/lit/ - Literature

>>21405399
are those tolkien books made from elephant hide?

>>21405406
No, they're made from the skin of redheaded virgins.

Most of your books appear unread, what's the point of a bookshelf if you don't read the books it contains?

>>21405440
Its simple. He wanted the aesthetic, so the owner (not OP) picked expensive editions of books everyone knows.
The real clue is the Gray's Anatomy book.

>>21405399
You should try reading some of those.

Not sure whether it's based or cringe that the only book that has been read is The Bell Curve. Based on all that extra Tolkien that will never get read, I lean toward the latter.

>>21405399
>Ulysses by James Joyce
>less than a hundred pages
That better be a piece of literary criticism on the novel. Otherwise I find your shelf cringe, not for its contents, but because you felt the need to post it for validation. Now it's clear to me those books are only there to impress others and not because you enjoy reading them.

>>21405399
You go to Barnes and nobles a lot

>>21405537
You think you're basd because you have read nearly all of Pynchon and Barth. The reality is you fucked yourself by starting with the postmoderns.

>>21405537
Missing from bottom left is this. Forgot to shelve for the picture, reading The Iliad (not pictured) and pulled it for reference. Cool book, though the writing is incredibly dry (which is fine by me, just very academic in tone for anyone who might be interested).

>>21405573
Tbf I’ve only read The Floating Opera, Lost in the Funhouse, The Sot-weed Factor; V., TCoL49, and ATD of Barth and Pynchon. GR is on the list for 2023. I have plenty of books not on this shelf. Appreciate the concern though.

>>21405587
Meh, I've seen bigger.

>>21405537
why do you have five calculus books? are you a mathlet or something?

>>21405909
I don't, you might check out Lang's Basic Mathematics.

>>21405425
Pretty cool they allowed you to contribute to the covers

>>21406045
Ouch nigga

>>21405596
How'd you like V?

>>21405954
>i don't
you do. are sperging about the exact number? do you think i bothered to count them? you truly do sound like a mathlet.

What do you think this shelf is worth

Beanner here

>>21405399

Not this

>>21405537

This. Not bad.

>>21406113

Not this.

>>21406372

Not this.

>>21406381

Not this.

>>21406392

Not this.

>>21406381
Why not English? If you are able to read origin, why not?

i feel second hand embarrassment by looking at what you guys post here

>>21405537
Like the precalc text hanging out there, a man of taste, no doubt!

>>21406372
Your mixture of nurb, b+n, and trade presses saddens me, though it seems you are off to a start.

Just remember, Therese Raquin was also off to a good start with Laurent...

>>21405399
:]

>>21405399
Mirin

>>21406554
You're cringe and I wish you'd stop posting in every shelf thread.

>>21405406
fpbp

>>21406679
Go blog about your yellowed paperbacks, sister. Continue to feign offense while you secretly yearn to harness the awesome energies of my louven laid paper.

>>21405399
Home Sense or Ikea catalogue/10. Stop buying, start reading. If that's even what you're interested in doing.
>>21405537
A broad collection of virginity prophylactics.
>>21406113
Good start.
>>21406372
As above.
>>21406381
Diversify, too much fiction. History, philosophy, economics, etc.
>>21406392
Polyglot shelves are always based.
>>21406554
Thirty-something, 80-year old vibes. If actually read then based. If dust collectors then see: >>21405399
>>21406632
Needs work. It's good that you're reading. I appreciate that.
>>21406767
Nice shelf. I don't like the gimmicky stuff. If no sentimental value then trash - immediately.

Woefully incomplete, about 90% of it is sitting in boxes in a storage unit right now. But here's the modest bookshelf I got going on my desk.

>>21406886
I appreciate you :]

>>21406752
Can someone explain the elephant hide meme to me? Is it a fake leather like bonded leather or "leather soft"?

>>21407122
this board is such a fucking nightmare. just read your books and stop being autistic.

