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QUICK, /LIT/

I WANT TO READ 52 GOOD BOOKS THIS YEAR, AND I NEED TO START NOW

WHAT DO I READ

>> No.7532698

start with the greeks

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>>7532694

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>>7532694

Melal

>> No.7532718

>>7532698
ILIAD ODYSSEY SHIT? I HAVE COPIES OF THOSE

>>7532701
COOL SHIT ANON, WILL DO

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>>7532694
you can do it anon, i believe in you

>> No.7532747

>>7532732
FUCK OFF, SHIT THAT LENGTH IS NOT HOW I FINISH 52

>> No.7532751

>>7532747
>not being able to read 3.5k pages in a week
you must be new to /lit/

>> No.7532756

How To 69 Oneself

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>>7532694
Pic related. You won't be disappointed.

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And one for non-fiction as well. Good luck, OP.

>> No.7532781

>>7532771
Mailer was a complete dolt

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>>7532694
try this anon, really shaked me

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OP listen. You're getting some reaaaaal shitty recs right now. Why don't you come sit down and we'll have an actual discussion about what you should read. What do you like?

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03

>> No.7532937

>>7532803
this list is actually pretty great

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>>7532803
>not using the blueprint cover of gravitys rainbow

>> No.7532987

>>7532803

>god delusion

>make you smarter

>> No.7533060

>>7532803
>savage detectives, v, lolita, steppenwolf, pale fire, unbearable lightness of being, paradise loft, Don Quixote, as i lay dying...
>makes you smarter
literature doesn't do this, grab a maths textbook

>> No.7533085

>>7532694
The Dead Souls, Gogol

>> No.7533263

>>7532987
What's wrong with the god delusion?

>> No.7533287

>>7532760
>>7532760
>>7532760
Ive only ever read prey from him, what other books would you recomend?

>> No.7533603

>>7532803
what if you read most of those before age 16?

I had a nurturing childhood - god knows what the fuck I'm doing here ; ^ )

>> No.7533608

>>7533603
Oh and what if you also went to an american D1 school on a full ride for a sport, while also earning an honours bachelor of business administration and then went on to work as an ibanker, eventually retiring before 30 and starting several small businesses?

>> No.7533615

>>7533608
Where I now employ approximately 100 people, and have far too much free time, so I sometimes enjoy coming to 4chan to offer advice to lowly plebs.

>> No.7533622

>>7533615
And I'm actually only 28 years old.


The only women I meet want me for my money and intellect. I know this because I am ugly.

:(

>> No.7533650

>>7532803
>make you smarter

Books written by white men

>> No.7533731

>>7533603
>>7533608
>>7533615
>>7533622
sure champ

;^)