What are you currently reading and is it any good?

[Anonymous No.13411771]

[Anonymous No.13411780]

it sucks

[Anonymous No.13411792]

The bible. It's comfy and spiritually purifying.

[Anonymous No.13412014]

Hunger by Knut
It's ok for now but I feel as if he is trying to make some similar points that Dostoevsky made but isn't nearly as funny as notes was.
But it's still breddy good.

[Anonymous No.13412207]

"Practical Common Lisp," "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and" "Idiot's Guide to Music Theory."
I want to be like Zun.
I have the beer, I just need the skills.

[Anonymous No.13412214]

Just finished Moby Dick which was strangely uplifting despite it's tragic end. I'm 20 pages in Notes from Underground and I feel like I'm reading some guilt ridden loser's diary.

[Anonymous No.13412262]

>>13412214
Skip to the second part of Notes from Underground. It's where the based story takes place.

[Anonymous No.13412265]

manufacturing consent

first 50 pages i felt like neo being redpilled but now it's just chomsky quoting articles and listing statistics in surreal run on sentences of scholarly academic nonsense, the whole thing has actually become a void of anti-meaning and i would rather just listen to the mainstream media and be an enabler of imperialist war crimes than finish reading this book

[Anonymous No.13412290]

>>13412265
I had to do it by audio book to get through it. Chomsky has a tendency to prove his point and then spend 30 more pages detailing why that point is right. Like, I get it, I'm on board already. Move on.

[Anonymous No.13412320]

>>13412290
>has
You... you know you can move on yourself right? Like, you can skim a few pages or move on to the next section or whatever.

[Anonymous No.13412323]

I'm about a third way through this book (I began reading about three days ago). It's really good and I'm enjoying it a ton. Also reading Trilce by Cesar Vallejo, and Borges' Collected Fictions. Recently finished (in this past week): Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, Schelling's System of Transcendental Idealism. I'm having the best time right now.

[Anonymous No.13412356]

the fountainhead

it's so good bros, but I have no idea what colour glass is

[Anonymous No.13412367]

>>13411771
I'm reading some articles on brain-mind dualism, written by a neurologist who actually disagrees that the mind can be reduced to physical processes. It's actually surprisingly convincing and insightful. He has a gift for eloquence and breaks down arguments in a pretty clear way. I've always been suspicious of the physical/material reductionist position in the philosophy of the mind, especially after, ironically, pursuing science, but I think he has finally sold me on it.
These are the articles by the way:
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/what-consciousness-is-not
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/what-neuroscience-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves

[Anonymous No.13412383]

>>13411771
Pnin by nabokov. It's okay. I'm about 1/3rd through it. Honestly getting tired of reading books where the main character is a cuck and a loser. The Russians seem to have a habit of this.

[Anonymous No.13412392]

>>13411771
Gravity Rainbow
It has its moments

[Anonymous No.13412403]

Struggling through bros karamazov. There are great scenes of action and comedy, but some of the long theological monologues become a chore to get through and the hysterical dialogue (with the choppy and schizophrenic back and forth), while funny and sometimes charming, often is also confusing.

[Anonymous No.13412408]

War of the flea. And I have no idea why I'm reading it. I have read so many books I'm running out of ideas and just read random shit people mention on this site.

[Anonymous No.13412412]

>>13411771
This. It's odd.

[Anonymous No.13412460]

Critique of Pure Reason, only just started yesterday. Understanding it but it's still tedious

[Anonymous No.13412468]

Reading fight club right now and I'm about halfway through. I'm really enjoying it and will probably finish it by tomorrow. I wish I would've read the book before the movie though.

[Anonymous No.13412477]

>>13412356
A shimmering minty green like an old coke bottle

[Anonymous No.13412480]

>>13412356
I just finished it today! I would think translucent

[Anonymous No.13413178]

Fight club


Pic related

[Anonymous No.13414063]

Decent for what it is.

[Anonymous No.13414079]

>>13413178
read anything by Chuck before?
I've only read Survivor

[Anonymous No.13414086]

>>13412207
BASED
tho i'm not sure if Zun's worked wuth lisp

[Anonymous No.13414109]

Started reading Master of Go last night. I'm enjoying it despite having absolutely no knowledge of Go.

