Hey /lit/ it's my 19th birthday today
Since I'm getting more into literature
>recommend me your top 3 books to get more into it
>>7406612
>Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
>The Old Man and the Sea
>The Once and Future King
>>7406612
Silence - Shusaku Endo
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
The Gulag Archipelago - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
>>7406627
Whoops, I believe I misunderstood the topic. I wouldn't recommend these to start off with.
>>7406612
Catch-22
Moby-Dick
The Sound And The Fury
>>7406612
Shadow of the Wind by Zafon
The Complete stories of Flannery O'Connor
Norwegian Wood- H. Murakami
>>7406653
>is there a way to buy cheap books?
Depends where you are, obviously. I have pretty good charity bookshops near me that are cheaper than (legal) e-books. But for cost-effectiveness you obviously can't beat a library, assuming you have a decent one near you.
>>7406612
gravitys rainbow
blood meridian
american pastoral
>>7406653
e readers are awesome but they take some getting used to. I have a kindle touch and I've had it for a few years. it's nice and i'll replace it when it dies. with that said, I still prefer physical copies.
if you like to read "the classics" then many are free on Gutenberg dot org. then definitely get an ereader and save $$$.
more contemporary /lit/ you'll either have to pirate or buy ebooks.
you can always visit your local library. online sites like amazon will have used copies for like $1 but you pay 3-4 in shipping. I recommend you support your local used book stores/libraries first and then shop online if you can't find it.
online retailers and big chains are always my last option.
>>7406667
Yea, I've been to the library today
it's pretty alright imo
>(legal) e-books
what do you mean? are there illegal ones? I downloaded some lovecraft pdf files last week..
read descartes, then read spinozas ethics
The cat in the hat
OP WHAT BOOKS DO YOU LIKE.
19 YEAR OLDS HAVE DIFFERENT TASTES
YOURE BASICALLY ASKING: HEY GUYS, WHAT ARE THREE BOOKS YOU LIKE?
you may enjoy:
Candide by Voltaire
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut
On the Road by Kerouac
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Down and Out in Paris and London by Orwell
Shakespeare's major tragedies and sonnets
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
A Portrait of the Artist by James Joyce
good luck opee
>>7406612
Dostoevsky is a must. Very age appropriate too, I think.
