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[Anonymous No.15167695]

whatcha reading lit?

[Anonymous No.15167960]

bump

[Anonymous No.15167989]

>>15167695
Started Madame Bovary, some top tier shit.

[Anonymous No.15168030]

[Anonymous No.15168670]

Kinda knew to /lit

[Anonymous No.15168697]

reading killer angels for class, battle of spain for leisure

I was reading Blood Meridian but stopped in the middle, got too bored

I plan on buying a bible and reading it too, I know the gist of it but never gave it a proper reading

[Anonymous No.15168707]

Pentti Linkola on the kindle up next. Been meaning to read him and my maye loves the guy so once he died it's all he will will talk about.

[Anonymous No.15168720]

>>15168697
>got too bored
Finish it. It is worth the journey.

[Anonymous No.15168738]

>>15168697
OP here, do people actually read the bible front to back? i grew up in catholic schools so I'm pretty familiar with the lot of it. i keep it on hand mostly to do daily readings and thumb through whenever i have a few spare moments. i can't imagine what it would be like to just go from start to finish.

[Anonymous No.15168779]

Just finished the 2 Mishimas and The Pelopencian War. All come highly rec'd.
Haven't finished Blueing and Browning but read what I needed for my projects.
1/4 of the way through CoC and HOLY FUCK.

[Anonymous No.15168827]

>>15168738
Nah I'm not going to do that, I'm just going to read select books from the OT like ecclesiastes and probably read all of thw NT

[Anonymous No.15169189]

>>15168697
I am about a third through Blood Meridian but am near dropping it as well, haven't picked it up in weeks. Just finished Ben Lerner's new novel, starting Moby Dick tonight.

[Anonymous No.15169248]

>>15168738
When I was younger I read the Old Testament front to back. Pretty worthwhile, though certain genealogical sections are pretty mind-numbing.

[Anonymous No.15169281]

>>15167695
Just started them last night. Good stuff.

[Anonymous No.15169353]

I'm almost done with my Wyndham Lewis collection, just got a few more left.
Oh and After virtue is wonderful, almost done with it in 3 days.

[Anonymous No.15169369]

>>15168779
No memes, coc is nice.
Read ordeal of civility though, it's even better.

[Anonymous No.15170227]

~300 pages left in 1Q84 and can't wait for it to be over. Started book on Mao to mix it up. If you ever wondered why the Chinese are so shit I recommend this book.

>>15167695
Looking forward to East of Eden too. Only Steinbeck experience I have is pretending to read Grapes of Wrath for school

>>15168670
Psalms & Proverbs is all you need

[Anonymous No.15170294]

>last
A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul
>current
Loving by Henry Green
>next
Hell in a Very Small Place by Bernard Fall

[Anonymous No.15170341]

>>15168697
We share the same edition of the brothers karamazov

[Anonymous No.15170367]

>>15168030
Based germanbro

About to finish with Caesar. Comfy read.

[Anonymous No.15170387]

>>15170367
Is it worth the price? I've been hovering over the buy button for months now

[Anonymous No.15170427]

>>15170387
100%
The insane amount of notes and maps truly immerses you into their world. Feels like watching a movie.

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[Anonymous No.15170497]

>>15168670
10/10

[Anonymous No.15170522]

>>15170367
The Third Reich is one of Bolanos most underrated

[Anonymous No.15170597]

just started this. what am i in for?

[Anonymous No.15170612]

>>15170597
a little bit of crime, a whole lotta punishment

[Anonymous No.15170614]

>>15170522
Yeah, I've started the beginning and I love the theme of the slow descent into madness via diary entries.

[Anonymous No.15170634]

>>15170597
some anon in another thread said that P&V translation is shite
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/gary-morson/the-pevearsion-of-russian-literature/

nevertheless Crime and Punishment is great, you're in for a riveting study into the psychology of a guilty murderer

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[Anonymous No.15170644]

>>15170227
East of Eden is beautiful.

[Anonymous No.15170648]

Just started V. today

[Anonymous No.15170657]

>>15167695
Mann was only recently added to my 70 book backlog, but I’m tempted to move him up the list.

