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Alright /lit/, the time has come. It's polling time.
We are going to vote for top 100 book's of all time according to /lit/

goo()gl/forms/Ot9FTSaAwh

Remove the () and add a .

Pic related is some data on the 2014 poll

Yours truly: The polling anon

>> No.7205111

i could swear i just voted in one of these like two days ago

>> No.7205118
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7205118

For those wondering about the original thread that was made. The original plan was to use the replies from that thread to make a multiple choice poll (I know, it's fucking stupid) but then I realized that this was a much simpler solution.

If there are any questions regarding the poll post them here.

Pic related is the 2014 version of the list.

Yours truly: The Polling anon

>>7205111
Yeah I'm sorry about that.

>> No.7205149

Forgot to add that short story collections and poetry is also accepted

>> No.7205197

Has voted.

>>7205118
stupid question : is there a link between Pynchon's V, and V for Vendetta?

>> No.7205209
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>>7205197
lel

>> No.7205210

>>7205197
I don't think so why?

>> No.7205213

>>7205197

V reads V. in V for Vendetta. That's it.

>> No.7205219

7 votes have been cast and no one is in the lead

>> No.7205218

>>7205213
mkay

>> No.7205246

>>7205219
13 votes and the Trial by Franz Kafka has the lead with 2 votes

>> No.7205257

>>7205246
Oh shit it's now tied between the Trial & Mason & Dixon

>> No.7205287

>have to use my google account to vote
fuck off faggot

>> No.7205307

>>7205287
It's the only way to prevent you from voting multiple times. I can't see the name of any accounts or anything

>> No.7205382

>>7205257
20 votes and it's a threeway tie between The Trial, Mason & Dixon and White Buildings by Hart Crane

>> No.7205479

>>7205382
27 votes have been cast

>> No.7205502

What's so awesome about The Trial?

>> No.7205520

>>7205502
Have you read it? It's pretty good

>> No.7205522

>>7205502
Why don't you read it and find out?

>> No.7205529

>>7205197
I don't think so. From what I've heard, the name V. was derived from the nature of the plot.

>> No.7205552

I'm now going to start finding covers for the books that have already gotten votes. So if you would like specific covers for any books post'em here and I might just use them

>> No.7205561

why not just tally the votes from the last thread?

>> No.7205574

>>7205561
Everyone here can post multiple times which means the can alter the results of the poll dramatically. This is a safer method

>> No.7205631

>>7205574
Everyone thought that thread was strictly for nominations though, so it seems doubtful anyone voted multiple times.

>> No.7205643

>>7205631
That might be, but I'm still going to use this method. You can go to the archive and count the votes there if you want to.

>> No.7205651

>>7205552
The Iliad that I voted for is Chapman's, forgot to put that in there

>> No.7205652

>>7205479
41 votes have been cast

>> No.7205662

>>7205104
Voted but I would much rather have 3 votes per person as long as you can't vote for the same book 3 times.

>> No.7205664

>>7205662
Yeah it was hard to pick one favorite book

>> No.7205668

>>7205104
>goo()gl/forms/Ot9FTSaAwh
What if i don't have a google account?

>> No.7205670

So everyone just picks one book? This list is going to be the meme trilogy with 20 votes each, a handful of 5-10s, and the rest with one vote.

>> No.7205677

>>7205670
This. But go through with this and maybe later do it again with more choices and then cross-pollinate or something.

>> No.7205682

>>7205662
It's too late to change things now. Maybe next time
>>7205670
None of the meme trilogy books have gotten that many votes so far

>>7205668
You have to have an account, it's the only way I can prevent everyone from voting multiple times

>> No.7205685

>tfw to stupid to work out how to remove () and add a.
do i add 'a' or '.'
do i add it in the () bit or at the end
am i retarded?
ive read alot at least

>> No.7205690

>>7205685
Just the "."

>> No.7205705

>>7205685
It would've taken you less time to try all these things than type them out
If this is bait it's like, low quality man smh

>> No.7205711

>>7205685
How did you even find this website??

>> No.7205715
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>>7205685
This may be the best bait I've ever seen. Thank you for that.

>> No.7205735

>>7205690
>>7205705
>>7205711
>>7205715
why cant they just post the actual link for the technologically backward.
ill just go christpost for a bit and come back

>> No.7205744

>>7205735
It's considered spam. Just try it

>> No.7205788

>>7205104
Ok, voted but I get only 1 vote?

>> No.7205795

>>7205788
Yes

>> No.7205808

>>7205795
What's the current result?

>> No.7205812

>>7205808
Should I spill the beans?

