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Stack thread. What are we starting the New Years off boys?

>> No.14451014
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14451014

come at me

>> No.14451125

>>14451014
are you a woman?

>> No.14451143

>>14451014
post bobs

>> No.14451148

I got Montaigne's Essays and The Anatomy of Melancholy

>> No.14451156

>>14451014
I liked the Didion book. Very cathartic, just what I needed at the time.
How’s Carver?
Are you a woman?

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>> No.14451167

>>14451156
>>14451125
>>14451143
i am not a woman
i only read the first story in the carver (boxes) and it's typically great. he's one of the best for me

>> No.14451192

>>14450996
The Whitehead would be based if you weren’t memed into him from retards on here.

>>14451014
Cringe

>>14451148
Based.

>> No.14451205

>>14451014
Didion is based

>> No.14451232

>>14451167
Cool. I’ll look into him sometime. Never knew he was from Yakima.

>>14451192
The cringiest poster in the thread so far.

>> No.14451333

I am a chad e-reader

>> No.14451344
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>>14451344
I apologize for mobile posting

>> No.14451464

>Robert Walser - The Tanners
>Guido Morselli - The Communist
>Yu Hua - Brothers
>Stefan Zweig - The Post Office Girl
>Pynchon - Vineland
>Bolano - 2666
Currently reading Byung-Chul Han's "The Agony of Eros"

>> No.14451467

>>14451159
Pretty good except for getting the Penguin Ulysses. You'll be feeling the struggle after a little bit, you should have invested a bit more for a hardcover

>> No.14451544

Does /lit/ really like penguin that much? I prefer the oxfords and only get penguin as a last resort

>> No.14451858

>>14451544
Penguin is fine

>> No.14451862

>>14451544
it's pretty autistic to buy a book specifically for the publisher

>> No.14451900

>>14451167
are you a tranny owo?

>> No.14451912

If I love Austrian literature and Musil how much will I like Broch?

>> No.14451951

>>14451912
A lot

>> No.14451955

>>14451544
I google around for the best translation and that's certainly more frequently Oxford than Penguin but not always, and for anything written in English I always just get the cheapest.

>> No.14451970

>>14451951

Broch and Sleepwalkers seem very much like Musil and The Man Without Qualities so I'll definitely enjoy them.

>> No.14451981

>>14451970
Which other Austrians do you like?

>> No.14451988

>>14451981

Musil, Kubin, Winkler, etc.

>> No.14451997
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Got all this testerday. What do?

>> No.14452008

>>14451997

All I have by Balzac is Lost Illusions, I'm already loving Zola and his theme of hereditary and coincidences but I have fuck all clue where to start with Balzac despite him having a huge canon.

>> No.14452018

>>14451900
i am not
although i have dabbled in crossdressing

>> No.14452040

>>14452008
I guess i'll just read his books as I get them and reread if needed

>> No.14452042

>>14451997
read

>> No.14452045
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Still waiting for one or two to arrive, but this is the haul so far.

>> No.14452057

>>14452045
Probably going to start with dune

>> No.14452063

>>14452042
Any recommended order?

>> No.14452082

>>14452063
not that other guy, but candide was easy and fast to read. It's weird, but pretty quick.

>> No.14452201

>>14452063
same anon. I would start with Kafka, tolstoy and Doestoevsky because I like them.

>> No.14452257

>>14451156
faggot

>> No.14452401

>>14452063
Just pick up and read any of them bro

>> No.14452559

i love stack threads :) have fun reading everyone

>> No.14452600

>>14452559
They really are great threads aren't they?

I'm in too deep anons. I got into literature this year and just bought books upon books upon books. I have like... 30 books lined up to read.

I'd go to a local goodwill or bargin bin place and purge their book sections for anything I had a slight interest to read. Now I'm swimming in books and could realistically be set for the next year entirely.

I'm a slow reader too. I don't mean my literal speed. I'm actually above average wpm, but I find it incredibly hard to sit and read for more than... 2 hours at a time? I've tried too add reading into my daily routines. Usually while I'm working out on my down time I'll read a little bit. Though I'm still slower than I'd like to be.

My most recent stack was:
>Count of Monte Cristo
>For Whom The Bell Tolls
>Cannery Row
>Snow Falling of Cedars

That's just the most recent stack. I legitimately have like.. 25 books just waiting to be read. Fucking help.

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>> No.14452694

>>14451997
Anon por favor compra y lee buenas traducciones. Lo único funcional que tienes es los cuentos de Poe.

