/lit/ - Literature

The first thing you need to understand is that The Argument is everything.
The Argument is civilization; The Argument is peace; The Argument is love;
The Argument is truth and beauty; The Argument is, in fact, life itself.

Are girls who read better than girls who don't read? What's the difference really or is it just the same bullshit as with all women?

I'm generally a shut in person with a negative self-view,
now I do find that reading books helps me to put certain situations in a different
perspective. Which books do you guys recommend to feel positive about life?

ITT: we post the HONEST list of our top 10 favorite books. (so don't include obscure russian writers just because you think it makes you look smart, it doesn't).

Here's my top 10 in no particular order:

1. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K.Rowling
2. Stoner - John Williams
3. The Black Company - Glenn Cook
4. Assassin's Apprentice (the whole trilogy) - Robin Hobb
5. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
6. Game of Thrones - G.R.R.M
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K.Rowling
8. The End of Faith - Sam Harris
9. Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson
10. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

Women are God's masterpiece.

Post your top 10 booklist here!

Here's mine in no particular order! ^-^

It - Stephen King

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

A Song of Ice and Fire Series - George R R Martin

The Chronicles of Narnia - C S Lewis

The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith

So I hate actually reading books. But I want to know the stories of Barsoom, Tarzan, and the 2 Alice in wonder land books.

What is the best place to get a high quality audiobook for free or other 100% unabridged adaptation that I don't have to read?

>tfw you meet a girl who's pretty hot but is also squarely into pleb tier literature

should i just accept it or inform her she's ruining her life reading this garbage?

pic related

Sure, they aren't reading them, but this shit gets me hard.

I've seen more of these through the years though I have lost them.

>>7428677
Forgot my image.

He meant that the devil's iconography is pornography.

>>6656736
If a girl had recommended Céline to me, I would've married her on the spot.

>>6461148
The Three Musketeers trilogy
The Once and Future King
Book of the New Sun
In Search of Lost Time

Hey there /lit/, I'm a complete pleb who needs to give an oral presentation about early modernism in Western Literature using Oscar Wildes "The Picture of Dorian Gray" as material.

Could someone help me by maybe writing me a manuscript I would read in front of the class? Or just give me some tips on what I should do.

Hey /lit/ I need to write an essay and give an oral representation of a book that is important in the history of western literature.

At first I was thinking about 'Picture of Doriagn Gray' by Oscar Wilde but then I realized it's pretty gay and I didn't want to feel uncomfortable giving a presentation on such a gay book.

Please help /lit/, we can choose anything from Antique to Modernism and I have no idea what I should pick. Now I'm not really interested in literature and don't read much (apart from the occasional GoT) so I would prefer if the book wasn't too long and was somewhat interesting.

I need your help /lit/. I'm on a course about the history of western literature and I'm supposed to pick a subject from these:

1. Antique
2. The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
3. Classicism
4. Romanticism
5. Realism
6. Symbolism and decadence
7. Modernism

We are also supposed to pick a book from the literary periods to read. Now, I know nothing about literature nor do I care much about it, so I'm not at all sure what I should pick! If you would be so kind as to suggest what subject would be the easiest to do an oral presentation and write an essay from that would be nice. Oh and you could also recommend a book for me to read from that period.

>>5941545
You either use 4chan lingo or actually sort your worldview into "tiers".

Any case: please stop.

>>5252673
Lifting not only improves your body, but also discipline your habits. Helps you to eat well, stop smoking and improves mood. /fit/ really is helpful
Source: Personal experience

we're all gonna make it

Who should I start with?

Descartes
Kant
Nietzsche

Who else?

also, beginner thread.

inb4 "those books"

I live in a small town; the people are gloomy and despise intelligence. I'm afraid I'll be laughed at amongst friends if I'm seen going to the library for books. The few people that go to the library are plebs, and only go to use the computers. If I'm seen going in, which I will be, undoubtedly, I'm afraid I'll have a negative label attached to my name. Also, I'm only 18, so I do care what people think about me. I wish I didn't.

Have any of you had the same problem? How did you overcome it?

Share your e/lit/ist wisdom with me

inb4 suck it up, just go in, pussy