[Anonymous No.15170662]

>>15170648
how are you finding it? i’ve only read Inherent Vice and want to work my way into Gravity’s Rainbow.

[Anonymous No.15170663]

>>15170657
Definitely do, he is fantastic

[Anonymous No.15170664]

>>15170648
tell me about the makioka sisters

[Anonymous No.15170691]

>>15170634
oh shit. which translation do you recommend?

[Anonymous No.15170697]

>>15170662
Only 30 pages in so far but I'm enjoying it. Much easier than Gravity's Rainbow, that's for sure.
>>15170664
I haven't started it, I just finished my last "stack" so everything in this one is currently unread.

[Anonymous No.15170707]

I’m reading Infinite Jest and I like it but it’s so slow and disjointed right now. I’m about 150 pages in. Should I give up and try again another time or keep going

[Anonymous No.15170710]

>>15170635
Based. Drinking beer and reading Homer.

[Anonymous No.15170714]

>>15170710
the beer is for Don Quixote. It’s truly a funny, funny book.

[Anonymous No.15170721]

>>15170714
That's the spirit

[Anonymous No.15170734]

>>15170648
>>15167695
>>15168670
>>15168030
>>15170367
nice stax

[Anonymous No.15171076]

>>15170634
if it's your first time reading the novel don't worry about the translation. P&V do a good enough job imo. read a different translation on your second read through

[Anonymous No.15171086]

>>15167695
KILLING HOPE by William Blum and
THE ILIAD by Homer
Also TECHNOLOGICAL SLAVERY by Teddy K but kind of sporadically

[Anonymous No.15171101]

>>15171076
I had no issue with the P&V translation. sought it out for BK after reading C&P, actually

[Anonymous No.15171128]

[Anonymous No.15171129]

>>15171101
though, of course, I also read the P&V Master and Margarita and DID NOT mike the book. it could be my lack of historical context, my pettiness, which made me consider all the good parts mere knock-offs of Faust (besides Behemoth’s dialogue), or that I’m just dense.

[Anonymous No.15171132]

>>15170227
>If you ever wondered why the Chinese are so shit I recommend this book.
I read somewhere that chinese are extremely brainwashed and still believe most of the lies mao originally inaugurated

[Anonymous No.15171141]

>>15171128
not one paperback on your shelf that looks like it’s been read.

[Anonymous No.15171177]

>>15171101
Funny I did the same thing. Although I also read a nonstandard translation of The Idiot a year earlier which nearly scared me off of Dostoevsky.

[Anonymous No.15171200]

>>15171141
Every book on my shelf is read, the ones I haven't I put somewhere else first. I'm just careful handling them.

[Anonymous No.15171233]

Reading Huysmans just feels so right. Instant favourite. Finding D’Aurevilly’s novels in English was a pain.
>>15169281
>Confessions
Nice. One of the best things I’ve read, and in need of a reread.

[Anonymous No.15171266]

>>15171233
You've got me bewitched cause I'm under your spell
You must be a witch cause I'm living in hell

[Anonymous No.15171332]

>>15171132
Like you wouldn't believe. I lived in Beijing for two years, came back August last year, and his picture is still in the forbidden city, most shops, and even on street vender's carts. He killed around 40 million citizens in 4 years and he's still considered a hero. Even people who are highly intelligent that I respect immensely believe so. The sheer amount and power of the propaganda is astounding. (not saying that the US propaganda isn't equally as bad)

[Anonymous No.15171352]

>>15167695

[Anonymous No.15171359]

>>15171128
Some heavy reading but damn do they look good
>>15171233
>à rebours
based

[Anonymous No.15171372]

i’m reading this too - it’s one of my favorite books! isn’t it excellent? the way steinbeck uses color in his descriptions of nature is fucking gorgeous. this book is a treat to read.

[Anonymous No.15171752]

>>15169353
Nice. Greek tragedies.
>>15171372
Very pretty cover. I enjoyed Mice and Men until things got heavy in the end. Is this comfy all the way through or does it become a buzzkill too?