>> No.7205820

>>7205812
plz

>> No.7205824

>>7205812
Not spilling the beans is like withholding a fart
Let it go

>> No.7205839

>>7205820
>>7205824
Infinite Jest is in the lead with 4 votes.
Moby Dick in second place wiht 3 votes.
Bunch of books tied in third place with 2 votes

>> No.7205840

>>7205812
I'd like to see how my favorite fairs. Last time he was in the top 50.

>> No.7205851

>>7205839
Of course... meme books.

>> No.7205855

>>7205851
How is Moby Dick a meme book?

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>>7205851
what did you expect? toni morrison?

>> No.7205863
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How about pic related?

>> No.7205868

I tried to tally up the votes from the other thread with a text analyzer but got annoyed and stopped. it was:

Moby Dick
Meme Trilogy
Blood Meridian
The Brothers Karamazov

>> No.7205872

>>7205855
It isn't. It's infinite jest that fucks everything up.

>> No.7205875

>>7205863
I voted for the plague, so at least 1 there

>> No.7205880

>>7205863
This is the 2014 version. We need a new one

>> No.7205889

>>7205652
58 votes have been cast, although one vote is blank.

>> No.7205890

>>7205880
Because people totes will vote for books that were published during the past year
For sure

>> No.7205892

>>7205520
>>7205522
I've read it and I liked it but I was surprised to see people talk about it as much as they do on here. feels like I'm missing something

>> No.7205894

Jest on!

Meme Trilllogee II:
BK MD BM

>> No.7205896

>>7205890
I'm well aware that the top 20 books are not likely to change but for the other 80 books, anything can happen

>> No.7205898

>>7205863
I want to go through that list but I don't want to read books like "Lolita".

What else should I avoid?

>> No.7205908

>>7205898
What does "books like Lolita" mean to you?

>> No.7205910

>>7205892
It's my favourite work by Kafka

>> No.7205911

>>7205898
Clevah gel

>> No.7205913

Also, if we're going to do general books (which according to the old pic that had Leaves of Grass, we are) and not novels, can you guys quit removing the Bible as no. 1? I don't even think I put it in my top 3, I can't remember, but to fuck with answers just to keep a book that makes Penn Gillettians buttmad off the list is stupid. And no, Infinite Jest is not better.

>> No.7205919
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>>7205552
Probably not gonna make it on the list

>> No.7205926

>>7205913
I'm not going to alter the results in any way

>> No.7205928

>>7205919
Hopen not because It's trash

>> No.7205943

>>7205908
Sexuality as first tier subject.
Sexual violence.

>> No.7205945

>>7205928
If you're gonna insult something, try to make sure you have proper spelling. Otherwise you just make yourself look like a dummy.

>> No.7205951

>>7205892

Read it again, except read it slower.

>> No.7205957

>>7205945
At least I don't like Vonnegut.

>> No.7205981
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7205981

Likely not going to make the list either, but here is the best cover.


=(

>> No.7205988

>War and Peace
>Not number one

>> No.7205996

>>7205943
Lolita is a brilliant book and the amount of "sexual violence" is all pretty ambigious (by Humbert's account, there's basically none, but that's hard to take on face value). But there are very very few if any other books on there (Gravity's Rainbow, briefly? The Sound and the Fury, kinda?) that deal with anything even remotely similar.

Actually now that I think about it there's basically no way this isn't a troll, never mind.

>> No.7206000

>>7205981
I will use it if it get's on the list. What's it about? The cover look interesting

>> No.7206008

>>7205981
Looks like shitty sci-fi

>> No.7206010

>>7205981
i always wanted to read this but i can only find the ugly gollancz edition

>> No.7206011

>>7205889
70 votes have been cast. 3 votes are blank. Don't know why though

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>>7205996
>Actually now that I think about it there's basically no way this isn't a troll, never mind.

It's not, thanks pal.

>> No.7206021

>>7206011
One of the blanks was me, because I thought I could vote out of a list.

>> No.7206038

>>7206021
So you decided to cast a blank vote? Or was it a mistake?

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>>7206038
I hoped to see the results by casting a vote.

I didn't vote for a specific book because I don't want to sophisticate the poll.
English is not my native language, thus /lit/ is probably the worst board for me and I shouldn't contribute and most books I read are pleb tier fantasy.

>> No.7206093

>>7205104
Well I'm going to sleep now. It's midnight where I am. currently 74 votes have been cast so we are halfway done compared to the 2014 version which had 137 voters. Hopefully we can get more this time. If the thread dies in the next 8 hours, then it would be appreciated if anyone could make another one with the link to the poll.

