/lit/ - Literature

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>>12174177
I don't understand why people like this even bother reading when all their books exist as netflix shows anyway.

>>12174177
>Openly displaying Dan Brown books.
>"Please rate!"

Great display of irony, OP. Nicely done.

>>12174177
Pretty good. Here's mine.

>>12174204
>herodotus
>non-fiction

>>12174204
that's a good shelf

>>12174287
Don’t encourage him.

>>12174177

>>12174374

>>12174177
terrible bait thread

>>12174184
Because it's fun!
Also any book from G.G.Kay >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 90% of western canon

>>12174385

>>12174287
Don’t encourage him.

>>12174177
>>12174659
I'm guessing these represent a fairly large percentage of /lit/ users shelves in general, OP, when you have guests over and they see your bookshelf how often is the first book to draw their attention the one with the big swastika on it?

Thought I was on /v/ and was confused as to why there were no video games

Am I the only festive reader?
I have 100+ books in bags due to limited storage space.

>>12174204
How was Shadow Wars?

>>12174659
What's your favourite Asimov story?

>>12174660
Nice sword.

>>12174660
The katanas and wine glasses really class it up. Nice.

>>12174669
shirer's rise and fall of the third reich is a pretty well regarded book, anon

>>12174704
are you saving those bottle caps to trade in the wasteland?

>>12174923
I was actually planning on making a collage out of them but given that I have more than 76, I could buy the latest Fallout™.

>>12174704
I'm sorry but your library looks reddit as fuck

i'm sorta happy every pic in this thread is bait. lit might be dying, but at least it's suicide

>>12174993
i think it looks cool

>>12174847
>wine glasses

those are beer tulip glasses

>>12174847
>wine glasses
underaged boys are not allowed here

what the fuck do you all do for a living?

i mean wtf justifies such shitty fucking collections? don't you all require knowledge of any goddamn kind--knowledge that would be represented in more interesting, unique literature you might own?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIVES THAT YOU OWN SUCH SHIT COLLECTIONS

>>12175225
most of the images so far are bait

>>12175227

does anyone actually own a nice collection? does anyone actually own a collection that isnt just meme-tier?

>>12175227
Speak for yourself.

>>12175235
yes

>>12175248

wanna post?

no >>12175262

>>12175265

you're a silly waste of time for posting such useless content, then, and i don't believe that you have said collection.

>>12175279
why are you being mean on the internet. i don't owe you anything. i just helped you by pointing out this is a bait thread. a couple of genuine pics, but the early ones were cringe memes taken from somewhere else. go read a book.

>>12175722
What's your job anon?

>>12175722
Why so many autism books?

>>12175722
Do you ever fuck them?

>>12175722
this made me laugh so hard

>>12175900
posting here

>>12174660
>>12174659
>>12174204
>>12174177
This is a horror/gore thread

>>12174704
I’m planning on putting Christmas lights on mine. Probably 2/3 my collection is in storage though.

>>12175235
I have a fair number of signed books and first editions and other sorts of literary oddities but keep a lot stored away and only part of my actual book collection is on display in my house. Also my display collection is partially mixed with my girlfriend’s and so if I post it here people are gonna start greentext meming it.

>>12176044
really nice stuff anon, honestly a solid 9/10 from me

>>12176045
thanks senpai. although this photo is about a year old so i've filled it out a bit more since then.

>>12175235
Yeah actually want to beat it to some nice displayed collections, All mine are in boxes back at my dads

>>12176044
Literally the best in thread. Would be nice if we could do this without what I assume is all bait.

>>12176028

this thread is terrible--definitely post anyway, curious what you got

1/6

>>12176319
2/6

>>12176324
3/6

>>12176328
4/6

>>12176338
5/6
Extra stuff I hardly have room for.

>>12176344
6/6

>>12176344
>how to ruin your life by thirty
>needing a book for that
pleb

>>12176350
Self help fluff my parents gave me.

