What are some essential pieces of literature with an "epic" scope? I want to get lost in a story with huge proportions. Currently reading murakamis Wind Up Bird Chronicle (new to reading for fun) and I love how big it feels, I guess. Any suggestions?
obviously the fUCKING ILIAD AND ODYSSEY YOU DIP
also Genesis and Exodus and Daniel
>>7616475
Of course, epic poetry is a given. I'm more looking for novels that just have a wide scope but aren't considered an epic technically.
The Rainbow and Women in Love cover multiple generations of a family.
In Search of Lost Time
War and Peace
>>7616469
Women and Men and The Recognitions
>>7616860
Just like A hundred years of solitude
War and Peace
The Mahayana
Epic of King Gesir
The Journey to the West
In Search of Lost Time
Plutarch's Lives
Plato's Dialogues
The Tipitaka
The Ramayana
The Faerie Queene
The History Plays - Shakespeare
Epic in the sense of Murakami? Go for more postmodernists, for sure
Gravity's Rainbow
Infinite Jest
Giles Goat Boy
Underworld
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Illuminatus
Women and Men (so I'm told)
>>7617288
+ White Teeth
East of Eden
Game of Thrones
>>7616469
wuthering heights would be my suggestion
The Brothers Karamazov
les miserables my nigga
>>7617956
This.
The prose edda and the epic of gilgamesh come immediately to mind as examples of ancient epics.
>>7616475
>Genesis and Exodus and Daniel
lol fuck that. read Joshua through Kings II. THAT'S epic. best books in the bible right there
essential is what u makes you think about essentials...therefore take a look into the mirror.
the answer is right there
besides: anything written by sergej lukianekno
read my butt op its epic
>>7617995
that's a huge time investment lol. you a real pious dude
>>7617281
>Plato's Dialogues
epic?
Carlyle's History of the French Revolution
Motley's Rise of the Dutch Republic
>>7618006
You can read the bible as a piece of literature and have a great time
Le Morte d'Arthur
The Forsyte Saga
Middlemarch
If you're new to "reading for fun", maybe try the Wheel of Time. It's not quality literature, but it's enjoyable light reading with an epic scope.