>> No.14452708

>>14452559
Kek

>> No.14452726

>>14452694
Puedo leer en inglés, italiano, francés y ruso pero no consigo libros de otros idiomas en mi país y las traducciones buenas son muy caras para mí. La mayor parte de mi biblioteca es de autores hispanohablantes porque onions consciente del problema de las traducciones pero no quiero perderme de las buenas obras así sean traducciones mediocres. Si logro conseguirlos en el idioma original no dudaría en regalarlos.

>> No.14452738

>>14451997
Stare at them like you always do

>> No.14453067

>>14450996
Patrick White is a beast

>> No.14453072

>>14450996
>under the volcano
based. i really want to get into lowry soon

>> No.14453078

>>14451014
>night boat to tangier
with some jordans and a spear?

>> No.14453083

>>14452045
based

>> No.14453084

>Under Western Eyes
>Twilight of the Idols
>Speedboat
>Hunger
>Notes from the Underground
>Tropic of Cancer
>The Names
In something like this order, I'm not really sure actually

>> No.14453439

>>14450996
Awesome stack my nigga

>> No.14453441

>>14450996
>Voss
nice

>> No.14453727

Bump

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>>14450996
>I used to be a stack thread whore
>But then I bought a Kindle
>And now I'm actually reading books again instead of just contriving piles of books to post in stack threads
Actually feels pretty good bros!

>> No.14453766

>>14453078
catch a jpeg to the head

>> No.14453772

>>14453758
>bought a kindle
>stopped reading entirely
Feeling good bros!

>> No.14453785

>>14451997
I just finished reading Illusions perdues. Man, this is god tier. Balzac is so good

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>> No.14454933

>>14454882
that Steven King looking cover on Machiavelli is triggering me a bit.

>> No.14455317
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Been going through these.

>> No.14455420

>>14450996
>no Guénon
0/10

>> No.14455454

>>14452726
prueba IberLibro.com

>> No.14455627

>>14451014
if you are into cooking check out Beard on Food

>> No.14455970

>>14452627
you ok bud?

>> No.14456012

>>14455317
>none on /lit/'s top 100
it's clear you actually read books so get the fuck out

>> No.14456021

>>14452627
what keyboard is that? also call a suicide hotline for your own sake

>> No.14456026

>>14450996
Under the vulcano is 10/10

>> No.14456612

Bump

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>>14450996

>> No.14456704

>>14455420
based

>> No.14456716

>>14451997
Please don't tell me that you understand English but bought a Spanish translation for Poe.

>> No.14456727

>>14456686
Based

>> No.14456809

>>14456716
hey diphthong, you do realize that two years before Poe started on his Complete Works he had a stroke which left him able to speak and write only in Portuguese. do your homework before criticizing others.

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>> No.14456855

>>14451997
Cringe.

>>14452045
Cringe

>>14452627
Cringe

>>14454882
Based

>>14455317
Cringe

>>14456686
Half based, half cringe

>>14456820
Cringe

>> No.14456882

>>14451344
eastern philosophy and drug smuggling bit of an odd combo guy

>> No.14456888

>>14456882
Those two go together like lint in a belly button.

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>>14456855

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>> No.14457011

>>14456952
Mysticism? Kierkegaard?

Where’s the Buber?

>> No.14457019

>>14456890
Cringe.

>> No.14457071

>>14450996
>Under the volcano

Patrician choice anon. One of the best novels of the 20th century

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>> No.14457829

>>14456952
A catholic mystic?

>> No.14457860

Do you read multiple books at once or one at a time?

>> No.14457880

>>14457860
One at a time. Or maybe with a volume of short stories since they're not too disruptive to the flow, but normally just one at a time.

>> No.14458040

>>14457860
one

>> No.14458153

Reading Beowulf in Moden English then when my copy of baker’s old English comes in I’ll read it in old English

>> No.14458162
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>>14458153
Forgot the books

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Reading through Sebald and O'Brien right now. Found this replica 1828 Webster dictionary at a book sale for $20 yesterday—a steal.

>> No.14458544

>>14456855
you are a faggot

>> No.14458569

>>14450996
Cool
>>14451014
Horrible
>>14451159
Decent
>>14451355
Decent
>>14451997
Good
>>14454882
Good
>>14456952
Decent
>>14457156
Good
>>14458221
Good

>> No.14458579

>>14457829
The best kind
>>14457011
Buber?

>> No.14458767

>>14457156
Hope you enjoy Gormenghast, it is a treat.

>> No.14458779

>>14458579
I and Thou, my friend.

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Finally put my stack together. I had to dig JAHB out of the back of my book pile

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Finally put my stack together. I had to dig JAHB out of the back of my book pile.

>> No.14459741

>>14458544
Cringe.