>>12174456
You could have at least turned the light(s) on before taking the photo.

going to /lit/ to talk about books is like going to /tv/ to talk about film theory

>>12175722
That's like looking at my parents' bookshelf

>>12176239
I left the majority of my collection at my parents' house four years ago and have never gone back to get it. I've gotten a fair amount of books since then but for a good portion of those years just used libraries (cause no money, have lived near main libraries in two towns plus libraries at school, and not wanting to own books I don't care about that much or that I just want to quickly look at). It kind of pains me that I don't have my full collection, but I figure it'll be like a birthday and Christmas all in the same day when I get them all back.

>>12176540
nice

>>12176540
they must be proud

>>12175900
I’m just a manager... :3

>>12175752
What.

>>12176365
I did...

>>12177369
greetings to china

>>12176044
>Halo: Fall of Reach next to Shakespeare
>Trump: The Art of the Deal

A true man of culture. Meme's aside, a solid 9/10. Just wish I could make out the titles on some of the older volumes

>>12176344
>Beterson
dropped

All seriousness, nice fucking stacks here
>>12176324
>>12176328
>>12176338
Also, it's satisfying to see the wear and tear on the Penguin Classics volumes. Though their translations might not be superb, the black design makes it easy to spot when you've actually read them

>>12177369
>Western history
>Western philosophy
>Western videogames

Fucking reverse weeb

>>12175225
They're redditors they are probably all engineers of some sort they don't need to know anything besides cookie cutter engineer math they learned once on ritalin at university and they coast the rest of their careers on it at some firm where more senior guys probably do 90% of all the actual design work.

>>12177428
I'll take reverse weebs over weebs any time

>>12176239

ask, and ye shall receive

>>12177560

a lil more

>>12177369
holy fucking based
based asian boi

>>12177565

and a final smidgen for now

>>12177573
Have you actually read these books yourself? Or is this like a family collection that's accumulated over the years? Or is this a bookstore

>>12177577

i've read a lot of them--it's my job.

i've managed two successful congressional campaigns and currently work with a political PR group; i also am on the board of a hedge fund.

my wealth and power are drawn directly from this library/body of knowledge. will happily keep posting if you are interested--can also provide in dept reading lists on a range of topics. what are you most interested in?

>>12177592
How does the knowledge drawn from your library aid you in managing political campaigns?

>>12177592
Appreciate the effort but still seems like some larper was just taking photos at a library.

>>12177625
It's obviously not a library and doesn't look like a book store to me either. But you'd think if anon was as rich and powerful as he says he'd get better shelves or have more room in his house to more neatly store all those books. But we can't know for sure.

>>12177648
>It's obviously not a library
All the departments at my college have small libraries with specific lit which exactly look like this one.

>>12177662
No labels on the spine? Not in any sort of order? Ok, but that's peculiar for a library.

>>12174177
Sell all that shit and buy /lit/s approved 100 books.

>>12177670
>No labels on the spine? Not in any sort of order?
Not necessarily, but you're probably right, the only realistic option is one person owns and read all these books and they post here.

>>12177648
>>12177625
>>12177662

jesus fuck you people are distrustful. this is my goddamn basement, here's some proof--now stfu with this larping bullshit.

why do i have shelves like this? because i live in an ante-bellum house that structurally cannot take the weight of a 12,000 book library; i have a nice library, but its full of picture books and shit people like to linger around when drinking wine at dinner parties and shit. on top of that, i host people constantly, and specifically keep my library outside the general public view--not only do i find this totally distasteful and against the purpose of the library, which is for my own accumulation of power, but there is a lot of information in the library that i would not share with the people that tend to stop by--e.g. people who also seek power, but for their own purposes

>>12177705
>>12177662
>>12177625

this seriously looks like a library to you? what shit-tier university do you attend???

>>12177705
anyone can stand next to a bookshelf and hold a note into a camera desu.

>>12177705
lmao, based power-bro destroying the haters

wtf are you doing on this website if you actually have a life and career. Fucking loser, like an adult going to play with toddlers at a daycare

>>12177712

here's my shelf on diplomacy--apart from my career, i've taught adjunct courses at georgetown, stanford, princeton, etc., so again i'd be happy to provide all sorts of in-depth material for anyone interested in virtually any aspect of western political thought.

>>12177726
>apart from my career, i've taught adjunct courses at georgetown, stanford, princeton,
kek, if this is true, you're petty af and probably a manlet.

