/lit/ - Literature

fuck i didn't even notice it was sideways until posting, sorry

Can't you just post it in the stack thread like everyone else?

That said I applaud you rotating the image and uploading in quality that makes the titles actually readable.

>>11663720
Sorry I didn't even notice the stack thread, I just ctrl + f and looked for "shelf" or "bookshelf" threads

>>11663717
Just one picture because I'm tired.

>>11663747
Harry Potter y el misterio del príncipe sounds pretty rad

>paperbacks

Listen. Just buy hardcovers. They cost a few dollars more, but they'll actually survive being read a few times without disintegrating, and people will be able to look at your shelf without getting the impression that you're on welfare.

>>11663755
I have paperbacks that are 70 years old

>>11663767
Which is even more embarrassing, because it shows that you never read them.

>>11663767
Old, beat-up paperbacks can be so comfy and aesthetic.

>>11663755
>Buying hardcovers just to impress other people

lmao no I'm still gonna buy paperbacks because they're affordable, accessible, and better for reading in different places, I'm not gonna buy hardcovers just to make people think I'm not poor or anything

>>11663755
Sewn paperbacks are fine, but otherwise I agree with the hardcovers thing.

>>11663854
I used to have a paperback library years ago. I had a collection of novels and trade paperback comic books that filled a few shelves. I actually used to prefer paperbacks to hardcovers myself. They're cheaper, and lighter, and more convenient, as you say. Paperbacks might seem like the smarter choice now, but they'll fall apart on you eventually, and time moves so fast they won't last as long as you think. Their corners will dogear, and their spines will crack, and their edges will be worn down. There's nothing sadder than flipping through your books one day, and thinking back to when they were new, with perfect shiny covers and white leafs, and when you bought them you were young, too. No, this one was given to you as a birthday present when you turned twenty, and you realize for the millionth time the entire world has gone to shit since Megan died, so you box up all your books and sell them for $5 to the local used book store (haggled up from $3) so you can move out of the country with less shipping weight. I guess hardcovers would have been heavier, but they would have held up longer, and that's the most important thing. As you get older, you learn to appreciate things that last.

>>11663755
But I am on welfare. :(
And yeah, it's hard to get certain hardcovers if you're not willing to pay like 50€ more if they are out of print. I thought about just buying the PDF and getting them bound myself.

>>11663767
I have a paperback copy of The Plague from the year it came out

>>11663947
This post makes me want to burn every single hardcover in my collection

>>11663947
can't you just buy some leather and bound them yourself? just do some diy shit man

1/2

>>11664537
2/2

>>11663755
Old paperbacks have character that a pseud like you could never understand

>>11664564
poorfag coping

>>11663717
>that tiny War and Peace

>>11664537
>potter and other childrens books
>normie DVDs on your shelf
>trash cluttered on your shelf
>infinite meme
even more YA and childrens books
>compulsive readings books
>the only bible is the school issued ecumenical edition
Grauenhaft pleblejisch und weibisch.
You have to be 18 or older to post here /10

>>11663717
>>11663747
>>11664537
>>11664551

Yeah I'll just bend my fucking neck to the side and suffer through the aching pain just so I can view your shitty normie reading list.

Get fucked, this neck bends for no one.

>>11664537
I really hope you're a woman, no self respecting man should have these things on his shelf

>>11663717
What is the philosophy of human rights like? I've recently exposed myself to very convincing anti-human rights arguments and basically I now see that the average human is worth less than most animals. Change my mind if you can. Also nice Uzumaki book!

>>11665731
Just accept that human rights are a literal meme and not eternal, as they can easily be taken away, they are not even an actual right, but more a privilige by the goverment currently in power to appease the plebus.

This doesn't mean that there shouldn't be similar rights in a vicilized society, it just means to never take them fr granted or try to install them in foreign lands.

>>11665712
> Letting arbitrary values dictate your finite life
Stay cucked my man

>>11663747
Another picture. Sadly my father read my Dan Brown books, otherwise they would be in perfect condition. They aren't very important tho.

bit of my philosophy shelf

recent stack:

(read)
anais nin - eros unbound
rd laing - knots
beckett - How it is
annunzio - l inncente
hem - men without women

(unread)
lindberg - muscheln in meiner hand
jans prins - tochten
woolf - to the lighthouse
nabakov - pale fire/harelquins

>>11663717
>orchid
>taking back sunday
Dope

>>11666586
I can kinda thank Orchid for getting me interested in like half the books on my bookshelf lmao

>>11666537
Is Anais Nin worth reading? I know little to nothing about her but I've heard various references to her in different media and kinda wanted to look into her work

>>11667525
i've got Delta of Venus
and got Eros Unbound from the library but turned out thats just a selection of her other work

which is kind of a good thing bc some of Delta of Venus is a bit fucked (child rape or whatever) (it was commissioned work by a private collector)
made the mistake of giving it to an intimate friend as a """sexy gift""". so if you get it for anyone -- get a selection.

in terms of literary worth: it's quite good. very little actual sex. all of it quite thematic and artsy. some of the stuff might give you a stiffy but its not smut

>>11667525
>>11667651
when i say "very little sex" thats not true. i mean maybe 25%

>>11663755
If you don't read WW at every possible opportunity then you're a poseur.

