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Post your to-do pile
/lit/ decides what you read next

>> No.7480968

read IJ and keep two bookmarks, one for the footnote page and one for the regular pages :3
its v comfy

>> No.7480974

>>7480966
read dunces, my man.

>> No.7480978
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7480978

Finished Dubliners this week and finishing up Crying of the Lot 49 right now.

>> No.7480990

>>7480978
>reading books less than 700 pages long
pleb
read delillo's underworld, murakami's wind up bird chronicle (1Q84 is meh but kinda comfy), or joyce's FW or U

>> No.7480991

>>7480978
>lendo joyce traduzido

>> No.7481001

>>7480978
You sit down and read Catch-22 right fucking now.
10/10 novel right there.

>> No.7481003

>>7480990
Started reading seriously a few months ago. I need to work my way up. Besides, I'm gonna get both Wind up and Ulysses in christmas. But since I've read wild sheep, gonna read dance dance dance before reading wind up. And I don't feel ready to get into Ulysses yet.
Also, I've read White Noise and really enjoyed it, so I want to read Libra and maybe Mao II before getting into Underworld.

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Old picture; I'm 400 pages into The Secret History, its great. Can't decide what to go for after.

>> No.7481022

>>7480991
Portuguese is not inferior brazilian portuguese.

>> No.7481025

>>7480966
The 100 year-old man is just random Forrest Gumpy garbage. Toss that shit in the bin.

>> No.7481030

>>7481019
Chabon or Yates
leaning more towards the latter

>> No.7481031

>>7481019
read goon squad

post reaction

>> No.7481032

I just started with reading, please do not bully.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
The Trial - Franz Kafka
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami (and his others)
Brave New World - Huxley
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Martian - Andy Weir
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (and his other two)

All of these sound pretty interesting to me, except the two similar ones: 1984 and Brave New World. I just put them here because a lot of people seem to like them, are they worth it?

>> No.7481039

>>7481032
I read all of those books in high school besides ozeki and weir.

they're all bad.

>> No.7481047

>>7481031
It's great but there's no way in hell it's a novel. Sells better than short stories though.

>> No.7481049

>>7481039
Oh okay thanks, you've opened my eyes. I'm ordering copies of Ulysses, the Greeks and Infinite Jest as we speak.

>> No.7481060

>>7481049
Kek

>> No.7481069

>>7481049
laugh all you want you actually should and you know it

>> No.7481088

>>7480990
>reading books less than 700 pages long
>pleb

idiocy

>> No.7481098
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7481098

>>7480978
>hue
>filename
Fucking kill yourself

>> No.7481103

>>7481088
either you're too ADHD to read something that long or your noodle arms aren't strong enough to hold up a book that large.

either way you should kill yourself.

>> No.7481118

>>7481030
I'll keep that in mind, thanks

Any thoughts about Sabbath's Theater or The Flamethrowers?

>> No.7481126

>>7481103
I read plenty of lengthy novels - I just think it's idiocy to claim that it's pleb to read shorter works you dumb twat.

>> No.7481150
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Help pls

>> No.7481152

>>7481032
The Recognitions

>> No.7481153

>>7481150
The Tunnel or Cannonball

>> No.7481168

>>7481153
Is The Tunnel as good as everyone says it is? Like, Best novel of the last 50 years good?

>> No.7481169

>>7481153
Reading entry-level McElroy is plebstatus bro.

>> No.7481178

>>7481168
I think it is yes, but before I read in the heart of the heart of the country, Middle C, and omensetter's luck. without a doubt he is shakespeare tier when it comes to metaphors and crafting singular sentences. However The Tunnel is largely unapproachable unless you already dig his weird style. If you aren't patient you'll think it severely overwritten.

>> No.7481190

>>7481178
Well, I'm convinced. Thanks, anon.

>> No.7481239

>>7481098
>roberto bolanos
>bolanos
>n
i feel sick

>> No.7481299
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>> No.7481317

>>7481032
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
It's good despite the awful fan base
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
One of his worst books. It's okay.
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
Good.
The Trial - Franz Kafka
Great book. You will laugh out loud.
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Great
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami (and his others)
Read Wind Up Bird instead
Brave New World - Huxley
Good
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
Never read it
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Never read it
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Never read it
The Martian - Andy Weir
Pretty bad
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (and his other two)
I never like this book

Read The Trial then The Stranger

>> No.7481319

>>7481299
As I Lay Dying obviously

>> No.7481323

>>7480990
>calls people pleb
>recommends Murakami

>> No.7481327

>>7481239

é_è
You shouldn't, Anon...

>> No.7481343

I'm late but, what is the best version of Alices Adventures to get the most out of it?

Looking at this right now
"The Annotated Alice - The Definitive Edition - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll"

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7481347

finished savage detectives already

>> No.7481353

>>7481299
Literally nothing worth reading except Faulkner or that first volume of Dostoyevsky.

