/lit/ - Literature

>>19278428
>steven pinker
cringe

id like to post my shelf but last time someone was mean to me

It’s mostly Dostoevsky all in Russian.

>>19278428
very pretty books

>>19278428
>shrinkwrapped game of thrones set
you know you're supposed to read them, not just buy them and let the sit being pretty for strangers on the internet

>>19278428
firstly that censor in the bottom right isn't hiding shit
secondly surely if you've got all those nice folios you'd maybe wanna properly display then instead lf hiding half of them

>>19278428
>reddit: the shelf

>>19278428
Like did you not have any money left to buy an adequate shelf after buying all those folios ffs op

>>19278428
>all beautiful hardback editions

>>19279656
Are the books on Korea and the Opium War good?

>>19279659
are those brothers karamazov funko pops

>>19279658
Yeah, I enjoyed the Opium War one. Nice and short, but covers the period quite well. It’s also unbiased, which is rare for a relatively new book about the British empire of colonialism. (Written by Julia Lovell if you’re interested).

I got The Life of Muhammad yesterday, so I have no idea what the quality of that might be. Haven’t even had a good look at it yet.

>>19279658
Fuck, thought you said the Koran, wrong book. I also got the Korean one yesterday anyway, so story.

>>19279679
>Julia Lovell
I like her other work on China so maybe I'll check it out. Thanks anon.
>>19279689
It's okay.

>>19279055
and we will be mean again, fucking grow up and post it.

>>19279683
hurensohn

Here is my bottom shelf. Now validate me

>>19279922
Looks pretty based from what I can see, but the picture is too low def to make out half of the titles.

>>19279891
Komm doch

Yesterday I bought a new shelf.

>>19279519
Based

>>19279922
>Kaldellis

based anon

>>19279659
Where did your chin go anon?

>>19279922
>all books have pristine backings and bindings, not a single one actually opened

You are definitely where you belong.

>>19280104
The cracked-spine-nigger is in the house. How are you, you lame shithead?

>>19279670
>brothers karamazov funko pops
Please tell me thats not real

>>19280336
This is how the average /lit/ user reads his books

Only got two rows left on my bookshelf to fill in, purty soon imma be needing myself a whole new shelf

>>19281552
Also, please forgive me for mainly reading Russian lit in English translation, I promise when I re-read any of them it'll be in Polish.

>>19281558

>>19279683
Poo in loo

bump

>>19278428
Fantastic bait

1/2

>>19279683
Are e-readers any good? I might be moving provinces soon and I don’t want to lug around all my books

>>19282820
2/2

>>19278428
Why did you so poorly try to erase 8 books and, if that was your intention, why did you use a translucent brush over them?

Are there any optimal examples of a bookshelf? I've got leather and boxed hardbacks, but I can't into aesthetics to get the most out of them. I'm also curious about bookend decorations, and whether you should only use one on the far right of a shelf, whether to use two on each end, or whether to use them as dividers between genres of your books.

>>19282827
wimp

>>19282881
Which one is your favorite?

>>19282881
Is this worth it for a first read if I think I'd get bored trying to read muh great American novel without a funny footnote every other page?

>>19281566
Beautiful books for a beautiful looking shelf.

I'm still a relative rookie when it comes to organizing books for a shelf but I hope to fill pic related with books that will make me feel enchanted and awed when I pick it up.

Bump

>>19282945
do you have 1 shelf for everything you own

>>19282827
I bought a Kobo when the libraries closed last year and I love it. The Overdrive app was a lifesaver.

>>19283843
Lol funny guy here

i will never post my shelf here because im scared. ok?

>>19284022
checked and based

>>19284022
Classic

>>19284022
this isn't funny you know.

>>19279656
>cat
Ummmm based???????
>nigger
Ummmm cringe???????

>>19284023
Grow the fuck up and throw those toys away

>>19278428

>>19284401
No

>>19284022
Absoleutly heinous

>>19278428
I wish that most or all of Folio's books looked like those Washington, Franklin and Jefferson biographies. So many of their bindings are a mess, especially when they're on a shelf together

I'm commissioning a woodworker to build me a bookshelf. Share some pics and ideas of what you would do.

