Little backstory, I'm in my early 20s and just graduated collage. Since I started working and doing less homework I've had a lot of time work on my self so to speak. I started cleaning my room more often and making my bed more consistently. I decorated my room since it won't "distract me" from studying like my mom says and learned to cook. Next on the chopping block is reading more.
I was never a big reader infact I hated reading assignments in school. I always got board so easily and I'd loose track of the story. I remember reading Sherlock Holmes in 9th grade and literally getting a headache from how uninteresting I found the prose. One day I picked up Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk and it changed everything. The story was interesting and his prose eye catching. Loved it. I'm currently reading The invention of sound and while I find the story less interesting I don't think Palahniuk has faltered as a writer more as a storyteller(I'll make a post comparing later and earlier works at some point). But I digress. I currently have a number of books I'd like to read and I'm kinda overwhelmed on where to start.
I'm trying to structure my plans so I don't get overexcited and burnout. My current plan is to move to Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, then Invisible Monsters By Palahniuk again, then Probably something by Cormac Maccarthy.
I've read Blood Maridian before in my senior year of highschool but for the life of me can't remember anything about it. Maybe I should start there and then Outer Dark and child of god or the reverse?
Some other books I plan of reading but don't know when:
Keep in mind I'm sort of going from smaller books to larger books while on this journey.
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Subtarianians By Jack Kerouac
The Vampire Chromicales by Anne Rice
No Country for Old Men by Cormac MacCarthy
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerny
Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
The Southern Reach Series by Jeff Vandeermeek
The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
A Secret History by Donna Tartt
In the City of Shy Hunters By Tom Spanbauer
I also want to read David Foster Wallace but don't want to start with Infinite Jest that might be jumping the gun a bit.
by DelaraPorter
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As far as McCarthy goes, I’d start with The Road, No Country For Old Men, or All the Pretty Horses. Those are three of his most straightforward novels and they are all great.