In /lit/'s opinion what are some good books every man should read?
Take that for what you will.
(Pic not related)
>>7602801
the books on the top 100 list for starters
>>7602801
Mein Kampf
>>7602833
Where is this list?
>>7602868
Thanks.
Now how many are really worth reading and how many are just meme books?
>>7602882
behind each meme there lies a bit of authenticity anon
Anti-Oedipus
Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid (Fitzgerald translation)
Plato: Complete Works (Hackett)
Riverside Chaucer
Norton Shakespeare
The English Bible, King James Version (Norton)
John Milton: The Major Works (Oxford)
The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry
>>7602882
How about you find out yourself you stupid motherfucker.
>>7602928
2edgy4me
>>7602932
hes right.
if somethings a meme, society had to notice it. that means somebody thought it was worth considering, like the other books 'worth reading'.
but we arent going to spoonfeed you, one reason being that basing your views on those of random strangers on the internet is a retarded move
>>7602868
>books with only two votes made it onto the list
I think that we should do a more comprehensive list, the minimum amount of votes of anything should be at least 20 or 10 at the very least.
>>7602882
Number one is obviously a meme.
Every board revolving around neckbeards mass consuming media has this one meme work all of them worship.
>>7602868
Infinite Jest is the Breaking Bad of literature.
>>7602917
>The English Bible, King James Version
This is a Catholic board. Please go to a Protestant board like /a/ or /mlp/.
>>7603964
>implying this is a bad thing
>>7602868
after reading Lolita I am convinced that everyone who is a fan of the book is a closet pedophile
>>7603973
CATHOLIC BLASPHEMER GET OFF OF MY BOARD
SOLA FIDE, SOLA FIDE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>7604409
Protestants are blasphemers and heretics, and you can't prove me wrong
>>7602882
they are all worth reading
>>7604445
>the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by the Lord Himself
>heretical
>>7602882
It depends what type of reader you are, I prefer philosophy, it's still unlikely that you will regret reading any of these, they all have merit in their own way.
>>7604465
>implying the church founded by Jesus is the Catholic church of today
Yeah, pretty convenient to just wipe out large swathes of history that say otherwise.
>>7602868
what a shitty meme list
i don't see any drizzt d'urden books
>>7602868
Moby-Dick, Blood Meridian, Lolita, and Book of the New Sun are the only ones I'd consider pure essentials for men.
>>7602801
pic related
>>7604607
>Book of the New Sun
?
>>7602801
Every child should read at least a couple of those books. The language and settings of Daniel Handler's novels introduced myself and many other people to Victorian literature. Without these training wheels, I'd have been much less prepared for Dickens or any one of the Romantics
>>7603973
>he doesn't know that he's being deceived by Satan
>>7602801
Why just men?
>>7602917
Add Metamorphoses by Ovid and that list is almost perfect for a brief overview of the canon.
>>7604726
Women are unimportant
>>7602868
>Infinite Jest that high
>Marquez that high
>1984 in the top 20
>LotR on there
>American Psycho on there
>Alice and Wonderland, Dune, Farenheight 451, the Hobbit, A Scanner Darkly, Watership Down
>No Dickens
>No Yourcenar
>No Hawthorne
>No Twain
>No Forester
>No Conrad
LET ME DIE
>>7604763
I think you just have shit taste, m8
>>7604445
Infinite Jest is hugely popular with normies as well. It's comparable to Slaughterhouse 5 in that way.
>>7604754
Back to reddit
>"and after all was said and done, we all realized that it was nothing more than....an infinite jest."
fucking PUHLEAZE
>>7602801
>books for manchildren
ftfy
>>7604671
It's definitely a patrician book and comes from a totally masculine perspectiive
>>7604407
Humbert Humbert merely relishes in surrounding himself with the impenetrable beauty of nymphets.
>>7604763
>Alice and Wonderland
