euler. Rousseau can get to fuck.
>What was the best Xbox 360 game of all time?
It was Burnout: Paradise, of course.
>Is it true that all our lives are determined by mechanical, material processes?
No! A strong will is unconquerable.

Notes from Underground or No Longer Human
19
I see more of myself than I'd like to admit in both of the main characters.

>favorite book
fuck if I know, I got a kick out of Hamilton's Mythology and still revisit some of the stories within from time to time; similar with DFW's Oblivion
>age
I'm about to be 26 in a month or two

Ada or Ardor, Nabokov (as of now)
18

>>16511481
No, not yet. I want to but the lists..

>Pale Fire
>25

>>16510427
Byron's complete poems & letters
Dickinson's complete poems & (hilarious) letters
Tie
35

>>16510427
The prose is a bit thick dyt?

31

20

>>16512380
based

Hunger or The Maimed
22

I ordered Obscene Bird of Night by mail, which could become my future favorite

The Tin Drum
18

>>16512444
why? that book bored me to death with the exceptions of a few very good scenes

29

>>16512165
I care little for the modern obsession with the minimal.

>>16512420
OBoN is impossible to find new in English

>>16512771
I could order it, but the delivery was delayed two times already.
Maybe that's why.

It's on Open Library, but I've been planning to read it when it arrives.
If it arrives at all.

Don Quixote
22

>>16510524
My edition has an appendix of characters.

>>16512771
>OBoN is impossible to find new in English
Not really

>>16512925
Where did you find it?its $40 used on amazon, book depository doesn’t have it new,etc

>>16512956
I bought that copy on Amazon for $13.14

>>16512982
New?i don’t buy used

20

>>16512988
It was new when I bought it back in 2019. Those prices were pretty common back then so I just assumed it was the same. Did not think it would come to the point to the current prices I see on Amazon.

21

>>16513025
Yeah it’s crazy.ive been looking for it on amazon for ~6 months.youre lucky.its one of my holy grail books because it’s hard to find.i hope I’m not disappointed when I finally find it..

>>16513046
I wish you the best of luck in finding a new copy for a reasonable price. I absolutely loved it and need to re-read it. The PDF is readily available until you find a copy.

A tie between these two

Blood Meridian
American Psycho

22

>>16510427
The crying lot of 49, 19

>>16512763
I hear you, but there are far better baroque style writers, and I too like Oscar Wilde (if that's who led you to him).. but I won't argue a matter of taste. If you haven't already you should check out Beddoes' Death's Jest Book.

Ultimate Dinosaur Book

33

>>16513017
i got filtered on the first page, this book is more confusing than infinite jest. he had a nice introduction tho i still remember the end of it where he compares his book to a child that one doesn't hear from but seems to be doing quite well

>>16510427
sorrows of young werther 20

>>16510427
The Master and Margarita
The Pickwick Papers

25

Infinite Jest
26

>>16510427
>The Metamorphoses by Ovid
>26

>>16510949
MODS

The Recognitions, 19

science of logic (or anything by Hegel) ,18

35

>>16510427
heart of darkness, 18.

>>16513451
Fellow dad of a six year old

>>16513371
Thank you, I will look that book up.

>>16510427
Confession of a mask, 22

6

>>16512420
>which could become my future favorite
how do you know that?
but it's possible, it's on my top 5 for sure.

>>16514191
I've read a bit about it before I ordered it. I really like surreal literature and by the way some reviewers described it, this could be right up my alley. Also (and I hate to admit it) the cover of a book plays a role in my interest in a book and this is a pretty cool one.
I've also tighten the beginning of it online, because it takes so long to arrive.

>>16514302
*read not tighten

>>16514158
You have to be 12 to be on this site

Mysteries, Hamsun
23

I don't really have one, haven't read that many so I haven't quite developed my taste yet but if I had to choose it'd be
The House of Spirits
22

Absalom Absalom
21

>>16511988
You have to be 18 to post here

Blood meridian
20

24 and I'm really enjoying the Foundation novels right now. Interested to read the end of eternity afterwards.

22

18.

Blood Meridian
19

Pls don't bully me

das Kapital
18

>>16517014
Have you considered reading good books?

>>16510427
26

The Master and Margarita, 25

The empty mirror (No one has ever read it here and I wish someone had) and crime and punishment.

