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hey /lit/, I've read 100s of books but never got around to the classics like Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, Tom Sawyer, Catcher in the Rye or stuff like Brave New World or Tolkien.

The only classics I've read are Lolita, Lord of the Flies and Heart of Darkness. Where should I start? I'm not picky about genres I read all of them, though I dislike most romances.

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1178560

>Lolita
>classic

>> No.1178571

>Great Gatsby
>Dislike Tom Sawyer
Good look there. Brave New World is great. For Tolkien, I can only recommend the Hobbit, as LOTR is 80% explaining the universe, 20% actual plot. I haven't read the Silmarrillion, so I can't say anything about that. Haven't read the others on your list either, so yeah...

>> No.1178576

>>1178571

FFS, this is why I don't read and type at the same time. Replace tom sawyer with romance >_>

>> No.1178585

I didn't know Great Gatsby was romance, never read it :/

>> No.1178589

Great Gatsby Plot Basics:

Guy loves girl.
Girl is rich elitist bitch.
Guy gets money.
Guy goes after girl again.

Yeah... it is kind of cheesy romance, but damn the writing is good.

>> No.1178593

Dont even bother with Moby Dick, we all know what its about and what happens and the digressions just arent worth it. Great gatsby is a practically a novella so I'd start there. Tolkien is all really good, but the Hobbit is obviously a good starting point for that.

>> No.1178607

What is this, OP?

I've only read Lolita and Heart of Darkness and I'm reading Lord of the Flies currently. Are you my clone or what?

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>>1178593
>Don't even bother with Moby Dick
>Tolkien is all really good

>> No.1178632

>>1178622
Tolkien doesnt spend 2/3 of his book explaining whales, cocktractor.

>> No.1178643

>>1178632
this, Moby Dick sucked

>> No.1178644

>>1178545
Moby Dick is brilliant, but most people don't like it so it would be worth looking into some of Melville's short stories (some of which are every bit as good, but 600 pages shorter).

Don't read Gatsby, read "This Side of Paradise" for Fitzgerald.

For modern and strange, read some William Burroughs (Junky or Naked Lunch to start)

Tom Jones is a comedic Romance, one of the greatest pieces of 18th century lit (a great social indictment; as is Gulliver's Travels)

Barry Lyndon is great dark comedy

Just a broad spectrum of suggestions for you to consider.

>> No.1178655

LOTF is such a bad book. Read Tom Sawyer first, then Don Quixote after.

>> No.1178660

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Grapes of Wrath
Count of Monte Cristo
Les Miserables
1984 or Brave New World
Catch 22

Start with those then go from there, you really can't go wrong.