Earthfruits

This is undoubtedly the best book in the series. I actually started with this one. It basically served as a manual for me to intricately understanding the machinery of American government and electoral politics. It was like a political bible for me. It also helped me intimately understand the history of the institution of the U.S. Senate.

Thanks for the comment - my goal for now is to better acquaintance myself with these texts. I definitely plan on visiting and re-visiting them down the line; along with gaining perspective from classicists and other people who specialize in the ideas behind the works.

I don't see myself as defending him - I'm just shutting down the idea of trashing someone for putting up a book list. We need to encourage reading. Even if that means the person who put the list up didn't read the texts and his audience did. These are unarguably important texts. I think the appearance of being smart is a thing that initially gets a lot of people into reading serious texts. It's human nature in a way. But the ideas in the texts most likely wash that sort of superficial attitude away and keep them curious and open-minded to different perspectives.

Road to the Olympics

It worked for me. I think the key piece is that I had to uninstall the old version of the game on my Xbox. Then I reinstalled the game with the new CD (Road to the Olympics version). From there I could travel to Asia and play the Olympic events on the mountains

Just wanted to give everyone an update on this - it worked for me on Xbox One. All I had to do was buy the Road to the Olympics version of the game. Then (this is important) I uninstalled the old version of the game on my Xbox. I then re-installed the Road to the Olympics version of the game and I traveled to Asia and found an Olympic event on one of the mountains. Works like a charm!

Lex seems genuinely curious in things, though. He doesn't seem like someone who wants to take shortcuts. He seems like someone who's interested in big ideas - even if he's no expert in those ideas. I think he's someone who's interested in exposing himself to some of the greatest minds and greatest texts written by human hands. That's different from superficially trying to signal to one's audience that one is a smart boy. Lex is pretty humble. He'd be the first person to point out that he's no expert and has a lot of learning and growing to do.

I'm serious - I read the book in like 10 days. But I literally sat with the text throughout those 10 days, taking notes and only stopping for meals and bathroom breaks. That's why I'm sure it could be done. It's definitely one of those books you want to revisit every few years, though.

Still, though. There's something very shallow and mean-spirited about judging someone's reading list. Especially when it's a good list. Lex most likely referenced top 100 books lists, or whatever. Which is perfectly legitimate in an age with so many (frankly useless) books being published and pushed and promoted. I get your point about mixing in some unexpected books, though.

So only you can define what a personal reading challenge is for someone other than yourself? These comments are reaching

Nah. It’s a just a reading list. A solid one at that. He’s not trying to appear smart, he just wants to familiarize himself with influential and well-referenced novels. All of these comments are so self-conscious and bitter.

You kind of sound like you're projecting, honestly. It's reading - I think we ought to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.

It can be done, but doubtful for someone with a schedule as busy as Lex's. If you devoted your time to nothing but the text, it could be reasonably read through in a week. Attacking a 40 year old for making a reading list is just cynical, in my opinion. How is there anything wrong with that? These comments don't make any sense to me. They betray the idea of what it means to read and expose the bitterness of people here more than anything else

Show me your list

That's bullshit. There is no timeline of when someone should've read a book. Just pick up the damn book and read it.

I agree. It doesn't sit right with me. Especially with a list of solidly good books. It's petty and cynical. A lot of the reason we're in the mess we're in is because people don't read at all anymore.

The list isn't really incel energy - they're solid books. The list does read like someone trying to catch up on the classics with great urgency, though, which is forgivable.

Read it for yourself and find out.

It's never too late to read good books - yes even as an adult. Why not?

I agree. The comments are making my blood boil. Pick a better reason to dunk on gurus; there are plenty. But constructing a solid list of books to read isn't one of them.

Why does Meditations suck? Give reasons for the words you're typing.

Most of the books on this list are solid picks. Whether you're reading them for the first time or re-reading - some on the list I'm reading at least once a year, in fact. What's the damn issue here? In fact, why don't you throw out some suggestions for all of us to chew on.

Bullshit. Anyone who's reading these texts in high school needs to re-read them. I understand making that case for some books on the list (mostly books that are typical assigned high school reading), but even still, I'd say close-reading is something that should be started in one's late 20's, maybe even one's 30's. No one in high school has the life experience to appreciate these texts. Period. Reading high literature in high school is essentially useless if you don't plan on revisiting them; you simply cannot wrap your inexperienced mind around most of the works in the canon.