>>19280058
Kaldellis is probably my favorite author for Byzantium. It's my kind of entertainment.

>>19284598
I have one 29-volume Biblical commentary set, so I actually used those to measure out the shelves on one of my bookcases so I could get them all on one with room for a bookend.

>>19282820
those Welles bios any good?

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3/6

4/6

C-C-COMBO BREAKER

5/6

6/6

Books with no spine text

>>19282827
they are fantastic, you can carry them around and always have a variety of books to choose from...

>>19284751
Based watch-list poster.

>>19284889
What are those leathers you've got? What publishers?

>>19282945
How was Garnett's W&P?

>>19284903
From The Hunchback of Notre Dame to Dune: Easton Press
The Magic Mountain: Franklin Library
Robert Louis Stevenson anthology: Chatham River Press

>>19284917
Nice. Is Easton's Greatest Books Ever Written series worth the subscription? I've always been tempted but then I worry about just getting ones I'm not interested in and being unable to resell them. That said, I'm not sure if Easton even sells all of them individually.

>>19284944
>Is Easton's Greatest Books Ever Written series worth the subscription?
I have no idea. I bought these books online, most of them were brand new and I paid an average of 10~20 USD per book.

>>19284968
How's the quality?

>>19284984
Great, I can't complain, the paper is solid, the biding is good and I despite being big books they don't weight a ton. Although I don't like the illustrations.

Not mine, but my friend’s. Honestly, I don’t know what to make of all the Clive Cussler books.

Anyone had luck bookhunting at estate sales?

>>19284023
you should get a Setzkasten

>>19280104
Books on the left don't crease because they are pretty high quality and some of the cheaper ones have the book bend on the edge instead of the spine.

>>19285010
>Clive Cussler
Literally my dad

I want it

>>19279519
I'm sprinkling salt on that thing and I'm just going to laugh as it dies.
> lost to salt, lmao.

>>19285116
salt on slugs isn't as impressive as on snails

>>19279659
Get out the fuckin way I wanna see the books not you, ya incel looking fag

>>19279959
It looks like you bought new books too, or do you just not read like the read of us

>>19281566
>owl statue
Patrician

>>19285111
>printed in China
Instant trash.

>>19284023
What’s your favourite book?

>>19285123
I've read most of them.

>>19284743
How long you been reading for, and where do you tend to get your books from?

>>19285142
From that shelf, maybe the Keret ones or the horror stories collection about Mexico city.

I don't really have a shelf yet and there are about another 100 or so books packed into cartons that I'll have to arrange once I get one. This is all that I could arrange on my table for now. I don't read a lot of intellectually stimulating books like most of /lit/ though.

>>19284744
Lmao

>>19285010
>>19285107
>Clive Cussler
Literally my grandfather

1 of 3 shelves, mostly favorites and hardcovers. All fiction

I need some more pulp history paperbacks.

What's more worthwhile? Nice-looking bonded-leather books like Easton and Franklin or nice-looking slipboxed hardcovers?

>>19278428
Illustrated song of ice and fire set? I'm jealous.

>>19287286
Buying your books secondhand with whatever cover they come with.

What are the absolute peak copies of Homer's epics? I'm not even talking about translation. I mean, a particular leather edition from the 50s? A specific hardcover set from the 80s? If I was to only buy one specific set of his epics, what would be the one I'd look for?

>>19287313

You actually gonna read any of those?

>>19284022

>>19284723
Best ones I've read.

>>19282820
nice france shelf
this is what i bought in october

>>19287379
Im not a neanderthal that cracks spines

>>19278428
Is Folio Society just /lit/'s version of /tv/'s Criterion Collection?

I'll admit. I'm tempted to invest over time.

>>19284889
why do you have 7 different editions of LOTR?

>>19287709
The difference is that folio soc has a lot of shit
Penguin black classics is the criterion of lit

>>19287884
and folio soc is just WAY too expensive for what they are. just pretty packaging.

>>19284022
Is Becoming Michelle Obama about his sex change?

