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What do you think of this list, /lit/?

>> No.3964892

>>3964882
I've read everything pre-1950 in the fiction so it can't be that good

>> No.3964893

perfect for the above-average redditor

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3964897

>>3964882
>The Bible, the Quran AND the God Delusion as non-fiction

>> No.3964931

>>3964882
>fiction section
>xkcd comic book

>> No.3964940

So, I'm reading Hamlet and I don't get what the big deal is. It's just one famous saying after another.

>> No.3964941

>le reddit reading list

So pleb it hurts.

>> No.3964946

>>3964941
Why do you think it's from reddit?

>> No.3965027

>>3964940
> And probably more people have thought Hamlet a work of art because they found it interesting, than have found it interesting because it is a work of art. It is the “Mona Lisa” of literature.

http://www.bartleby.com/200/sw9.html

>> No.3965046

>>3964892
I've heard of almost every book on the list, what total garbage

>> No.3965054

>>3964882

>Bible
>written by God

...But that's not true. Each of the Gospels has its own author (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), while the Epistles were written by St. Paul.

>> No.3965056

>>3964882
>calculus for dummies
>the god delusion

sage

>> No.3965072

Sounds like reddit's ideal bookshelf.

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3965104

>>3964882
>the bible - god

>> No.3965418

>>3964882
>the Odyssey
>by Homer

>> No.3965452

>Dawkins

lol. I still don't get how people take his book seriously. It's just 500 pages of god=unicorns nonsense and then showing why unicorns and fairies don't exist.

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3965456

>>3964882
>The Bible - God
>The Qur'an - God, again (with comments)

>> No.3965461

>>3965452
The Blind Watchmaker is much better. He's a lot better at talking about evolution than talking about God.

>> No.3965462

Yep, that's a whole bunch of boring-ass reads.

>> No.3965593

>>3964946
Dawkins, Rand.

Not him, but i wouldnt say Dawkins is essential.
Of the four horsemen, I'd say Dennet has something important to say, Hitchens reads nice, Harris has some interesting points, if you to rebuke them, but Dawkins has nothing of value to me.

>> No.3965595

>>3965054
The Koran is the word of God, the Christian equivalent is Jesus.

He could be on the list

>> No.3965641

>>3964882

Pretty good list. A lot of classics. People will think you're well smart.

>> No.3965886

>>3964882
>Rand
>hurr durr libertarianism

nope.jpeg

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3965940

Owning only "classics" (both ancient and contemporary) is pretentious, intellectually lazy, and, worst of all, fucking dull.

>> No.3965958

>>3965940
no.
now pls take off your fedora

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3965963

>The Bible - God
>The Qu'ran - God, again (with comments)

>> No.3966000

>>3965940
So I have to read shit books to be interesting? Okay, that makes a lot of sense.

>> No.3966049

>>3966000

Come on, now! I presumed that an Enlightened Thinker like yourself—an Earnest Reader, a Man of Letters—would be able to spot an obvious false dichotomy!

>> No.3966054

>>3965963
What are you trying to say? Don't you trust in God's word?

>> No.3966055

>>3964882
So dull