>>12177724

good question. my partner is away for two days, i have the house to myself, i'm usually busy as fuck but with bush senior now dead things have slowed down juuuuuussssstttt enough in DC for me to take a night off.

i lurk here a lot, actually. 4chan culture fascinates me, and is an obvious window into all sorts of real-time politics.

you'd be surprised how many political elites lurk on forum sites. like, we know. don't worry. we know.

>>12177735
>like, we know. don't worry. we know
big if true

>>12177735
I'm not going to ask how old you are, but how much reading per day did you have to do to read all those books?

>>12177712
all sorts of clubs have private book collections where members dump their shit.

>>12177735
Is pizzagate real?

>>12177759

i read nonstop, and have pretty much since i was 16. immediately got a phd/jd outta undergrad--love school. read as much as i can now--maybe 120 pages a day?

what's your reading schedule?

>>12177771
>>12177723

dude it's a fucking basement, i don't know what else you want me to say

>>12177735
>my partner
fag detected

>>12177829
>immediately got a phd/jd outta undergrad--love school.

>>12177829
>120 pages a day
>what's your reading schedule?
dude why you gotta flex on me like that

>>12174177
Reorganized recently

>>12177726
If you had to pick one book on political thought that you think has been the most influential on the last 100 years of politics, which would it be? (yeah I know it's a childish question but I'm asking for a friend)

>>12175225

Go to bed, Hurshel.

>>12176044
Good shelf

>>12177882
My pseud books

>>12177841

what? i'm not gay....

and you ought not to be so openly homophobic, you fucking retarded asshole

>>12177882
Misc previous reads

>>12177882
And some schizo shit
Will post further at request

>>12177900
>would have a buddah sesh with/10

>>12177882
>alchemy books
very based/10

>>12177829
be real with us man: is the Left really as pervasive and nefarious as this website makes it out to be?

>>12177910
More religious books on that note

>>12177916
Shelf w/ Mysticism & Alchemy book (detail)

>>12177959
May as well post the rest at this point

>>12177971
By my bedside

>>12177592
Not that guy but still interested.

I work in government; previously did campaign management work at the state level. Currently doing a public affairs grad program. Fairly familiar with political theory, etc. because of undergrad.

Are there any authors or books you would suggest that help with giving advice on being politically expedient? Obviously everyone always mentions Machiavelli, but I figure there have to be more books like that out there (by contemporary politicians perhaps)?

>>12174385
All Kay does is take real history and then change the names slightly. It's budget world-building.

>>12177983
Pic related my most recent order from thriftbooks.com; currently reading Philip K Dick's VALIS and Melville's Pierre, or the Ambiguities

>>12177971
>pissjugs made of real glass
truly a man of culture.

>>12178029
Those were from brewing but I was only ever able to make piss quality beer

>>12177369
>western vidya at the bottom

>>12175225
Accounting help helper

>>12177900
cozy

1/2

2/2

>>12178163
>björk
>hillary clinton
kys

>>12178107
I translated vidya
Reading vidya novels and comics helped me translate better

>>12178000
How is VALIS? I'm about to start it having only read 2 dicks prior, electric sheep and a scanner darkly

>>12178169
Got a problem with the two most inspirational women of the 20th century? Heh, chud.

>>12178163
>chicken soup for the jewish soul

>>12176044
>closet at an air bnb tier.

>>12177735
>political elites use the internet
>old white men post on 4chan
Actually checks out. Explains pol.

>>12178171
I thought this was just somebody reposting an image from somewhere else. but damn, based gook is among us. your shelf is great

>>12177909
how is the nova trilogy?

>>12178243
Thanks anon
Just wanted to post books in another language ITT

>>12177592
What do you think about Carl Schmitt's concept of the political?
Also, what books would you recommend for understanding the change of the US politics from around 1900-1950? Think of an increasing in public spending, entering two world wars, prohibition, installing income tax, the early progressives movement, Lippman and public opinion and the likes?

>>12178883
those dust jackets look so cool. wish american publishers had nice looking stuff like this. but instead we get

>>12177592
I'm interested in all the reading lists you can provide about any subject you know of.
I'm a hoarder of sort and very interested in your library.
Also, howmuch did it cost you to build it and on what length of time?

