Thread 520160751

For 10 years now, 4chan has ranked the 100 best books ever. I’ve compiled them all to create the Final 4chan List of Greatest Books: Decade Aggregate. A conclusive update on my list from 4 years ago

a few years back I posted the “Ultimate 4chan greatest books of all time” What originally fascinated me with these lists is how, despite 4chan's reputation, whenever their annual book lists come out they are always highly regarded and met, almost universally, with surprised praise. With a few new lists out now, and a round 10 total editions available, I decided to reprise the project to create a “conclusive list”, which I don’t plan to ever update again. Thankfully, this one took just half of the last list's 40 hours.

Notes:

There are now 10 4chan lists which I think is a considerable sample size. My guess is that even given 5-10 more lists, these rankings (especially spots 1-75) will barely sway, which I would not have said about the last list. Also, there are 102 books this time, as spots 15 and 70 are ties, and since everyone last time asked me what books just missed the list, now you'll know (spots 99 & 100).

Tiering the books by # of appearances can feel somewhat arbitrary but is necessary to prevent books with 3 appearances outrank those with 10. 8+ appearances felt “very high”, 5-7 seemed middling, and 3-4 was what was left, and so those are the divisions I chose.

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1dy8gy8/for_10_years_now_4chan_has_ranked_the_100_best/

Nice

reading is for brainlets

Idk how to read

>>520161002
Name a bigger clown

>>520160751 (OP)
What a boring list, I thought 4chin was better than this

>>520161212
This

>>520160751 (OP)
>mein kampf not the top five
i am disappoint.

>>520160751 (OP)
Thank you anon MWAH uwu

>>520161401
It's a reddit link

>>520160751 (OP)
> MOBY fucking DICK at number 1
> Iliad at 15, behind literal who don quixote
not sure who voted on this but your list sucks unfortunately. Iliad should be in top 5, and you have a bunch of randoms - what the fuck is Lolita, some child pornography?

With some of these poor choices I just can't trust this list as a whole.

>>520161588
Based. Checked.

Thanks will make sure none of these are on my “to read” list.

Imagine trusting the most glowie space on the internet with what books to read/concepts to explore

>>520160751 (OP)
the catcher in the rye sucked so bad

>>520160751 (OP)
Lolita should be #1
A Confederacy of Dunces #2
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich #3

Any of these carefully curated lists you find of best novels, best songs, best paintings, whatever always have about 5%-10% pretentious pics that are a wink and a nod to other pretentious people that, yes, they know about that book, song, painting, etc. Another 5%-10% are classics that you are just expected to know and not quarrel with the fact that each one is considered a masterpiece or the model for what came later.

>>520161002
This guy is comically ugly to call himself a Chad of sorts.

>>520160751 (OP)
no Solzhenitsyn? wtf

imagine caring what some old dead cunt thought about stuff, can't you get your own brain to think about stuff instead?

>>520160751 (OP)
shit taste, you are pretentious reddit fucking faggot, and how is this political? fuck you

>>520160751 (OP)
No vonnegut but some shit like naked lunch is there? lol

>>520161002
He is too retarded to read and never amounted to anything in his bald sad life.

>>520160751 (OP)
Count of Monte Cristo #43? Easily top five books of all time.

Picture of Dorian Gray? Gay book for gays written by a fag. Should not be on this list.

>Roald Dahl - My Uncle Oswald
Had to read it in one go.
Should be on the list, at least in 10 years from now when average 4chan user has lost most of his pimples and virginity even.