/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16584818]

I had my love of reading ruined by having to read hundreds research articles. Any literature recommendations to get it back?

[Anonymous No.16584845]

>>16584818
The Fan Man

[Anonymous No.16585135]

what types of movies and/or vidya do you like?

[Anonymous No.16585146]

>>16584818
Vonnegut is pretty smooth fun reading.

[Anonymous No.16585166]

abigail is so beautiful <3

[Anonymous No.16585332]

>>16584818
my advice would be to try poetry or just read light non-fiction

[Anonymous No.16585397]

>>16584818

Storm Of Steel is a nice page turner.

[Anonymous No.16585463]

I was just pissing about in a bookstore waiting for a bus once, picked up Good Omens by Gaiman and Pratchett because it looked like a fucking riot when i read the back. It was the first book I read with childish glee since primary school, and despite it not being as intelligent or high class as some people expect a grown ass man to read I could barely put it down before I finished it

[Anonymous No.16585871]

>>16584818

[Anonymous No.16585882]

>>16584818
Something nice and purple.

[Anonymous No.16585911]

>>16584818

[Anonymous No.16586187]

Yeah Vonnegut is about as recreational as it gets. Try Cat's Cradle.

[Anonymous No.16586629]

>>16584818
John Le Carre
Robert Harris
Find a well-reviewed autobiography of a figure you admire
Some well-written midwit social/political shit like Douglas Murray or Stephen Pinker if you want to blast through some nonfiction
I also recommend Primo Levi; he's quite pacey
Burmese Days by Orwell

[Anonymous No.16586672]

>>16584818
I would personally reccomend using this as an opportunity to indulge in the other arts for a bit; exercise a different part of your mind. Music, film, theater, paintings, sculpture, all things inbetween; there's nearly an endless supply of works worth your time.

[Anonymous No.16586682]

>>16584818
When you say literature do you mean literature or do you mean, like, fantasy novels? No shaming we just need to know to give good recs

[Anonymous No.16587284]

>>16585463
Good Omens is the mountain-top of ya.

[Anonymous No.16587297]

>>16584818
Maybe you should try new things for a while, then come back to reading.

[Anonymous No.16587363]

I'd suggest reading something funny, which can be hit or miss, but the hits hit hard. Like Confederacy of Dunces. Or the story collection "Jesus' Son" by Denis Johnson.

[Anonymous No.16587372]

>>16586672
Bump

[Anonymous No.16587386]

>>16585911
baaaaaaased

[Anonymous No.16587498]

>>16584818
Start with something retarded like the Twilight series, then slowly work your way up to whatever you really want to read.

[Anonymous No.16588131]

>>16584845
>>16585397
>>16585463
>>16585882
>>16586629
>>16587363
Thanks for the recommendations. I will look into some of these.

>>16586682
Just looking for good reads. Don't really care.

>>16585135
Dark Souls 1 & 3, Wind Waker, Factorio, Spelunky, Binding of Isaac, Mother series (i.e. earthbound), RDR & RDR2, L4D2, Slay the Spire for Vidya
Grand Budapest Hotel, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Old Boy, LFO, Parasite, Pan's Labyrinth, City of God, Dr. Strangelove for movies off the top my head.


I'm sorry for abandoning the thread was working all day.

[Anonymous No.16588997]

>>16584818
if you're looking to laugh I always suggest Inherent Vice.

[Anonymous No.16589517]

>>16584818

I've read more research articles than you and I'm fine. It's probably vidya and youtube that are to blame, not research articles

[Anonymous No.16589580]

>>16585463
plus one for good omens anon, I read it after heart of darkness and a stint of Kafka, it was just what the doctor ordered

[Anonymous No.16589818]

>>16589517

You’re an ass.

[Anonymous No.16589828]

>>16584818
>I had my love of reading ruined by having to read hundreds research articles. Any literature recommendations to get it back?
Uhm, maybe just read something you enjoy?

Why are millennials so incompetent?

[Anonymous No.16590633]

>>16584818
aphoristic literature. u know, stuffs like tao te ching etc.