/lit/ - Literature

>>3297712

Atlas shrugged. It has a generally favourable opinion on /lit/.

two piece of shit novels what a surprise

I'm about 40 pages into The Count of Monte Cristo.

http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading/Literature_by_type#Doorstoppers

Middlemarch

Anything written by a woman seems to be vastly overlooked on here, but this is amazing. It is frequently called the best English novel of all time.

I'm about 75 pages into Gravity's Rainbow. I enjoy it, but certain passages are torturous, and every few pages I completely lose track of what I'm reading. It takes me whole hours to get through 25 pages. My eyes are straining, and I promised myself I'd get to page 100 before I went to sleep, but I just don't know if I can do it.

Any similar experiences with this book? Any advice?

Did that one guy stop telling people to bother a publisher about reprinting Women and Men?

He should have kept at it.

>>3297740
I hate realism.

Each to his own though.

I'm roughly 350 pages into Ulysses, enjoying it thus far, if some sections completely bypassed me.

>>3297740
>the best English novel of all time.

According to whom? I've never heard anyone express that opinion.

>>3297712
Brothers Karamazov is absolutely fantastic.
>>3297742
You have two options, either read a little at a time slowly piecing it together or dive deep into. I dove right into it. It ended up fun as hell. Don't be too concerned with understanding everything.
>>3297748
I plan on reading Ulysses later this year, really looking forward to it. The doorstopper that is closest up in my to-read que is The Recognitions by William Gaddis. Really excited about it and plan on starting it soon, probably middle-end of January.

>>3297759

>I've never heard anyone express that opinion.

This has more to do with you being uninformed. I personally haven't read it, but I see mention of it all the time. If this is the only place you go to for lit online then that might be why.

>>3297712
Clever picture OP.

>>3297719

>>3297742
just have fun and don't get too caught up with the stuff you don't get. If you read closely, the individual episodes of the novel aren't too too difficult, so if you feel yourself losing reading comprehension and skimming through after a while, just come back later. It would probably be better if you didn't set page goals for yourself, too. If you enjoy it, read it again: it's better the second time!

213 into Les Miserables you fucking niggers

Not a novel but right now I'm reading
Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid and it is fantastic. It's incredibly interesting and written in a way that just about anyone can understand

I did Les Miserables and Brothers Karamazov last year and they were awesome, now I'm stuck between picking my next doorstopper, I'm thinking (since I've also done notes from the underground and the idiot, ) either going through Crime and Punishment and finishing off my Dostoyevsky or going for a Pynchon.

I want to pick the right one because I'm going to be with it a while,

Terra Nostra - Carlos Fuentes.

I am monitoring this thread because I am making next year for me the year of the doorstopper.

Not novels but I'm reading concurrently

1) The Power Broker. If you're interested in history, politics, the theme of idealism vs. "Getting Things Done", New York City, tragic figures, or urban development and planning, you might like this book. I'm on page 860 of 1160.

2) National Geographic's The Visual History of the World. If you like history as much as me, but have as many enormous knowledge gaps as me, you should read a giant "overview" history book like this.

I'm also reading The Brothers Karamazov. Not far into it (~130 pages) but absolutely loving it.

>>3297759
One of my English professors had it at number two (after Women in Love). Guy had strange tastes, though I do think it's one of the best book's I've read.

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity

If you were ever interested in how medicine, surgery, and the understanding of the human body developed, this has it all. Lots of crazy stuff in here, although it's a dense read.

How are John Barth's novels?
Also has anyone read Anathem by Neal Stephenson? What did you think of it compared to Cryptonomicon (if you read it of course)?

Over a thousand pages into The Stand.

Currently about 300 pages into Mason and Dixon. Wasn't sure what to expect going in as I'd never read Pynchon before. I'm really enjoying it though. It's complex yet still flowing in a way that I've never really seen before.

>>3298747
I like Women in Love a lot; it's a great book.
I think Gravity's Rainbow was the largest book I've read recently and that was about a month or two ago. Might read Mason and Dixon soon.

Started Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela's autobiography) this evening-I'm quite enjoying it so far, though don't know that I'd recommend it just yet