>> No.7481374
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7481374

>brand new books

>> No.7481405

>>7481319
Already read it, but thank you

>> No.7481406

i fucking loved the red dwarf books when i was a teenager
if you're a teenager, i say go for that

>> No.7481407

>>7481353
>plato not worth reading

>> No.7481408
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>>7481374
>poor people

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BEHEAD ALL SATANS

>> No.7481414

>>7481408
>being this middle-class that you buy paperbacks instead of rare hardcovers
stay poor

>> No.7481484

>>7481347
Read Gaddis and proceed to Gass.

>> No.7481487

>>7481407
plato is fucking retarded

>> No.7481852

I'm a kindlefag, so I can't really post a picture.

Currently reading: Crime and Punishment

Next ups:
>Anthem by Ayn Rand
>Ulysses by James Joyce
>Gravity's Rainbow
>The Idiot by Dostoevsky

>> No.7481855

>>7481852
have you read anything else of dostoevsky? which did you like the most if you did?

>> No.7481884

>>7481353
>Verlaine not worth reading

>> No.7481887

>>7481855
I haven't read anything other than Crime and Punishment, and I'm currently about 20% done with it. I quite enjoying it so far. At the risk of sounding like a fedora-tipper, I find his prose captivating.

>> No.7481894

>>7481887
cheers mate, i've read notes from a deadhouse and his big work, the brothers karamazov, the gamber, etc
didn't read all of what he's written however, but i'm glad you're enjoying crime and punishment as i haven't read it yet.
i found notes from a deadhouse really interesting and captivating

>> No.7481926

fuck off with these threads. so useless.

>> No.7481945

>>7481926
and you dwelling on a board on 4chan is useful
ok lad

>> No.7481972

>>7481945
fuck off cunt

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>>7481945
>>7481972

>> No.7481987

>>7481981
>>7481972
even though i disagree with you, i love you brother.
we aint fighting. we good.

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>>7480966

>> No.7482005

>>7481997
what the fuck is that? is this shooped? is that a human?

>> No.7482007

I have about 400 more pages in Infinite Jest and then it's between

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Illiad/Odyssey/Ulysses Trilogy - Homer/James Joyce (these are the only prerequisites right?)
reread Catch-22- Heller

>> No.7482009

>>7481997
Lolita or Nineteen Eighty-Four, you can donate the rest

>> No.7482024

>>7480966
im on don quixote now. have to finish before christmas. im getting something bukowski and infinite jest. i really hope it gets better because i remember dropping it after two chapters because it was so damn boring.

>> No.7482031

>>7481894
ty senpai, i'll check them out once i finish Crime and Punishment.

>> No.7482246

>>7481032
I just finished reading the stranger at work on a free pdf during my shift.

Good, easy, worthwhile. No reason not to knock it over sooner than later

>> No.7482290

>>7481997
life of pi

>> No.7482341

>>7482024
>reading pre-20th century stuff

>> No.7482347

>>7482005
Yeah seriously what the fuck. You are dripping pussy-juice on your novels famina.

>> No.7482349

>>7482347
>All I know about women I learned from netorare

>> No.7482350

>People recommending Murakami and 1984
How we have fallen

>> No.7482357

The Sound and the Fury
TCoL48
The Brothers K
Michel Houellebecq

>> No.7482359

>>7482357
Read them in chronological order.

>> No.7482370

Night of the Iguana - Tennesse Williams
Lanark - Alasdair Gray
Blood Meridian - McCarthy
L'étranger - Camus

>> No.7482371

>>7480966
devil in the white city

>> No.7482463

>>7481032
Camus is pretty good. The Myth of Sysyphus is good too, although some people here don't seem to like it.

>> No.7482503

>>7481001
i second this, although i never finished it.

>> No.7482513
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>>7481118
Not the same guy, but Sabbath's Theater was a curious read. It'd have these great passages, then lapse into mediocrity. I'd grow uninterested, but, just when I was about to drop it, Roth would have another shining, brilliant moment. So I stayed. It's the only Roth I've read, so I can't comment if it's similar to his other works, but, in the end, I enjoyed it. Seeing as though I read V. afterwards, however, ST may fall in comparison to other books by other authors. Definitely read Chabon or Yates first, but after that, maybe take a look.

>> No.7482531

>>7480966
The Trial

>>7480978
100 years

>>7481032
The Trial

>>7481150
2666, ez
I have had The Tunnel on my to-do shelf for too long :(

>>7481299
The Hobbit, give yourself a pleasant break

>>7482370
Blood Meridian

My to-read list over the break:

I Served The King of England - Bohumil Hrabal

Moving Parts - Magdalena Tulli

The Blind Owl - Sadegh Hedayat

Factotum - Charles Bukowski (i got it for free, not too sure if i want to read it)

>> No.7482551
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?

>> No.7482552

Diaries of Paul Klee
Lolita
Point Counter Point
The Vision of Piers Plowsman

>>7482370
L'étranger but only if you're reading it in French

>> No.7482568

>>7482551
Murphy is the only correct choice.

>> No.7482583

>>7480966
The 100-year old isn't particularly great, especially relative to the others.

>> No.7482605

Count of Monte Cristo
Don Quixote
Second Foundation

What next?