Yours truly: The Pollin Anon

>> No.7206101

>>7206011
Results? How many novels have been voted?
Also why don't we make a writer list instead of having 4 Dostoevsky, Pynchon and Kafka?

>> No.7206109

>>7206081
I'm sorry on your behalf
>>7206101
I'm thinking of making a top writers poll late. But we'll see how this will turn out first

Good night

>> No.7206116

>>7205981
>>7206010
That one's the cover of the graphic novel adaptation... most covers for the novel are not so great.

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>>7206093
>It's midnight where I am.

Do you live in Iceland?

>> No.7206172

>>7205502
the trial is in his head.
All these corridors, all this waiting, all this absurdity. He understands that he did nothing wrong. If you go to justice, they will find fault, alway. Once he starts avoiding them, they give up.
ofc the ending is not happy. But K sucked at endings.

>> No.7206173
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7206173

Alright, guys, the results are in!

Some surprises bumped the meme trilogy out of the top slots, but overall pretty predictable winners this year.

See you all in 2017!

>> No.7206174

>3 hemingway books on previous list
Good, hemingway is a god

>> No.7206176

>>7206173
congrats to all, loving the new chart

>> No.7206235

>>7206173
This list was rigged.
Never saw anyone talking about the first threes here on /lit/

>> No.7206236

>>7206174
no hemmingway is shit

>> No.7206249

>>7206173
I don't even...

This represents /lit/??

>> No.7206267

>>7206249
>>7206235
troll list you dolts

>> No.7206273

>>7206249
It represents /lit/'s lazy indolence and indifference which permits one enterprising anon to market their own personal taste as the collective taste of the whole board.

>> No.7206283

>>7206173
literature marketing to neckbeards: A poll like this and placing on top the book you want.

Works everytime.

>> No.7206334

>>7206173
I googled all the books at the top, how long till I'm v&?

>> No.7206343

>>7206173
This list is fake.

I am Brazilian, and this 'anjos proibidos' is in Portuguese. I had never heard of the book previously to this very moment, and I just google searched and discovered it to be a book by a Brazilian photographer who took photos of models.

It is fake.

>> No.7206469

>>7206343
you're fake

>> No.7206482

I wish we could redo the poll altogether, just the new part where we all vote on 1 novel, and vote on 3.

>> No.7206499

>>7206482

Yeah, I think it's a much better idea to allow people to put in their top 3 or 5 instead of just 1: it gives a fuller picture of what sort of books /lit/ likes. For example, my all-time fav is Finnegans Wake, so that's what I put down, but it feels somewhat dishonest to leave out Ulysses and The Sound and the Fury, say, entirely.

>> No.7206528

>>7206173
>tai pei above all quiet on the western front
haha, you nearly had me going there anon

>> No.7207860

Hey /lit/ I'm back. Just here to check the thread before go to work
So far 115 votes have been cast.
>>7206138
Yes I do live in Iceland
>>7206173
Ignore him. It's a fake list.
>>7206499
I realize now that it's a better method but that will have to wait for a better time.

>> No.7207910

>>7207860
>Yes I do live in Iceland
Nothing much to do there, but reading, eh?

>> No.7207914

>>7207910
Actually there's plenty to do here other than read, asshole

>> No.7207917

>>7207910
Pretty much. There aren't even that many proper bookstores in Iceland. The only one I go to is an hour drive from my town. All the bookstores are slowly being turned into tourist shops which sucks

>>7207914
Hvað er hægt að gera hérna?

>> No.7207921

>>7207860
Well i'm off to work. See you in 9 hours. If the thread dies then please revive it

>> No.7207923

>>7207914
>Actually there's plenty to do here other than read
Fight the hostile nature in order to survive another day

>> No.7207925

>requires a google account
Best be joking nigger

>> No.7208731

Bump

>> No.7208755

>>7205863
is DFW a meme here?

>> No.7208807

>>7208755
does the pope shit in the woods

>> No.7208854
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>>7206173
>not immediately recognizing the joke
Christ, I thought you people were intelligent.

>> No.7209391

>>7207921
I'm back from work. Currently 137 votes have been cast. I'm going to count how many books have gotten votes. Probably less then a 100 books...
>>7207925
It's the only way to prevent everyone from voting multiple times

>> No.7209453

>>7209391
Post to other boards

>> No.7209467

>>7209453
But it's /lit/'s top 100 books, not 4chan's top 100 books

>> No.7209494

>>7209453
how about no

>> No.7209505

>>7209391
whats in the lead now?

>> No.7209562

>>7209391
152 votes have been cast for 88 different books. Which means as of now, all the books that have gotten votes now will make it onto the list.

