A lot of people on here say that this chart is garbage. That

Because none of these books are linked, there's no real prescribed reading order, it's entirely subjective. It depends on personal taste, aptitude for language and skill with reading. If you've never read something like this before, and Pynchon is your first big writer, start with IV or BE because they're easier to read. I started with M&D but I found it really hard because of the writing style, so I switched to IV and now I'm going strong on M&D.

It's worth pointing out that I haven't read anything other than IV, BE, AtD and currently on M&D. I own gravity's rainbow, but I haven't started it yet and I don't plan to until I can give it my full commitment, which I going to be a while because of University.

Just read them in the order they were published.