I'll try and keep this brief because I'm new to this

>>8730461
Just read Infinite Jest, the rest are obsolete

>>8730468
Gotcha, thanks for the advice

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>>8730461
There are many memes, or, as you call it, guides, here in /lit/.

One of the is the 'Start with the greeks', which is basically a guide to read the greek classics, which is not a bad idea.

Another good one is the /lit/'s top 100 books.

If you just want to read the classics without any particular reason except to 'know' them, I would recommend you browse the /lit/'s top 100 and look up some books, read what you find interesting. Do the same if you want to read the greek classics, look up what you find interesting and read them.

here is the top 100, also, if you want particular guides, you can find it looking up "imgur lit charts", they have lots of specific charts, like african literature, japanese, occultism, etc

>>8731389
I don't think this list has Dickens, but you should read him. Educators seem to have a hard on for him. Other than that it's serviceable.

>>8730461
Read the wiki please

>>8730461
At least one book per week, plus At least one act of Shakespeare per night.

Post-20th century literature hasn't done much for the language itself, maybe even the opposite, but for perception of new perceptual environments. Thus this person >>8730468 thinks all but Infinite Jest is obsolete. What he means is, as far as content goes, Infinite Jest is the best portrayal of contemporary life. That he is wrong is obvious.

Read at least one book per week, any book, as a sort of continuous process of adjusting to different authors and their use of the language.