>>12174177
Yikes

>>12178163
>all those books on Bob Hawke

>>12177560
Hey i remember you man, weren't you the guy offering people free books until some asshole annoyed enough to stop.

if the offer is still open my request from last time is still up. Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance. it's now been recommended by multiple poets i've been reading but i've had no luck finding them.

It's not organized in any way.

>>12178173
I'm enjoying it, it's semi-autobiographical because it's about Dick's schizophrenic break and Exegesis but he distances himself from it, into third person. I actually meant to buy the Exegesis itself, but on a second look it's overpriced and VALIS is essentially the summary form anyway.
>>12178794
Good. Still need to get to Nova Express but I read Soft Machine mostly either on stimulants or microdosing LSD. It lends itself well to nonsober reading.

>>12174177
despite the memes and clearly this is bait, I do see some books I like here like The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and I think I see some Ballard or Asimov and Book of the New Sun at the bottom.
I'm sure you got this from Reddit for insta-(you)s but if it is actually your shelf then there's some stuff on there I don't mind. It's not typically my thing though but if you enjoy it then no harm done, anon.

>>12174659
what the fuck kind of shelf is that

>>12174660
> there are people out there, RIGHT NOW, who find it acceptable to display certain books in front of other books

>>12175752
lmao honestly had such a great laugh at this and I really needed that, my day had been so shitty, thank you anon

>>12177560
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>>12177573
dang woo-wee I like these

>>12177418
not that anon but I also feel that way about my own penguin classic books. They do crease easily but it feels satisfying to have proof I have read them (they don't fall apart like other anons exaggerate either)

>>12179597
brb

>t. logs off 4chan to go bend all his penguins

>>12179619
good exercise ! stay strong brudda

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>>12177829
>my wealth and power
Rapture, nobody cares about nigh-schizophrenic delusions of grandeur and pseud hoarding habits of some Ivy postgrad slave. Last time you LARPed and posted heaps of books you've never once touched you were utterly BTFO. I suggest you stay that way.

>>12178163
Labour Left detected

>>12178883
How did you get into reading the Western classics?

And if I were to get into the Chinese classics, where should I start? Cause the only Chinese classics I ever in popular culture are the I Ching, Confucius, and Sun Tzu. Then again, I haven't gone around the Chinese history circles at university, but it'd be like a Chinese person thinking that the only Western works worth reading was Homer and some Plato AND THAT'S IT. We have such a poor appreciation of China over here, it's depressing.

>>12179901
I forgot Journey to the West, but that's relatively modern.

>>12176319
I've been looking for that Chairman Mao book for a while. That's the one that details all the STDs he had, right?

>>12177882
i like your mortars and pestles anon

>>12179974
I haven't read it yet, but it seems to be that way from what I read on the back.

>>12175235
I mostly borrow or download books. I don't get to have a nice collection, but I end up saving money.

>>12179901
I'm a poorfag and got a $300 bookstore gift card from as a welfare program 2 years ago so I was thinking of buying something and found western history books. But they quote Homer, Herodotus, Virgil and stuff like that all the time, which I was never taught at school, so I started reading their works.
> if I were to get into the Chinese classics, where should I start?
Dunno, all i know is from what I studied at school with textbooks but maybe you could read modern authors' books first and then start to read what you get interested in? I'm not a fan of Chinese classics anyway

>>12180207
*from the govenment

>>12179999
One of them is a singing bowl

>>12179164
i love carl schmitt--i think the concept of the political is one of the more brilliant political tracts yet written. do i think he overemphasizes the friend/enemy distinction? yes--one could take a machiavellian or pragmatist tact and say that use/usefullness or some other polarity is just as distinctive of the uniquely political. but his attack on parliamentary democracy is exceptional, and his exultation of the hobbesian "decision" as the basis of sovereignty, which is itself the remnants of the judeo-christian (note: catholic) trajectory, is masterful. my copy of concept of the political is reefed in notes and annotations. what are your thoughts? have you read patrick devlin (enforcement of morals), by any chance?

also, please be more specific re: 1900-1950. there is a LOT of scholarship devoted to this time period...

>>12179240

tell me what subjects you want to know about the most--you gotta help me prioritze/triage a little, and i'll for sure hook you up. you want marketing? propaganda? aestehtics/politics? war theory? charisma? trumpism? what you looking for?