>>11663854
You realize the point of bookshelf threads is to impress people.

>>11665995
>Sadly my father read my Dan Brown books, otherwise they would be in perfect condition
Do you seriously buy books to look nice and post on /lit/? I thought that was just a meme

1/2

>>11668210
2/2

>>11668096
Really? I actually use them as a comfy way to browse through peoples libraries and take inspiration what to buy next if the anon in quesstion has good taste. Maybe stop beeing a pseud?

>>11668215
thats some nice gravity youve got there

>>11668223
How bout now

>>11668233
lol

>>11668233
Goddamn I hate phoneposting

>>11663717
how tf is Anna Karenina bigger than War and Peace?

>>11668210
Is that abridged decline of the West worth it?

>>11668244
Yes, very much so. The only abridged part is the chapter on mathematics and how it differs through cultures. Everything else is original.

>>11663755
Some books dont exist in hardcover

>>11664724
Take in how this literal retard is trying to turn his neck to see the books upright rather than just read the titles that are literally horizontal in the pictures.
>the absolutely state of brain/lit/

Faggots who own the Harry Potter books and Dan Brown, back to ledd*t

>>11663747
Pretty shit besides the Tolkiens and Narnia.

>>11668243
I'm not sure actually, they were just the only two copies available at my local bookstore, I don't think either one is abridged or changed in any way though

>>11668215
>>11668210
You sir have the only respectable book shelf in this thread so far (I havent seen the ones below your post).

>>11663717
>inb4 not literature

>>11663717
incidentally op that shelf is b a s e d. except for nietzsche, who should be burned.

>>11668188
No, actually this is my first time on /lit/, I don't really browse this board. I like to take good care of my things since I'm a kids.

>>11668319
One of the best ones in here.

>>11668327
Nietzche is one of the most based things there are. He should burn all the Malcolm X shit.

>dude niggers are superior lol also I'm a Muslim

>>11668353
I have three of his books, I still have to read two of them.

>>11668210
ayyy, based! I've got a beer mug like those, love it. How's For My Legionaries? It looks like an interesting read.

>>11668353
>Burn all the Malcom X shit

It's literally just his autobiography

>>11668389
Legionaries is an awesome read. I would recommend it to anyone with nationalist tendencies.

>>11668218
I do this too. I also have to admit I get a special kick whenever I post on /lit/ and someone replies to me in a positive manner.

>>11664715
>the book of genesis by r crumb
fuckin JEALOUS

that's a nice shelf anon. also, did master and commander suddenly become popular and nobody told me?

>>11668549
I guess the movie made is pretty popular. Considering that movies can't be as good as their books, I had to read it.

>>11668549
Btw are you by any chance a fellow Kraut? I wanted to get rid of the Crumb genesis.

>>11668646
nah, i'm a burger. just familiar with crumb from back in the day. pretty sure he draws the chick tracts. not especially a fan, but he's part of americana.

>>11668702
Yeah, it was a gift and too vulgar for my taste. desu it's pretty degenerate Novus Ordo art. Pic related is what I'm usually going for.

>>11668714
yeh, crumb is definitely low brow. wouldn't actually keep him on the shelf if i had him. your pic related is much more my speed as well.

>>11668928
Well, it's not like I got friends or family (visiting).

>>11663717
the real question is how did cage the elephant fluke in making a great album like melophobia when the rest of their discography is shit?

>>11663717
besides this, theres a stack of cheap reclams and textbooks

>>11669606
How's Marriage and Civilization?

>>11669816
A rather interesting read and great introduction to subject as it doesn't require any prior knowledge. The way I see it, the author has a tendency to give the catholic church more credit than it's due, though that's a minor flaw. Nevertheless, I'd recommend it.

>>11669934
Thanks, I'm actually a Catholic so I'm obviously going to agree that we're the greatest :^).

Bump

It's not something that I would want to display out in the common living areas. The Zelda manga collection takes up the most real estate, but a closer examination reveals some unusual items.

>>11669606
>sorting books alphabetically by author's names
>Sarrazin (two books actually)

no more books?

