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Hi /lit/! I'm a newfag and I wanted to build up my library, so, what is your favorite book(s)?

>> No.20850278

>>20850250
Mein Kampf.

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20850333

>>20850250
Anon! Doesn't matter what they say: DO NOT read Call of the Crocodile! Worst mistake of my life!

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>>20850250
Please read this one.

>> No.20850361

>>20850278
im from pol
>>20850333
Well if you say so
>>20850336
cool, whats it about

>> No.20850365

>>20850361
>whats it about
A poem with "commentary" that consists of schizo ramblings. Pure kino.

>> No.20850369

>>20850365
what else do u reccomend?

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This is my favorite book

>> No.20850377

>>20850250
start with the greeks

>> No.20850378

The Riverside Chaucer
I've never read more than a dozen pages but I love it

>> No.20850381

>>20850369
Nabokov is good in general. Other prose authors I like are Kafka (you can start with his short stories like In the Penal Colony if you find his novels intimidating) and Dumas. For poetry, Donne, Keats, and Yeats are my favorites.

>> No.20850383

>>20850250
Kek at anons recommending Chaucer and Donne to a newfag at reading.

>> No.20850422

>>20850250
I'm mostly a non-fiction guy

so

Aristotle - The Physics
Aristotle - Politics
Aristotle - Nicomachean Ethics
Carl Schmitt - Concept Of The Political
Carl Schmitt - On Dictatorship
Jose Ortega Y Gasset - Revolt Of The Masses
Arthur Schopenhauer - On The Basis Of Morality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Two Discourses On The Origin Of Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract
Richard Rorty - An Ethics For Today
Henry David Thoreau - Civil Disobedience
Rene Descartes - Discourse On Method
Rene Descartes - Meditations On First Philosophy
Ivan Illich - Deschooling Society
Giorgio Agamben - Mystery Of Evil
Giorgio Agamben - Pilate And Jesus
Rene Girard - Evolution And Conversion
Meister Eckhart - Sermons
The Bible
GDH Cole - Guild Socialism
Frederich List - Outlines Of American Political Economy
Oswald Spengler - Man And Technics

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>>20850250
Start with Blood Meridian. And then complete your librarious journey; bm and garfield are sufficient literary knowledge

>> No.20850445

>>20850250
Remember that these recommendations are coming from a board where the majority don’t read. Get into the physical habit of reading by choosing something that interests you and is preferably easy. Short chapters are a bonus. Even though reading is easy it is still a skill that needs to be built up. Attention span, ability to analyze, critical thought, recognize styles, etc are things to work on. Nothing wrong with reading schlock for your first few books. The main things is to keep interested till you develop the habit because often reading is like working out. It’s easy to get out of the habit if you stop

>> No.20850454

>>20850422
no one who reads Schmitt need be taken seriously

>> No.20850665

>>20850373
Based but That Hideous Strength is better.

>> No.20850953

>>20850665
I don't care for sci-fi, Greek myths are much better