I'm a plebeian who has neglected books for too long and

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Yes, Yes, Yes.

Just start reading anything reasonably important that also catches your eye, so that it's easy to get through and then you feel like you're making progress once you do

Seriously, just pick anything that sounds neat and isn't ultra-high concept, but is also famous enough to make you feel like "yeah I'm doing this!" when you're done. Try some 19th century realism or naturalism. Try Stendhal or Dickens

Okay, thanks. I have every book in the image above and a fair amount of Dickens' work too, so I'll start there.

>>8330229
Please stop fucking posting this.

>>8330225
Start with the Greeks. Any other answer is simply wrong.

>>8330229
literally summer reading. I read every one in highschool 15 years ago.

>>8330225
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Classics

Good place to start. If you are really young though read what you like. I only got into the Greeks and Romans reading quotes from Rome Total War loading screens.

>>8330225
You can do what >>8330708 said, also look up Le Monde's 100 books of the century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Monde%27s_100_Books_of_the_Century
Just pick whatever book catches your eye, build up that reading stamina, and when you feel ready tackle heavier books. Just try to not read garbage

http://www.bookspot.com/listmodern100.htm

Modern Library Editors list.

>>8330708
>15 years ago
Sup gramps

>>8330719
>ranked by a French