/lit/ - Literature

>>14917087
Two things:
1. Practice focusing on a single thing. Like this anon >>14917193 said, the skills you learn from meditation translate very well to reading.
2. Read more interesting books. I'm ADD as fuck, but if I'm reading something I really enjoy then I cannot stop reading. I used to only be able to read 20 pages a day but now I usually get 150+. If it's a novella I can sometimes read it in a sitting. Just keep pushing yourself.

What novel gives you the biggest feels?

>>14906517
My literature teacher back in highschool.
She was so beautiful and kind bros. I miss staying after class to talk about books to her.
I have her number, but I haven't talked to her.

Bros, I don't know what to do. I'm in quite a literary dilemma and I don't know how to act. The thing is that everytime I read a book I have to think about how I want to fuck Ben Shapiro's sister so badly, bros. Her giant jiggling milkers mesmerize me and give me a giant boner. I want to bend her over and fuck her in the ass while Ben is watching. 'What are you doing, goy?!' He'll be screaming. And I will just smile and nod at him.
Anyone know this and can help me?

This general is dedicated to provide motivation for anons to finally start reading. Post how many pages you've read today, your daily reading goals, tips on how to maintain focus, etc.

what book did change your perspective of the world?

>>12258785
Thanks for the (you), I guess I'll just turtle through it.

Do you like reading?

>/tv/ only talks about shitty shows and capeshit
>/co/ only talks about the same cartoons and superhero comics
>/mu/ only talks about shitty indie stuff and rap
>/lit/ actually discusses great books and goes deep into literary arguments, even offering good recs, charts and content, despite the memes
How did /lit/ survive as the only worthy art appreciation board in the whole website?

What books do Wojak and Pepe read?

Part Two:

Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire {I assume you've already read Lolita--if you haven't, it's gorgeous, so read that first--but Pale Fire is a much more daring concept. A 999-line poem by one character, followed by the hundred odd pages of exegesis by another character editing the work. It plays with you like few works I've ever experienced}
Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives {while Part 5 of 2666 is in my opinion the greatest thing Bolaño ever wrote, as a whole, The Savage Detectives is a better book}
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas {conceptually incredible, this is an incredibly fun book to read, but I still somehow feel like it wasn't able to fully achieve all its lofty goals. But every Mitchell is a pleasure to read--check out The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet if you want Japanese historical fiction, or my personal favourite of his works number9dream if you want to read him channeling Murakami}
Italo Calvino, If on a winter's night a traveller {Calvino's most famous work, though I still prefer the short story collection Cosmicomics I let Will borrow}
I know that this is already two years' worth of reading material, but just for future reference, let's get down the order I recommend tackling the Russian literary canon:
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground {a short work, yet highly philosophical and a great exposure to the basic ideas Russian writers like to grapple with}
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment {a classic, and though it's not my favourite Dostoevsky, it's the one that I believe every human being should read. A great starting place to fall in love with Russian lit.}
Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov {perhaps my favourite Russian novel. It takes hundreds of pages for the main character to get out of bed and live his life, instead of just imagining all the things he'd like to do. And then when he does, it's quiet and sublime}
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov {Dostoevsky's greatest work, without a doubt, but I'd never recommend anyone to start here. There's just too much going on, and it helps to have greater contextualisation. Okay okay, the event that kicks off the plot doesn't occur until 600 pages in, but it still has a lot going on!}
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace {feels less like a novel and more like a cinematic experience, years before film was invented. Exemplary, but I'll never quite appreciate Tolstoy as much as Dostoevsky}
Finally, some philosophical novels beyond those by Hesse/Kundera I already discussed:
Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge {short, but it's affected me like few other works. A perfect insight into Man's existential worldview on the brink of modernity}
Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain {again, a novel that steals you into its world. Full of ideas, and outside of time}
André Breton, Nadja {very possibly my favourite French novel, and the best execution of surrealism in a literary form that I've ever encountered}

>>10993166
readers get paid 200k a year

i fail this year in the university, my parents are dissapointed and i feel like shit; i'm not stupid but a fucking procrastinator, the self-hate it's huge and i'm feeling i deserve this.

So, can someone here recommend me a book that push me to study and improve myself, no self-help please.

>tfw pleb

im going to bed just now so if any generous anon gets me anything ill say thanks in the morning after i walk my dog
goodnight

I've started reading books again and its been a daily thing. I skipped reading yesterday and now I'm worried I might stop reading and skipping days.... How do I make sure this doens't happen to me again?

Yea, I've posted a few times on how hard it is for me to read but if I stick to reading daily I find it an enjoyable experience and it keeps me functioning better since I'm reading something interesting and not just watching tv daily

>How do I keep reading and finish books every two weeks?

I've started reading books again and its been a daily thing. I skipped reading yesterday and now I'm worried I might stop reading and skipping days.... How do I make sure this doens't happen to me again?

Yea, I've posted a few times on how hard it is for me to read but if I stick to reading daily I find it an enjoyable experience and it keeps me functioning better since I'm reading something interesting and not just watching tv daily

>How do I keep reading and finish books every two weeks?

ITT: Post times 4chan was referenced in literature

>tfw Patroclus will never serve you and your best bros dinner in the tent of Achilles as you try to convince him that Agamemnon is not a piece of shit

Hi /lit

Anyone else having a problem with alcohol consumption while reading? There is nothing i love more to sit in some nice caffei place, have a smoke and jug of wine and venture in to Sci-Fi world.

Help?

What books does /lit have on their coffee tables?

Recently picked up Delirious New York and usually have some Nat Geos stacked up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTDPk8swWv0

what makes you drop a book?

post one picture that encapsulated the the entire history of literature

>>8786273
We know he struggle anon, we know...