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Hey /lit/
This is what I've of the starter kit read so far. However, I've heard some negative feedback concerning the starter kit lately. So, should I finish the starter kit, or should I move on to other books, if so what would you recommend?

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>> No.5067186

This is what I've read of the starter kit so far. However, I've heard some negative feedback concerning the starter kit lately. So, should I finish the starter kit, or should I move on to other books, if so what would you recommend?**

Typo -.-"

>> No.5067195

Look at that, I've read 5 of the starter kit.

>> No.5067198

>>5067195
:^) I've read 14.

>> No.5067199

you need to read huck finn

>> No.5067204

>>5067198
Gay

>> No.5067283

>>5067199
I really didn't like Huck Finn when I read it in school. I just didn't connect. I connected to most books such as Invisible Man, Catcher in the Rye, Great Gatsby, etc. and I just don't get Huck Finn

>> No.5067290

>>5067204
Only for you, sweetheart.

>> No.5067299

>>5067177
I'm honestly a little surprised that people have been taking this "starter kit" so seriously lately. Not that it's terrible, but things like this usually aren't taken (or meant to be taken) seriously.

You've read most of the big ones. Of what's left you probably ought to read Slaughterhouse Five, American Psycho, and Fear and Loathing at some point, though not necessarily right away and not necessarily because they're the "best" -- they're just good gateways into specific types of literature, which I guess is largely the point. Others will argue Huck Finn as well but it's hardly essential to further reading.

Other than those you're best just looking at what you've liked so far and reading something similar, whether it be influences, contemporaries, or other things by the same author. If you're still worried about getting a broad base there are probably better things to be recommended than the rest of the books in this graphic.

>> No.5067304

>>5067177

you have already all the books deserving of a negative feedback, just go on.

>> No.5067308

>>5067177
Fuck that guide. Read what you want OP.

>> No.5067320

>>5067299
>I'm honestly a little surprised that people have been taking this "starter kit" so seriously lately. Not that it's terrible, but things like this usually aren't taken (or meant to be taken) seriously.

It's because of all these plens who want to get /lit/erate and the only resource they know is 4chan so of course this crappy chart is going to be their go-to guide.

>> No.5067329

>>5067199
What's so good about it?

>>5067299
And what would you recommend?

>> No.5067336

I'm new to reading novels. Maybe I'll snag a couple of these when I get paid along with the god delusion, a carl sagan book. Even though I still have to read Hunger Games, House of leaves and the Bible


:^)

>> No.5067356

>>5067336
Is this post a joke?

>> No.5067369

Why do English-speakers read only books written in English?

>> No.5067374

>>5067329
Like I said, you should really try to read according to your tastes. Some other good, very short, approachable stuff to build a solid foundation might be Notes from Underground, The Crying of Lot 49, maybe some Kafka stories.

>> No.5067502

The starter kit is for people who for whatever stupid reason didn't read these books in high school. You should still read them.

>> No.5067520

>>5067290
<3

>> No.5067549

The whole idea of the starter kit is to develop the 'literary mindset' required to find your own pathways and develop your own tastes. It would help us to recc you better if you had given us your opinions on those books that you've read.

If you liked Catch-22 you could go after more satirical experimental comedic books. Gulliver's Travels, Tristam Shandy, Gargantua and Pantagruel, maybe Infinite Jest and Pynchon, Don Delilio etc...

If you liked CitR then go for the rest of Salinger's works. Even though much of /lit/ will probably hate you the next step is to go after The Stranger and On The Road.

If you liked 1984 better than Brave New World then maybe you're ready for the great Russian social novels since 1984 was more theoretical while BNW was more experimental in prose. Go after Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. If you liked Brave New World go after Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza.

If you liked Lolita because of the sensuality of the prose or Nabokov's playfulness then if you have the guts start Proust's one million word sensual novel. If not go read Pale Fire to follow up on Nabokov.

>> No.5067561

everybody already read these in high school

>> No.5067562

>>5067369
Because translations a shit & we're too lazy to learn other languages

>> No.5067585

>>5067177
The only ones worth reading that you haven't hit yet are Fahrenheit 451, Fear and Loathing, and Dorian Gray. Of those three, Dorian Gray is the only one I consider essential. Enjoy them op.

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>>5067549
This guy gets it. The starter kit is a touchstone.

>> No.5067751

>>5067585
Dorian Grey is god tier

>> No.5067761

>>5067561
If by ''everybody'' you mean americans, then maybe. But I personally didn't read at all in highschool.

>> No.5067765

>>5067369
This is true for every language.

In highschool and college in any country, you only study books in your country's language.

>> No.5067770

>>5067356
Not at all. You have to start somewhere

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>>5067177
Read this, it's truly amazing

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>>5067585
>Huck Finn
>Siddhartha
>Less important than Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit is very well written. Bradbury's use of sensory descriptors and abstract metaphor is on point as any American can be. As far as subject matter goes, it borders on absurd. It's probably the least subtle of the apparent canon of dystopia. This doesn't make it a bad story, nor does it make it not worth reading. Its value is more in lyricism and expression than in social commentary. It's easily consumable and powerful. I'm sure OP will have a good time.

However, if they really wants to infiltrate literature, Huck Finn is essential because of its reflection of / influence in American thought and method, and Siddhartha has a lot to teach regarding not only the spiritual content of the novel but the structure of a novel itself and the possible purposes of fiction. Let's get some horizon-broadening going, OP.

>> No.5067874

>>5067845
I want to be you.
I want to speak like you speak and have opinions like that about literature

>> No.5067876

>>5067845
>Huck Finn is essential because of its reflection of / influence in American thought and method
That's only important in America.

>> No.5067896

>>5067369
Hey, now. Siddhartha's on the list. Lolita, too. 2/20 ain't bad

>> No.5067899

>>5067896
Lolita was written in English, though. >>5067562
is right.

>> No.5067901

>>5067876
And America is important, just like any other country. It's history in itself. Don't be close minded anon.

>> No.5067907

>>5067899
I was under the impression it was originally written in Russian, but Google told me that's backward. My bad.
1/20 ain't bad.
America is the only country that needs to exist and if you deny that you're a communist.

>> No.5067934

>>5067907
Nabokov did write books in Russian and did translations of some of those into English, so it's an easy thing to mix up.