>>21406810
Don't know what you guys are arguing about but this rendition of the frontispiece hurts to look at

>>21407310
Sorry it's deco

Organized shelves are for mongs, retards and posers.

>>21407401
Best shelf in the thread. Everything else is pseud as fuck.

>>21407375
Uhhh.... anon,,, you've been doxed.

>>21407455
so dumb

>>21405406
>>21406752
I'll never forget that for as long as I live.

The /sffg/ buck-breaker

>>21407493
>no wear, damage of creases on any of the spines, jackets or discoloration of the pages beyond simple aging.

>>21407493
>first edition Dune
This fancy nigga right here

My humble collection so far.
Also Imagine having physical copy of books and not being able to take it with you on the go.

>>21407519
Well if kindle counts, might as well share it too

>>21406767
shroom lord, I kneel

>>21407519
>>21407529
here's your >(you)

>>21406752
this board is moving too fast. please stop immortalizing threads from last week.

>>21405399
>posts shelf
>no theology

Worthless. Go back to school. Also none of your books look used, which is problematic.

>>21405399
Wagner > Tolkien

>>21407136
A lot of these look unread. Get your grind on.

With respect to Coll's "Ghost Wars" and other similar books, you should start with "A Legacy of Ashes" and then read his shit.

>>21406767
Are you trying to meet God with all that fungus?
>>21406934
We have similar tastes in esoteric christianity
>>21407595
very kino shelf

>>21406372
stuck in 2010

>Incerto
based and Taleb pilled

>>21407136
Wow I read a lot of these

Tfw buy books, start reading them, then when I study them in academia they demand I approach a different translation :( I'll rate in a bit

>>21407136
never heard of the type that just ends...

>>21407647
miring those modernist cuisine books

>>21406113
You definitely go into pubs alone and breathe heavily in the corner

I especially love the barcode stickers still on the books, you definitely read a lot and didn't just buy those to look cool for a Chilean sunglasses forum

>>21407493
Man I really need to update it/should have fixed up my shelf a bit more if I knew it was going to be posted.

1/2

>>21407924
2/2

Lots of criticism, very little shelf poasting itt

Many such cases!

>>21407122
>>>/lit/thread/S21380884
A pretentious OP bought Folio Society books bound in elephant hide. A bunch of retards, including OP, started circle jerking about quality and an anon piped up that the books were overly expensive and not even leather. There was a smug pile-on ("you're just jealous...they're bound in elephant hide!") and anon pointed out elephant hide is a type of paper. They kept doubling down and anon posted a screen shot from the Folio Society that confirmed they're cardboard--forever BTFOing pretentious foliofags.
>>21407132
You're never going to live it down, faggot.

>>21407132
lmao "nightmare"

>>21405399
Damn that's a nice shelf

>>21407122
>https://archived.moe/lit/thread/21380884
A pretentious OP bought Folio Society books bound in elephant hide. A bunch of retards, including OP, started circle jerking about quality and an anon piped up that the books were overly expensive and not even leather. There was a smug pile-on ("you're just jealous...they're bound in elephant hide!") and anon pointed out elephant hide is a type of paper. They kept doubling down and anon posted a screen shot from the Folio Society that confirmed they're cardboard--forever BTFOing pretentious foliofags.
>>21407132
You're never going to live it down, faggot.

>>21408002
hilarious

>>21406752

>>21406554
I'm going to take a fedora off your antique patina brass hat-rack, roll it into a tube, and ram it up your ass.

>>21407578
No. Just for that I'm probably going to make a thread meme out of it during Christmas break. Fuck you.

>>21407598
They only look unread because I don't handle them like a gorilla. And I already read ghost wars and with respect I've already killed farmers in Afghanistan so maybe YOU should start by getting your hands dirty before giving recommendations.

>>21405440
While I don’t doubt that OP is a poser, I have owned hardbacks that have never received a mark (until I start storing them in boxes) throughout my entire read through.
Even certain paperbacks won’t crease the spine if you aren’t being heavy handed with them, let alone hardbacks.

