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I just finished "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky and I need a new book these are my options

The Brothers Karamazov: Dostoyevsky
Candide: Voltaire
Demian: Herman Hess
Siddhartha: Hess
Nine Stories: Salinger
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Nietzche


give me your opinions and thoughts

Angnoch wrote:I just finished "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky and I need a new book these are my options

1. The Brothers Karamazov: Dostoyevsky
2. Candide: Voltaire
3. Demian: Herman Hess
4. Siddhartha: Hess
5. Nine Stories: Salinger
6. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Nietzche


give me your opinions and thoughts

I suggest the following order:
2, 4, 6, 5, 1, 3, 2.

(Yes. That is 2 times you'd be reading Candide, but with 2 completely different mindsets. The books change your view of the world.)

2 - 6 - 2...

Dubby_CompGamerGeek2 wrote:2 - 6 - 2...

And miss the light, but engaging entertainment of the Brothers Karamazov? I can imagine dropping Hesse and Salinger.. there's light, and there's featherweight.. but if Ang lists them, I suppose he wants to read them at least once.

we've not read any of those, so its hard to give an order of reading...

Juliette wrote:

Angnoch wrote:I just finished "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky and I need a new book these are my options

1. The Brothers Karamazov: Dostoyevsky
2. Candide: Voltaire
3. Demian: Herman Hess
4. Siddhartha: Hess
5. Nine Stories: Salinger
6. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Nietzche


give me your opinions and thoughts

I suggest the following order:
2, 4, 6, 5, 1, 3, 2.

(Yes. That is 2 times you'd be reading Candide, but with 2 completely different mindsets. The books change your view of the world.)

sounds like a good order hun, I have heard great things about Candide so I can imagine reading it twice

yes I do wish to read each book at least once...Salinger and Hess simply for their story telling rather than their insights

Dostoyevsky is quite frankly one of my new favorite authors...so dropping the Brothers Karamazov would be tantamount to an international crime and no one in their right mind could skip Nietzche

The Brothers Karamazov: Dostoyevsky YES!!!
Candide: Voltaire Its good.
Demian: Herman Hess Maybe
Siddhartha: Hess Maybe not.
Nine Stories: Salinger Its good.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Nietzche YES!

I've not read those books excepted Candide (I might have a go at the others...). Well, I bought it due to my highschool deciding to make us work on it, and I found myself interested by it and read it several times again. This sorta helped me to develop an ironical sense & critical view about things.

Candide: Voltaire
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Nietzche
The Brothers Karamazov: Dostoyevsky
Siddhartha: Hess
Demian: Herman Hess
Nine Stories: Salinger


This is the order I would read them in. However, I have a relatively low tolerance for Salinger. I would recommend you read them in the order in which they interest you most; that method will insure the greatest enjoyment out of the experience.

good point, and agreed...

taking into account the order you prefer might change as you read each book.

That it does. You finish one book, look at the rest, and decide to read one of the ones you had planned to save until later. It all depends on what you're in the mood for.

Psyko wrote:That it does. You finish one book, look at the rest, and decide to read one of the ones you had planned to save until later. It all depends on what you're in the mood for.

thats a good way to do it

done Candide...I shall keep y'all updated with my progress for being such wonderful help


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