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Hi /lit/, I want to get back into reading and I'm not sure where to start. I haven't read much past the age of 14. My fave book I've read is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep if that helps. Open to any genres!! I like emotional stuff, recc even the most basic classic novels that I should've read already. ty!

>> No.22946724

>>22946713
Start with the Bible

>> No.22946730

>>22946713
start with the greeks, you uncultured dilettante poser. specifically, the Illiad.

>> No.22946737

>>22946713
>My fave book I've read is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Read other similar stuff. Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, etc.
Pick a genre you like and find books similar, read the description, if you like, read it.

>> No.22946798

Start with Nietzsche. Maybe his work Thus Spake Zarathustra as a point of departure

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I don't have a favorite book, but if I was forced to choose one, I would agree that it's Androids. PKD is my favorite writer of all time.
Check out the rest of PKD's catalog. I recommend his short story collections, as well as the novels The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch and Ubik.
Other favorite "weird fiction" authors include H.P. Lovecraft, Harlan Ellison, and Kurt Vonnegut.
"The Lathe Of Heaven" by Ursula K. LeGuin was the most PKD book I've ever read that wasn't actually written by PKD.
Finally, "The Laundry Files" by Charles Stross is my new favorite series. The premise is that technology can now perform the sort of interdimensional transport that used to be the purview of deranged cultists making blood sacrifices under full moons, so now there are government agencies tasked with keeping reality from coming apart.
My effortpost is done. Hope you found it useful.

>> No.22947319

>>22947153
ty so much anon
>>22946737
lol yeah this seems obvious but i'll keep my eye out

>> No.22947378

>>22947319
Enjoy!