>>21408314
Nah look anon, a lot of these look unread. Get your grind on.

>>21407502
fucking retard.

>>21408335
Look anon, I dont know how to explain this to you, but you dont need to death grip your books when you read them or bend them in half.

>>21405399
>Tolkien
>Tolkien
>Tolkien
Cringe manchild. Grow up, OP.

Lots of people here with relatively sizeable collections. I'm ever so slightly jealous. I only started reading physical books ~20ish months ago, and this is my very meagre haul since that point.

>>21408410
Start with the greeks

>>21408430
Oh, I already did that quite a while ago. For completely non-/lit/ related reasons. These are just the physical books I personally bought.

>>21407578

It's the funniest thread this place has had in the last five years.

>>21405399

My shelf isn't very impressive because I've moved so many times in the last few years and then got divorced. Nearly every book I bought after I first moved out of my parents' house is now donated to a book fair. It's a pain in the arse having to re-buy stuff I want to re-read, especially as a lot of it was second hand and hard to source new copies of.

>>21408500
It was good but the L'Academie threads last summer were kino.

>>21408517
>summer before last*

>>21408410
Justine really makes that shelf.

>>21407944
I'll post mine when I get a new shelves and don't have to have them stacked and covering other books.

I see some non-English books and I instantly ignore the whole shelf

>>21406344
At least $50

Reminder to build your own book cave and live the life you were meant to live.

the only shelf i need

Don't really have a big bookshelf for now, some books are still kept away safely but this is just what I have for now. First time posting in /lit/

>>21405399
Rate my shelf

>>21409590
2.3/10

The amount of shelves filled with pristine books that look completely unread is hilarious to me.

>>21408410
Based Springer basic math

Russians authors in english, mccarthy and faulkner in croatian, ngmi

>>21408410
>cards against humanity
I hope those are your girlfriend's/wife's

>>21409943
smol

>>21409960
They are for when I have groups of people over for more than just a chat/beer/coffee. Board games of some kind are a must unless you're some kind of involuntary hermit. (The alternative would be some kind of casual videogame you can play in a group, but I don't like videogames.)

>>21409992
>he doesn't have a separate boardgames shelf
ngmi

>>21410002
Why would I fill a whole shelf with shit that I have no interest in and only keep around for social purposes? Cycling through a basic playing cards set (which is the one I use most often), cards against humanity, Dobble, and the stick game works just fine. Most of my other shelves are filled with paints and painting utensils, notebooks, and musical scores.

Was going to make a thread about how overated project hail Mary is. Turns out this cunt has it on his shelf. Why is it amongst so many great books?

>>21409625
Judging if a book has been read or not by spine condition is kinda retarded, especially for books under 800 pages

>>21410066
If it is not even creased, I'm skeptical it has even been opened enough to read it.

>>21408314
>>21408335 is a moron, but you're full of shit, many of these are paperbacks with cheap, shitty binding. The gorilla argument doesn't stand because you look at the paperback books you HAVE read on the shelf and they're creased to shit. Otherwise thank you for your service –but my recommendation still stands.

>>21409579
Dostoyevsky is gay. Don't know many well-adjusted people who like his shit.

>>21410090
Or maybe others are just more careful with their books. None of the books I read have major creasing damage because I'm careful. I use a special wooden block to keep the book open so I don't need to spread it open like some spaz who's imagining he's holding a pair of female legs, or whatever.

>>21410114
That's so incredibly gay. Just buy hardcovers at that point.

>>21410114
You can open them gently or firmly, the crease will still form. You can not bend a pliable material without creasing and deforming it. The only way you can do this is by not opening them. Your hilarious wooden block notwithstanding, you should just open them. I suspect you are the type of man who wipes his dick before he puts on a condom.

>>21410127
>You can open them gently or firmly, the crease will still form
Wrong. Creases form when a flat surface gets bent at a sharp angle. If you keep it open with a gentle curvature, creasing will only form at the edges of the book spine. And even that will take much longer. Only used books which have been through many hands should look creased. And if yours look like that you're just an ape who can't into paperback.

