Stack thread

[Anonymous No.15831990]

Post em.

This is all the books I've read during 2020, the two on the top I'm reading right now, the Leviathan I gave up on for the time being and the one without a name is Dostoyevskis short stories

[Anonymous No.15832011]

>>15831990
based

[Anonymous No.15832036]

>>15831990
That's a nice stack, ngl. A bit too dark for a nice pandemic such as this one. Might want to get something comical on your shopping list, like, I dunno, Kafka, or something.

[Anonymous No.15832044]

>>15831990
How’s the Wordsworth Leviathan? Should I buy it over the Penguin version?

[Anonymous No.15832148]

>>15832044
I don't know about the penguin version but that's decent, sometimes it maybe even explains too much on the more simple terms but overall readable

[Anonymous No.15832209]

Worst threads on lit. Vain posturing and absolutely 0 substance

[Anonymous No.15832243]

>>15831990
what is Dosto's best shorty?

[Anonymous No.15832331]

>>15831990
Nice stack anon. What was the best Camus book?

[Anonymous No.15832357]

>>15831990
i liked diary of a mad old man

[Anonymous No.15832362]

>>15832209
this
these threads are 98% /lit/-meme books

>seven months into 2020
>OP has only read 18 books, half of which are thin as fuck and highschool-level material
>mfw thickest one is only 592 pgs and Hobbes

[Anonymous No.15832366]

>>15832362
not OP, but post yours, then

[Anonymous No.15832409]

>>15832366
not including one on Hoover, Andrew Johnson’s shit presidency, McCullough’s ‘Truman’ and one on Freddy Douglass
all as of mid-March

[Anonymous No.15832437]

>>15832331
The fall

[Anonymous No.15832446]

>>15832409
surprised that you delivered. cool. mostly non-fic. are you studying history for fun? have you found anything interesting?

[Anonymous No.15832472]

im a artist

[Anonymous No.15832485]

>>15832209
These threads are the only thread I look at. I want validation from a bunch of retards I'll never meet because none of my friends read anything.

[Anonymous No.15832506]

>>15832437
>are you studying history for fun?
Yes and no. I have a bachelors in history but work in the food industry (not McDonalds) so it's as much a hobby as plan-B should I ever want to rely on it
Trying to make my way through every presidency post-Lincoln and found, not surprisingly, that the narrative of highschool never did any of them any justice. Hoover has probably been the most interesting so far, dude was socially inept as fuck and just wanted to do his best.
Starting Robert Caro's multi-volume work on LBJ after Ike, pic related

[Anonymous No.15832524]

>>15831990
Based dover thrift

[Anonymous No.15832535]

>>15832409
I have a feeling you don't remember much from most of those books.

[Anonymous No.15832570]

>>15832535
>questioning my reading comprehension

[Anonymous No.15832580]

>>15832506
do you know something about Hoover's tax policy?

[Anonymous No.15832650]

>>15832580
Yea, that he had a pretty shoddy record but considering he basically inherited the Depression from Coolidge I think he deserves to be cut some slack.

>"cut" top tax rate by 1% only to raise it back to 25 a year later
>vetoed direct-aid measures because "muh laissez-faire"
>stuck to a balanced budget mindset even as things started spiraling out of control
>tried a 63% top-rate to save the budget but it only made things worse
>gave 2 billion to offset bank failures despite not wanted to use direct-aid measures
>wouldn't call for a bank holiday without Roosevelt and destroyed his legacy only for Roosevelt to do it immediately upon taking office
>mfw Roosevelt tried the same "save the budget" measures and caused the 1938-9 recession

[Anonymous No.15832721]

Since there aren't really suggestion threads here can anyone tell me if I'm allowed to read Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind or will I get made fun of?

[Anonymous No.15832726]

>>15832650
thanks anon, gave me a hearty kek

[Anonymous No.15832737]

>>15832721
the latter

[Anonymous No.15832752]

>>15832721
I would rather make fun of you for caring about peoples’ judgement of your taste than for your taste itself, you insecure, pea-brained faglord.

[Anonymous No.15833578]

[Anonymous No.15833609]

i love japanese literature

[Anonymous No.15833647]

>>15832472
you aren't luuk

[Anonymous No.15833661]

>>15832721
I remember you from another thread. I see you went and bought it after all.

