/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.8315851]

Do you guys just base what literature is your favorite off of what books are the most difficult to read?

[Anonymous No.8315856]

>>8315851
out of the top 10, only four are difficult to read, and IJ is just a meme

[Anonymous No.8315858]

What do you mean by difficult?
Difficult as in, hard to understand what's going on? Or that the themes and meaning of the book is hard to decipher?

[Anonymous No.8315867]

Are you suggesting the Hobbit and Fahrenheit 451 are difficult to read?

[Anonymous No.8315875]

>>8315851
It's hard for me to look at that picture without slowly moving my hand in a jerk off gesture.

[Anonymous No.8315879]

>>8315856
>four are difficult
Moby Dick, Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow and...? Or does that include IJ?

[Anonymous No.8315881]

>>8315875
I'm sure it's very hard for you to stop jerking off even for a few minutes

[Anonymous No.8315884]

Literature is literature.

Only dweebs try to say "xyz is literature and jkl isnt'"

[Anonymous No.8315885]

>>8315879
Moby Dick is dense and the whaling textbook bits can beboring but I wouldn't say it's that difficult. I was thinking GR, Ulysses and the Dostoevsky, and excluding IJ

[Anonymous No.8315887]

>>8315881
I actually masturbate about twice a day, every time something turns me on it's usually pictures of hot guys. I'm actually starting to feel horny again, but I don't think I'm quite ready to masturbate again just yet.

[Anonymous No.8316782]

Do people here really think Dubliners is a great top 20 of all time book?

[Anonymous No.8316793]

>Infinite Jest:40 votes

What the fuck is wrong with you people?

[Anonymous No.8316802]

>>8315856
Ulysses and GR are the only somewhat difficult ones. And GR isn't THAT difficult.

[Anonymous No.8316818]

>>8315887
lol faggot

[Anonymous No.8317033]

>>8316793
>mfw i made 20 google accounts to meme IJ to number 1

[Anonymous No.8317094]

>>8315851
Difficult can mean a couple of things. Like I'm starting on 2666 and already taking a break from it cause I find it starts off incredibly boring. I almost feel like I've fallen for a joke from /lit/ picking this up.

[Anonymous No.8317166]

For the last 20 years, my love for literature cycled between sincere, to lukewarm, and finally to bored. Now I finally realize why: Western literature, outside of earlier Greek works, is shit. Absolutely shit.

If any of you actually read out of enjoyment, to appreciate beauty, and not just for pretension, avoid all of the trash listed in /lit/'s top books. Chances are that you've already read the worthwhile ones in high school.

Indian, Chinese, and Japanese literature is in a completely different league.

[Anonymous No.8317176]

2016 TOP 100 CHART WHEN

[Anonymous No.8317190]

>>8317176
It's better to do it in the fall or spring, too many summerfags now.

[Anonymous No.8317363]

>1984 is not even mentioned
But why?

[Anonymous No.8317442]

>>8317176
October-November

[Anonymous No.8317463]

>>8315851
A difficult book is more than likely to be more instructive, rewarding, and entertaining than an easier read. I love reading a passage and thinking, "holy shit, someone thought of this"

[Anonymous No.8317509]

>>8317363

<15

[Anonymous No.8317517]

>>8317363
>15

[Anonymous No.8317521]

>>8317363
you looked that these 100 novels and said "Where's one of the books I read in high school?"

[Anonymous No.8318298]

>tfw when only read 10 of whats on the list

[Anonymous No.8318372]

>>8317442
I hope we get Infinite Jest out of the top spot, that's just ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.8318386]

We should replace the meme books with real good books

[Anonymous No.8318399]

>>8318386
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