>>21410121
Most of my books are hardcover edition, but for the rest, why would I destroy them? To make them look used just because? I'd rather make them last. I know which books I've read and which books I've yet to read. Also, this is really comfy.

>>21410178
My paperbacks get used like cheap whores, covered in all sorts of degeneracy. Hardbacks are a different story though

>>21410178
>hand-crafted (read: CNC) plywood page spreader
>woman hands
>french
>delicate handling of inanimate objects
yeah i'm guessing troon

>>21410197
I'm dying. Thanks for the laughs.

>>21410197
Shut up faggot.

>>21410178
I bet you're adorable ;3

>>21410169
>>21410178

Show us the spine, anon

>>21408410
What edition of filocalia is this?

>>21410220
I've posted enough.

>>21410178
No anon you must crease them for us

>>21410249
Because they're bent.

>>21407944
>fellowship of the ring absolutely destroyed
>two towers and return of the king look nearly untouched
this looks exactly like mine kek

>>21410219
Romanian, translated by Dumitru Stăniloaie. It has many additional authors/writings compared to the Greek original, in a slightly different order.

>>21410249
you coming back to bed now, cutie? :3

>>21410271
Do you know of a English translation?

>>21409452
based, reading is so much better with a comfy place to do it at

>>21410289
Not a complete one by one author. Last time I checked I found the first 4 volumes translated by Kallistos Ware which seemed decent (I wouldn't know though, I base this on second hand opinions) but the 5th volume was translated by someone else and wasn't so well received (I distinctly remember people even complaining about numerous print errors and such). I was happy to find this edition however, although the language seems slightly archaic compared to contemporary Romanian (I have to occasionally consult a dictionary while reading).

>>21409660
It actually really is based if you need a refresher for HS maths, which is what I got it for to begin with. I was starting to forget basic trigonometry.

>>21409590

>Jordan Peterson

lol. Did you remember to make your bed, you autistic failure?

>>21405399
Sorry for potato quality

Shelves from top to bottom: Reference, Favorite, Meh, Philosophy

>>21408410
>king of the gypsies (iudé)

>>21410416
I was being sincere. It's a great text on elementary mathematics

>>21409452
Also, only a couple more Karl May books missing until I'm caught up on the critical edition.

>>21410592
why?

>>21410641
Why what?

>>21410103
t. an anon who has never heard of a used bookstore

Different anon here, but I also try to be kid to my paperbacks. Some are going to show wear, of course, but others I can keep looking brand new. That said, sometimes I have to buy out of print books that have creased spines. I basically try not to open cheaper paperbacks anymore than 60 degrees, unless the thing is gargantuan, in which case I'd really prefer a hardcover, anyway.

>>21410659
more than half of the books in pic related are unopened and written by the same drunk nineteenth century mall santa larping as an academic. If you can't figure it out, that's on you, but I will ask one more time. Why?

>>21405399

>>21410688
I've read several hundreds of books considered "high literature". You lose touch as an academic when you read nothing but the canon. Reading books that have been read by millions is an interesting change for once. It's also very cozy how trashy it all is.

>>21410592
How's that Beksinski set? Decent quality scans? Was thinking getting that exact edition.

>>21410730
It's very, very tiny but a nice introduction to his very varied work. if you're interested in his paintings, shell out for that large blue book since it's the best one so far.

>>21405462
I have the same copy but it was a replacement of a lost gift from a med school friend. I doubt the person who took that picture has the same excuse, but all the same it's possible they have a legitimate reason for it being there.

>>21410459
>"sorry for potato quality"
>1.46 MB, 1802x3587
the horrors of modern society

>>21405573
>The reality is you fucked yourself by starting with the postmoderns

Can confirm: I read all of Henry Miller's Rosy Crucifixion, Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn, when I was in my early teens. Took me 10 years to undo the damage.