>>19288470

My personal collection is pretty dismal, to be honest. I also haven’t read most of the shit on this shelf, but bought them because I intend to.

>>19288534
>Harvard Classics
They always just looked too stuffy for me. How are they in person?

>>19278993
You've been posting the same shelf every day for months. Don't you ever get tired of jerking yourself off?

>>19288559
Definitely smells stuffy, but pretty readable.

>>19278993
>Protestant
Exposed by Guenon (pbuh) as a pseudo-religion and explicitly modern, and thus devoid of truth and knowledge of any higher principles

>>19284732
Disturbing lack of Guenon (pbuh)

>>19288991
I have two books by Geunon, a third is on my buy list

>>19287038
You read like a 14 year old

>>19288832
Doesn't look readable to me, m8. Then again, I'm not Australian.

>>19278428
2/10
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6/10
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5/10
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4/10
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5/10
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6/10
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6/10
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5/10
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6/10
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7/10
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>>19284751
all translations—3/10
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>>19284917
3/10
>>19285010
3/10
>>19287038
5/10
>>19287266
7/10
>>19287272
7/10
>>19287313
7/10
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>>19288480
7/10
>>19288534
4/10

>>19288662
What do you think everyone in this thread is doing?

>>19289115
Mostly yes. But I do read stuff that's not YA. I have 2 siblings who are 8 and 14 so I put up stuff that they too can pick and read from my shelf.

>>19284916
haven't read it yet. probably not going to since I was so disappoitned with her translation of crime and punishment.

>>19279656
Have you read the book on the Showa Emperor? Is it biased against him?

>>19289131
you didn't rate me
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>>19290205
that's not a respectable shelf and parts of it are obscured due to your disgusting clutter.
rating: N/A

>>19281552
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>>19281566
I really like your books/taste but you should read more Polish lit. I wish it was easier to find where I live.

>>19284023
What'd you think of Nadie me verá llorar?

>>19290412
I know, and I will, but its also pretty hard/expensive to get them where I live. I do already have some Prus, Reymont, Żeromski, Witkiewicz, Gombrowicz and more Sienkiewicz to read still, and a very long list of Polish books and authors that I'd like to read at some point so yeah. Anything in particular you recommend I read? I've been thinking of buying Pałuba by Irzykowski next, but that ones really fuckin pricey, might have to wait for a pay rise before I can justify getting that one.

>>19278428
This is what I brought for college. I made the shelf from discarded materials in my apartment. It looks shit but it's a temporary housing, at least they're not piled up on the floor anymore.

>>19290891

>>19290422

So far it's good (I'm about a third of the way). Once I finish it I plan on reading her research on the lives of real interns in La Castañeda mental hospital.

gonna not comment on shelves themselves and just list individual books that look interesting to me and see what their owners' opinions are

>>19278428
Of Human Bondage
>>19278993
Expository Thoughts on Matthew
>>19279656
The Mint
>>19279922
Romanland
>>19281552
A King Alone
>>19281558
A Tramp Abroad
>>19282820
Presocratics and Sophists
>>19282820
Destruction Was My Beatrice

>>19284023
video game dolls lol

>>19278428
kind of embarrassing if you want to impress me at least buy some antique books

>>19290995
>Romanland
Study on ethnicity in Byzantium. The authors main point is that the people in Byzantium did have an ethnic identify just like a modern one which they beloved they were. This ethnic identity being Roman. He goes over the attitudes and labels of Greek, the putting of any ethnicity other than Roman on individuals without considering their actual identity and what reason the people themselves may have done it, if Byzantium was truly an Empire (a state with multiple ethnicities living within it).

It was a pretty fun book and I really enjoyed it.

>>19289800
I posted mine in another thread and I don't feel like posting ever again.

>>19290995
>A King Alone
One of my absolute favourites. Maybe a slight dip in quality after the climax of the action and the narrative is moved forward a few years, but the ending is incredible and you can read the whole book in just a few hours so that dip in quality doesn't take up much of your time. Probably best to read this in the peak of winter, especially if you get snow wherever you live. Should really read another of Giono's works in the near future, or at least re-read this one.