23

>>16516833
>18
>Meaning 18+
>It clearly says 19
>19 is greater than 18
I thing that post was intended for it's author.

>>16510427
20
it unironically reads like prose

>>16510427
The Good Soldier Svejk
22

>>16517377
You mean poetry?

Book of Disquiet 23

21

>>16517298
>The empty mirror (No one has ever read it here and I wish someone had
Probably because it was trash

24 (which apparently is old here)

None. All books are trash.

>>16510449
>>16510464
Red Meridian, 39

>>16510427
Just turned 100
The deepest prose I've ever read in my entire life

Suttree
25

>>16518465
Good choice

canticle for leibowitz / 25

The Tartar Steppe, 31.

Les Fleur du Mal
24

>>16510949
You probably already read more than most /lit/ lurkers and we all used 4chan at your age anyway. Good luck anon

>19
Tonio Kroger and The Savage Detectives

>>16510427
>pic related
21

>>16517275
"alright goy, it's time to read Harry Potter!"

>>16518784
It’s cute you responded to yourself, anon. Wanna fart on camera for me?

>>16510427
The quran in Arabic
36

>>16510427
Catcher in the rye 18

>>16518826
There is better racist literature than TD. Maybe try Céline or Madison Grant.

>>16510427
Journey to the end of the night, 23

>>16518826
it has nothing to do with its ideology
it's just a really badly written book.
sorry you're a brainlet :(

>>16510427
29

>>16510427
autobiography if malcolm x
16

The Waste Land & Other Poems
24

I am quite surprised by the average age of this board. I would suspect it'd be a little bit older than most (let's say 24, 25), but not in the late 20s.

To the old posters in this thread: Did you turn on to reading in need for a change due to your age?

Starship Troopers
20

23

28

Moby Dick

17

Brief Interviews with Hideous People, 26

25

>>16519415
>>16519590
https://www.4channel.org/rules

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, 27

Ficciones, the brotherhood of the grape or hurensohn
17

>>16516852
The End of Eternity was my first Asimov novel and I loved it. I haven’t started the Foundation series yet but I’m looking forward to it

>>16510949
Keep lurking but also go on /fit/ and do not just confine your days to mental labour. A good and balanced mix between mental and physical work is as based as it gets.

>>16510718
>Valis
Based. One of my favorite PKD novels

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
20

>>16519898
Bad meme, a walk in the park is all you need.

Don Quixote or Anna Karenina

23
>>16510949
Don't reveal your age, anon. Not a bad list for a beginner.

>>16519841
Larp

>>16517374
No anon, clearly means 18 only

>>16510427
The Brothers Karamazov, 30

20
Hunger, by Hamsun
Havoc, by Kristensen
Spring Snow, by Mishima

>>16519419
Im 42 - so here’s my thoughts.

I’ve always liked reading. Liked Thoreau and Emerson when I was in high school. I went into university with computer science but finished with a English minor. I read some in my late 20s and early 30s but then picked up a lot in late 30s once life settled down some with kids and such. Honestly the nice thing about reading literature is it simply opens up to understanding the world and lives of other people that you can’t experience first hand. Also, as you settle down there’s a lot of routine and monotony. Reading offers a nice escape.

Despite the relatively young age, there’s a lot of good posts here and it’s nice to see some of the more traditionally canonical texts referenced. It’s unfortunate to see the state of university education. I’ve compared the course offerings now from when I was in school in 20 years ago. The difference is mind boggling just in that short of a time frame. You’re going to find better suggestions here than reading school recommendations or reviewing the short list for some award.

The other thing as you age you really see the difference between good and great works. The good works sometimes fail to age well....in other words I might have liked them in the past because they spoke to a certain circumstance or phase in my life. The great ones can be read and re-read and you continue to get something new.

>>16519980
So what books do you like at this point in life? What are great works

>>16510427
Germinal
24

I'm 32.

My favorite book is Moby Dick, it's the best book in the English language (According to me)

>>16520119
Germinal too !
20

I really enjoyed Aux bonheurs des dames too !

>>16510949
Based

>>16511104
>The Horse and His Boy
based Narnian

>>16519990
Moby Dick comes to mind because of how vastly different it was between reading parts of it in my 20s to when I read the whole work in my late 30s.