>captcha: GR0S4X

>>21410881
lol

>>21407595
Holy mother of patrician taste.
What the FUCK are those big ass books (the ones top right) with Franz Stassen illustrations? The librettos of the Ring of the Nibelungs?

>>21410939
what order are they in?
where's the Chernow?

>>21410939
jesus christ

>>21407595
Wagner is not my taste but still very comfy place

>>21410963
cant you read? it starts at fdr

>>21410933
??

>>21411003
i'm retarded, admitedly

>>21410808
>resolution equals quality
my guy the image they posted looks like dogshit cause they have cerebral palsy and cant hold still to take a photo.

>>21405573
> The reality is you fucked yourself by starting with the postmoderns.

elaborate pls

Very much outdated and I need to reorganize and take new pictures.

I read everything online.

>>21410320
Thank you :)

>>21405399
Do you even read those books.

>>21407901
Pls post the updated version, if you’re the real owner of this shelf.

>>21409452
I do not like having the door behind me. Can't relax like that.

>>21407595
the bookshelf of a man who's trying too hard

>>21406767
Not bad, not bad

>Murakami

Into the trash it goes.

>>21409590
8/10

>>21408410
>Guitar books
>Serge Lang's Basic Mathematics
>the Hackett Plato's Complete Works
>Cards Against Humanity
>Filocalia
You really like filling up your shelf with 4chan memes, don't you?

>>21411505
never trust a man who owns no books.

>>21405399
Be honest with us, do you even read those books?

>>21405399
doesn't have Beowulf

>>21412235
You sound dumb and insecure.

>>21411773
If your whole place is a cave then even a door in the back can be relaxing.

>>21405399
You don’t read.

>>21410939
This is worse than manga shelves.

Minimalist bookshelf
These are all my books.

>>21410592
>DURCH DIR WURST
Finally some good German literature.

>>21410939
Having read some political books I'm amazed at what a waste of time this represents. There are some exceptions but most have to be a money laundering scheme designed to be bought in bulk by faceless corporations then burned.

>>21413866
Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei!

>>21413803
Shouldn't you be dying in a trench or something?

>>21410103
Bro look at the green nueromancer book. I've read it twice, looks brand new. Stfu it's not hard, I don't even make an effort to be gentle or anything. Literally just open - read - close. Even infinite jest looks find and I treated it like shit. All of the dostoyeveksy novels looms brand new. I even moved with all of these books. Iliad, no damage. All the vonnegut looks find. Suck my dick dumbass.

>>21413987
And your pissing me off because you're implying that I'm a liar. Why can't you just accept your wrong? I'm telling you I read them and you don't believe me? Are you insane? What is your fucking problem? I'll literally kill you dude.

>>21405399

Here’s what I got, pay no attention to how trashed the place is

That's an interesting paperback of Rise & Fall.

>>21414267
>philosophy and fantasy
Males were a mistake.

>>21414277
Honestly it’s a used copy I haven’t read, I got it for free from my philosophy department when I was still in uni because one of my professors had it and when he left he gave a few of us free reign to take from his books he left behind, I’m not even going to lie there’s a depressing amount of stuff on my shelf I still need to read but I never wind up making the time for even though I definitely have the time to do it.

>>21414303
Philosophy and fantasy’s great idk what you’re on about.

>>21414310
You should read it. It was one of the seminal works on the Third Reich.

>>21414368
We’ll shoot I’ll have to read it, doesn’t get much easier with it being right in my room, thank you for the advice!

>>21411698
I will in early January

Small shelf of a Math undergrad who just got into reading, at least I read all of it (except for the Bible, that will still take a while).

>>21414267
How is that bible levitating?

>>21415102
>>21414267
oh wow, ok, this is a rotated photo.. I feel dumb.

>>21410881
>Banner of Truth bookends
Based

>>21415110
Oh my god

>>21406886
Didn’t ask

>>21415102
>>21415110
Kek

>>21415329
I asked :)

>>21405399
I havent read like even half of the English novel shit I own. One day I'll get to it.

