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Which books should you reed when you're depressed?

>> No.10189642

How does one reed?

>> No.10189646

steppenwolf or siddhartha senpai

>> No.10189647

Gargantua and Pantagruel

>> No.10189669

>>10189636
I know its not a book but this changed mt view of life once I was depressed https://youtu.be/EQHI9CV-EdU as well as this https://youtu.be/EFhkdzj-x80 beats your generic motivational stuff on YouTube

>> No.10189689

Just read Dostoevsky or something and kill yourself

>> No.10189699

>>10189642
Its a way of playing books similar to clarinets

>> No.10189709

Ecclesiastes in the King James version.

>> No.10189823

The Lord of the Rings, unironically. I recently read it for the first time since middle school and was surprised by the maturity of its thematic content. There is a lot emphasis placed on hope and nobility in the face of overwhelming despair, and even despite my cynicism I found it very inspiring

>> No.10189845

voyage au bout de la nuit - céline
suicide - levé

will cheer u up

>> No.10189924
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>>10189636
Comfy books that make you happy.
Alternatively, try reading Sylvia Plath. Hopefully you'll see what a whiny cunt she is and convince yourself to stop heading down that same road.

>> No.10189932

>>10189823
Once when I was close to suicide, my mom told me to think of Frodo and how he pushed on despite everything being so terrible. I started thinking about Frodo every day and it inspired me to get better.

>> No.10190462

Terry Pratchett. His books are so funny and they have heart.

>> No.10190469

>>10189924
>a whiny cunt
I never read her works, but often did suspect that was the case. Feminists love to trash her husband, but from what I gather, all he did was fuck around on her and, well, that's what famous guys do.

>> No.10190479

>>10189932
>focusing on the faggy heroism of a hobbit
Better to think about Aragorn, how he goes for a week without sleeping right after fighting the battle of the Hornburg and challenging Sauron in the Palantir. Newly mind raped he masters his men and himself to conquer the Paths of the Dead, and then shows up to save the day on the Pelennor going on to make every single political and strategical choice perfectly. If you can't be like that you may as well kill yourself rather than live with sub 4' 10" of hope.