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I've never read anything in my life, what should I start with /lit/?

>> No.17090949

What interests you?

>> No.17090960

A can of Febreeze.

>> No.17090984

read the sticky and fuck off

>> No.17091057

Everyone says “start with the Greeks”, but if you’ve never read anything at all, I would honestly say just start with something really enjoyable. Something easy to get you into the swing of reading books. Maybe start with The Stand by Stephen King, or something like that. Then, work your way up to more challenging books.

>> No.17091062

>>17090949
Not op
But philosophy

>> No.17091078

>>17091062
unironically start with the greeks
read the apology of socrates by plato

>> No.17091085

I Can Read books. Start with the 1st grade and work your way up.

>> No.17091136

>>17090949
>>17090949
I like to read the classics.
I watch a lotta films mostly character-driven dramas.
I also like history and philosophy I guess.
I tried to read Crime and Punishment but I couldn't go on, I had to look up the dictionary every once in a while and it got really boring.
Should I start with things that kids read at middle school?

>> No.17091146

>>17091136
read the foundational literature of your country. go from there.

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>> No.17091160

>>17091136
Read the sticky for the love of god

>> No.17091162

Something short with variety. I recommend a used copy of something like Norton Short Fiction, where you have a shit ton of great stories from a lot of authors. That way you can read different styles and material and find something you personally enjoy

>> No.17091269

>>17091146
Shahnameh?
that shit is hard to read anon idk

>> No.17091320

>>17091136

>I had to look up the dictionary every once in a while and it got really boring.

Read Hemingway.

>> No.17091338

>>17090942
Apathy by Paul Nielan. Funniest book ever and makes reading enjoyable for anyone

>> No.17091468

>>17090942
Homer

>> No.17091499

>>17091057
The stand will most likely be too long and not hold the attention of someone who has never read before.

>> No.17091805

>>17091057
The stand is shit though...

>> No.17091810

>>17090942
I would answer, but would you read my post?

>> No.17091818

>>17091154
This but read it in the closely related patrician language it was actually written in

>> No.17091827

>>17091810
Sure

>> No.17091877

Try Tolkien. The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings.

Also Homer's Odyssey

>> No.17091881

Catch 22

>> No.17092344

>>17091881
This one looks interesting

>> No.17093373

bump

>> No.17093382

>>17091154
This, it will make all subsequent reading unnecessary

>> No.17093694

>>17090942
The Vindolanda trilogy

>> No.17094433

Read Kurt Vonnegut now, because after you get into reading you won't be able to enjoy him.

>> No.17094492

>>17094433
Which one of his works would you recommend?

>> No.17094723

>>17090942
The Bible

>> No.17095491

bump

>> No.17095526

i know a guy at work who wanted to read but never reads. i gave him a short list of things to look at and sold him on the count of monte cristo. beautiful novel, i think, lots of fun shit. but he says the french is difficult, the french words and names. and i know it is a long book. he gave up and put it in his drawer. it makes me a bit sad to think of.

if i recommended him another book it would be more modern and very short, under 100 pages preferably.

>> No.17095547

>>17092344
It is and also hilarious. Easy read but long therefore rewarding.

>> No.17095569

>>17095526
yeah, you don't recommend a fucking huge novel to someone who doesn't read, retard. you have to ease them into it. go with short story collections by good authors so they get a taste for prose and content.

>> No.17095590

>>17090942
Maybe the alphabet, considering you don't know how to read.

You can get whoever's transcribing these posts to help you start.

>> No.17095680

>>17095526
>if i recommended him another book it would be more modern and very short, under 100 pages preferably.
like what anon?