>>21415110
Lel'd

>>21415368
>English novel shit
But where are they? I don't see any.

>>21415110

>>21415110
You okay, anon? Did you have enough rest?

>>21406445
pure guess that price.

Books in English are usually twice or three times more expensive than locally translated ones and if you are unlucky delivery will take around 30 days.

>>21405399
Where do you guys get these books? Amazon? Ebay? I want to get some books with nice covers.

>>21415110

>>21415729
I get my books from wherever they're the cheapest and from secondhand book stores.

>>21405399

>>21415755
yikes
I hope you downloaded this photo from somewhere else.

>>21415757
>yikes
>>>/r/eddit

>>21415762
That shelf would probably fit right in there.

>>21415757
what is yikes about the photo anon? Is it the books or the lack of shelves supporting the books?

>>21415781
>nothing but Penguin paperbacks
>figurines and probably Funko pops right outside the cropped view
>fantasy boxset
>DUNC

>>21415792
Penguin paperbacks are good quality and the dune is a good series, I can't defend the funko pops or the fantasy boxset. I would yikes how the books are on top of each other, not good for the spine.

>>21415797
I'd accept Dune in a hardcover edition. But like this it just screams soullessness. Also, the books with the spine turned away. So many things wrong with that shelf.

>>21415792
Don't get salty, I have hundreds of books, not only penguins.

>>21415821
Here's the hardcover Dune, I hope you like it, hard, big and thick.

>>21415827
It looks tacky in that edition. But we had that discussion a couple of months ago already.

By the way, here's the Funko.

>>21415827
where did you get the DUNE hardcover?

>>21415862
Yahoo Auctions, a japanese e-commerce. I paid less than 20 USD.

>>21415867
neat

>>21410033
i got about 70% of the way into it..
seemed pedestrian but very digestible, did you finish it?

>>21415110

>>21415822
Where are you from, anon?

>>21405537
not bad
>>21406554
kino
>>21406934
decent
>>21407835
kino
>>21410694
based mimesischad
>>21411484
eh but the Durants are based
>>21414267
nice

>>21415972
I'm from Buenos Aires but I live in Tokyo.

Greetings fellow intellectuals!!!

>>21416064
>he's real
fuck

>>21416054
Thats awesome.
De que laburas wachin?
How many japanese girls did you fucked?

>>21416173
>De que laburas wachin?
Actualmente estoy desempleado, renuncié en marzo, viaje a Argentina por primera vez en casi cuatro años y cuando volví no tenía la voluntad de trabajar y rechacé un par de ofertas de mierda. Este fin de semana comencé a buscar trabajo nuevamente.
>How many japanese girls did you fucked?
Just one, the japanese woman I'm married to.

>>21416233
ach, married, well done

>>21405462
>so the owner (not OP)
I dunno, The Bell Curve seems like the sort of thing a /pol/cel who stumbled over to /lit/ would have on his bookshelf.

I don't care one way or the other about The Bell Curve, but I absolutely hate these goddamn modern "high end" editions. Most of them aren't particularly well bound, they're not worth anything to collectors, and they're just designed to be the worst kind of showoff pieces. It is pretty funny when someone has Franklin Library editions on their shelves though. They were made by The Franklin mint, the company better known for making shit like this: https://franklinmint.com/collections/wall-sculptures/products/american-bald-eagle-bird-of-prey-wall-sculpture

>>21416064
>no nu-star wars books
gay but still kind of based

>>21407401
Real intellectual shelves look like this.

