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Hey /lit/ this is my first time here and I need some help.

Can you please recommend me some books to read that would make me extremely articulate IRL.

I'm a dumbass when it comes to speaking to people. I use simple verbs, use "like" a lot, and have shit sentence structure.

Please help me, I don't want to sound stupid anymore.

>> No.10404490

>Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics is a good place to start

>> No.10404497

Just read more in general. How much do you read now and what?

>> No.10404513

>>10404497
I mostly read school books that deal with computer coding. I want to start reading literature but don't know where to start.

>>10404490
I will add these to my list thank you.

>> No.10404524

Lolita

>> No.10404606

>>10404490
every Aristotle nerd i’ve ever spoken to was reddit incarnate with a high pithed voice, uptalk etc

>> No.10404670

>>10404513
start with the greeks

>> No.10404700

>>10404450
Culture of Critique and Maps of Meaning. After you read these, you really don't need to read anything else.

>> No.10404918

>>10404606
yea aristotle was beta autist af. hes the reason we didnt get any good philosophy until kant came along

>> No.10404926

>>10404918
>aristotle was beta autist
>but Kant is good

huh

>> No.10404972
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10404972

>>10404926
Kant was a gigautist also noble I see him kind of like a St.Michael standing very tall against the onslaught of materialism and mechanistic explanation in defence of theism

>> No.10405072

>>10404490
You're suggesting Ancient Greek works to help his English speech? Those are terrible suggestions, I have to say, and it seems to me that you're merely repeating the same old "Start With The Greeks" /lit/ meme.

OP, read a few short stories from David Foster Wallace if you're interested in complex sentence structure and an intelligent conversational tone. Cormac McCarthy for beauty in simplicity. James Joyce was the greatest wordsmith of the 20th century but jumping straight into Ulysses is almost always a mistake; start with Dubliners and move to A Portrait of the Artist, note how Joyce's style changes. Fight Club if you're interested in a gritty postmodern tone. F. Scott Fitzgerald for a classier 20s style.

If all this "literary" stuff is too in-depth for you -- and don't feel bad if it is, especially if you're new to reading -- there's loads of really accessible fiction out there such as The Kingkiller Chronicles and Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire trilogy.

Good luck.

>> No.10405087

>>10404450
Begin with Nabokov - his IMMENSE vocabulary will help you on your way.

>> No.10405090

>>10405072
i am not english speaking tho

>> No.10405098

>>10405090
Hah, and are you Ancient Greek? My point was that in order to learn the subtleties of the English language you should be reading English literature