>A Tramp Abroad
Pretty comfy and comical travel writing about 19th century Europe. The slight persona Twain puts on as the narrator, makes for a very pleasant and humourous companion as you make your way through the book. It's a sequel of sorts to The Innocents Abroad, so maybe it'd be good to read that before, though I obviously haven't.

>>19282827
e readers are great, the biggest advantge is probably the possibility to read when there is no light (when you travel during the night for the example)

but a disadvantage is that, maybe its only me, maybe its placebo, but i just dont remember as much stuff as i would remember from reading a paper book

I couldn't bring my bookshelves to uni, so have a stack instead.

>>19288534
Hi anon, on your Iliad & Odyssey copy, is the title text on the cover a reflective gold? All pictures I see it looks brown like yours in your picture but mine is a reflective gold that changes colour.

>>19280386
I did my research, no.

>>19287951
it's about a convenience marriage with an undercover cia agent.

>>19289131
Adderall.

>>19290995
>Destruction Was My Beatrice

It's a history of the dadaist movement up until the early 30s. It's good but dense at times.

>>19287313
based Weber appreciator

>>19290888
You probably know more about Polish literature than me, Anon. Personally I've been interested in it ever since I read Gombrowicz as he has become one of my favorite writers. I'm looking for a copy of Trans – Atlántico (not sure what the Polish name is, sorry) now as Piglia once said it was the best Argentinian novel of the XXth century lol. I've just gotten a copy of Tokarczuk and been thinking of buying Mickiewicz' Forefather's eve too, but it's also really expensive. Other than that I'm just waiting to have some more free time to take a deep dive into the country's literature; I didn't know about some authors you mentioned, I'll check em out.
Are you Polish anon? I'm assuming you are.

>>19292348
nice one lad, I've been planning on reading Ferdydurke next after I finish what I'm currently reading (The Iliad) so looking forward to that greatly. What would you say makes Gombrowicz such an enjoyable writer to read for you? Also, in Polish it's just Trans-Atlantyk, so not that different, and yes I am Polish, although I live in the accursed land of Bongs.

>>19287038
>intellectually stimulating books like most of /lit/ though
Nobody reads them. They just buy what other simps tell them to buy and then never read them.

Read whatever makes you happy anon

how the hell do you have time to read all these books wtf niggas, I could post my book shelf but I won't (rekt)

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>>19279670
i think they're boondock saints

>>19284022
i know those are your girlfriend's

>>19293057
so many copies of infinite jest here....

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>>19292348
CAN YOU IMAGINE READING BOOKS? LAMAO. GET A LIFE FAGGOTS!

>>19284023
shit like toys and knic-knacs in front of books is a sign that the books never get touched and are just a display piece. not to mention the haphazardness and lazy clutter and shit just stacked up is also a sign. you are ruining your paperbacks.

1/7

>>19293425
2/7

>>19293435
3/7

>>19293444
4/7

>>19293447
5/7

>>19293458
6/7

>>19293462
7/7

>>19284917
lots of money but zero taste. Easton Press books look nice but buying any texts that weren't originally in English is a waste of money given that they cheap out and only print 100 year old public domain translations

>>19293467
Yeah but where's the literature.

>>19293447
Nice Imperium

>>19293539
I'm not going to post my wife's bookshelves, most of them are there though. I'm assuming you mean non-English books?

>>19292764
He just hits all the right spots I look in a weiter. Light surrealism and absurdism, playfulness, a representation of the world that just feels odd for whatever reason. The translation into Spanish of Ferdydurke is also amazing and adds another layer of verbal playfulness to the book. I liked Kosmos and his short stories but they don't compare. Hope you enjoy him, I'd love to read him im polish. I'm looking into getting his diary too.
Seeing you're Polish, and in the spirit of dialogue between nations, I recommend you Sergio Pitol. He's who introduced Polish literature into Mexico and the Spanish language, and I think he's finally being translated into other languages.

>>19294106
why would you assume he means non-english books? im pretty sure the guys asking where your fiction novels are.

