/lit/ - Literature

Start with 1984 and save Ulysses for last.
I've not read half that list but just read 1984.

>god tier
1984
the castle

>great tier
of mice and men
the man in the high castle

>shit tier
old goriot

>all of my hate
ulysses

>havent read tier
the temple

hope this helps

If you wanted a children's book, I would suggest 1984.

Kafka is good, and if you share is absolute hatred of bureaucracy I would suggest reading the Trial as well.

I have not read Old Goriot.

Steinbeck's 2nd best work.

James Joyce was a fucking crazy ass pervert. With that said, if you feel confident enough in yourself to attempt Ulysses, go ahead.

I prefer Dick's short stories.

I don't know jack-shit about Japanese literature.

Read Of Mice and Men first.

>>2020378
>James Joyce was a fucking crazy ass pervert.

What? Farts and messy anal don't do it for you?

>Ulysses

>Ulysses

1984 is pretty good, very accessible
Castle is good. If you have read Kafka before you know what to expect, if not, start with Metamorphosis then The Trail.
Of Mice and Men is a good little novella. You can finish it in an afternoon.
Ulysses is generally considered the greatest English language novel ever written. It is quite a hard task though, do not attempt if you are a novice.
The Man in the High Castle, decent, not a great work of literature really.

>If you wanted a children's book, I would suggest 1984.

>>2020378

>If you wanted a children's book, I would suggest 1984.

Are you trolling? If not then please explain?

>Steinbeck's 2nd best work.
And what in your opinion is his best work? EoE or The Grapes of Wrath?

>>2020385
Farts and messy anal most certainly do NOT "do it" for me.

>>2020409
East of Eden is number 1 in my opinion.

What I mean by calling 1984 a "children's book" is that, like most children's books, a monkey could have written it.

>>2020389
>The Man in the High Castle... not a great work of literature really.

>>2020365
well done OP!

don't know about Old Goriot but
-From Easy to Hard and/or Long read- (kinda)

-Of Mice and Men
-The Man in the High Castle
-1984
-The Temple of the Golden Pavillion (wish this hadn't been my first experience with Mishima)
-The Castle
-Ulysses

>>2020365

Read Of Mice and men first, it's short and sweet, you won't regret it. Don't even bother with reading Ulysses now, I was starting many times and still can't get halfway through it.
The Man in the High Castle is a nice and relatively short sci-fi book, alt history, Germans and Japanese won WW2, etc.
Haven't read The Castle, but I am planning to. People say that it's just as good as The Trial, if not even better!

>>2020459
Oh damn, I started reading The Temple yesterday? Is it really a bad way to start? Read about only 20 pages, could switch to Confessions of a Mask? Really want to know now what to do, do tell.

OP here, thanks for everyone's recommendations, thanks A LOT.
I'll start with Of Mice and Men then.
I thought that people are going to rage and me and tell me to GTFO or call me a troll, because most of those books are considered to be classics, but I still haven't read them.

>>2020496

bump

>>2020496

Temple of the Golden Pavilion is Mishima in full-on "This is Japan" mode. Confessions of a Mask is Mishima in full-on "This is Mishima" mode.

Short answer is: if you're not freaked out by gay stuff, Confessions of a Mask is the easier better intro. Temple of the Golden Pavilion doesn't go into Mishima's personal sexuality---although tortured sexuality is part of the story it tells---but it's about bigger issues, and has beautiful prose.

tldr: Confessions of a Mask is easier to read but ghey

>>2020421

No, it isn't. The Grapes of Wrath is by far his best work. Main problem with East of Eden were its completely story irrelevant subplots/side stories (talking about Tom Hamilton, Steinbeck's mother, Joe Valery, etc, etc) and some of the main characters being ultimately left underdeveloped (Cathy - we never find out about her motives? Why did she kill her parents? Why did she hate everyone? What did she want to do in life? Why did she decide to become a whore? She was a heartless bitch, yet she killed herself because of her son, et cetera).

Of Mice and Men is his second best.

>>2020862
>The Grapes of Wrath is by far his best work

East of Eden is Steinbeck's magnum opus, this is pretty much a consensus among critics. Grapes is his most popular, that's because of it's timing and the John Ford movie.

>>2020862
I believe you need to read up on the definition of "in my opinion".

>>2020877
You retarded, window licking, pussy ass bitch. When do you get offline? You're on this board all day. No real life? I only shared my opinion of the book with others, just like you did. You can fuck of for not agreeing with me, I could care less about your opinion.

If you read 1984, you're going to want to smash every surveillance camera you see. Just a warning.

>>2020931
I see you enjoy picking fights. I will not oblige you.

Avoid Old Goriot.

>>2020931

>You can fuck of
>I could care less about your opinion.

>>2020931

>fuck of

1984
Of Mice and Men
The Castle
The Man in the High Castle
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Old Goriot
Ulysses

Order I would read them in, Have not read Old Goriot, Ulysses is good, just hard to get through. Otherwise it's a good order 1984 is quick but really good.

http://a-dangerousmind.blogspot.com/2006/09/falling-in-love-again-falling-in-love.html
>follow the way of the dick.
You'd better do what he says.

>>2020931
>>2020931
>>2020931

classic moron post is classic