Have you ever met someone who seemed to have read everything

>>10028048
ur just a brainlet
the more you read the more you reailze how much you still have to read
only brainlets think they can even come close to reading everything "worth" reading

>>10028048
I think most are lying or read the cliff notes version

>>10028058
I didn't think it was possible

I was just thinking about how someone like that would be

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Reminder that you can only have enough time to really read 7000~ books in your lifetime. Better get reading anons.

>>10028296
literally read all of those except
>fbi dossiers

>>10028300
Well that's not the point is it? It's more the fact that there is always more to read, not those specific things.

>>10028296
What are the 7000 best books to read in your opinion?

>>10028048
Yeah the fucking guy at ABC books in Toronto. He's seen me evolve and likes where I'm heading. He's old at though.

I think the law of diminishing returns is relevant here. Although there are likely millions of books worth reading, there are only really a few thousand that are considered very important, and a few hundred that are the masterpieces and keystone works of a civilization. Everything beyond that is specialization or only minorly important.

>>10028296
>7,000
That's a ludicrously high number for /lit/. That's about two books a week for seventy years.

>>10028048
yes
every person whomst read the Bible

>>10028457
hella fucking epic

>>10028424

>reading books because they're "important" and not because they're enjoyable per se

>>10028434
Especially considering most books that interest me are 600+ pages and I'm not even close to being a speed reader.

>>10028296
Ulysses and Finnegans Wake count as 1000.

I have a close friend who reads a book a week at the very least once every two weeks. I still find conversations with him boring at times. The only thing I do notice is his growing vocabulary.