>>12177997

please define "political expediency"

there is a LOT of material that looks to give more practical, hands-on political advice, if that's what you mean

here's a small stack of some material i've drawn from before to teach a course titled "contemporary washington politics"--i focus on how power has been actually acquired in the modern era. (not pictured here: ron suskind's "confidence men").

are you looking to run campaigns, field candidates, pass legislation, advance your own career--what exactly? the pictured material is far from the "dark arts" of political manipulation, if that's what you're looking for--though i think this material is often more realistic and informative in the day-to-day of washington politics

i would also recommend browsing through some of the diplomacy stuff here >>12177726 . i can provide better photos if you'd like.

>>12180271

oh, and halberstam's "war in a time of peace" is also part of that courseload

>>12180271
You've been called out on your larping several times already, bookshop cashier.

>>12177899
what are your thoughts on Guenon?

Just reorganized a couple of nights ago.

>>12180271
>t. i skimmed through the carl schmitt wiki

>>12180360

ask a more specific question and you'll receive a more specific answer. but obviously.

>>12180381
I can take pictures of books i haven't read too bruh

>>12180348
Kraken is gross but nice Philip K Dick collection

>>12180271
What would you recommend to read on US foreign policy in Latin America? Specifically on the Caribbean.

>>12177899
People who get offended by the word faggot are usually faggots themselves.

>>12180530

no, they just aren't part of the actual lumpenproletariat, like you are.

you really hear a lot of people in positions of wealth and power proferring off terms like "faggot" left and right, huh?

i know you think that you have some conspiratorial window into the real mechanisms of things, that your prejudices are somehow truer to reality, that i am blind, or politically naive, etc. in reality you most likely are poorly educated and suffer from the dunning-kreuger effect, or some other form of cognitive dissonance.

defending the basic civility of an arbitrary demographic doesn't make me a "faggot," it just makes me a fundamentally decent human being concerned with the well-being of my society. the fact that you have to sublimate that into something else speaks volumes to the poison of your soul.

let me make it clear: attitudes like yours are hopelessly exploitable, despite what you might think. i'm paid to exploit people like you--and i do it well, do you know why? because you make it terrifyingly, shockingly easy.

>>12180555
yup, definitely a faggot.

>>12180562

keep at it. i like getting wealthier :)

>>12179901
It's korean.. Fucking 'mutts, I swear

>>12180555
I thought you're successful campaign manager and the architect of Trump's success? Why do you have the time to respond to every snarky one liner on /lit/ with a buttblasted essay?

>>12180555
Stinky dumb sodomite scum

>>12180381
Best theology book in your opinion?

>>12180582
Christ, sorry I didn't notice the fucking difference at a glance, especially given the unique typefaces on the spines of the books

>>12177899
>calling a homophobe a retard
fucking ableist scum

>>12180555
of course you don't hear people with wealth and power using "faggot" because that term pisses off homosexuals and others, and those in power rely (to a certain degree) on the good will of those below them

>>12180627
Hangul is very distinct from Hanzi. You have to unironically be retarded to confuse them. And I'm neither a gook nor a chinsect.

>>12180641
one has more circles than the other

>>12177882
Pleasant/10

>>12180271
I actually would like to see the diplomacy stuff picture better. I'm trying to round my reading out a bit.
I'm just starting out as volunteer for the Conservative Party here in Canada. It's so much newsletters, fundraising and stuff that never occurred to me that is part of the political process and reaching out to voters.
Holy hell all this fucking fundraising.

>>12174659

I like ur vacuumcleaner

>>12181532
>unironically reading translations into swamp-orc tongue
ew and kanker

1/2

1/2

>>12181561
2/2
B&N leatherbounds are gifts from family, gonna get more detailed editions at some point (except Bible probably).

