>tfw to clever for genre fiction I just want to enjoy some

Yes, for pseudo-intellectuals like you we call those books "the classics". You could also try some epics like The Illiad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Paradise Lost, Dante.

>>8514819
>actual literary merit
What do you mean by that?

>>8514840
He means whatever would make him feel special for reading something that others don't. He just wants to read something like genre fiction except it should be regarded as literary so he can feel good about himself because no one likes him.

If you are too clever for it then why do you want more of it

Cleverer usually go for non-fiction, they are beyond us

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>>8514919
Selfdefenestrate.

Are you too clever to spellcheck your post too?

>>8514834

It's Iliad. Why can't you people spell it correctly?

>>8514819
Inherent Vice.

Just read what you want. When you try to make it work it starts being work

>>8515143
I think you misunderstood the question.