>>19294219
>why would you assume he means non-english books?
His comment was on the trivium / language learning shelf, so I made an assumption that he might have been asking about "you learned this, post the books that are probably why you got those books"
>fiction
I don't really like fiction.

>>19293534
what translations of dosto are to your liking?

>>19294207
Alright cheers boss, seems like he should, at least in theory, tick a lot of boxes for me too. I flicked through Ferdydurke a little bit when I first got it and I really like these two little lines he puts right at the end of it, seems like a much more playful writer than his reputation in Poland would have you believe. And I'll most certainly read Pitol at some point, never heard of him before, but he seems mighty interesting, so thank you very much for the rec.

Are the Folio versions of Iliad and Odyssey good ones to get?

>>19284598
Drew this a few years back, hope to have them built one day. Shelf height is probably a bit more than most (modern paperbacks) need, but I wanted to minimise any sorting disruptions, the bottom shelves are specifically for larger books.

>>19295532
Yes. They're the Fagles translation which is probably the most popular (it's also the translation used in the penguin classics edition, for example), though some people are not a fan of it. If you are picky about translations I would recommend just looking up some excerpts comparing Fagles with Lattimore, Fitzgerald, Pope etc first.

>>19293467
You're ok.

>>19295789
I believe I read the Fagles translation in school, so it'd be familiar. As long as it's in verse, it's probably solid. I just know there's a lot of editions out there, from Easton to Franklin to a Chester River Press two-pack, and such. I've never gotten Folio before, and was wondering if the Folios for the Iliad and Odyssey would be good if I wanted one quality edition of each as opposed to the alternative premium publishers.

>>19296049
I would say in general Folio Society is the best quality publisher that doesn't go into the utterly absurd (thousands of dollars) price ranges. You can't go wrong with them anon.

>>19296078
200 dollars for fucking iron kingdom is absurd they can go fuck themselves
(i really like their spines tho)

books

>>19296078
Thanks. I originally was going to start with Casino Royale as my first Folio, but then I thought Homer's epics would be a more fitting start. I've heard Folio does sales in January and in the summer. Currently both the Iliad and the Odyssey are out of stock until next month. Should I wait until January before buying anything, if there's going to be a sale?

>>19296108
more good than bad here, brothers karamazov is one of the best

>>19296119
I'm not quite sure anon. I think their sales tend to mainly focus on less popular books, plus I imagine Homer sells out quite quickly. It might be easier to just get them when they become available. You could try going on a forum like Librarything and asking around for more specifics about their sales practices and the like.

>>19296169
Sooooo many more books I want to read and buy but I have so little time these days. The collection is slowly growing over time, I gotta make a trip to my folks house and grab all my old books I read back in my high school years.

>>19296078
cringe buy antique books if you want to impress others

>>19296353
Who said anything about wanting to impress others?

>>19296245
This. I just checked the spreadsheet and those two were last on sale in 2019. Maybe you'll find them there again in January, since they'll be back in stock, but I'd keep an eye on the stock if you want to risk that.

>>19278428
r8
>inb4 the spines are uncracked so they are unread

>>19297579

After reading a paperback I sell it and buy a new copy so it looks unread.
>>19287272
Looks like my local Goodwills library.
>>19290891
Nice

>>19297769
A lot of it was thrifted, actually, but I am curating it slowly.

>>19297769
>Proud gun owner
>STEMcel
>Posts on 4chan
Yeah i'm thinking the authorities have to get involved. Fast.

>>19297769
>all three Gulag Archipelago hardbacks
I'm jelly

>>19297769
>Looks like my local Goodwills library.
I'm jealous. I'd buy half of that if it was mine. Come to think of it, maybe I should head over to the local Goodwill and do inventory, since it's just a 10-minute walk away.

>>19279519
holy based

>>19297769
atlas of western civilization? tell me about that one

>>19299606
cringe.

Any Folio autists able to tell me what text they use for Aesop's Fables? I found a 1998 printing for a decent price and want to know if it's a good version.

>>19284032
I will never post my shelf here because I’m female

>>19300052
it looks like anything off of r/bookshelf, doesn't it?
if not, then why would you be intimidated to post it?

