/lit/ - Literature

>>3928783
Just going to say that that's a fantastic cover design.

>>3928802
I actually was looking for an edition to buy with this cover, but it turns out this was made by someone for a book cover contest.
It's easily the subtlest, most intriguing one I've seen; I was really bummed when I found out it's not an official cover.

>>3928783
God fucking dammit, that cover is beautiful...

>>3928815
I was looking forward to seeing this in a store or something, but oh well.
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Alternate covers that are better than any currently available general?

>>3928822
I'm not fit to participate in this general then. I'm lucky if they bring paperback, censored books to my contry, let alone hardcovers or special editions.

Also, if you want to ship something bigger than a penny, you better start thinking of selling your organs...

>>3928783
I just ordered The Broom of the System and Jitterbug Perfume.

>I dont know what to do until they come

I was planning on reading Blood Meridian after I finish Lolita. I started reading it, Lolita, until I realized I could listen to Jeremy Irons read it for me.

I'm going to finish Siddhartha then read Lolita.

There are still 7 books of Asimovs Foundation series left.
As a huge science fiction fan, I really want to finish it, but it rather bores me

will to power

seems like a neat book

a document,
titled
"to read.txt":

The Trial
Crime and Punishment (pevear)
The Road
Meditations
American Psycho
East of Eden
Art of War
Nausea
House of Leaves
Aquinas

How patrician/plebeian am I /lit/

>>3928829
Iran?

is that a book cover? i fucking like that shit although i couldn't articulate why

>>3929328
Trial is fantastic, subtle and cerebral, really enjoyed it myself. Though nearly the entire middle section of the novel is dry as shit. Get to the end and it's wonderful.

American Psycho is pretty good, pretty engaging. I think he captures the manic and obsessive nature of the protag pretty well, though it does get repetitive. Maybe that's the point; still gets annoying. Otherwise a good read, and humorous at times.

>>3929336
the white are panties. the pink is her legs. thats why you like it you dirty pedo.

bedside to read shelf, except im finishing up catch-22, reading dance with dragons and borges' book of imaginary beings, and i think im about to read the waves by woolf. also already finished the alienist and the ivans

>>3928959

>read it for me

Get a load of this pleb, lol.

The Apes of God by Lewis // Crash by Ballard

>>3929430
The waves was weird. I honestly had no idea what it was trying to do, and felt pretty dumb after reading it. I had never been that lost when reading something

>>3929499

It's one of the most beautiful books ever written. You just weren't ready for it. But you will be.

The Sound and the Fury
The Trial
Anna Karenina
The Brothers Karamazov
Leafs of Grass
Catch-22
Fathers and Sons

Reading: The Fountainhead

Is this acceptable?

>>3929512
Leaves*
>tfw can't into plural

>>3929512
The to-read list is great, but Ayn Rand? Come on.

"War and Peace "
"Crime and Punishment "
"The Idiot "
"Oblomov" and many others books.

I'll be reading the following in the coming months if all goes well:

A Visit From the Goon Squad
The Way Through Doors
East of Eden
Crime and Punishment
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
The Savage Detectives
Nausea
Vineland
The Trial
Naked Lunch

I'm hoping to read all of them before the end of August, but I'll be lucky if I get through half

Beckett's Three Novels
The Recognitions
Blood Meridian
Pale Fire
J.R.

>>3929583
Yeah, a family member wanted me to read it in an attempt to influence a growing young mind. Really, I agree with some points that she makes but generally the prose is horrible, the plot is partially wish-fulfillment, she absolutely butchers subtlety and a lot of her arguments are based entirely on emotion. I agree that society coddles the piteous in order to feel superior and gracious, and a lot of what she says about human nature, but some things are a bit ridiculous and again, the writing is atrocious.

>>3929607

don't leap right into recognitions it might sour you off gaddis for a while try jr before it

good taste btw you're in for a treat with beckett

I'm hoping to read A Hero Of Our Time, but I can't decide which translation to get. Any suggestions?

>>3929622
Well I'm glad that you're at least not one of those Rand adherents like so many obnoxious edgy rich kids I know

Blood Meridian
Being and Nothingness
The Confidence Man
Swann's Way
The Sorrows of Young Werther

Just finished Wuthering Heights, and found it really enjoyable. Well, I would say, it is one of my favorite love stories, I do like it whether it's school tier o not. The story, the plot and the characters, every single detail is neat and fine. Obviously, I came across various vocabulary problems, while getting used to the style (as I'm not a native). To sum up, the time I spent on reading, about a month, totally worth it.
Now I'm eager to try some "Moby Dick", though I'm not sure if my knowledge of the Bible is sufficient to enjoy fully Mellvil's book. I heard there are a lot of links and allusions to different religions and mythologies.

