Alright here it is. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing with this since I have barely read anything since middle school (maybe a book or two a year). My contributions will primarily be manga. If I need to add a genre or period let me know. This series will eventually be canonized into the sidebar as a definitive recommendation list of all things C/Lit.

Future threads:

Periods: Pre-1800, 1800s, 1900-50, 1951-99, 2000-20, 2021

Genres: Children's, Comedy, Coming of age, Folklore, Historical, LGBT, BIPOC Related, Philosophy, Pop Culture, Religious, Thriller, Western, Young Adult, Action, Adventure, Survival, Crime, Mystery, Fantasy, Romance, Horror, Graphic Novel, Biography, Travel, Historical, Propaganda, Philosophy, Political Theory, Poetry, Plays, Manga, Speculative Fiction, Sports, and Miscellaneous

  • notthenameiwant [he/him]M
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    3 years ago

    Call me basic, but I still love 1984. Still the definitive dystopia for me, especially since I wasn't forced to read in highschool as some sort of Anti-Communist curriculum.

    The Akira manga is also probably the best manga that will ever be penned. The movie pales in comparison to the sheer scope of this behemoth.

    • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      I still love 1984

      I second this. It's not nearly as profound as it seemed back when I was a teenager, but it's still a good story that's undoubtedly influenced lots of later works.

      edit:

      CW:SA

      Orwell was a rapist snitch though

        • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]
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          3 years ago

          Here's the best article about his former lover's memoir. She didn't explicitly state it in the book, but posthumously gave her cousin access to her correspondences, and they found proof of it in her collection of letters to Orwell and others.