>>11663717

>>11673118
I'll post mine when I get home later

>>11664715
why are you have books in polish?

>>11671850
His whole shelf is try-hard pseud-child.

>>11673502
lol how big is the type/margins in that copy of The Forever War? It looks almost as thick as Ulysses.

>>11669866
How did you like Die Blechtrommel anon?

>>11676563
Typical size. Bad pic related. Outer margins are maybe 1". The pages are just thick, thicker than Penguin feels like.

>>11676680
based, anon! I like your shelves especially, they look home made. Your dad has good taste.

>>11663747
>>11665995
No alcanzo a leer los títulos de la primera imagen. Se ve que te gusta un chingo la fantasía. De ese género sólo he leído Harry Potter y Narnia. Muy buena forma de pasar el rato.

Paperbacks

>>11677118
some of them are homemade - the top right one is made from an old kitchen worktop

>>11677159
Hardcovers

>>11677168
wait i mean top left
jesus christ i shouldn't post on the internet when i'm in such a state that i cannot discern left from right

>>11677168
yeh, i can tell... the shelves are thick af. got a similar project in mind but just not sure how I'm gonna fasten it all together. currently thinking of using hinge pins, but maybe that's not enough.

>>11677173
>Durant
my man

>>11669606
That Brothers Karamazov looks neat

random question not worth making a thread about: Does anybody here know if the Barnes and Noble leatherbound bible is sewn?

>>11663717
OP is that the liner to Sunbather on your wall?

>>11675775
I was raised in Poland and try to keep what little I can up, as it's a whole new language family and can open doors in the future.

>>11678577
Yeah most of the things on my wall are record liner notes or similar stuff

>>11675775
>>11678999
Pic related. We were so poor that the Polish Winnie Pooh, Chatka Puchatka, was the only book I had till 12. Still, good times.

>>11668636
>Considering that movies can't be as good as their books

Children of Men wants a word mate

>>11664115
Cool! I found a first edition of Exile and the Kingdom for free in a charity bookshop once

>>11679353
>nigger represents eve and the last hope the world has
Yeah, one of the last movies I watched before cutting (((Talmud Vision))) out from my live.

>>11664537
>Finite Jest
N-nani!?

>>11680207
It's the ebonics translated edition

Fiction

What's the oldest book you own? Mine is a prayer book I found in Madrid. ~35 euros

>>11665995
Should have bought the hardcover then, dumbass

>>11668319
Chaste and breadpilled

>>11668319
Good shit. I'm jealous of the Loeb collection. I will get that Summa eventually but I don't have the time and it isn't cheap.

Rate them, maybe hate them

>>11673502
how is that copy of mason and dixon so thing? every copy i see is super fuckin wide

>>11676680
yeah you can probably throw out those sci fi books except for hitchikers
>>11680943
>titus groan
>mythology
nice. you read those yet?
>>11681284
i love the new cover for infinite jest but i cant fuckings tand deckled edges. it drives me insane.
hope you enjoyed it though

>>11681312
>hope you enjoyed it though
I haven’t read any of the pictures books

>>11681312
Yeah I loved Titus Groan, I need to get the sequels sometime soon; I heard it gets kinda magick-y? And for all the shit some people talk on Mythology, it's a great intro and overview in my experience, must've read it three times since high school and I refer to it a ton reading other stuff.

>>11678572
If it's a Barnes and Noble edition, you just answered your own question. It's bonded leather and glued trash.

>>11681436
>Yeah I loved Titus Groan, I need to get the sequels sometime soon; I heard it gets kinda magick-y?
the second one is quite good but the third one can safely be avoided

>>11681312
fuck you i'm gonna keep them and read them one day
and i have read hitchhikers previously desu

How many Germans are in this thread?

>>11681752
REICHlich.

>>11681752
>>11681752

Mindestens drei.

>>11668233
an American wehraboo

>>11663717
1/?

>>11682108
2/?

>>11682129
3/?

>>11682143
4/?

>>11682155
How much did all these books cost???

>>11682171
Around 35 CDN each. All second hand

>>11682155
5/?

>>11682155
>>11682143
>>11682129
>>11682108
Aesthetic. Don't even wanna know how much all the Folio/leather bound stuff cost.

More importantly, what do you think of the Gormenghast books?

>>11682155
Based af anon. Best bookshelves in this thread by far.

>>11682108
based folio anon

>>11682187
>>11682190
Thanks anons. I agree with the poster above, the first two books are fantastic, but the third is a bit of a let down. Doesn’t help that Peake died before it was complete.

>>11668319
Really good books, congrats.

>>11681752
I'm like 90% sure most of them are reichaboos