>>21416255
lmao, this new age horrors shit

>>21405462
What's the deal with redditors buying that book for their shelves anyway? It's not something you can simply just read after a bunch of fiction and philosophy

>>21405406
the board is still alive

>>21415792
>Anonymous 12/22/22(Thu)10:38:36 No.21415792▶>>21415797 >>21415822
>>>21415781
>>nothing but Penguin paperbacks
>>figurines and probably Funko pops right outside the cropped view
>>fantasy boxset
>>DUNC
You leave DUNC alone you fucking faggot

>>21416064
>Star Trek
Glad you diversify your tastes, anon

>>21414267
Please tell me you've read the prerequisites to Hegel and didn't just dive right into him.

>>21414640
Well done, anon!

Try some poetry and classic authors, next: I'd recommend Shelley and Dostoevsky.

>>21406372
theres some stuff there i would happily read but theres a lot of shit too anon

>>21416024
>eh but the Durants are based
I've been gifted a few of the pop history books, and gathered a few more Durants in the meantime.

>>21415755
>>21417412
why do people rip on penguin paperbacks / anything penguin publishing so much? They seem fine. I read 99% of my stuff in digital form AKA pirating shit and throwing it onto my Kindle so I'm not really sure what the issue is.

bump

>>21408013
>>21405406
I honestly wish there was a reliable collection of commented classics (old and modern), Folio is not always that good. I fell for the meme a few times, like with this beautiful leatherbound edition of Tolkien's translation of the poetic Edda. This is what I have at my parent's, but I even have somewhere 'King Lear' in the most memesque Folio edition, the huge 17th century style one worthy of American Psycho's card scene.

I mostly buy good but cheap paperback editions (slightly better than Penguin), and I vaguely intend to have the ones I keep leatherbound at some point. Someone in my family did this (he found a cheap craftsman in Morrocco), it looks pretty good.

>>21406554
Hello Pleiades friend. What's the closest thing to the Pleiades editions in the Anglo world?

>>21410592
Impressive. Not a KM fan, but "children's books" can be incredibly good. I'd recommend things like the Little House on the Prairie and Flicka series.

>>21419760
I'm also not really a fan of Karl May. It's an academic interest. But I have to say I like how the books look and the critical apparatus is also pretty great.

>>21405399
nice anon, we have a lot of the same books (1/3)

>>21420111
(2/3)

>>21420115
(3/3)

>>21405399
Is it okay that I've been moving towards using my kindle than paperbacks or hard covers?

>>21420128
If it was okay then you wouldn't be so insecure about it in the shelf thread.

>>21420111
Is that norse mythology book any good? have you read other/better ones?

>>21420137
Guerber is pretty good, i haven't really found many other good sources. this is the ones i read from though.

My holiday stack

>>21420411
Are you ok, anon?

>>21420411
You can't speedrun enlightenment.

>>21407580
they're hardcovers so how to fuck can you tell if they've been read or not?

>>21420621
Watch me, nerd

>>21407580
>No theology
>Filled to the brim with Tolkien
???

>>21405440
I mainly keep books I HAVEN'T read but plan to read on my shelves. Why Why eould I keep books on my shelves that I am finished with?

>>21411505
You have never really “read”

>>21407580
I got you senpai >>21410881

>>21410881
Ever read Liberalism is a Sin by Dr. Don Felix Sarda y Salvany? Seems like something you'd like.

>>21407647
You clearly haven't read the critique of pure reason because I have that exact copy and that spine would show some wear.

>>21420879
I have not, I'll check it out. Thanks.

>>21420906
i will relent that. ive only read excerpts and only digitally with my ereader. i dont have much interest in Kant to be totally honest. i bought the trio as a set and the only one i have actually read a large chunk of is the critique of practical reason.

>>21416251
>Most of them aren't particularly well bound, they're not worth anything to collectors, and they're just designed to be the worst kind of showoff pieces.
I have a handful of them because they're typically omnibus editions with four novels and they're like $20 new.

>>21406934
based now you need some miguel serrano to wrap it all up

>>21405399
Nice! A lot of you have some really nice selections. Though my only advice would be to remove the used/purchase stickers on the spine or wherever. It's a shame because often especially if its been on for awhile, the adhesive is real nasty and can pull away at hardcovers/paperbacks alike.