/lit/ - Literature

The Catcher in the Rye
The Crying of Lot 49
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Naked Lunch
Necromancer
1984
Pale Fire
Snow Crash
The Sun Also Rises
Ubik
Watchmen
White Noise

But what if I don't give a shit about the Time Magazine 100 Greatest Novels from 1923 to the Present List? What if I think the Time Magazine 100 Greatest Novels from 1923 to the Present List is a complete load of crap?

>>993462

then you don't post in this thread

>>993481
No, actually, it means you delete this thread and get out because this thread is retarded

>> paying attention to time magazine

The Catcher in the Rye
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Lord of the Rings
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse Five
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things Fall Apart
To Kill A Mockingbird
Watchmen

Gravity's Rainbow
The Great Gatsby
Lolita
The Lord of the Rings (that isn't a single book...)
Neuromancer
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things Fall Apart
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen

Ok, so... not as many as I would like, and way too many of those are kiddy books or highschool reading.
But, there are a lot of books on that list that I really want to read. If I made a list of which of those books are on my "to get" list, I'd have about half of them.

only 12 of them :/

Animal Farm (1946), by George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (1951), by J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), by C.S. Lewis
Lolita (1955), by Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (1955), by William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (1954), by J.R.R. Tolkien
Never Let Me Go (2005), by Kazuo Ishiguro
1984 (1948), by George Orwell
Slaughterhouse Five (1969), by Kurt Vonnegut
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), by Harper Lee
Watchmen (1986), by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

>>993462
If you think it's a "complete" load of crap, you know nothing about literature.

Naturally any lit list is going to fail to impress someone, but holy fuck, it's a decent list.

Animal Farm
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Catch-22 (my favorite novel)
The Catcher in the Rye
Grapes of Wrath 
The Great Gatsby
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Flies
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Slaughterhouse Five
The Sound and the Fury
The Sun Also Rises (my favorite author)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen

I read The Bridge of San Luis Rey for school, but the rest I read on my own time.

animal farm
the catcher in the rye
the corrections
the crying of lot 49
falconer
the grapes of wrath
gravity's rainbow
the great gatsby
infinite jest
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
lord of the flies
the lord of the rings
native son
rabbit run
ragtime
slaughterhouse five
the sun also rises
their eyes were watching god
things fall apart
to kill a mockingbird
MOTHERFUCKING WATCHMEN HELLS YES

21/100... not bad?

>>993490
>>993462
hipsters detected.

go look for some "EDGY" unheard of books elsewhere. normal people are talking.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lolita
1984
The Sun Also Rises

>Routinely Oreo

animal farm
the big sleep
catch-22
catcher in the rye
crying of lot 49
the grapes of wrath
the great gatsby
invisible man
lolita
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
lord of the flies
lord of the rings
native son
1984
on the road
the power and the glory
rabbit, run
sound and the fury
their eyes were watching god
things fall apart
to kill a mockingbird
watchmen

Animal Farm
Beloved
Catch-22
Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Midnight's Children
Never Let Me Go
1984
On The Road
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse-Five
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen

Now I have 84 books to read.

Animal Farm (1946), by George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (1951), by J.D. Salinger
Lolita (1955), by Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (1955), by William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (1954), by J.R.R. Tolkien
1984 (1948), by George Orwell
On the Road (1957), by Jack Kerouac
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), by Harper Lee
Watchmen (1986), by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
The Dark Knight Returns (1986), by Frank Miller

>implying I don't read enough

Gatsby
Catcher
Things Fall Apart
Mockingbird
(high school classes)

Also saw Lolita on my booklist for the fall...meh.

>>993665
wtf lolita is one of the greatest books every written in English, and it was written by a guy in his THIRD language

>>993714
>it was written by a guy in his THIRD language

Why would that make me want to read it more?

>>993714
Yay language fluency. Seriously, that's only a big deal for people in huge, isolated monolingual countries (like the USA or anywhere in South America) that despise foreigners and knowledge.

Lolita

Nothing else yet, but I'm looking into Catch-22, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Pale Fire. My lack of literary achievements can be explained by the fact that English is not my first language, so instead I've been reading the horrible "classics" of my native language instead.