>>19287038
>Winnie-the-Pooh
Absolutely based

>>19284889
No The Monk?

>>19300115
lots of weird mean anons and ill regret posting it in the future. picrel

>>19300757
Not trying to be mean, but big minus points for Rand

>>19296108
seems like you picked up random stuff from the canon of any genre and era. Pro tip: don't just read shit from /lit/ charts. Just pick up whatever seems interesting by its own content. See what time periods, locations or genres have the most interesting premises and go from there. If you like a book check out the authors' other works or writers that have a similar background, theme or whatever else (e.g. faulkner -> other southern writers etc.).
Reading all of this canon shit just so you can say that you read le classics is stupid, don't do that. Digging deeper into specific categories is better than scratching the whole surface, especially because the former invokes a sort of passion while the latter will just feel like a chore in the long run.

>>19300772
havent gotten either of hers yet! most of my collection is from secondhand shops

>>19300757
seems like a decent shelf to me.
>I'll regret posting it in the future
Why? literally who fucking cares? This isn't reddit anon, nobody will search your post history and downvote you for having read ayn rand.

>>19300757
thats a based shelf
just....one thing

fucking fingerprint of the gods. are you 65? my dad has all his books. whats up with boomers and gran handcock?
points for uncle ted tho, good looks senpai

>>19280336
He has a point anon I have penguin classics and I treat them nice but those ones look like they literally have't been touched

>>19282945
Excellent selection, fellow organic-PB enjoyer.

This is just a test please do not reply.

>>19281566
I took a poetry class in high school and I didn't like most of the poems but we read a bit of WB Yeats and I remember really liking his poems. Is he generally regarded as an amazing poet?

>>19288470
How is Antkind?

>just got a brand new Folio Society hardback for $30
Sweet.

>>19278428
Yes, it's a disorganized mess and there are more laying around the apartment here and there.

>>19301020
I also am not into poetry, but enjoy Yeats

>>19290891
>>19290899
excellent taste, anon, but I would suggest to other anons not to bring their shelves to school. focus on the material. if you're a humanitiesfag maybe bring a handful of books related to your current topic of interest in the hope it may be related/useful/citable in whatever classes you're taking.

>>19290995
good post, don't see this game often

>>19291375
>dawkins
:disgusting:

>>19282820
excellent taste, anon. how's pagan virtue in a Christian world? does the author address that Christian and pagan sometimes share and value the same virtues?

>>19278428
pic related

>>19296108
>DUNC books
based beef girder of ecstasy enjoyer

>>19297769
nice FAMAS, i forgot to put my revolver on the shelf.
>culture of critique
too based.

>>19301202
>if you're a humanitiesfag maybe bring a handful of books related to your current topic of interest
This, that's what I did >>19291375

>>19300789
this is very true. seen a lot of niggas in here by their shelves they seem to be looking for a topic to settle on. get good at something you enjoy, something that matters to you and if you're lucky doesn't seem like work.

>>19301212
took three minutes to pack and bet you had time to read them, too.

>>19301183
pokeballs really nigger do you want a girl to ever touch your penis

>>19301765
Excuse me? my collection of competitively bred pokemon is a guaranteed panty-dropper!

>>19281552
Why would you read anything by Churchill?

^

>>19301765
>do you want a girl to ever touch your penis
what do you think the pokeballs are for

>>19283535
Reading Shadow and Claw now, why do people like it so much?

>>19302195
>why do people like it so much?

>>19302201
>The people who like it are furries
Is this a joke on the author's last name?

>>19300394
I have it, but edited by Penguin.

bump

>>19302201
what a time to live in

>>19302226
Which of the Wordsworth horror books are your favourites?

>>19302964
The King in Yellow, I love that one, in particular the second story, The Mask.

>>19303199
I read that as well, very good stories!

>>19293447
>harassment architecture
>political theory

nice

>>19279922
I own books that I've had for years that could still pass as being a new copy off the flesh, but these literally look like you have not touched a single one.
What possesses someone to spend this much money on books who clearly does not enjoy reading?

