/lit/ - Literature

>>23365099
No, don't follow it precisely. Why would you follow a list made by some random retard precisely

>>23365099
just read what you're interested in, it would be a shame for it to become a miserable chore, especially on first impression

I've always thought it's a pretty good list of the Western canon. Maybe you don't really have to read some of the scientific or medical books.
Just start with something that catches your attention and start filling the gaps, reading it chronologically is impossible because there are all other stuff from those writers and stuff in between them that would be nice to read, so it would take you decades.

>>23365099
I prefer /lit/‘s top 100 (ignore the green marks, it’s the ones I’ve read).

>>23365237
Forgot the pic

>>23365250
Use this one instead

>>23365250
>>23365269
I see that /lit/ and I guess literature in general is a lot(or only) about novels, I have never read one, and at first glance it strikes me that's it would be kinda like a drama tv show or a soap opera. what is the appeal exactly?

>>23365479
cringe pseud

>>23365250
>#1 isn't hungry caterpillar
This is a forgery.

>>23365482
>midwit projection
Ask me how I know you are the pseud one

>>23365099
don't get to bogged down in trying to read the entire western canon in chronological order. Theres nothing wrong with reading a book and then later reading something written by an author that predates and influenced the previous book you read, And in fact it can sometimes be interesting to view things in this sort of non linear way.
There are a few exceptions to this in which reading in a particular order is important, Certain philosophers who wrote commentary on previous philosophers being probably the most obvious case.
tldr; just read whatever you find interesting and you will naturally get an understanding of the 'genealogy' of different ideas and theories. dont end up like picrel

>>23365099
>>23365102
The Autistic part of me brain love lists and doing things Chronologacly. The fact that it is made by a random internet retard don't matter much. Will probably follow a list like this one when i start to read properly.

Maybe a somewhat shorter list would be better but still.

>>23365099
I would recommend to start with modern classics. For a new reader they will be easier to read, and they will form a reading habit on you. Then, after you have read some and feel ready, your pic is recommended, skipping the medical and some scientifical writings of course. If you get bored of the list you can read a modern book and then go back at it.
You don't need to read the book N° 0, since you have already read some classics and understand how to read.

Another thing is that it lacks some authors that I would mark as essentials. For example, in the ancient greeks part, Hesiod or Apollodorus aren't there. I'd recommend to read Hesiod after Homer. Apollodorus myth can help you to understand tragedies.

A last thing, at the time The Iliad was written, the myth lf how the Troy war started was common knowledge, and The Iliad starts at the last year of the war, so I would recommend you to search what was the origin of the war so that you'll understand the story better.