/lit/ - Literature

>>4307438
Read it and find out.

Deal with it.

It's le funneh XD

The title always fluctuates. I have many favorites.

Les Miserables really enlightened me to prejudices I harbored inside myself, and helped me to steer myself toward the constitution of a better character. I love it for that reason. To Brothers Karamazov I can account the same. Besides this I had immense fun merely reading both books.

Some titles that did not have the same impact on my being but which I remember fondly would be:

The Elephant Keeper
Number9Dream
A Monster's Notes
Out Backward
The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Hemingway's short stories
Death in Venice
Crime and Punishment
The Devil's Own Work
Ulysses

>>4307441

you've been on this books dick constantly lately

how the fuck is something by gore vidal worth this much hype to you? is it really that good?

>>4307438
I've never read a book.

>which is your favorite child
>your favorite pet
>favorite cock
>i can't choose just one!

in all seriousness, this is a tough question for some people

I genuinely love the portrayal of humanity and deeper, underlying forces that guide the world in Song of Ice and Fire. It's definitely my favorite fantasy series, along with most of the rest of the world, and for good reason.

My favorite sci-fi is so far the Lunar Chronicles but that's just because I'm a sucker for believable sci-fi settings and romantic subplots affected by the order of that world.

>>4307466
>along with most of the rest of the world

Nope, pretty sure people with good taste still prefer Lord of the Rings.

The Third Policeman

>>4307469

>people with good taste
>Lord of the Rings

What good taste you have, sir.
What good taste indeed.

>>4307464
I found it massively entertaining. I am the Byzantine nut (I first came to /lit/ touting The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire) and the combination of artistic license and historical respect he gave the subject just impressed me. I'm sorry to not see anyone else reading him (on and on we get Stephan King! etc) Lastly, finding a good book is like finding a good song. It will fade out a bit, be replaced with another great book, surely. For now, I don't think I'm promoting it all that much. I've made no threads dedicated to it

>>4307469
I'm pretty sure R.R. Martin actually sits on a throne he made out of Tolkien books and merchandise when he writes.

>>4307466
>and deeper, underlying forces that guide the world in Song of Ice and Fire.
The way Asoiaf does causation of events and fluctuating fortunes and all that jazz you would notice reading a history book is legitimately terrific. I know certain people roll their eyes when others propose that asoiaf might have merit other than entertainment value, but at this stage I'm kind of responding in similar fashion. It feels like the books are about the nature of how history plays out, like the march of time is a concept actually given attention to. It's not just the characters that are present; there's a greater force prevalent that they're subject to.
I'll never understand this apparent conflict between appreciating literary and genre fiction.

>>4307911
>I'll never understand this apparent conflict between appreciating literary and genre fiction.

It only exists because every piece of genre fiction with real artistic merit is co-opted by the literary establishment and declared "literary fiction." 1984 and Brave New World are sci-fi. Blood Meridian is a western. Etc.

That being said, GRRM's prose is legitimately terrible and that alone will prevent anyone from taking him seriously.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Because it is simultaneously entertaining and beautiful.

>>4307485
I want to read Julian and Creation.

>>4307918
>That being said, GRRM's prose is legitimately terrible
There are a handful of sections that could properly be described as terrible without any hyperbole. Most of his writing is generally neither remarkable nor terrible.

>and that alone will prevent anyone from taking him seriously.
This veneration of prose over every other possible aspect of literature has reached amusing heights. A work whose main strength is obviously not its prose is meant to be disregarded...ridiculous. Genre is usually noted for its ideas and concepts, not writing.

Finnegans Wake, because it's the funniest thing I've ever read

>(bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner-ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur-
nuk!)

Either Brave New World or The Picture of Dorian Grey.

>>4307986
Correction:

>Finnegans Wake, because I only read one half of one page (that being the first page), but still feel like it qualifies me for being an intellectual.

Next time please post an excerpt that isn't from the very first fucking paragraph.

>>4307446
Have you read Something Happened and Closing Time? How was it? I read an excerpt from SH and it made me interested in the book.

>>4307998

Something Happened is excellent, I'd actually rate it above Catch 22.

Lolita. Yeah, I know, I know.

The sun also rises

because of the feels

Journey to the End of the Night

because I love Celine's writing style, read it several times and it's still enjoyable. This might be because I'm a depressed misanthrope fuckbaby but hey

>>4307443
This fucking book. I've been looking for it but my fucking library doesn't allow searching by ISBN. Fuck you Stephen King for titling your book "It."

:>

>>4307438
Because no more spooks.

>>4308037
my nigga

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. It's a book that has shown me a lot of things about myself.

>>4309234
> It's a book that has shown me a lot of things about myself

Hole fuck you're retarded. I knew that book was shit, thanks for confirming it

>>4309241
>self-discovery is only valid when it's attained through means of which i approve
what they got out of it is no doubt different from what you did. why judge others' subjective experiences by your own? the simplest thing can inspire the most complex.

Les Misérables

Because it's fucking good

>>4309241
>knew something
>needed someone to confirm it
sounds like you have validation issues bro

>>4307438
Honestly, it's probably Infinite Jest. I love the style, humor, topics, and so on. Fight me. Not really.

>>4309261
>mfw I'm about 200 hundred pages in
Does this have a happy ending? Please tell me it all ends ok. They deserve it. There's no way it can end happily.

But yeah, this book is fucking magnificent. Definitely creeping up to be one of my favorites. If Hugo can keep this going for another 800 pages then I will consider myself a convert.

>>4309283
Prepare to cry

>>4309314
I'll try my best. Book feels are the best feels for me.

>>4309270
you are my muse

>>4309261
Les Mis is a great book, if you remove the pointless historic and insane descriptions
>Battle of Waterloo
>That fucking church
Remove this, and the novel is 2/3 in length, and much better.

this explains most of lit

Pick one?

The Brothers Karamazov.

It is life.

The Trial - Kafka

I enjoyed it the most.