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An overview of literature and genre fiction recommended by /lit/.
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=Literature=
==By country==
===Fantasy===
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|colspan=6|<h4>Epic fantasy</h4>
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|colspan=6 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential series'''
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Literature by origin|Literature by origin]]'''</h3>[[File:Ulysses235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Literature by origin]]
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Literature by type|Literature by type]]'''</h3>[[File:Menwithoutwomen235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Literature by type]]
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Genre fiction|Genre fiction]]'''</h3>[[File:Lotr1sted235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Genre fiction]]
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Non-fiction|Non-fiction]]'''</h3>[[File:Kritik235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Non-fiction]]
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:A-Doll-s-House-and-Other-Plays.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:A Doll's House|The Lord of the Rings]]''<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small>
|colspan=4 style="background:#C3D69B;"| Completely new to reading and feeling overwhelmed? [https://lit.trainroll.xyz/images/e/e2/1365475090228.jpg Check out the /lit/ starter kit.] [https://lit.trainroll.xyz/images/3/3f/Start_with_the_greeks.jpg Or maybe you'd like to start with the Greeks?] [[Poetry|Alternatively if you're looking to get into poetry, you can start here.]]
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Growthofthesoil.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Growth of the Soil|A Song of Ice and Fire]]''<br/>by George R. R. Martin</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Hunger.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Hunger (novel)|The Wheel of Time]]''<br/>by Robert Jordan</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Thewildduck.png|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Duck|Malazan Book of the Fallen]]''<br/>by Steven Erikson</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:The wreath.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter (novel)|The Black Company]]''<br/>by Glen Cook</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:The wreath.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter (novel)|The Book of the New Sun]]''<br/>by Gene Wolfe</small>
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|colspan=6 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
|colspan=4 style="background:#C3D69B;"| A general collection of recommended reading charts can be found [[Charts|here]] and [[:Category:Charts|here]]. Charts for specific authors can be found [[Recommended_Reading_Charts_(by_Author)|here]].
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|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Contemporary||colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Beatles (novel)|Beatles]]'' (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen</small>
|colspan=4 style="background:#C3D69B;"| Still need help finding ebooks? [https://lit.trainroll.xyz/images/2/2e/1373256590041.png Try out some of these.]
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Naïve. Super|Naïve. Super]]'' (1996) by Erlend Loe</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Out Stealing Horses|Out Stealing Horses]]'' (2003) by Per Petterson</small>
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|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Brand (play)|Brand]]'' (1866) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hedda Gabler|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1891) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Pan (novel)|Pan]]'' (1894) by Knut Hamsun</small>
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|rowspan=1 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Medieval||colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Heimskringla|Heimskringla]]'' (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson</small>
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{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:No.png]] Norway</h3>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:A-Doll-s-House-and-Other-Plays.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:A Doll's House|A Doll's House]]''<br/>(1879)<br/>by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Growthofthesoil.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Growth of the Soil|Growth of the Soil]]''<br/>(1890)<br/>by Knut Hamsun</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Hunger.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Hunger (novel)|Hunger]]''<br/>(1890)<br/>by Knut Hamsun</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Thewildduck.png|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Duck|The Wild Duck]]''<br/>(1884)<br/>by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:The wreath.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter (novel)|The Wreath]]''<br/>(1920)<br/>by Sigrid Undset</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
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|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Contemporary||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Beatles (novel)|Beatles]]'' (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Naïve. Super|Naïve. Super]]'' (1996) by Erlend Loe</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Out Stealing Horses|Out Stealing Horses]]'' (2003) by Per Petterson</small>
|-
|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Brand (play)|Brand]]'' (1866) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hedda Gabler|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1891) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Pan (novel)|Pan]]'' (1894) by Knut Hamsun</small>
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Medieval||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Heimskringla|Heimskringla]]'' (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson</small>
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=Genre fiction=
==By genre==
===Fantasy===
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=6|<h4>Epic fantasy</h4>
|-
|colspan=6 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential series'''
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:A-Doll-s-House-and-Other-Plays.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:A Doll's House|The Lord of the Rings]]''<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Growthofthesoil.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Growth of the Soil|A Song of Ice and Fire]]''<br/>by George R. R. Martin</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Hunger.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Hunger (novel)|The Wheel of Time]]''<br/>by Robert Jordan</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:Thewildduck.png|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Duck|Malazan Book of the Fallen]]''<br/>by Steven Erikson</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:The wreath.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter (novel)|The Black Company]]''<br/>by Glen Cook</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="110" align="center"|[[File:The wreath.jpg|70px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter (novel)|The Book of the New Sun]]''<br/>by Gene Wolfe</small>
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|colspan=6 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
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|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Contemporary||colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Beatles (novel)|Beatles]]'' (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Naïve. Super|Naïve. Super]]'' (1996) by Erlend Loe</small>
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Out Stealing Horses|Out Stealing Horses]]'' (2003) by Per Petterson</small>
|-
|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Brand (play)|Brand]]'' (1866) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hedda Gabler|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1891) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Pan (novel)|Pan]]'' (1894) by Knut Hamsun</small>
|-
|rowspan=1 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Medieval||colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Heimskringla|Heimskringla]]'' (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson</small>
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|colspan=4 style="background:#C3D69B;"| Omissions? Errors? Comments? [[Talk:Recommended Reading/sub|Let us know]]!
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Latest revision as of 02:16, 24 August 2024

Literature by origin

Literature by type

Genre fiction

Non-fiction

Completely new to reading and feeling overwhelmed? Check out the /lit/ starter kit. Or maybe you'd like to start with the Greeks? Alternatively if you're looking to get into poetry, you can start here.
A general collection of recommended reading charts can be found here and here. Charts for specific authors can be found here.
Still need help finding ebooks? Try out some of these.
Omissions? Errors? Comments? Let us know!
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