In particular, having more life experiences I was able to empathize with some of the characters and themes. There were times when I was mad with God/The Universe. Once I felt that I could understand Ahab as the hero. I was also more cynical and perhaps less sincere when I was younger. So again with a little more life experience, I saw more subtlety and more beauty in MD...you accept that the universe is in some ways not understandable but you still see the beauty in it. Over time you also get a better appreciation for fate. Those are all themes I maybe thought I understood when I was younger but I actually felt them when I was older.

Another example is Blood Meridian for different reasons. The more you read the more you get out of things. I remember reading the first page of BM the first time and I remember thinking - that’s beautiful writing. The second time after having read parts of the Bible And knowing the entirety of BM I think - wow that meteor shower kind of reminds me of the concept of Lucifer(god of the morning star) falling from the sky. Or you read Empire of the Summer Moon and you understand what it would have been like to see Comanches in front of you. Really good books have that way of eliciting mental connections to different ideas and themes. I never felt that with something like Catcher in the Rye. You can relate to the adolescent angst....but it doesn’t mean that much when you’re older. I’ll think about Moby Dick or Blood Meridian all the time.

I like Volmann and Pynchon for similar reasons. You read their books and you just learn so much trying to understand them and you really see how great they are.

I realize these are all American authors, butt they are some of my favorites in terms of impacting my life. I’m sure there are loads of other examples.

>>16510427
20, The Idiot

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
27

Admittedly an absurdly cheesy title, this book contains some of the best insights into intimate relationships I've ever read. A must read for anyone who seeks a secure, long term romantic relationship, or anyone who just wants to understand romantic attachment. I often think back on it in regards to my relationship and I can confidently say it has helped make my current 6+ year relationship healthier

>>16520499
Same, but I'm 18, such a comfy book

>>16520350
Fine post, anon

The very hungry caterpillar
21

>>16510427
Paradise Lost
Crime and Punishment
Tale of Two Cities
27

Bridge to Terabithia, 31

>>16520350
Based GenXer.

>>16510427
Moby Dick
Little House on the Prairie
The Bible
Anne of Green Gables
1984
Lord of the Flies
Little Women
Wuthering Heights
Dandelion Wine
The Great Gatsby
Paradise Lost
Inferno
Shakespeare

LoTR
27
Everything else I read just makes me appreciate it more, whether it be philosophy, poetry, anthropology, psychology, anything. Tolkien was on his own level.

A Scanner Darkly


28

The Interpretation of Dreams
27

>>16524255
Actually a fun, comfy book

>>16524255
based Freudian

Stoner
36

The Bhagavad Gita, 23

Discourse on Method, 19.

Since I was a kid, 49 now

A few shit chapters in the first half of the book but the last two are pure kino, 8/10. Much better than Uncrowned.

Ἰλιάς
21

23
Honestly, Lolita is the novel which I probably got the most pure enjoyment out of. I would say The Book of Disquiet is the book which "spoke to me" the most/ and I definitely feel a kinship with Pessoa that I don't with any other author, but (and maybe in part it's because it doesn't translate perfectly) his prose is really meandering and a little self indulgent at times. I realise that a lot of the work being glorified diary entries makes that more understandable but nevertheless despite how heartfelt it was I did feel like it dragged on a lot. Maybe I shouldn't have gone with the Zenith version which is less edited, then again maybe that monotony the book drags you into after a while is appropriate idk.
Lolita is just smoooth af, it's pure /lit/, I didn't really feel much even though I think the book isn't as cold and emotionless about the subject matter as some claim (and about postmodern lit in general), the sequence where Dolores and Humbert reunite was truly quite sad in a twisted sort of way for example, but that's not why I like it. It's just fun, it's funny it's clever, the language isn't even that complicated or obscure, just masterfully handled

Rambling sorry/

>>16510718
>>16519903
>>16524220

same

>>16510949
>don't reveal you're underage on 4chan
>read whatever it is that keeps your enjoyment of reading
>start with the Greeks

Anti-Oedipus, 19

>>16510442
extremely based

>>16524126
I'm guessing you are 16

>>16512466
mirin
>>16510441
thoroughly mirin

As for myself, Moby Dick. I'm 21. Also as gay as it is Infinite Jest is a pretty close second, I can't help it I'm fucking retarded.

>>16510427
20

>>16526195
God bless you brother.

>>16510427
Don't have a fav book, 24.

>>16526236
Same to you, brother.

