/lit/ - Literature

Almost daily I see anons wishing for an alternative to /lit/ for different discourse, less irony, more fiction rather than philosophy,whatever. I like it here to a degree but philosophy has kind of taken over. Something Awful has a subforum called The Book Barn that is excellent with a Book of the Month, a really good and serious literature thread, and sci-fi/fantasy, etc. Access to the entire site is one time $10 but i personally think its worth it especially for the book and film subforums. Not shilling, just offering an alternative that Im familiar with.

post your other alternatives if you want. just trying to help. will do a couple self bumps then im off

I have several that are really just variations of "disenfranchised young person lives life as an outsider and leads a romantically isolated life." To be marketed to young people the same way that John Green is.

>a NEET neckbeard loser that gets in a gay relationship online
>they meet, walk a rainy Washington beach and discuss 05-09 internet culture
>book ends with examination of why his life sucks of bad

>another is a normie girl that ends her unhealthy dependency relationship, quits her job, drops out of college and glumly bumbles about an overcrowded city
>she longs for the happiness that her bf gave her in high school and she's trying to determine when and why it lost its luster
>book ends with examination of why her life sucks of bad

>a third is the pitiful tale of a metal-head bartender edgelord who feels superior to everyone yet hates himself
>he's a real pervert and jerks off to female coworkers in the bathroom at work
>book ends with examination of why his life sucks of bad

You get the gist. I also have a realistic sci-fi idea about the energy crisis and the crumbling of Western civilization.