i haven't read a book in my life where do i begin

>>10031709
the greeks. start with them.

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>>10031712
What's up with greeks?

>>10031753
Ancient Greek poetry, philosophy, & other literature is a good place to start if you have not read anything.

>>10031709
Here's a nice general selection:

Robinson - Housekeeping
McCarthy - Blood Meridian
Winton - Cloudstreet
Hesse - The Glass Bead Game
Watts - Blindsight
Eco - The Name of the Rose
Williams - Augustus (all his books are very good and reasonable lengths, augustus is just the best)
The collected essays of Loren Eiseley
The collected poetry of Rilke and Whitman

>>10031782
>Rilke
You do know he's going to read it in English and think "Lol this is dumb," right?

Start with high school stuff, OP. The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, etc

>>10031957
Rilke is translation proof, even in English it's perfect.

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>>10031709
Harry Potter. Literally the culmination of the Western canon.

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>>10032383

Hegel

>>10032383
This desu