>>19278428
i love that shelf threads are always the most popular and active threads on /lit/. perfectly encapsulates this board. people here love the image of reading, and showing everyone what they've purchased, but nobody here likes talking about the words inside of them lol. bunch of posturing pseuds

>>19301202
>dawkins
To be fair, his books on evolutionary biology are decent starting points for the field. His religious arguments are rather boring.

>>19303392
Mad because your shelf is shit

>>19303734
those berserk ultimate editions have become so expensive and hard to get. fucking hell I should've copped before that dude died.

>>19300025
I have this version. It uses the 1909 Hodder and Stoughton edition.

>>19290891
What is that thing and what does it measure? I thought it was a clock

b

>>19303392
thats not what these threads are for.
battlestations, shelf threads, collection threads, etc are for getting new ideas to improve your own shit, asking for recommendations giving recommendations, criticisms and to spark discussion on anything related. its not solely to talk about the actual content of a specific book in a shelf of potentially hundreds you retard, unless someone specifically asks about a particular book, in which case they are probably considering buying it for themselves.

you are projecting vanity on us all, probably because your own shelf is shit or you can't afford to make one anyway

>>19293425
>sicp
>introduction to algorithms
>thick unix volumes
>tanenbaum
>risc-v asm
Unfathomably based.

>>19303781
True.

Hey fellows of /lit/ ^_^
I love to read too. R8 my stack please!!! 0_0

>>19306914
you're sort of blocking them with those honking milkers

>>19306914
3.5/10
You don't make sufficient use of a bra in your day to day life which shows in the sag you've already got. You're going to be one of those old women with tits hanging below her waistline if you keep that up.

>>19306914
get out of the way then wench

>>19298414
Kek
>>19298738
They usually have good stuff for cheap.
>if you live in a rich white town
Probably 15% of my books come from there.
>>19299624
Mostly old maps, breddy cool
>>19301202
Noice
Wat wheel gun?

>>19306941
OMG gross shut up

>>19306944
I can dress however I want to and guess what big boobs sag FYI

>>19306956
Wench? is that the new incel buzzword? LOL

>>19307007
This is the post-bait future we deserve.

>>19307007
>big boobs sag FYI
Unless you take good care to prevent them from doing so.
With big breast must come great responsibility.
Sure this is primarily in the best interests of the male gaze, but it is also in your own long term romantic interest.
By all means go on, I also enjoy laughing at sad looking people and women who squander their fleeting good looks.

>>19306914
what i'd give to see a titjob video with them honkers SHOW EM, GIRL

>>19307214
Crin-
>ESV Study Bible
-ge.

Excuse the Evola selection, I bought it when I was LARPing as an Aryan warrior at 16
>>19306914
I can’t tell if you’re a typical tripfag tranny or a federal agent, either way, fuck off

>>19306990
>"Bridge-Building to Nowhere"
sheeeit that title sounds like a promising book, esp. given today's synodal path nonsense.

>Wat wheel gun?
five shot 357mag, SP101

>>19303734
extremely comfy anon. Durant's Caesar and Christ is great.

>>19303385
wtf do you mean? Because I don't piss on my books and the books are designed to not crease on the spine doesn't mean I haven't read it.

>>19307214
Cute if girl
If guy rethink life

>>19307261
is there a single book in that not from a /lit/ chart?

>>19308178
you realize theres like 100s of lit charts covering pretty much every book on everyones bookshelf

>>19296099
For me, it's how their shipping+tax costs as much as the actual book, and how they literally just stack shipping flatly (if it's $18 to ship one, it's $36 to ship two, and so on), as if it genuinely costs that much more to put two books in one box than to put one in that same box.

>>19293462
nice

Haven't had time to build a shelf

>>19308532
>MacMillan
Based

>>19308178
life's too short to read something obscure and hope it's somewhat good

>>19308512
>Uzbek fat man
Are you Uzbek yourself or were you a tourist.

Helping with a bump.

>>19282881
based diverse reader

>>19308971

>>19308824
It’s a gift my father bought me during one of his business trips to Central Asia.
Didn’t know it had any iconography/art history
associated with it, always thought of it as just some random figurine I use as a brush holder.

