Any books about what makes "literature" good? I want

>>9324015
If you like it it's good because it has served its purpose

Poetics by Aristotle.

>>9324122
Thanks but that is only about drama/poems.
I'm mainly looking for novels and stuff. prose works

>>9324015
Lurk moar = read moar books.

Also, if you think the books you read are "meh"... it could be that they're "meh" books indeed. (I deduce this from the fact you only want to read novels.)

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>>9324669
I don't read novels exclusively.
I just want more out of reading and appreciate books on a higher level.

is this you?
https://warosu.org/lit/thread/S9131625

>>9324015
My honest advice is to read more. A good place to jump straight into the deep end is late 19th century Russian prose. There's some very good translations available, they tend to flow very well and be supremely readable, and they tackle some pretty heady themes. Learning to appreciate literature is something that can only be gained via reading a lot, and learning to recognize why, say, Notes from Underground is praised as one of the single best works ever written, and some dime-store schlock isn't.

>>9324811
Thank you for the advice

Basically, the only way to acquire taste is to consume only tasty things, i. e. read the classics (when it comes to literature), and a few select contemporary authors. But mostly the classics.

You'll have to rely on other people's judgement for a while (at least one or two years), then you'll see by yourself.