/lit/ - Literature

>>22320723
seems to me the only one who's worked up here is you

So many /lit/izens shitting on and dismissing contemporary fiction. And I get it, much of it is doodoo. (I torture myself by subscribing to the Goodreads newsletter.)

But I must ask them, what do you want from a novel in 2023? Mind you, we can't just trace Dostoyevsky and switch some names.

If we set aside the question of who or what will end up in the Western canon for now, what would it take for the majority of you to even consider reading a novel published in current year? Think of the work here and not its author.

I like listening to audiobooks while laying in bed, vaping weed, drinking beers, and snuggling with my cats. What about you?

I read to keep the bad thoughts out of my head for a little while.

>go to library
>rent book
>take it home
>transcribe every word verbatim into a piece of stationary (for personal use)
>return book on time and in perfect condition
>nobody is the wiser
Prudes will say this should be illegal.

>go to library
>rent book
>take it home
>transcribe every word verbatim into a piece of stationary (for personal use)
>return book on time and in perfect condition
>nobody is the wiser
Prudes will say this should be illegal.

>>21663214
>mfw women who sleeps around a lot don't even like the sex, at all

Their orgasmrate is abysmal, like down in the 10-20%. They sleep around because they are hollow inside, but fucking around never works to fix their mental problems.

It's very rare you find a women with a lot of "bodies" that actually enjoyed all that sex.

>snuggled in bed
>in my jams
>got my cats beside me
>tea on shelf
>reading CHERUB for the first time since age 18 (pirated of course)
>toking on a vape pen in the dark
>listening to Fleshgod Apocalypse
Does it get any comfier and more /lit/ than this? What are your ideal reading conditions?

>>16299303
Y vidya and movies if rl exist?

>nameless first-person narrator

She a girl, he was boy. Can I make it anymore obvious?
i bait for a sequel in the end

Was French 20th-century intellectualism just a fad? I never see these authors being discussed seriously here except for Baudrillard.

>>16171516
>intercourse in this instance might well not mean sex but conversation
i thought you died in jail humbert

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>>15746724
>2020
>still posting these

>ended essay on poe with 'kudos'
>not even anglo

Sex is a biological need and a human right, so prostitution should be open, legal and accepted, and people with mental or physical disabilities should receive welfare money to access it

Healthcare should be free and cover cosmetic procedures for disfigured or severely unattractive people, particularly men

Divorce settlements are an outdated practice and should be a lot more limited and balanced

Men should not be mocked for the actions of self-centered and inconsequential women in their lives, e.g. cheating wives/girlfriends, or for physical traits that we cannot change

Making accusations of rape/abuse that you can't back up should be a crime, and to circulate gossip along those lines about men in the workplace/school system should count as harrassment and get the person fired or expelled

Do you look down on people who don't read regularly?

>>11928192
ITT butthurt fedora tippers get riled up by op and proceed to prove his point

>>10205685
Makes me feel good knowing I'm not a plebeian brainlet like you.

>>9403935
>tfw someone makes new pasta to go along with the diary desu meme, developing it and making it even better