>>19308971
>>19308989
How many books did that faggot write? This is all I have.

>>19308902
What are your favourites from Machen?

>>19309007
somewhere in the region of Loads
in the 60s and 70s he would spend a day in bed thinking of a story, then a day writing the story, and a final day editing
he also """retired""" from writing genre fiction in the late 70s, mid 80s, late 90s, and late 00s
he's currently writing the final book in a trilogy of genre fiction
guy just can't stay away

>>19309013
>>19309013
The Novel of the White Powder: I read it back in 2008, it was part of an anthology I had to read for school. I thought it was great and I don't know why I was sure it was written by Horacio Quiroga, maybe I saw some similarities between Machen's story and The Feather Pillow.
A Fragment Of Life: I love this story, I don't know why because it's very mundane, almost autobiographical. I really liked how little by little the characters pierce the veil of reality, how things start to take a fantastical turn.

>>19309141
I read The White Powder as well, and thought it was pretty good. My favourite was The White People, I loved the atmosphere the story created.
Do you happen to have any other recs for horror or atmospheric/weird stories or novels?

>>19309839
The work of Algernon Blackwood, he is really good at setting the atmosphere. And I really liked the first novella of The Rim of Morning (William Sloane), the story itself relies on the atmosphere because nothing outstanding happens but you know that there's something intrinsically wrong with one of the characters.
Early gothic fiction (pic related) is more about the atmosphere, the sublime, but they tend to be more thrilling than horrific.

>>19306914
Name?

>>19310032
Thanks! I'll definitely look into it, especially Algernon Blackwood; I've been meaning to check him out because I've heard great things about The Willows.

>>19309028
I honestly thought he was dead.

>>19285120
KEK

>>19307214
I've also read the Thursday Murder Club

Recommend me something. non pictured is capital volume 1 and democracy in america

>>19310141
It's written right there.

>>19278428
>moving soon
>donation centers won't take shit around here
Bye bye books

>>19311103
Suffer not the book burner to live.

>>19310971
read Eragon

>>19311250
you need history of central banking

>>19311250
Zuck is just so sad. I bet he put so much thought into putting barbeque sauce on his bookshelf. He probably thought he was for sure going to be seen as spontaneous and relatable.

>>19311250
>Economics in One Lesson
>Has 5 more books on economics

>>19311339
>Has 5 more books on economics
Because information from a single source is more opinion than information.

>>19311351
It was a joke, my good dude

>>19311382
And I'm not the anon who's bookshelf it is.
The humour was very low-grade, seemed more like an average observation.

>>19311103
If a book's not worth moving with, you probably shouldn't have bought it in the first place.

>>19294402
Magarshack and McDuff. Avoid Garnett and P&V

im actually afraid to post my shelf because its literally light novels and scifi/fantasy novels. and that is it. how do I get into other forms anytime i've tried I just get bored and go back to reading a sci-fi or fantasy novel.

>>19284506
How do you do, fellow Loeb collector? (not my whole set, but the best shelved lot; I also have about as many French bilingual editions, already posted earlier this year, if anyone's interested)

>>19313476
>missing dust jackets

>>19314465
NTA but I hate dust jackets and throw them away so I can look at the real cover.

>>19314518
Then just do that. Either keep all the jackets or lose all of them. Any attempt to have some with and some without in a single set just looks poor.

>>19314465
About half of them are second hand, anon... I'm not really a collector, they're work copies, so I'm not too fussy. You should see the state my Budés are in

>>19314527
I am poor (or at least I was when I started buying Loebs)

>>19314527
>NTA means Not That Anon, as in "The individual currently replying to you is not the same individual you yourself had responded to"

Bump

>>19281566
What edition of botns is that?

>>19314659
How were Bastard out of Carolina, and Cosmicomics?

>>19314595
NTA, but ive been here for over a decade and never heard it before. You live you learn, I guess.

>>19314782
Bastard out of Carolina is pretty good, it's not exactly like Lolita, but they have some things in common, although Bastard is much more violent and explicit.
I haven't read Cosmicomics.