[Anonymous No.15833673]

>>15831990

Why have you interspersed the Nietzsche books between everything lmao. It just seems like a really odd thing to do.

[Anonymous No.15833845]

Been reading the book of Disquiet ongoing for the past three months, almost done with the Makioka sisters, and I read a smaller book, this time the book of Tea, on the train ride to and from university. No I haven't given up the practice during quarantine, I just read them now before breakfast.

[Anonymous No.15833935]

>>15832472
How is Serotonin? Is it a good addition to his bibliography? Should I read it?

[Anonymous No.15833947]

>>15833578
I really enjoyed the first half of Fragments of an Unknown Teaching.

>>15831990
Good beginner stack, except Norwegian Wood is the odd one out.

[Anonymous No.15834292]

Rate my virtual stack

[Anonymous No.15834616]

>>15834292
saved & really based. How was Haunted by Chaos?

[Anonymous No.15834630]

>>15832409
>muh dad history
oh brother

[Anonymous No.15834662]

>>15834616
It was my first intro to Chinese politics and it’s a great read. It starts from the civil war up to modern China with Xi. That’s what I was interested in. Doesnt talk before the civil war period, you will need another book for this

[Anonymous No.15834812]

>>15834662
Thanks I was also a bit interested in new-age Chinese politics will look into that book. Love to see others reading "Modernising Money", overall some of the best read books I have seen keep it up.

I would also suggest "The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities" I belive you would like it..

[Anonymous No.15834959]

[Anonymous No.15835001]

>>15832362
>responds to post saying "0 substance" as true
>Proceeds to judge books by their page count
found the pseud

[Anonymous No.15835007]

>>15832409
>>15835001
also
>reads history

[Anonymous No.15835024]

>>15831990
this shit is long its taking me a while

[Anonymous No.15835282]

Books that I finished during the lock down.

Not shown: Sense & Sensibility and VSI to Locke, Hegel, and Rousseau

[Anonymous No.15835399]

>>15834959
How are you liking "Ghosts of My Life?" I'm reading those essays right now as well. I really enjoy Fisher's scathing take on post-fordist pop culture, but i can't read too much of it at once because, as he's basically correct, the book is really depressing.

[Anonymous No.15835449]

>>15835282
>>15835024

now these are real stacks

[Anonymous No.15835828]

>>15835399
it was really good. couldn't access a solid chunk of it because i didn't know the music and movies he referenced, but he's great at picking out the best bits of other writers, like the non-place and the slow cancellation of the future and applying it to his autistic worldview. and really enjoyied digging into the caretaker's music thanks to his part about him

read retromania next. it's a more concrete and all encompassing look at the subject of cultural stagnation in art

[Anonymous No.15835987]

>>15834959
>Elkin, Austen, and Fisher
Based stack

[Anonymous No.15836072]

>>15834292
how was war in space?

[Anonymous No.15836091]

>>15831990
excuse me op, but how the fuck is that edition of Stirner so god damned thin? Does it use like a 6pt font or something?

[Anonymous No.15836166]

>>15831990
>no Parerga and Paralipomena 2 vols tras. by EFJ Payne.
KYS faggot

[Anonymous No.15836188]

[Anonymous No.15836192]

>>15835007
holy fuck you god damn absolute retard. you're seriously being condescending to someone for reading history? that's the most pitifully reprehensible and inexcusable judgement I've ever heard in my life. seriously commit suicide with no hesitation. you're an absolute waste of space and energy.

[Anonymous No.15836200]

>>15836188
>mark manson
midwit

[Anonymous No.15836204]

>>15835001
lmao imagine being this much of an insufferable faggot

[Anonymous No.15836238]

>>15834292
Do you only read lefty garbage?

[Anonymous No.15836285]

>>15835282
How was the "ape who understood the universe?"

[Anonymous No.15836345]

>>15834292
neo lib trash

[Anonymous No.15836368]

>>15832044
The Broadview edition of Leviathan is good if you can find it

[Anonymous No.15836427]

>>15836238
>>15836345
fags. trying leaving your bubble and not being a moron

[Anonymous No.15837185]

>>15836285
The first part is good, but isn't really anything new. It basically just reiterates a lot of the same points that have been made in a lot of other recent evo psych books, but it's a good summary and it's helpful because it provides an update on what has held up over the past few years. I especially appreciated the info on evolutionary biology because I don't really follow that closely.

