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Greetings from mu.

So, I have decided to start reading, I signed up to goodreads, I need some recommendations, I don't even know where to start, I don't know what genres I enjoy. Just give me a couple of things to start with. Thanks.

>> No.3220743

read the sticky

>> No.3220745

>>3220741
>I don't know what genres I enjoy.
is such a thing even possible? why don't you read some children's books then

>> No.3220750

read the sticky.

>> No.3220752

Steppenwolf, The Catcher in the Rye, and Crime and Punishment.

There you go.

>> No.3220768

>>3220741
You don't want to rush things. Start with the Count of Monte Cristo to sparkle that love for literature, move from there.

>> No.3220769

>>3220752
Seconded. Good luck OP

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>>3220745
>is such a thing even possible?
Anyway.

Post your goodreads account.

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3220809

The Stranger got me into literature. Give that a try.

>> No.3220813

goodreads sucks

>> No.3220819

>I have decided to start reading, I signed up to goodreads

typical /mu/ faggot

"i have decided to start listening to music, i signed up to last.fm"

>> No.3220830

>>3220769
Thirded. A good bunch.

>> No.3220832

Finnegans Wake is a good place to start

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3220853

>>3220832 Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, this book has an amazing prose style.

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>>3220819
this.

Recommended literature:
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading
Ask for recommendations only once you have browsed the wiki.

>> No.3220884

1. read Kafka
2. think he's the best
3. read everything else
4. come to the conclusion Kafka wasn't the best, and that (e.g.) James Joyce and Ovidius were better.
5. read everything once again
6. think on it for some years
7. Kafka was the best

TL;DR: start with Kafka and end with him.