>> No.7482614

>>7481997
The Bible

>> No.7482638

>>7482007
The God Delusion is kind of eh. Not being a counter-counter culture or whatever. The arguments work against uneducated positions (usually the majority, but still) but they kind of fall apart under scrutiny.

>> No.7482669

>>7482605
definitely count
i finished it recently and it's honestly in my top 5 books of all time page-turner, keeps it fresh, great story of a carefully-plotted revenge
after that, quixote

>> No.7482851

>>7482551
eco

>> No.7482858

>>7482007
The Last Superstition - Edward Feser

>> No.7482861

>>7481323
>recommends better novels from pleb authors to plebs
>implying I'd cast pearls before swine

>> No.7482867

>>7481347
Gass' novellas are worth checking out :) Gaddis' is also top tier I'd say its better than The Recognitions but not as good as his best, JR what's that everyman library volume at the bottom? I can't make out the name or title

>> No.7482870

>>7482551
giles goat boy was kinda fun but Beckett >>> all else

>> No.7482879
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???

>> No.7482896

>>7482879
read Henderson. read as much Bellow as you can. a great man.

>> No.7482921

>>7482879
Reading Henderson the Rain King has made me a much more empathetic person.

>> No.7482937

Currently reading Against The Day, so it might be a while before I read something new

William Gaddis - Carpenter's Gothic
William Gaddis - A Frolic Of His Own
William Gaddis - Agape Agape
Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace
Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth

>> No.7482945

>>7482937
the middle of ATD gets fairly dry with too much Western nonsense but push through it, the final 200 pages are so satisfying I almost came
read Agape Agape (which might turn you onto W Benjamin or T Bernhard) and then Follett for some comfy readin :3

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Pretty sure I'm going to read Stoner next because it seems optimally comfy.

Being home from college is the best when your family is wealthy with a sweet fire place and mom brings home new expensive wines every day.

>> No.7483241

The Polyglots - William Gerhardie
Underworld - Don Delillo
Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
The Foundation Pit - Andrei Platonov

>> No.7483244

>>7482867
Ulysses

>> No.7483302

>>7483241
>he hasn't read son&xon yet
Nigga you missing out read that dank tome now

>> No.7483632

>>7480966
over the past six months or so I keep bouncing back and forth between books and only reading the first ten or so pages before I put them down, so this thread might actually help me get back into the swing of reading.

master and margarita - bulgakov
norwegian wood - murakami
a confederacy of dunces - toole
moby dick - melville
let the great world spin -mccann
myth of sisyphus - camus

>> No.7483638

>>7481032
if you're in a funk, I reccomend the road and the stranger. I have heard very good things about ishiguro but haven't read him myself. to kill a mockingbird is good, but I get the suspicion that I only think that because I was young when I read it.

>> No.7483641

>>7481150
swanns way all the way

>> No.7483644

So, I've read the first two chapters of Mason & Dixon. I feel like I've read nothing, the book has been completely unintelligible. Am I missing something? Is this normal, or am I just stupid?

>> No.7483645

>>7481997
lolita is such a gorgeous book. I highly reccomend it.

>> No.7483649

>>7482341
I dont understand this kind of posting on 4chan. I mean, it isn't really funny when considered as ironic, and it is blatantly wrong, so what is it you are going for? do your type just have a bad sense of humor? or are you just looking for attention?

>> No.7483777

>>7483644
>unintelligible
Take your time with it, f.a.m. You'll get used to the olde English in a few fifty pages.

>> No.7483781
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The letters of van gogh (going to read simultaneously with one of the others though)
Zeno's conscience
Anna Karenina
Short stories by Nescio
Invisible cities

>> No.7483794

>>7480966
where on earth did you pick up books with those disgusting tags on the cover

>> No.7483796

>>7480966
I'm already reading In Search of Lost Time but does /lit/ have any opinions about it?

>> No.7483825

>>7483649

It's like an elaborate form of performance art, or eve a ritual dance. It signifies in-group culture. At the same time, the bitter humor arises from watching the memes metastasize into something out your control. In the memes we've made a machine that can run a thousand years, no need to tend it. Eventually there will be no one who left to recall it's ironic origins. Just go over to /pol/ or /r9k/ to see what memes can do to a place.

>> No.7483835

>>7483781
La Citta Invisibili is my favorite book of all time. Read very slowly!

>> No.7483860

>>7483835
Will do. Was looking forward to reading it already.

>> No.7484337

>>7481405
Then why did you post a picture of it in this thread you fucking idiot

>> No.7484400

>>7484337
Sorry friend, misunderstood OP. By "read next" I thought like buy and read next.
The only ones in that pile I haven't read are Hobbit and Verlaine, but for the sake of having more than two books I included everything I brought home with me from school.

>> No.7484408

>>7480966
The score so far is:
IJ:I
Dunces:2
Old man:-2
The Trial:2
Devil:1
Thank's /lit/

>>7483794
Dunces,Devil- bought at 2nd and Charles
Der Process- Half price books
Infinite jest-Books-a-million

>> No.7484410

>>7481150
2666

>> No.7484477

>>7481069
>implying you can read Joyce without at least high-school-tier reading experience

>> No.7484490

Gravitys rainbow
The brother karamazov
Stranger in a strange land