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[–] 17791536? ago 

Some of those are too heavy for someone easing into real literature.

Aurelius - Meditations

If you want to get into the Greeks you need to start properly

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Tolkien - Lord of the Rings

Again this is too heavy for someone starting out. I know a lot of people read it in their teens but those lengthy songs are offputting. He should start with The Hobbit instead.

Lewis - That Hideous Strength

Why would you recommend a final book in a trilogy?

Adams - Watership Down

Agree. Good jumping off point.

Dostoyevsky - Brothers Karamazov

Way too heavy.

For Russian literature start with something like The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov. I like the Michael Glenny translation myself.

Hobbes - Victoria

You want to start him off with fucking Hobbes? Do you want him to never pick up a book again ever?

Heinlein - Starship Troopers

Its okay but not much different from what >>13066942 suggests.

>>13062965

can anyone suggest some books for me

Ease into it.

A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov (Glenny translation). Russians are God tier when it comes to literature.

If you are thirsty for more start browsing /lit/. Half chans version is still good.

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[–] 17791540? ago 

Some of those are too heavy for someone easing into real literature.

I agree on that point.

Aurelius - Meditations

If you want to get into the Greeks you need to start properly

Roman, but I didn't recommend it because of its context. It contains better life advice than the "just do it" self help books of today.

Again this is too heavy for someone starting out. I know a lot of people read it in their teens but those lengthy songs are offputting. He should start with The Hobbit instead.

Perhaps.

Why would you recommend a final book in a trilogy?

Because it stands on its own well enough and is the most important of the three.

Dostoyevsky - Brothers Karamazov

Way too heavy.

True. I just love it.

For Russian literature start with something like The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov. I like the Michael Glenny translation myself.

I hate the light satanism and Christ the doormat approach of that book.

Hobbes - Victoria

You want to start him off with fucking Hobbes?

It's a very different Hobbes. We're not talking about the Leviathan guy. The book is from 2015 IIRC and gives a family man's scenario of 4th generation warfare in a US context.

Heinlein - Starship Troopers

>Its okay but not much different from what >>13066942 suggests.

If promotes healthy relations between sexes and one's duties. I consider it essential reading for young men of today.

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[–] 17794305? ago 

True enough. I'll have to check out Victoria.

I'm obviously not as well read as I would like but I try my best. I'm slowly trying to build up my collection and only buy second hand so I dont put money in a Jews pocket. Heres a selection.

Honestly the more men we get back into reading the better.

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[–] 17794311? ago 

Good start. Lots of classics. Consider branching out into nonfiction, biographies, and history.

Ulysses

James Joyce is a /lit/ meme people use to flex about the books they've read. 2deep4u ramblings that don't add value to your life aside from illusory feelings of intellectual superiority. Would not recommend to anyone focused on actually bettering themselves. You might as well be reading Jordan Peterson's Maps of Meaning.

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