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I've only read 4 books in my entire life, but I'm ready to stop being retarded
please tell me what books to read

>> No.8220801

I recommended postponing reading Nietzsche, and to first study Aristotle for ten to fifteen years.

>> No.8220805

>>8220795
The Ego and its Own

>> No.8220815

>>8220795
The Twelve Chairs

>> No.8220820

>>8220795
Start with the Greeks

>> No.8220825

Room by Emma Donogue. That will be a great beginning.

>> No.8220838

Check out the rec charts...start with easier stuff thats classic like Catcher In The Rye, Gatsby, some Shakespeare...basically grab a hs reading list

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>>8220795
The Tunnel

>> No.8220844

>>8220795
Complete stories of flannery O'Connor.

Also, check the wiki.

>> No.8220853

>>8220795
Bible

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>>8220795

>> No.8220885

>>8220795
In search of lost time

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>>8220795

>> No.8221834

>>8220795

Maybe start with classic children literature, like Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, etc.

>> No.8221856

>>8221834
Alice in Wonderland is a great suggestion. It is easy to read and understand. The story and the writing are also quite good.

>> No.8221883

>>8220795
Start with the mesopotamians.

>> No.8221891

>>8220795
Start with the Greeks

>> No.8221916

>>8220838
This.

I would also recommend one of the shortened up versions of Les Miserables.

>> No.8221928

>>8220795
>wants to stop being retarded
>asks /lit/ what to read

there's your problem

>> No.8221935

>>8221928
Enlighten us with your intelligence.

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8222026

sticky
>>>/wsr/
lurkmoar

Since you decided to make a shitty rec thread instead of doing any of these things, I think it's too late for you to stop being retarded.

>> No.8222048

>>8220795
It's hard to start reading if you don't enjoy what you're reading. Find something that sounds interesting first. Then start to expand your perpective. Learning to read first will help you enjoy reading the boring or uninteresting books. You'll start to appreciate them. You will take something from them.