Which in my opinion is troubling. It was a mistake on my behalf to let all you only vote for 1 book instead of 3 which some of you pointed out when I had already made the poll. I really want to make another poll where everyone would vote for 3 books, but I'm afraid that all of you have gotten pretty tired of this polling thing for now. So i'm thinking of going through with this poll and then make another poll on /lit/'s favourite authors later this month where everyone can vote for 3 authors. So hopefully that will work out.

I'm sorry for my mistakes, this whole ordeal saddens me greatly

>>7209505
Infinite Jest...

>> No.7209567

>>7209562
if it's any consolation, i am enjoying your deepening distress at how much of a pointless disaster this is becoming more than i would any shitty infographic

>> No.7209571

>>7209567
lol same

>> No.7209577

>>7209567
>>7209571
All of these numbers I have been looking at for the last two days have now become pointless.

>> No.7209581

>>7209562
Which novels are on the list?

>> No.7209588

>>7209581

#
1984
2666

A
Alice In Wonderland
Anna Karenina
Absalom, Absalom
Ask the Dust

B
Book of Disquiet
Brothers Karamazov
Blood Meridian
Book of the New Sun
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Beloved
Bridge of Birds

C
Catch-22
Crime & Punishment
Catcher in the Rye
Cat‘s Cradle
The Count of Monte Cristo
Children of Dune
Conferderacy of Dunces
Caim

D
Dune
The Denial of Death
Dubliners
Don Quixote
The Divine Comedy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Demons

E
East of Eden
Elven Star
The Eternal Husband

F
Finnegan‘s Wake
Foucalt‘s Pendulum

G
Gravity‘s Rainbow
Gerusalemme Liberata

H
Heart of Darkness
House of Leaves

I
The Iliad
Infinite Jest
Invisible Cities
Interview with the Vampire

J
Janye Eyre
K

>> No.7209592

>>7209562

MAKE A NEW POLL WHERE YOU CAN VOTE FOR THREE DIFFERENT BOOKS

people will still vote if you explain the situation in the opening post

>> No.7209596

>>7209588
L
Les Misrables
Lord of the Flies
Lolita

M
Maltese Falcon
Moby Dick
Mason & Dixon
The Man who was Thursday
The Magin Mountain

N
Neverending Story
Notes from the Underground

O
The Once and Future King

P
The Plague
Pale Star
Pnin
Place of Dead Roads
Paradise Lost
Portraot of the Artist as a Young Man

Q

R
The Republic
The Recognitions

S
A Scanner Darkly
Sphere
Sirens of Titan
The Stars, My Destination
Stoner
Sons of Lovers
The Sun Also Rises
The Summer Book
The Stranger
Spring Snow
The Stand
Sutree
The Sound and the Fury
The Seven Madmen
Summa Theologica

T
The Trial
A Tale of Two Cities
To the Lighthouse
Tropic of Cancer
The Three Kingdoms
Tai Pei

U
Ulysses

V
V

W
War and War
White Buildings
War and Peace
Watership Down
White Noise

X

Y

Z

>> No.7209599

>>7209562

>this is what happens when a board ostracizes STEMfags and cannot even into simple statistical analysis and study design

>> No.7209601

>>7209562
Just make another poll. /lit/ loves nothing more than spouting simplistic opinions about books, and a poll is the ultimate expression of that.

>> No.7209602

>>7209588
>>7209596
this is a pretty good list of books tbh

>> No.7209603

>>7209592
Should I? I could make it a double combo poll. Favourite books and favourite writers

>> No.7209604

>>7209599
Kek ok m8

>> No.7209608

>>7209592
>>7209601
>>7209603
I'm going to do it.

>>7209602
Yeah but it only has 88 books not 100...

>> No.7209611

>>7209608

This post gave me deja vu. I suddenly feel as if I've read this exact topic and post in the past.

Has anyone else here ever gotten deja vu from a 4chan post?

I'm not being sarcastic, by the way. I really just experienced deja vu.

>> No.7209612

>>7209603
You might as well make this into a list, it's p gud, or at least as good as you are going to get.

>> No.7209616

just so you know, i'm now burned out on taking polls, so my crucial opinion won't be included on your next one and it will be forever incomplete

>> No.7209639

>>7209608
Then make it a top 88 list, 11 rows 8 columns

>> No.7209684

>>7209592
>>7209601
>>7209603
>>7209608

The thread is here
>>7209673

>> No.7209695

>ctrl+f tolstoy
>no results

fuck this board.

>> No.7209733

>>7209695
War and Peace and Anna Karenina are both on this list you idiot:
>>7209588
>>7209596

>> No.7209744

>>7209733
didn't mean to post that here