Hi,Decided to pick up reading as a new hobby, and so far i read two books this year.Nietzsches zarathustra and blood meridianWhat would you recommend for me to read next? Any genre and any author
>>24723254>blood meridianKJV, Melville and Faulkner
>>24723254>two books>Thus Spake Zarathustra>Blood MeridianVery obviously got memed into reading but there are far worse things to be memed into. Melville is a logical next step, but if you're new to reading you'll probably abandon it after 100 pages. My rec is picrel. Guy follows a falcon around England. Nothing else happens. It's incredible. I'm not fucking with you, it's incredible.
>>24723254Generally speaking, follow Oprah's Book Club picks.As of right now, see what interests you the most from Thomas Pynchon's repertoir. He is gonna drop his next book this Oct 7th.
>>24723341stupid question: if im non native english speaker should i read books in english regardless or i should stick to translations?ordered your recommendation
A Hero of our Time>>24723902What is your native language
>>24723905polish/german
>>24723902Read what you prefer. It's probably best to read a book in its original form, but translations can be works of art in themselves.
>>24724456I really enjoy Thomas Mann and wish I could read him in German. Check out Die Zauberberg, if you're up for a long read.
>>24723902If the author has bad prose, read the translation.If the author has great prose, read him in the original.Rule of thumb is that if you don't know if the book has good prose you pick the translation and if it is bad then you switch to the original.Just read the extract that you find online.
>>24723334Try suggesting a single book in the Bible. Nobody is going to sit down and read the entire fucking KJV for fuck's sake
>>24723254Stop. Turn around. Forget everything you read.Go back and start with the Greeks faggot.
>>24724788i read most of the plato and aristotle