>>16519353
Good taste

>>16518772
Based. Now go read petits poemes en prose

>>16526447
Thanks, i will check it out.

sun and steel, 19

Lady Chatterly’s Lover. 33.

26

I'd say The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
18

notes from the underground, 19

>>16517014
If you read Don Quixote, a surprising Easter egg awaits you!
Beware the wignat path.

27, wind in the willows

>>16511814
take your meds

>>16510427
Republic, 22.

All quiet on the western front, 18

>>16517014
Based, read Hunter too

18
Also The Storm of Steel and the Holy Bible

22

28

his previous books are entertaining and pseudo-insightful enough for the usual misanthropic depressed teenager but lunar park its just so well written that makes me not regret having read them. (it is partly autobiographical so for it to make sense you must be wall acquainted with the author's work, including the movie adaptation of american psycho)

infinite jest 19

Fiction?
The Gunslinger - Stephen King (meme away)
Or Lolita -russian bloke

Non fiction?
Beyond Good and Evil - kneechi

>>16529616
Forgot age. 22

>>16529626
That happens more and more as you get older

>>16517377
An incredible achievement

>Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
>18

>>16510427
Is Melmoth good? Thinking about getting into horror. The plot sounds pretty neat. Is it any creepy though?

>>16513034
This is really weird, I went through a Tolstoy inspired spiritual crisis at 21. People really aren't that unique huh. Would still like to have a chat with someone like you who's interested in Tolstoy's spiritual writings, have never met someone IRL who has a read a single page of that stuff.

>>16517377
The best history book I have ever read. This made get an undergrad in history unironically. Reading this after War and Peace was probably the best literary experience I have ever had. Fuck it's good.

>>16526195
Seems like a very young age for such a difficult work, you're much more intelligent than me when I was 20 anon. I read it much later in life after a few university seminars on Augustine and it was still very difficult.

>>16530139
Have you read any of Zamoyski's other stuff? I'm about to read 1812 (together with a reread of War & Peace) but am also curious about his book on Poland and his biography of Napoleon (I've read a few others so probably don't need to read it, but Napoleon biographies are always fun)

In my eyes this is a perfect novel.
27

>>16530152
I haven't. I'm not too interested in Poland and I have read so many Napoleon biographies that I really don't want another for let's say a decade.

>>16511104
>The Horse and his Boy
Holy shit, that sends me back.

>>16524126
The request was your favourite book anon, not a highschool english department's literature list.

21, and the entire A Dream of Eagles series by Jack Whyte, even if I'm not sure there's anyone outside Canada that's actually read it.

18, On The Road probably.

I'd really like to expand my reading though. I've read a fair amount of classics as a teen and my favorite authors are Bukowski, Kerouac, and Hunter S. Anywhere I should start?

>>16530405
Try growing up and reading adult books

20, Gatsby

>>16516919
You could see the ending from a mile away and somehow it was still the biggest gut punch I’ve gotten from a book

>>16530415
brainlet alert

does anyone have the old /lit reading list? set up kind of like this one? I can't find it in my images anywhere.

The laws of our fathers

22

>>16510427
Middlemarch
38

>>16513034
This was me but I was 31

>>16530415
lol yeah thanks for the recommendation, sorry I didn't check in with you before I liked something.

>>16526195
God bless you.

Infinite Jest, 24

>>16510427
20
Spring Snow

These threads are for the gays

>>16530149
I've read it at least twice and in all honesty it was/is a difficult read. Augustine however resonated with me deeply, and his contemplations with respect to his person and God were similar to my own. I saw myself in him, and felt as if I was with him for the entirety of the autobiographical portion. The theology was a bit much for me however, but it did inspire me to begin studying philosophy and theology. I hope to one day return to it again once I have a better grasp of those subjects.
>>16532162
Likewise friend.

22

I love anime, 26

21

>>16510427
29

>>16523775
Came here looking for this.

>>16533058
Absolutely basé

19, Swann's Way

30

Athens & Jerusalem by Lev Shestov
20

>>16510427
Philosophical Investigations
21

>>16510427
Memoirs of Hadrian, 32

GR, 29

>>16510427
permutation city, 19

>>16530405
Fucking trash

A Clockwork Orange, 21

Leaves of Grass. 29.

harry potter 4, 24

>>16517377
prose is just non poetry you know that right