>>13412323

Planning on reading this next.

[Anonymous No.13414123]

It's fine, I guess. But I have about 60 pages left and for the life of me I can't really will myself to read the rest of it. I'll probably force myself to finish it later.

[Anonymous No.13414137]

>>13414123

Christopher Priest as in the comic writer writing Deathstroke currently or an entirely different Christopher Priest?

[Anonymous No.13414140]

>>13414137
I can't say I know anything about comic books, but I think it's a different one. this book must have come out in the 70s or 80s.

[Anonymous No.13415802]

The Gospel According to St. John
It is great

[Anonymous No.13415999]

1984, all humans need to die now. Y'alls torture will be entirely worse once AI comes out

[Anonymous No.13416015]

>>13412460
Did you dive right into it or did you try any secondary information? I've been listening to some lectures but idk if I should just start reading it at this point after getting some background and context

[Anonymous No.13416021]

>>13412460
I got u faam, these haven't let me down
https://b-ok.xyz/book/2740350/88a23f

[Anonymous No.13416062]

Ulysses
Pretty sweet so far

[Anonymous No.13416066]

>>13411771
I'm reading all the light we cannot see. It's pretty enjoyable

[Anonymous No.13416090]

Melmoth the Wanderer. There’s parts that kick your tear ducts right in the balls. Really enjoying it.

[Anonymous No.13416102]

>>13416062
where are you at?

[Anonymous No.13416115]

JR by Gaddis. About 70ish pages deep.

>>13416062
The last chapter makes everything worth it. Keep going.

[Anonymous No.13416301]

Anne of Green Gables
Love it, exceptionally comfy

[Anonymous No.13416324]

I'm reading Introduction to Algorithms because I'm doing a degree I'm not prepared for and don't get to read anything anymore

[Anonymous No.13416325]

Dom Casmurro
1/3 gone, I'm really liking it

[Anonymous No.13416766]

Reading Les Miserables. Just got to book 4 of 5.

I like that it manages to do a little bit of everything (philosophical discussions, tragedy, action etc.) while still having a clear thematic focus.

I’d like to read something similar to it after I’m done. Does anyone have any recs? I’ve heard Karamazov is similar.

[Anonymous No.13416787]

>>13416766
read brothers karamazov

literally best book ever written

[Anonymous No.13416948]

Yes.

[Anonymous No.13416951]

>>13414086
>BASED
>tho i'm not sure if Zun's worked wuth lisp
He said he uses Visual Studio. I use Emacs.

>>13415999
Thanks to that book I feel uncomfortable around any television airing the "news" and tv in general.

[Anonymous No.13416955]

>>13411771
Lolita and it's alright.

[Anonymous No.13417034]

The Elementary Particles. Enjoying it so far.

[Anonymous No.13417583]

Can't believe im just getting to this, I should have read it log ago. It reminds me of the movie Burn After Reading.

[Anonymous No.13417736]

Not really the best war book I’ve read. But it’s better than Chris Kyle at least

[Anonymous No.13417752]

>>13411771
warlock and yes, i see why pynchon and the other guy read it in college. chapters flow like a tv show stacked with amazing characters. and goddamn is ganon such a cool fucking name. im trying to get my friend into it so we can do the same shit and just talk like we watched the new episode of an hbo show on sunday night. its what most novels should be, fun and interesting.

[Anonymous No.13417763]

Just finished reading this. It was pretty nice. Not the best book I've ever read but the ending has much fucking feels

[Anonymous No.13417774]

>>13412403
Jesus if all you want is fucking action and comedy why not watch a fucking movie instead, people literally read Karamazov just for its theological aspect

[Anonymous No.13417788]

The Spell of the Sensuous

I am just getting into hiking and it is great book to help appreciate nature.

[Anonymous No.13417854]

>>13412383
Read some Wodehouse.

[Anonymous No.13417877]

Just finished The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart. Solid shrug out of 10. Wasn't wowed, but didn't feel like my time was totally wasted. Starting Moderan by David R Bunch either tomorrow or later tonight.

