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I hated reading when I was a kid and I would never read anything anyone told me to. I read every Hemingway in my high school library though. Just make sure they have access I guess.

>>8832027
people only read books that they find interesting. Kids who get forced to do things often intentionally disengage as a form of rebellion. The best thing you could do is expose him to a wide range of literature, like taking him to a library, but pushing him to read things might be counter-intuitive.

Also it's pretty hard to recommend books when we don't know anything about the kid's preferences and interests.

>>8832029
>>8832032
Thats exactly my idea, sorry if I was unclear:
I want to present a list of books he might find fun. The stuff he gets forced to read is only the school stuff. I am his private tutor.

He is your average nerdy 15 year old: Mostly plays video games (counterstrike, CoD,) if he gets stuff to read and its winning-relevant inside his games he does it without problems so its just a motivation issue.

Using his taste in movies I tried to infer something about books he might like but not luck: He likes "fun movies". Thats his category.
Oh and no romance stuff, he hates that.
I was thinking maybe scifi, fantasy, perhaps thrillers or whodunnits.

>>8832019
Because this board is full of posturing kids that only read the 10 approved authors to fit in

>>8832019

Because he was a partisan hack.

The Mother is comfy tier

I'm not that well versed on aesthetics but isn't the bulk of his theory just a rehashing of disinterestedness?

Yeah, its super fucking comfy. Was not expecting to enjoy it as much as I did, and now its probably my favorite book.

>>8832002
I'm not even well versed enough on aesthetics to know the theory of disinterestedness.

Easiest recommendation would probably be anything by Hemingway. A very good place to start with Serious Literature as well. I loved his stories in high school.

>>8831955
Thanks mate.

>>8831935
If that graph continued into the 160s, [s4s] would be the final bar.

Had to translate a passage where a bunny's mom was killed. sad af

>>8831724
yeah that sounds fun.

>>8831714
I've somehow never seen the movie but the book is easily one of my favorites, definitely worth a read.

The sequel, if I remember correctly, is just more of the bunny fairy tales and not really worth it in my opinion.

Dunwich Horror

reminder that tentacle rape is patrician

>>8831706
>That one abomination just jamming out on a sick flute.

>>8831706
Whisperer in Darkness and Dreams in the Witch-House. The first because the Migos are nasty motherfuckers and the second because his take on the witch myth is great.

The Symposium

>>8831688
looking more for something more recent
one can squeeze only so much relevance out of classic sources

Corydon, maybe. Haven't read it.

Yes. Same with film, as well.
I now mostly read nonfiction and haven't seen a movie in about two years.

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>>8831551

i only lose interest in reading when the depression kicks into overdrive. but then that's only for two days or so. i always find my way back and just as driven.

The solution is to go to the library and pick a random book that jumps out at you. Or just pick a random one as quick as possible. The first time. You might surprise yourself

can we not?

>>8831474
I just want to learn about why he is the way he is

>>8831470
sure, he was a hack

is that good enough for you?

Hello. How are you? I'm doing well. See you later.

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool
bits of Flesh fell off the rotting bodies...

--a cuck, dedalus said

>>8831424
google it fag

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>>8831424
>reading CIA propaganda

>>8831425
I have been, and a lot of sale pages have buyer reviews saying "warning this be abridged" so I've grown unsure of picking a print version.

But you are right in that I could put more effort into finding a good electronic copy. I rescindy original request.

I invite anons to discuss this book if they have read it, instead.

It is mandatory that you fully exhaust the YA canon before you can move on to the big boy books. Finish Twilight and Hunger Games, once you do that you open pandora's box.

>>8831411
just read Crime and Punishment. it's really accessible, even to plebs.

Try James Patterson.

Fuck off, commie

I don't speak chinese

We only talk about modern lit in order to debase it. You should count your blessings.

Best and right depend upon what you're looking to get out of it. Easy read? go with Fagles. Closest to greek is Lattimore. Fitzgerald is a good balance of easy to read and accurate to the greek, not to mention that the prose is beautiful. Historical relevance is Chapman and then Pope.
See? that wasn't too had

>>8831362
Which would you recommend to a friend?

>>8831365
Lattimore or Fitzgerald. Fagles is highschool-tier simplistic and while the Chapman and Pope are some of the most beautiful poems ever written, they don't adhere very well to the Homeric Greek.

Pierre Menard's Quijote.

>>8831293
Gulliver's Travels Paradise Lost Moby Dick.
Dianetics The Hobbit Slaughterhouse-Five cat's cradle Ulysses aeneid shakespeare