>>993714
I own the book and have read thirty pages into it but then I got distracted and a little bored and gave up on it.

Animal Farm
Catch-22
The Catcher in the Rye
A Clockwork Orange
The Great Gatsby
Lolita
The Lord of the Rings
Naked Lunch
1984
On the Road
Pale Fire
Slaughterhouse Five
The Sound and the Fury
The Sun Also Rises
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen

>>993720
He's saying it's amazing how beautiful Nabokov's english prose is despite it being his third language

The presence of Watchmen invalidates the entire list. You might as well have Citizen Kane or Mona Lisa on there. Not a novel.

>>993757
Who cares if it was his third language? You live in a country and practice writing in that country's language, and you will get good at it. He's hardly the first or the best.

Read Conrad.

All the King's Men
Animal Farm
Atonement
The Catcher in the Rye
A CLockwork Orange
The Great Gatsby
The Lord of the Rings
1989
On The Road
Slaughterhouse Five
The Sun Also Rises
To Kill a Mockingbird
Ubik

i've been meaning to read Gravity's Rainbow and Neuromancer, though.

>>993800
Have you read anything by him?

His prose stands out. It's beautiful and one of the best regardless of if you know his linguistic background or not.

>>993790

While I agree Watchmen shouldn't be on a list of the best novels, it does however definitely have some literary value to it - far, far more than the typical comic book.

Horrible
Brideshead Revisited (1946), by Evelyn Waugh
To the Lighthouse (1927), by Virginia Woolf

Meh
White Noise (1985), by Don DeLillo
The Day of the Locust (1939), by Nathanael West
Lolita (1955), by Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (1955), by William Golding
On the Road (1957), by Jack Kerouac

Good
Catch-22 (1961), by Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse Five (1969), by Kurt Vonnegut
1984 (1948), by George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), by Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (1951), by J.D. Salinger

Awesome
I, Claudius (1934), by Robert Graves
A Clockwork Orange (1963), by Anthony Burgess

>>993822
Conrad was better.

>>993848
Lolita is awesome... :'(

>>993848
>Awesome: A Clockwork Orange
>Meh: Lolita

Animal Farm (1946), by George Orwell
Beloved (1987), by Toni Morrison
Catch-22 (1961), by Joseph Heller
The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), by C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Flies (1955), by William Golding
Never Let Me Go (2005), by Kazuo Ishiguro
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), by Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (1959), by Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), by Harper Lee
Watchmen (1986), by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Bone (2004), by Jeff Smith


I clearly need to read more

What is up with you people and Lolita. First he starts off with describing how lolita bounces of the whole paletal region and what not, which sounds promising at first, untill you find out the main character is called Humbert Humbert.

>Humbert Humbert
>Humbert Humbert
>Hurrderp Hurrderp

animal farm
the big sleep
catcher in the rye
the lion the witch and the wardrobe
lord of the flies
lord of the rings
money
on the road
pale fire
the spy who came in from the cold
things fall apart

i'm a little disappointed at my ignorance of most of these

although... LOL at watchmen on the list of 100 greatest novels.

Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
The Crying of Lot 49
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings
Neuromancer
1984
On the Road
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Slaughterhouse Five
Things Fall Apart
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen (lol not a novel)
Bone (Graphic Novel is a term comic readers use to feel better about themselves)
The Dark Night Returns (They should learn that comics are a legitimate art form and they have no need for a fancy label)

Interesting choices Time, probably reflects books that its audience have actually read.

lol everyone putting watchmen at the end of their list

# Animal Farm (1946), by George Orwell
# Catch-22 (1961), by Joseph Heller
# The Catcher in the Rye (1951), by J.D. Salinger
# A Clockwork Orange (1963), by Anthony Burgess
# The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), by Thomas Pynchon
# Gone With the Wind (1936), by Margaret Mitchell
# The Grapes of Wrath (1939), by John Steinbeck
# The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald
# Infinite Jest (1996), by David Foster Wallace
# The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), by C.S. Lewis
# Lolita (1955), by Vladimir Nabokov
# Lord of the Flies (1955), by William Golding
# 1984 (1948), by George Orwell
# On the Road (1957), by Jack Kerouac
# One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), by Ken Kesey
# Slaughterhouse Five (1969), by Kurt Vonnegut
# The Sun Also Rises (1926), by Ernest Hemingway
# To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), by Harper Lee
# Tropic of Cancer (1934), by Henry Miller