>>13417583
That's coming up in my queue soon, I'm looking forward to it.

[Anonymous No.13417878]

Would any anon be so kind as to let me know at which point in Demons I should flip to the appendix and read the censored chapter? My edition is unclear as to where exactly it was menat to be put in the book, and I don't know if it is worth reading as Dostoyevsky intended or at the end because of changes he had to make.

[Anonymous No.13417900]

Quite possibly my favorite of his that I have read. Gonna try and finish it tonight.

[Anonymous No.13417902]

Th Count of Monte Cristo
It’s fun

[Anonymous No.13417930]

>>13417583
My favorite book. I love it so so much.

[Anonymous No.13417934]

It's very enjoyable like almost all of Ishiguro's works. I read The Unconsoled recently and the dialogue keeps giving me flashbacks to that which is probably a detriment to this novel because it's not on the same level.

[Anonymous No.13417940]

>>13417900
God bless you, a fellow Wodehouse addict.

Summer Lightning is also my favorite non-Jeeves book of his, although Leave it to Psmith is a close runner up

[Anonymous No.13417942]

>>13416766
It has a different feel to it but War & Peace felt the most similar to me

[Anonymous No.13417968]

>>13417736
Honestly, it’s kind of embarrassing that these Seals hire a writer, and their books still read like they were written by a fucking idiot. I really didn’t like Lone Survivor cause of how badly it was written. We certainly have gone a long way since the Brit’s writing eloquent memoirs of their time in the bush or the Raj.

[Anonymous No.13417972]

reading notes from underground, people on the board said it was a well written /r9k/ post. so far i think its more. interested in the second part.first Dostoevsky

[Anonymous No.13417973]

trainspotting. Love it. Skagboys is even better tho

[Anonymous No.13417978]

>>13417940
Seriously, it is incredible how amazing a writer he was. I’m just thankful he chose to do comedy, cause he’s an absolute genius and could have done anything. Quite possibly my favorite author at this point.

[Anonymous No.13418007]

It's very important that I know in explicit detail what kind of apartment a character wants to buy and how she plans to furnish it.
And do these assholes ever stop drinking coffee?

[Anonymous No.13418040]

War and the Iliad, which is a volume that anthologizes Weil's "Iliad, or the Poem of Force" and Bespaloff's "On the Iliad". Weil's Essay was an interesting read, and I haven't gotten to Bespaloff's yet.

[Anonymous No.13418042]

Just finished TCoL49. Felt like Pynchon went back and rewrote V., condensing the narrative and removing the happy-ish ending. Overall a very good book, I'd recommend it.
Gravity's Rainbow is next, I really hope it's not as impenetrable as it seems.

[Anonymous No.13418222]

>>13414137
Its a different one, comic Priest is black

[Anonymous No.13418344]

>>13411771
>CCRU Collected Writings
Not good nor bad; just meh.

[Anonymous No.13418349]

>>13412323
Foucault's Pendulum is one of those books that I didn't entirely like while I was reading it, but the more I think about its themes it becomes a favorite.

[Anonymous No.13419252]

I'm too early to say whether or not it's good, but it seems promising. The language is pleasant, and while it has an AAAA rhyming scheme with suffix rhymes quite often, it still doesn't feel tiring, especially how it avoids idiotic a lot of poets from eras past fell into, which is using a verb expressing existence, ending each line in something that means approximately "this it was" or "thus it happened" "thus it came to be", which gets incredibly grating by the end of the first verse.
Now I'm just hoping it has heroic qualities that rival the Nibelungenlied, the best epic that ever graced humanity, but I doubt that's the case, since it's not a "personal revenge" story, but a Christian epic in the vein of Tasso.

[Anonymous No.13419271]

It's an engaging combination of history, an overview of a significant portion of 20th century philosophy, and a character drama of all these mathematicians, scientists, philosophers, and logicians who were ironically all bat shit crazy.

