i want to start my reading habit for real. every time i've tried to start previously, i bought some memebook from this board and found myself being filtered 50 pages in (gravity's rainbow, brothers karamazov, etc.). it's not that i can't read them, it's just that i don't have enough of a strong reading habit to put myself through the effort of reading them. therefore, i am looking for some braindead, low effort yet enjoyable books to read to build my reading habit. i have no genre preference, so recommend anything you like. thank you
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Give examples of books that were too hard for you so we can judge what level you’re at.
i did, in the post - gravity's rainbow and brother's karamazov.
on the other hand, some books that i have completely successfully, and enjoyed, are the stranger and kafka on the shore. kafka on the shore i especially enjoyed, and i think more around that level would be good.
Literature is not for you if you didn't find TBK to be highly enjoyable. If you manage to succeed in establishing your habit for reading, you will end up as a genre fiction consoomer.
thanks anon, siddartha seems particularly interesting so i'll give that a try.
it is good, but it's hesse's weakest novel
Black Company series
this seems kind of interesting as in influential series, but is it enjoyable to read?
Greeks; start them with.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a great, easy to understand book. The Once and Future King is a similarly witty and tongue in cheek retelling of King Arthur. For philosophy the Stoics are mad easy reads, at least Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, I haven't read any more than that of it. Alan Watts is another easy read for philosophy, he's really conversational so it's comfy. First Love by Ivan Turgenev is another easy read if you're looking for that blackpilling Russian lit.
thank you anon, i've read meditations (at least parts of it) and enjoyed it a lot, so i'll take a look at epictetus and the rest of your suggestions
anything in particular?
Eddings
The Bible
This chart is good, but also classic sci-fi is usually very dry and straightforward (plot driven); gothic stuff can be a good introduction into prose/detailed descriptions rather than fantasy. I found fantasy inaccessible due to my reading SKILL/ABILITY rather than my level like I could obviously ((get)) most fantasy books but the visual descriptions can be really hard to get through if you're not comfortable reading. YA is the best for this though, it's like oatmeal. It's a functional staple that works and has a million different varieties you can riff on.
"i am a cat" almost a childrens book but very enjoyable.
The Hobbit. It's a children's book and it's only 300 pages long.
The Dresden Files is a fantasy series set in Chicago starring a Wizard PI. First three are readable, fun. Series really becomes fantastic around book 4.
Murakami