Hi Lit I am a complete /lit noob. What are the first 50 books

>>7615572
Good on you friend! This is a decent list http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/12/features.fiction Basically just read the ones you've heard of first, then come back her when you want advice for more.

You have to show that numbers mean something to you when you can finish something, not much different from eating at a buffet.

>>7615581
thanks! this looks like a good starting point.
desu i feel like my mind is fucking pleb tier since i haven't read anything

>>7615572
start with short stories

And dracula is so boring...

>>7615600
Don't worry about it mate, just be excited you have so many fantastic novels to read! Most of us have already read them; I wish I could go back and read them for the first time again.

Some "easier" big popular novels might be stuff like:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Lolita
Pride and Prejudice
The Catcher in the Rye
Wuthering Heights
Heart of Darkness
Gulliver's Travels
Catch-22
The Grapes of Wrath
The Stranger
Great Expectations
A Tale of Two Cities
Beloved

Some big popular novels that I think are legitimately fantastic are:
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
War and Peace
The Brothers Karamazov
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Les Miserables

I'd stick to the "easier" ones until you start getting a bit sick of them, then perhaps move onto something like Anna Karenina. Basically read what appeals to you and that challenges you a bit but not so much you get frustrated, just enough that you feel that "wow" moment while reading.

>>7615618
i will read everything on that list and come back in like 1 years time lol.
basically i spend about 10 hours a week on the bus. so 10x52 = 520 hours.

>>7615629
Sounds fun.

Yeah I had to commute long distances in my youth and I read so much. on the train. Long commutes suck but at least reading makes it fun/productive.

Enjoy the books, and if you find yourself really disliking one, don't force yourself to read it. It's perfectly okay to dislike a classic.

OP, see: >>7604403