The second part takes the evo psych stuff from the first part and applies it to the meme theory of culture. Culture adapts to our evolved nature and we adapt it, basically. Stuff that gels with us ends up sticking around and spreading in a process that is analogous to natural selection. This is the new and insightful stuff imo. It's quick, enjoyable, and innovate. Recommended

[Anonymous No.15837238]

>>15831990
nice stack dude

>>15832409
nice

>>15836188
F A G G O T
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[Anonymous No.15837247]

>>15836188
faggot stack alert

[Anonymous No.15837270]

>>15836192
only pseud old men with war boners read history books

[Anonymous No.15837294]

>>15836188
You actually paid money for these?

[Anonymous No.15837381]

>>15836188
when you are going to stop posting these? You have already posted these books a million times. Get some new meme material.

[Anonymous No.15837427]

>>15831990

[Anonymous No.15837468]

>>15836200
>>15837238
>>15837247
>>15837294
>>15837381
What are you all so triggered about?

[Anonymous No.15837485]

>>15837468
Meme books for teenage incels

[pls r8 No.15837502]

>>15831990
Not a stack, but here you go.

[Anonymous No.15837512]

>>15837502
Good. You seem to have a fascination for fantasy and mythology.

[Anonymous No.15837522]

>>15837485
>Hmm, what would /lit/ say?
>*Says what he thinks /lit/ would say*
>Hey I think I'm finally fitting in somewhere :)

[Anonymous No.15837548]

>>15837502
>3 Hobbits

[Anonymous No.15837681]

>>15837502
>1984
i've noticed that most anons' copies of 1984 are much thicker than my copy. is it the font size? my copy is a paperback version

[Anonymous No.15837690]

>>15837681
It's a used, mass market hardback copy. It's beat up but looks nice on my shelf.

[Anonymous No.15837698]

>>15837690
it's in much better condition than my copy. i bought it at a yard sale for $0.50. It's literally held together with 2 layers of scotch-tape, and the first half of the book's pages are bent as fuck on the ears.

[Anonymous No.15837713]

>>15837698
:( poor book

[Anonymous No.15837782]

not sure what a stack implies but this is what I'm currently reading. Just started on Neuromancer and plan on reading a little bit more before bed.

[Anonymous No.15837797]

>>15835024
>musashi by e. y.
still one of my favorites

[Anonymous No.15837799]

help me please which one should I start with? I'm leaning towards Solaris or Absalom! Absalom!

[Anonymous No.15837862]

>>15837522
Am I wrong? What kind of retard would pay money for those books and show a pic of them? Go to pol

[Anonymous No.15837924]

>>15834812
Thanks will get this
>>15836072
It’s great, maybe but a bit futuristic but it in war in space...

[Anonymous No.15837928]

>>15837862
>Makes unsupported assertion
>"Prove me wrong"

[Anonymous No.15838012]

>>15836188
Go back to Pol please you huge faggot

[Anonymous No.15838274]

>>15837799
nice, non-pretentious, solid stack/10

the bottom three books are great, especially Dom Casmurro, the upper two I haven't read so can't comment but I would start with either Machado or Faulkner

[Anonymous No.15838682]

I've read 44 books this year, but few that you have read. The number is lifetime total of books from that stack.

>>15831990
5

>>15832409
0

>>15832472
0

>>15833578
0?

>>15833845
0

>>15834292
0

>>15834959
0

>>15835024
0

>>15835282
1

>>15836188
2

>>15837427
1

>>15837502
2

>>15837782
0

>>15837799
0

[Anonymous No.15838695]

>>15836188
Thanks for posting this, that's how we can spot newfags.

[Anonymous No.15838723]

>>15836188
amazing

[Anonymous No.15838740]

>>15838682
So, the lower the number the better the stack? I would say so. All these people who keep posting the same 50 books, or worse yet, post philosphy and shit like that, are truly the cancer that keeps killing this board.

[Anonymous No.15838807]

>>15834959
>Females

Have you read this yet?

[Anonymous No.15839021]

[Anonymous No.15840538]

How do get over the feeling that book are only for learning? I always think that I’m wasting my time reading non fiction because I’m not consooming content