Crying of Lot 49 -> V. -> Gravity's Rainbow Where

Against the Day is sloppy as fuck, a difficult read and maybe P's book I enjoyed least

Mason & Dixon is a mature, but less experimental masterpiece

>>7705048
V>AtD>GR>CoL49>IV>Vineland>M&D>BE>SL
I've read V and CoL49 twice. I missed a lot in M&D so I have no doubt that it will rise in rating when I reread it.
AtD might drag on but the ending is one of the most cathartic and beautiful passages I've ever read.

>>7705083
wisdom from the mouths of anons.

>>7705048
Are you trying to establish a reading order for yourself? I'm reading those two last because everything after GR but before and after them is really simplistic compared to the three you mentioned.

>>7705093
>Are you trying to establish a reading order for yourself?
Yes

imo

>masterpieces
GR, L49, M&D, V.

>v good
ATD, IV,

>good
Vineland,

>weak
BE

>>7705097
That wasn't really clear.
I'd suggest
Lot 49>V>GR>AtD>MD
AtD and GR are like mirror images of each other, keep that in mind.

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>>7705097
just start with whatever book interests you most. all of them are readable to anyone if they take it slow and find themselves interested.

pynchon's difficulty is a kind of urban legend. especially today with the internet to look up every odd reference there's really no excuse for not being able to read his stuff. making sense of it is of course a different question, but that is because pynchon is so often a writer of fundamental questions and universal anxieties. if you find the answers you'll know more than pynchon does.

>>7705117
This
GR and MD are pretty hard, but in no way impossible if you dedicate yourself to reading actively.

>>7705097
In that case, I'd say you can read either one after Gravity's Rainbow so long as you're not planning on reading any of his other books, because it's all downhill from there.

M&D > V. > 49

So far