[Anonymous No.15172122]

>>15171752
it’s sad as hell but very comfy and beautifully written. one of those books where you read it and love it and when you pick it up 8 years later to have another go at it, it feels like coming home.

[Anonymous No.15172337]

>>15171372
How do you rate Steinbeck with the other famous 20th century Americans?

[Anonymous No.15172409]

>>15172337
he’s up there with faulkner for me, honestly—probably my top two most favorites although that era generally speaks to me. i find myself getting lost in those vivid and rich natural landscapes, y’know? there’s something really special about his prose that makes my imagination go wild.

[Anonymous No.15172455]

mini stax

>>15171128
hello houellebecq fren

>>15169353
how's macintyre anon? he's been in my backlog for forever now

[Anonymous No.15172514]

>>15167695
literally thought that was my pic for a second because ive got that same bible. youve got good taste. readin 2666 right now.

[Anonymous No.15172559]

>>15167695
Nietzsches collected works

[Anonymous No.15172584]

>>15168697
>Beevor

oh no no no

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[Anonymous No.15172845]

>>15172584
What is wrong with Beevor?

[Anonymous No.15172858]

>>15171128
>insel

hmm

[Anonymous No.15172864]

ulysses
teachings of don juan
maximum immunity

[Anonymous No.15173342]

>>15167695

[Anonymous No.15173369]

My stacks aren't arriving for a month. Thanks, Amazon.

[Anonymous No.15173405]

>>15173369
Where are you from?
Here in Germany I've had no problems ordering stuff on Amazon. It was all delivered as usual.

[Anonymous No.15173434]

>>15172455
not that anon but I recently read after virtue and it was excellent, definitely read it asap

[Anonymous No.15173458]

>>15173405
Canada. First week of national shutdown didn't change anything, I ordered five books on the first day and got them right away. Ordered 6 more a week later (April 1) and just two days ago I got the email that they've finally shipped. Ordered some more today and the shipping time is just as bad as it was then. The April 1st order should be arriving in a day or two, though, which is good, because I just finished the fifth and final book from my initial order.

[Anonymous No.15173476]

current to be read for this year
going through family chronicle and family related books
like seeing all the East of Eden in this thread, finished that one a few months ago
it's the kind of book that I just want people to read, don't even need to talk about it with you, but people need to read it

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>>15170648
turn up the light in ur room reading in the dark is bad for ur eyes

[Anonymous No.15173696]

>>15171233
Huysmans is such a pleasure to read. Definitely go for La Bas next.

[Anonymous No.15173724]

Corona stack

[Anonymous No.15173857]

>>15170635
Guinness is the best beer ever made

[Anonymous No.15174707]

[Anonymous No.15174728]

>>15174707
dangerously based

[Anonymous No.15174729]

Been reading really slow recently cause quarantine making me have 15 hours of work a day but I'm trying to get through these

[Anonymous No.15174747]

>>15174729
How's In Cold Blood and Thus Spoke Zarathustra? Are you enjoying them or are they treating you hard?

[Anonymous No.15174803]

>>15174747
In cold blood is good and engaging but definitely not a difficult book. Zarathustra was part of my curriculum for my phil class a few months ago but I kinda just skimmed it then. Some of the sermons are amazing and legit make me feel really exited (not sexually) but there is definitely some parts that drag. Sometimes I spend like 45 minutes on a 2 page sermon cause they can be difficult to understand.

[Anonymous No.15174806]

>>15167695
I've only started reading books.
plan is to read 20 this year.

[Anonymous No.15174815]

>>15174747
not him but In Cold Blood is fantastic. the way it's told is really engaging vs a simple account of the events. really lets you get into the mindset of all involved.

[Anonymous No.15174951]

>>15173696
>La Bas
Will do. Already planned to go through the Durtal tetralogy.