[Anonymous No.13419273]

Just finished the first part of Wuthering Heights. It’s pretty boring sometimes. Was hoping for more spooky stuff, but I’ll finish it

[Anonymous No.13419274]

>>13411771
blood meridian - its okay at times

[Anonymous No.13419395]

Gonna start Neuromancer today

[Anonymous No.13419402]

>>13411771
Nausea.
I find it really boring but I dropped a book recently so I don't want to do it again.

[Anonymous No.13419435]

>>13414123
I did indeed finish this yesterday. As I assumed it never really hit the mark as much as I would have liked it to. Still, if the premise seems interesting to you, I'd tell you to read it.

I'm thinking about starting this today. I've been putting it off for some time.

[Anonymous No.13420654]

I picked up the Youjo Senki light novels after seeing the anime, and just finished the first volume.
My intuition about the book and its writer wasn't wrong, and on page 3 it talks about the Stanford Prison Experiment, on page 8 we hit the Chicago School of Economics, and before being halfway through the book there's Rawls' Theory of Justice.

The writing style is.. rather unique, and it doesn't feel like that is solely the case due to translation.
Also, there is an afterword by the author at the end, and its subtext feels like a threat, in the vein of "I won't kill the protagonist, but I will do things that will make you wish they were dead, because it would be a mercy."

It doesn't seem like things will get extremely heavy quite yet, or at the least won't reach their peak, judging by the covers of volumes that haven't yet been translated painting much grimmer depictions of the character, but I am at this weird juncture where I feel that I occasionally need to emotionally prepare myself to continue reading the next volume or next chapter, just in case.

[Anonymous No.13420936]

Only two chapters in so far. Very boomerish, but I think I'm about to get into the meat of it now. So far it's all be
>dude savings
>index funds
>muh bonds

[Anonymous No.13420975]

>>13416102
just at the bit where bloom and his buds are chilling in a pub with a mangy mutt

[Anonymous No.13420978]

>>13420936
throw that shit in the trash

[Anonymous No.13421018]

>>13417878
I read it last and it was still a relevant and interesting chapter.

[Anonymous No.13421117]

Sun and Steel. It's pretty dense but I'm understanding it easily. There is so much low-level assumption busting in the first 3 chapters. He seems to say as much in 100 pages as lesser writers struggle to communicate in 400. I already feel /fit/ calling me.

[Anonymous No.13421136]

>>13412383
You're going to want to steer clear of my diary, desu.

[Anonymous No.13421182]

>>13420978
I wanna read more finance books anyways. I don't mind, and its gotten good marks.

[Anonymous No.13421202]

>>13416090

I really liked the sound of this up to the point where I heard the author in an interview and she just seemed like a giant pseud. Theme is fun though.

[Anonymous No.13421218]

a man called ove for a local book group. it's cheesy but kinda nice. i like the guy
thomas mann short stories for my other book group, and they're great. technically i just have to read death in venice but i figure i should go through all the ones in the book i bought and they're so good. little herr friedmann is my favourite so far but i also love the one where the savonarola guy goes and yells at the guy selling the blasphemous painting of the virgin mary
can't wait for death in venice
and a new translation of beowulf which is very cool and kinda weird. it does the spacing in the middle of each line thing and it's something to get your head around. i keep wondering if i should be paying attention to it and putting a mental break in each sentence there or to just try and make it all flow through the lines

[Anonymous No.13421539]

>>13419435
One of my favourites. I wonder how well Sebald's kinda old-fashioned, flowing German translates into English.

[Anonymous No.13421560]

>>13420936
I recommend the intelligent investor and security analysis. Also "options as a strategic investment"

[Anonymous No.13421582]

Accelerando, 50% through, I absolutely love it, best cyberpunk sf book I ever touched
Reamde, 50%, good but kinda slow
Lost gods, same, but good story

[Anonymous No.13421584]

>>13421560
Thanks for the recs anon. I definitely wanna get better at options

[Anonymous No.13421600]

>>13411771
American Psycho. It's cool. I get the repetitiveness is important to the idea, but I'm hoping it picks up cause 150 pages so far of Bateman having lunch and dinner with various men and women is starting to get a bit old. I'm just past the first murder detailed to the reader.

[Anonymous No.13421606]

>>13421136