kelseyg

Famous french literature is very philosophy-heavy, keep in mind - or at the very least theater of the absurd. We read a lot of Ionesco, Sartre, Camus - not for everyone, necessarily. It does have the bonus of giving you access to some great African lit, too.

thirdfloor

French has one of the richest literary traditions in the world, both in the historic and modern world. There's a plethora of excellent literature, in all genres, fiction and non-fiction.

quirky

I always thought a bibliophile is someone who likes books rather than literature, like a book collector or whatever.

3Point7Student

Russian
Japanese
Chinese

Gil

Oh yes, that's right. I guess bookworm would be the more accurate term. I am a book collector too though, and my library needs more than English books.

battleship2012

For modern European languages:
French
Russian
German
Spanish
Italian

BedHead

French or Russian, for sure. Maybe German or Spanish.

No way on Chinese. You can't read anything old unless you learn Classical Chinese.

Greek and Latin might be okay (I'd prefer Greek), but don't you want to be able to speak to real people?

I have no opinion about Arabic other than that it has somewhat Chinese' problem in that reading Arabic and spoken are different (one classical).

srunni

Like manga?

Icarus

haha and Greek doesn't have a different alphabet?

I took 4 years of Latin - absolutely amazing language. Picked up a little ancient Greek along the way, and I definitely preferred the Latin. Tons of great literature as well, from the poetry of Catullus and Ovid to epics like Virgil's Aeneid... lots of interesting literary elements that you don't get in translation.