[Anonymous No.15175150]

>>15174806
Fuck Kids-Arthra
The Peen Startup
12 Rules For Kikes
>>15174815
Rip my girl Nancy

[Anonymous No.15175185]

Going downwards. Just randomly going through my unreads. Gonna drop like 50 bucks at the used bookstore once it opens up again

[Anonymous No.15175212]

>>15175185
Fucking Hoes
Tragic Sense of Kikes

[Anonymous No.15175295]

>>15174806
I envy you, there'll be so many great books you can read for the first time! Although I dont think jordan peterson is one of those

[Anonymous No.15175719]

>>15172455
Same anon, he got me heavily interested into Aristotle.
He destroys that conservative individualism so common today. Takes shots at Nietzsche, Weber, Sartre.
Very good book.

[Anonymous No.15175818]

Why the fuck nobody reading real books?

this post was made by theory gang

[Anonymous No.15175899]

Current:

Roger Bacon - Opus Majus
Anatol Rapoport - Conflict in Man-Made Society
Nicole Oresme's De Moneta and English Mint Documents
Jeremy Bentham - Economic Writings (Manual of Political Economy)
Aristotle - Sophistical Elenchii

After:
Thomas Bradwardine - Speculative Geometry
Jacob Marschak - Economics, information, decision, and prediction
Nicolaus Copernicus - Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Porphyry - Introduction to Aristotle's Categories

[Anonymous No.15175912]

>>15175899
I forgot to add John Stuart Mill's A System of Logic to 'after' :3

[Anonymous No.15176103]

>>15175818
O Gaysexbro
Die Guysgrossandpoppers
Infinite Sex
A gayoria Do Brohands
Interrogaybro o real and so on
Ferdidman De Basedfurry
Progaymas De Gaynegro
Das Faggyball

[Anonymous No.15176153]

>>15176103

[Anonymous No.15176559]

Looking for recommendations of non-fiction that deals with the study of myths.

[Anonymous No.15176843]

>>15176559
The Marriage of Gaymus and Whoremoney
Roberts Gay But Eats Tits
The Manymorepenis
Faggyball

[Anonymous No.15176856]

>>15176559
>>15176559
The Marriage of Gaymus and Whoremoney
Roberts Gay But Eats Tits
The Manymorepenis
Faggyball

[Anonymous No.15178192]

Put together a stack for the quarantine.

[Anonymous No.15178221]

>>15168707
>Linkola
>on the kindle

Sincerely hope this is a joke

[Anonymous No.15178258]

>>15174806
good for you. anon!!! don't listen to any of those replies, you can read whatever you caught your attention as a starter! probably your taste will develop into other themes!

[Anonymous No.15178316]

The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists by Naomi Klein

[Anonymous No.15178318]

>>15176843
Coomer identified

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[Anonymous No.15178809]

>>15178660
very based.

[Anonymous No.15179426]

>>15168670
>not using an adblocker
sad!

[Anonymous No.15180420]

r8

[Anonymous No.15180524]

>>15170597
Lots of twists and turns. Paranoia. Blame. Madness. Poverty. Honour.

[Anonymous No.15180532]

>>15170707
Just about to get good

[Anonymous No.15181188]

Started browsing /lit/ a couple of months ago
Picked up some Marxist/Leftist literature

Finished the Manifesto
Currently 1/3 of the way through Anti-Dühring
Dropped the Conquest of Bread and Capitalist Realism because of I was busy at the time
I want to get a better grasp of Marxism before I move onto Lenin

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[Anonymous No.15181220]

I don't know what the fuck am I doing in university studying IT and economics.
Ever since I got out of the military in 2013 I've just wanted to get back.

[Anonymous No.15181239]

>>15181220
The top one is LOTR. I tried to read it as a teenager but expected wrong things.

Pretty obvious how but you really need to take it as a dreamy travel journal through an ending world in order to appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.15181288]

>>15174806
Imagine reading self-help from a money-hungry benzo addict..
Go buy one of his $2000 persian rugs while you're at it idiot

[Anonymous No.15182247]

>>15181197
anybody know how this pic became spammed in every shelf/stack thread? what's the story

[Anonymous No.15182330]

>>15182247
memes

[Anonymous No.15182343]

>>15180420
>translated Chaucer

be a real man, anon

[Anonymous No.15182557]

>>15173434
not anon either but after virtue is really really good.