19. I could count naked lunch, but i didnt finish it.

Animal Farm
Blood Meridian
Catch-22
The Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
The Lion, the Witch and the Warddrobe
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings
Naked Lunch
1984
On the Road
Slaughterhouse Five
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen
Berlin: City of Stones

All of them.

this list was heavily biased towards north american literature

catch-22
the catcher in the rye
a clockwork orange
the crying of lot 49
the grapes of wrath
gravity's rainbow
the great gatsby
infinite jest
lolita
lord of the flies
1984
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
pale fire
a passage to india
slaughterhouse five
their eyes were watching god
watchmen
wide sargasso sea

some of them i need to reread though since i read them when i was little and stupid

>>993957
Gee, I wonder why?

Stop being a fucking moron.

>>993957
>American publication
>contains bias for North American literature

Well, I am appalled by this shocking fact.

>>993982
WELL, IT'S NOT THE '100 GREATEST NOVELS' IF THERE'S SIGNIFICANT BIAS NOW, IS THERE? :(

>>993988

>100 best English-Language novels

>>993427
TRANSLATIONS DON'T COUNT?

>>994002

нет

This list should have mentioned Tao Lin. He's brilliant and entertaining.

Animal Farm
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret I was a little girl once.
Blood Meridian
Catch-22
The Great Gatsby
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings trilogy
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen

Wow, only 12/100 and most of those are high-school tier? At least this list is just English-language novels and I've mostly been reading translated works recently.

>>993919

oh, and Mrs. Dalloway, as if anybody cares

I must have not noticed it on the list because it sucks.

>captcha accept Resurrection
>Captcha wants you to accept Jesus as your lord and savior

>>994026
No thanks.

Captcha: solidest series
>Bible confirmed for solidest book series.

Shit...

>>994007
GET OUT TAO

The Adventures of Augie March
American Pastoral
Animal Farm
Beloved
The Big Sleep
The Blind Assassin
Blood Meridian
Brideshead Revisited
Catch-22
The Catcher in the Rye
A Clockwork Orange
The Corrections
The Day of the Locust
Go Tell it on the Mountain
The Great Gatsby
Herzog
I, Claudius
Invisible Man
Light in August
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Lolita
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings
Midnight's Children
Mrs. Dalloway
Neuromancer
On the Road
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pale Fire
Portnoy's Complaint
The Power and the Glory
Rabbit, Run
Slaughterhouse 5
The Sound and the Fury
Things Fall Apart
To Kill a Mockingbird
To the Lighthouse
Under the Volcano
Watchmen
White Noise

whatever, I'll do it cuz I'm waitin on this here episode of "Justified" to load...

1. animal farm
2. blood meridian
3. catcher in the rye
4. crying of lot 49
5. grapes of wrath
6. gravity's rainbow
7. great gatsby
8. I, claudius
9. infinite jest
10. invisible man
11. lion, witch, wardrobe
12. lolita
13. lord of the flies
14. naked lunch
15. native son
16. 1984
17. one flew over the cuckoo's nest
18. the painted bird
19. slaughter house five
20. sound and the fury
21. the sun also rises
22. to kill a mockingbird
23. white noise


ah frak not even a full 25%.... I failed, mon

Animal Farm
Beloved
Brideshead Revisited
Catch-22
Deliverance
Gatsby
Infinite Jest
Lord of the Flies
LotR
1984
Cuckoo's Nest
Rabbit, Run
Slaughterhouse Five
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watchmen

only 15? Damn. I've got about 10 more that I own but haven't read yet. Better get cracking, this seems to be a pretty good list.

Animal Farm
Blood Meridian
Clockwork Orange
Crying Lot of 49
Gravity's Rainbow
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Slaughterhouse Five


lots of things i want to read on that list though. Under the Volcano sounds nice

>>993910

I feel elite, being the only one to have read the john le carre novel

>>994420
lol