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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.