By the end of summer, I look forward reading "La Colmena".

Also, for those who dare to read Dostoevsky, I would not recommend reading "Idiot", I consider it insultingly overrated. Better try his novel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raw_Youth . And if you want to get the general idea of what his style is like, you are certain to go for "Notes from Underground". It is only my opinion though.

>>3929471
Go be jelly somewhere else, neckbeard. I've got a full-time job so an audiobook suits me better while driving.

>>3928959
I might give the audiobook a listen some day. You probably miss a few things if you aren't able to pause to consider certain passages or look up words, but I'd imagine listening to the language would be a very pleasant experience.

>>3929709
Well, I read ahead before I got myself the audiobook and find that now I'm retaining a lot more than just going over it once (makes sense). It's also very soothing to listen to him speak since he does have such a handsome way of talking. I recommend it highly.

St. Augustine's Confessions.
Notes from the underground

Then I'll probably finish slow learner and move onto Gravities Rainbow.

I'm currently reading The Kingdom Of God Is Within You, any recs for some more christ-core books?

I have something like sixty pages of Lolita left, after which I'll probably read a few Hemingway short stories. They should make for a good palate cleanser while of course being pleasurable on their own.

After that, I'm not entirely sure. I was thinking of either Mrs. Dalloway or something by Manner.

How does the last paragraph of the second chapter of the second part of Lolita start?

Invisible Cities, Dead Souls or V. Still not sure which.

>>3928783
I just read that.

Fucking beautiful book I tell ya.

Probably reread Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I didn't get to finish it before starting this one i'm currently reading. Too busy with work and I had to return it to the library.

Anthology of Kafka's short stories/prose
Tao Lin
The Old Man and the Sea
The Republic

All of them.

>>3929798
We can all see what's in your spoiler tag anon. All we have is pity.

>>3929804
I know. gotta see for myself though.

The Wasp Factory
Crime And Punishment
Cannery Row

Also, just finished Suttree, and it was wonderful. How does Blood Meridian/ other McCarthy works compare, and which one should I read next? I've already read No Country For Old Men and The Road.

>Currently Reading
William Manchester - A World Lit Only by Fire (AP summer work)
Franz Kafka - The Castle
Friedrich Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil (re-reading)

>To-read for the rest of summer
Victor Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning (AP summer work, not too excited for this one)
Friedrich Nietzsche - On the Genealogy of Morality (after I finish BG&E)
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude (AP summer work, semi-interested in reading it)

>>3928815

I ordered a random hardback Lolita from amazon, and I got some gay ass cover that just says 'Banned Books', so so edgy.

15 y/o novitiate here,

this is what I got ready for the summer

>>3930419

i want to stretch myself this time and finish all before september

>>3930419
Wow u r so smart

Currently reading The Plague. After that I'll read more Camus. The Fall, Exile And The Kingdom and then The Myth Of Sisyphus.

My next ten or something after that:
Blood Meridian
The Road
Journey To The End Of The Night
Fathers And Sons
Phaedrus
Phaedo
Symposium
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Selected Writings (Thomas Aquinas)
The Dhammapada


Also got Lolita and Invitation To A Beheading and The Book Of Disquiet and I'd like to re-read Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. Also some sci-fi I'd like to read.

>>3929725
Please help, /lit/ ;__;

>"Melmoth The Wanderer"

I've been really into classic Gothic literature as of late. Just finished Ann Radcliffe's "The Italian" and before that I read Lewis' "The Monk", both of which were phenomenal especially the latter which I couldn't put down.

Any suggestions /lit/ bros?

>>3930459
Why?

Probably the crying lot of 49 or tropic of cancer

>>3930459
Probably with "Lolita." I think I remember some sentence like 'Lolita, the fire of my life, blah blah.' It read really well.

It came in the mail yesterday.

>>3928783
Who gives a fuck?
>reading physical books
Fuck you faggots

>>3930419

>>3930516
Why are you even here, you anally devastated tripfag?
Go somewhere else, friend, this is not the place for you.

>>3930538
Go fuck yourself with a lit cigarette and then fuck your mother after I finish faggot

>>3930546
I would but I'm too busy ravaging your mother's sweet little cunt.

>>3930549
Good that bitch needs some release since she crushed my father to death with her fat ass years ago

Now how about you go lick the years of accumulated yellow jizz off your grand daddy's war hero cock and brush your teeth with his ganggreen

>>3930554
wtf that's not right man

>>3930554
it's spelled gangrene

>>3930307
Blood Meridian is his best book.

>>3930554
Jesus, you're vile.