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hey guys i'm new to this thread and i haven't read many books and i would like to extend my library
so i ask you; what are your favorite books?

>> No.2993014

Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy

>> No.2993015

The Great Gatsby
Cannery Row
Catch-22

>> No.2993016

"Recommended literature:
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading
Ask for recommendations only once you have browsed the wiki."

>> No.2993026

Lolita.

It's our Bakemonogatari, Ron Paul, Thailand, Dickgirl, Linux, Adventure Time, Mentaiko and Mootles.

>> No.2993038

All Quiet on the Western Front - E.M.Remarque
Ubik - P.K. Dick
Atlas Shrugged - A. Rand
IT - S.King
Orchard Keeper - C. McCarthy

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>>2993038
>Atlas Shrugged

>> No.2993069

>>2993026
i just started reading that

>intoxicating brown smell

wat


fucking dropped.

>> No.2993090

dhalgren
walden
crime and punishment
Wheel of Time series

>> No.2993094

The Spirit of Utopia.

>> No.2993100

OP here thank you guys i will definitely give all of them a look

>> No.2993138

>>2993100
fuck off you tedioius cunt

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>>2993138

It's Omar y'all! It's Omar!

>> No.2993750

Honestly here is how you should start out:
Start with a few shorter texts. The great gatsby is a good introduction to literature then go on to breakfast at Tiffany's cannery row and a few shorter Ian McEwan novels like enduring love or my favorite on chesil beach. Before ou move on go online and get a good feel for the main themes in these texts so you are sure you understand them.

Now comes the hard part challenging yourself, from here get some good online guides and resources, read Joyce's a portrait of the artist as a young man and nabokovs Lolita. They will test you but they are not too long so it's not that daunting especially with some online help. Then read a couple of longer novels I suggest east of Eden, Stephen kings It and the grapes of wrath. Then go on to some recent McCarthy "no country" and the road stay away from blood meridian for now but if you feel confident go for "all the pretty horses" which in my opinion is the better novel and a little more readable.

Now that you have read and understood the following now try and get a grip on some post modernism. Most post modern novels ate huge tomes, I would suggest a smaller start. Don Delillo's white noise. They have great online resources for it aswell so you can get a firm grip of the themes presented. Then move on to his masterpiece "underworld" in my opinion the best modern novel ever written. Then after that just have fun with lit, read whatever dude. Good luck ;)