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Would this be a good list (but without orwell) for someone who wants to get into literature, but has no idea where to start from?

>> No.14104945
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>>14104939
go with this one

>> No.14105032

>>14104939
No. Starting with Infinite Jest would kill anyone’s appetite for reading literature.

>> No.14105037

>>14104939
>no idea where to start from
I know where

>> No.14105041

Start with the Greeks

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>>14104939
>That top 5

>> No.14105057

>>14104945
guess how i know who ever made this is american

>> No.14105087

>>14104945
That's actually pretty decent, if you can't find something there that you enjoy literature probably isn't for you.

>> No.14105173

>>14104939
read orwell faggot

>> No.14105181

>>14104939
Start with the Sumerians.
Make sure to learn ancient Greek.

>> No.14105488

>>14104945
>Siddhartha

>> No.14106242

>>14104939
This should be done with poetry as well. 90%+ are novels

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14106880

This is the better list.

>> No.14106927

>>14104945
Seems like a fine way to get you into reading desu though you should definitely expand your flavour of book when you've established that "Yes, I do in fact read"

>> No.14107309

>>14104945
good list for beginners, would add something like The Art of the Deal, or How to Win Friends and Influence people for those interested in business books

>> No.14107718

>>14105053
It provides the perfect cross-section of /lit/izens:
>Autistic depressives
>16 year olds just getting into existentialism
>Christcuck LARPers
>/tv/
>Pedophiles

>> No.14107905

>>14107309
fucking kek

>> No.14107953

That's /lit/'s worst year-end list though, it has fucking Harry Potter

>> No.14107997
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How well read are you /lit/?

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>> No.14108065

>>14107997
tfw only 12/100

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>>14107997

39/100, Not great, but I'm working on it

>> No.14108434

>>14104945
>USA: The List

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>>14107997
37/100 fully read, 5 or 6 half read.

>> No.14109298

>>14104945
>catch 22
>gatsby
>twain
>lord of the flies
And I assume the other books are of a similar quality, the type that makes the reader want to spatially invert himself out of the sheer, almost cosmic mockery of his patience and intelligence, cracking and smashing his bones and organs in the process, until he willingly swallows up himself and disappears

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>>14107997
30/100

>> No.14110353

>>14106880
How does Robinson Crusoe relate to any of your descriptors?

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>>14107997
57/100

Could be better.

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22/100 and 4 dropped