/lit/ - Literature

If you have not read The Hound of the Baskervilles, do so.

Apart from being rather well written, it's a damn entertaining story.

Read Hound!

Or The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night Time, because the title is a Sherlock quote. I read that book around when it came out, but I don't remember it very well...I think I liked it.

What sorts of things do you like to read, OP? Would you prefer something that is short and easy to grasp, or something that you'd want to involve yourself in a bit more? Something fun, something depressing?

i really like the stevenson.

well, i'd like a story which i'll enjoy. a story which could draw me in. not just some story i have to read because people say it's nice.
>>1960940

The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night Time.

Although, The Great Gatsby is really good too...

Death of a Salesman is one of the saddest pieces of writing I've read.

It's a classic work and I would highly suggest it. It is not too long and is in the form of a play, so it's easy to read and even so the story remains brilliantly tragic.

0 = The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1 = Dracula
2 = The Kite Runner
3 = Death of a Salesman
4 = The Great Gatsby
5 = To Kill a Mockingbird
6 = Of Mice and Men
7 = Brave New World
8 = Catcher in the Rye
9 = The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

get rolling OP.

>>1960949
>>1960949
i nealry forgot that. after having read it i also will have to present my novell in front of roughly 200 people

I really like 10 OP. I think Alexie Sherman is an underrated author.

>>1960969
i want some opinions not a game

catcher in the rye, especially if you're presenting to a room full of teenagers

>>1960980
>>1960980

why? is anyone here really going to change your mind?
i narrowed it down to 10 choices for you.
all of them are good.
most of them are considered classics.
read one of them.

>>1960980
>i want some opinions not a game

My dear OP--what is the difference?

>>1960990
>>1960991
okay... you've got a point.

i think i'll stick to 28. seems to be interesting

>>1960961
Death of a Salesman is what I had in mind when I asked if OP wanted "something depressing", haha.

>>1960999
Do it. I think I'm gonna reread that book, thanks to this thread

and out of personal interest i will also read the sherlock holmes. i guess my school choose some books worth reading

i only have read 2 of that list, the catcher in the rye, and the hound of baskerville, and i suggest you read both ...

but if you must only read one, like if you read 2 some one dies, i suggest catcher in the rye

hey man, wollte dir nur mal sagen, dass du auf keinen Fall Curious Incident lesen solltest, weil das echt kacklangweilig ist. Wir hatten das in der 11ten und es ist wirklich boring as hell. Am anfang ist das ganz witzig mit dem Autisten und so aber nach relativ kurzer Zeit wirds einfach nur noch dumm und langatmig.
Catcher in the Rye ist sehr gut, keine Frage. Misery liestn kumpel von mir, soll auch sehr gut sein.
Brave New World ist natürlich ziemlich harter Tobak, also wenn du gut bis in Englisch gehts eigentlich.
To Kill a Mockingbird ist gut, aber auch ziemlich lang.
Tortilla Curtain hatten wir auch inner Oberstufe, einfach nur dumm und langweilig.
Und lass bitte die Finger von Andrea Levy, ist einfach nur so ein Tipp.

Ich persönlich würde JD Salinger lesen, lohnt sich.

>>1961069
What is the meaning of 'kack' in kacklangweilig?

>>1961078
kack is shit

>>1961078

Crap

>>1961082
hahahah

so is kacklangweilig "shit-boring"?

>>1961086
yep.

Andrea is my aunty

Read The Quiet American by Graham Greene, OP.

>>1962398
I saw The Quiet American. Michael Caine was neither quiet nor American.

I'd pick between 6, 7, 13, 16, 17, 18, 27, and 28 if I were you.

Brave New World would likely be my choice, especially if you're doing a presentation.

>>1960999
You have to read The Wave three times