/lit/ - Literature

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Nobody wants to admit it, but all 4chan boards share the same userbase of nerds who know more about video games, anime, and TV than they do about literature, history, or science. The very thread is only attracting people because the OP post contains the word "anime."
You can only get replies on /lit/ by assuming the people reading your OP post haven't read the book you're talking about. I find that including a summary of the plot or a quote people can argue about helps. The truth about this place is that while most of the posters aren't well-read or even intelligent, they come here because they think it's 4chan's "intellectual board" and that they can learn something from lurking.
If you want replies, you have to give them what they want and act like an intellectual with something to share. Don't start threads with open-ended questions about a book you've read when you could be sharing statements instead. If you say "I read ___, what does /lit/ think of it?" all you're going to get is a bunch of replies from either people who've heard the book is pretty good and want to read it, or people who've read it and think it's pretty good.
One of these days I'm going to start following my own advice and get people on this dump to start memeing about my favorite books instead of just what's popular on twitter, just you wait.