>>12181474

fundraising is central, continuous and non-stop; learn to love it. or at least find real mechanisms that you can rely upon that dont drive you fucking insane.

to be honest, i'm waiting for a solid analysis of nancy pelosi's rise to power/political career. study her: regardless your political orientation, regardless your opinion of her character, she might rightfully be the most shrewd political fundraiser in modern times.

ill give you some pictures of diplomacy stuff soon; here are some more applied campaign management/business course books. a lot of these are basic/barnes and noble level, but there is still a lot of value in orienting oneself, again and again, to fundamentals. this is the most "applied" material i have--if you want more theory or histories (especially american histories) of campaign finance, i can provide some of that as well.

unfortunately, i have yet to encounter anything myself that is currently available to the public re: the full structure of political fundraising. if you can ever find a xeroxed copy, "senate strategy," the blackbook that daschle handed as his gift to obama, covers exactly this terrain. but again, this is truly a document of a type of legendary eldritch knowledge and very few have access to it (i do not, i wish i did; but i have read it).

>>12181561
>>12181565
oh no anon you took the greek bait, what have you done

>>12181566
>>12181474

2/2

>>12181568
Help me anon I can't stop.

>>12177705
Libertarian and librarian-pilled

1/4

>>12181665
2/4

>>12181672
3/4

>>12181678
4/4

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>>12181685
Just a quick note, I used to have more books but only kept those I judged that I'll be re-reading and that will still have value after many readings. I also stopped buying books save those in the languages I can read: portuguese, italian and english, any other language I borrow from the public library

>>12181694
>but only kept those I judged that I'll be re-reading
Good to hear amigo. Hoarding serves no one.

>>12180266
i noticed that shortly after. still very nice

>>12180271
To be more specific, something that explains the mindset instilled into the public that allowed a change from a more locally oriented power politcs like the monroe doctrine towards more global aspirations. I know there are lots of different aspects to this, like war funds lent to the Entente and anti german ressentiment among parts of the wasp intelligenzia, but something that explains how it was sold to the american public, especially during WWI.
I chose the timeframe because on the one hand, i think wodrow wilson and his administration are crucial in this process, while one of the more notorious books recommended to understand this change of attitude regarding the world was Burnham's the struggle for the world, which was published somewhere around the 1940s if i'm not mistaken.

Also, i did not know that so many of Schmitt's works have been translated into english, i always thought he was regarded as something of a fringe theorist in the us, apart from Strauss.

>>12176044
How do you like Evola?

>>12181566
>>12181572
Thanks, for now I just need to master the fundamentals and try to learn to live with the endless treadmill of raising money for a modern political party. It was just, sort of out of field for me and I only got into the guts of it because apparently they liked the fact that even though I'm a volunteer I show up when I say I will and work on what I say I can work on.

>>12177899
>and you ought not to be so openly homophobic, you fucking retarded asshole

And the most boring post of 2018 goes to...

>>12178883
>All that Sainte Jeanne
You're alright.
What Chinese and/or Eastern history should I read if I love Jeanne?

>>12181834
I tend to donate my books to the prison system. Started doing it because of some poor bastard spent 5 years wondering how Treasure Island ended. A fellow prisoner ripped out the last 100 pages of the book, because he felt like it, and put it back on the shelf. All the time it was on shelf, there was no replacement.
Poor bastards.

>>12181942
Well, mainly because I have no self respect

>>12177829
This is just overstock basement of a book store. I used to work at a good read in Toronto and our basement was exactly like this. We used to sell books out of the basement on our abebooks page.

>>12182532
Flannery Oconner is one of the next to read on my list.
Should I just spring for the complete volume, or is there a stand out collection of her work?

>>12182532
We should be frens

>>12182588
>>12182532
yeah you two fictionfags should deffo touch dicks

>>12182588
Your shelves are what I aspire to.

>>12182575
Can't go wrong with her complete stories, she's incredible.

>>12182596
Hey Frick you buddy! I read for entertainment. Not to like Learn shit and stuff. Friggin nerd.

>>12181665
Wow somebody actually purchased that TBK edition

>>12182532
How do I into McElroy?

>>12183061
All of his books are so different you could start anywhere. Without going into much detail his first book smugglers Bible is a crazy good first novel. I would read ancient history a paraphase.

>>12182500

i'm truly flattered that my collection is good/large enough to be mistaken for a bookstore :)

>>12181942
Haven't really read much of him yet. Was going to read Nietzsche, Spengler etc before reading him, but ended up getting side-tracked into other areas of lit, so I haven't got around to him yet.

>>12181565
>Blame!
are you made of money?