>> No.14459810

>>14451981
Hitler

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Almost finished Extinction

Not pictured: Knut Hamsun - On Overgrown Paths & MFK Fisher - The Art of Eating

>> No.14460063

>>14456820
did you have to put the fattest book on top? KEK

>> No.14460591

Bump

>> No.14461005

I don't get these threads, why would you have a few books just laying around in a neet stack? I have a few on my bookshelf but that's it.

>> No.14461050

>>14461005
The purpose of the stack is to show which books you are currently reading or plan to read in the immediate future

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This is my main stack, there are some other books I'd like to read this winter but this are the ones I hope I do read them before getting back to uni.

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Not necessary what I'm going to be reading next, but what I got in the Folio sale.

>> No.14462325

>>14461543
by any chance, are you chilean?

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>>14456855
>Look guys I did it, I called everyone cringe

>> No.14462339

>>14450996
I cannot think of or comprehend anything more quintessentially Reddit than "posting stacks".

>> No.14462741

>>14456820
Literally stop buying individual stories like The Overcoat in shitty editions or tiny novellas like The Kreutzer Sonata when you can find them in collected editions with stories equally as good or better

>> No.14462909
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I only buy manga on paper. Everything else I either read as eBook or listen to in audiobook form.

>> No.14462925

>>14462909
>I only buy manga on paper.
Even the Japanese don't do that anymore.

>> No.14463059

>>14456855
>>14456686
3/4's based*

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The rest of my "stack" is in my kindle

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>>14450996
>>14451014
>>14451159
>>14451344
>>14451997
>>14452045
>>14452627
>>14454882
>>14455317
>>14456686
>>14456820
>>14456952
>>14457156
>>14458162
>>14458221
>>14459727
>>14459867
>>14461543
>>14462247
>>14463087
gl hf

>> No.14463150

>>14462909
Gigachad

>> No.14463180

>>14462909
>>14463150
samefag

>> No.14463772
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Recently finished stack. On to Lolita.

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>>14450996
I am ready, the goal is to read 24 books this year, I'll probably get the other 12 from this thread...or take recommendations for 12 more.

>> No.14463968

>>14463772
Why am i only finding copies of sun&steel for 80-200$???
Is this the normal price?

>> No.14463989

>>14463968
80-400$*
With most of them being in the upper price range.

>> No.14464013

my latest orders on Amazon haven't arrived yet, so no picture, but please judge and/or bully me anyway
Ducks, Newburyport
Foucault's Pendulum
Metamorphoses
>>14463915
>Odyssey, B&N ed, tr. by Palmer
what the fuck is wrong with you
good stack otherwise
>>14463087
>Céline in French
basé
>other books not from France in French
not basé, possible even cringe
>>14462909
>those specific manga
fucking awful taste
>in Japanese
ベイスト
>>14462247
>tacky leatherbacks
ishygddt
>>14461543
>Proust in Spanish
what in the actual fuck

>> No.14464053

>>14451232
shut the fuck up you fucking cunt.
fucking pleb.

>> No.14464061

>>14463968
Are you retarded?

>> No.14464066

>>14464013
Oh no, i see what i accidentally did there...guess im going to buy a new copy of the Oddessy.

>> No.14464084

>>14464061
No, but I'm new to /lit/ And a normie.

>> No.14464108

>>14463915
>abridged gulag archipelago
Boo. You might also read Ivan Denisovich (also by Solzhenitsyn).
If you like BNW at all, or at least some of its themes (I personally didn't care for the actual narrative but I digress), maybe try "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It's the blueprint for the big 4-5 dystopian future novels and I personally feel like it's the best of all of them.

>> No.14464266

>>14462325
No, i'm mexican

>> No.14464310

>>14463968
It's out of print.

>> No.14464770

>>14462247
I ordered the Complete Shorter Fiction of Herman Melville and In Parenthesis.

Ouch, should have ordered the Middle Parts of Fortune for that cheap ass price.

>> No.14464794

>>14464013
Sans Famille is from France

>> No.14464859

>>14464794
>ignoring every other non-French author in the stack
cherry picking as usual I see

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>>14450996
R8 my shelf

>> No.14464888

>>14464883
>tom bombadil
based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRVIVJjuaHE

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My stack is not that impressive at the moment. Just a bunch of novels that've been on my list, along with some non-fiction books, mostly to make me better at my job. But I also find it interesting so doesn't bother me too much.

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>>14465024
is this bait

>> No.14465121

>>14465024
ALMOST fell for this
good effort

>> No.14465147

>>14451333
Based. Not gonna pay the publishing jew.

>> No.14465574

>>14464013
>>tacky leatherbacks

Not one of them is leather. Most of buckram, Heart of Darkness is cloth.

>> No.14465634

>>14463968
Just get it from your library and scan it?

>> No.14465640

>>14462925
Ye, if they buy them at all. Most of the time they will just stand in the shop and read them there.