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I plan on reading all of /lit/'s top 100 books. What order should I read them in? I've already read The Bible, The Odyssey, and Infinite Jest, and while I haven't read the complete works of Shakespeare I have read Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. I started Ullyses once, but I found it difficult and stopped in part II

>> No.10620180
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10620180

>>10620172
that's the false list. Read them in whatever order you'd like

>> No.10620198

>>10620180
Yeah, your list seems better. I'll read from that

>> No.10620211

>>10620172

Chronological, jumping forward when you get bored, with breaks from the list and list order when you get interested in the authors/movements/etc.

>> No.10620232

>>10620211
Alright. Looking at this list >>10620180 chronologically (and keeping in mind I already read The Bible and The Odyssey) it looks like the first books I should read in order are
>The Iliad
>Platonic Dialogues
>Aeneid
>Metamorphoses
>Meditations
>Confessions
Did I miss any?

>> No.10621096
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10621096

>>10620232
Just follow this list. Start with the canonical five.

>> No.10621116

What should you read before trying to reading Ulysses?

>> No.10621118

>>10621116
Literally everything. Ulysses is end boss.

>> No.10621138

>>10620172
>>10620180
>>10620198
discord shills fuck off. Both of those list are fake.

>> No.10621218

>>10620172
start from #1 and work your way down

>> No.10621312

>>10620172
In general it's better to TEND TO read in chronological order because then you'll pick up more where things are quoting/referring to/deconstructing other things.

That's why we say start with the Greeks.

However that is only a very vague, general rule.

I personally would recommend you read some more Shakespeare.

Here are the most important ones, I guess, sort of in order, maybe, ish.

King Lear
Othello
Macbeth

Anthony and Cleopatra

Richard III
Henry IV Part 1

>> No.10621341

>>10621096
>Shakespeare instead of dante in the canonical five

You anglos are really fucking stupid.

>> No.10621353

>>10621341
Go take your siesta, Pablo.

>> No.10621354

Does anyone have a pdf link to behind the arches? Mcdonalds book

>> No.10621363

>>10621341
In terms of understanding most Western literature, he's probably right, Antonio Giuseppe Luca Giovanni