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An overview of literature and genre fiction recommended by /lit/.
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Literature
By country
Fantasy
Epic fantasy | |||||
Essential series | |||||
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien |
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin |
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan |
Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson |
The Black Company by Glen Cook |
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe |
Further recommendations | |||||
Contemporary | Beatles (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen | ||||
Naïve. Super (1996) by Erlend Loe | |||||
Out Stealing Horses (2003) by Per Petterson | |||||
Classic | Brand (1866) by Henrik Ibsen | ||||
Hedda Gabler (1891) by Henrik Ibsen | |||||
Pan (1894) by Knut Hamsun | |||||
Medieval | Heimskringla (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson |
Norway | ||||
Essential works | ||||
A Doll's House (1879) by Henrik Ibsen |
Growth of the Soil (1890) by Knut Hamsun |
Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun |
The Wild Duck (1884) by Henrik Ibsen |
The Wreath (1920) by Sigrid Undset |
Further recommendations | ||||
Contemporary | Beatles (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen | |||
Naïve. Super (1996) by Erlend Loe | ||||
Out Stealing Horses (2003) by Per Petterson | ||||
Classic | Brand (1866) by Henrik Ibsen | |||
Hedda Gabler (1891) by Henrik Ibsen | ||||
Pan (1894) by Knut Hamsun | ||||
Medieval | Heimskringla (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson |
Genre fiction
By genre
Fantasy
Epic fantasy | |||||
Essential series | |||||
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien |
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin |
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan |
Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson |
The Black Company by Glen Cook |
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe |
Further recommendations | |||||
Contemporary | Beatles (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen | ||||
Naïve. Super (1996) by Erlend Loe | |||||
Out Stealing Horses (2003) by Per Petterson | |||||
Classic | Brand (1866) by Henrik Ibsen | ||||
Hedda Gabler (1891) by Henrik Ibsen | |||||
Pan (1894) by Knut Hamsun | |||||
Medieval | Heimskringla (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson |