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POST HERE YOUR QUESTIONS THAT DON'T DESERVE THEIR OWN THREAD:
>Books with X theme?
>What am I in for?
>What was his/her problem?
>Books like X?
>Do I need to read X to understand Y?
>other questions I can't think of right now

This is an experiment, /lit/ is complaining lately.
I think this could help the board quality overall.
Direct all questions that in your opinion don't deserve their own thread to here.
Keep this thread open if you like to help fellow anons out with their questions.
Turning this in a general avoids newfags asking those same questions over and over again.
Also, other repetitive posts that don't really need their own thread can be directed here.

Feel free to discuss your thoughts about this becoming a general and maybe improve the template, and save it on our wiki so we could easily copy paste.

>> No.17939517

Am I gay?

>> No.17939532

>>17939517
Maybe you're just lonely. Read Brideshead Revisited and see what it does for you.

>> No.17939978
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17939978

>just finished reading schelling (... for now)
we hegelians now
should i read hegel's differenz (i've already read fichte and schelling) or should i get straight into the phenomenology?

>> No.17940005
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17940005

Umm, excuse me, mr N*gger. You seem to be lost, >>>/sci/ is that way. Fufufu...

>> No.17940034

>>17939978
meh actually, FUCK it i dont want to read the old boomer shit on my boys. forget i asked the question

>> No.17940410
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>>17940005
stahp

>> No.17940431

>>17937785
why do vtubers deserve death?

>> No.17941536

I'm looking for an equivalent to 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' but for attracting women you like instead

>> No.17941542

>>17941536
Models Mark Manson

>> No.17941662

>>17941542
Thanks!

>> No.17941911
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17941911

What should I read next by Carlton Mellick III if I loved this?
I don't care about stories that are just meant to offend and gross out, I want it to be weird and funny and break taboos.

>> No.17942368

>>17941911
Is that book any good?

>> No.17943051

>>17941911
I haven't read that particular book but I loved Razor Wire Pubic Hair and just finished the Haunted Vagina not too long ago. The latter is pretty good too and short, so it's not a huge time commitment if you don't like it. I would recommend both.

>> No.17943078
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17943078

Anything like this? It's cringe but I like no filter prose.

>> No.17944542

>11

>> No.17945999

>>17943078
Not that I know of.

>> No.17946586

What do you think a reasonable rate of reading is for someone who hasn't read voluntarily for a long time, or who only ever read middle-grade/YA stuff and is looking to eventually work their way towards some of the more challenging classics? I set out a Goodreads goal for 26 books this year, one per two weeks - do you think this is a good goal, or should I have aimed higher? (I did actually fail to start reading really until last month, but I'm at 3 books read so far in ~ 3 weeks)

>> No.17946616
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17946616

What’s a reasonably priced e-reader with dictionaries/ ability to take notes etc

>> No.17947084
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17947084

>How to stop simping for every women that I find attractive or show the minimum attention to me?
>In the end it never works out, and I just end up with this fantasies of a happy life together. I just want to to my own thing alone, focus on the things I like and that's it.
>I hate the urges, the lonely feeling. the fact that I simp, years after they are gone.
>I want to become the best of me without being dragged down by those feelings.

Any books or charts related to this?

>> No.17947721

>>17937785
What's the best novel Gabrielle D'annunzio wrote? I'm about to finish the book i'm currently reading and would like to read someting by him.

>> No.17949116

>>17947084
Just have sex.

>> No.17949130

>>17949116
You're more likely to see a meteor outside tonight than me getting laid within the next calendar year

>> No.17949137

>>17937785
What's a good book on indo europeans. I'm thinking the horse the wheel and the language but it was wondering if anything else exists that is better

>> No.17949193
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17949193

Is this the only English translation? I can't seem to find another.

>> No.17949224

Does only really being attracted to 30-45 year old thin women mean I have mommy issues?

>> No.17949229

>>17949224
Thin? You have a lolita complex, doesn't matter if they're 30.

>> No.17949255

>>17949229
By thin I mean active. I am not attracted to little thin girls. Older assertive active women.

>> No.17949432

What’s the website for free ebooks? Like you could search literally anything new or old.

>> No.17949439

>>17949432
Libgen

>> No.17949440

>>17949432
PDFdrive

>> No.17949491

>>17949439
>>17949440
Thank you! :-)

>> No.17949706

>>17937785
Why am I seeing more and more doujinshi of this chick? Whats the point when drake exists?

>> No.17950337

whats the best edition of Borges's poetry?

>> No.17950959

>>17950337
This one

https://www.amazon.com/Borges-Selected-Poems-Jorge-Luis/dp/0140587217/ref=asc_df_0140587217/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583726540802695&psc=1

>> No.17951021

>>17937785
Can anyone recommend me any novels/books from the 21st century that are not postmodernist garbage? Last one I read was Tellegen's "The cricket and his dark feeling". It was ok but it is obviously a children's book. It was recommended to me by a friend who studies literature but she made some really horrible recommendations next and I do not want any more from her.

>> No.17951292

>>17950959
thanks

>> No.17951828

>>17951292
No, problem, anon. It’s why this thread exist. To help other anons.

>> No.17951850

Books with a woman with a big ass?

>> No.17951862

>>17951850
Matthew

>> No.17951888

>>17951850
Are you asking for erotica literature?

>> No.17952068

My professor said I remind him of Don Quixote.
Should I take this as a compliment or insult?

>> No.17952118

>>17937785
have any of you ever read one of those "Complete Works of ____" before? I have a nearly 5000 page collection of all of Nietzsche's writing and I'm thinking about spending the next 8 months reading it.

>> No.17952263

>>17952068
even if it was meant as an insult it is a compliment

>> No.17952601
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17952601

What philosophy books should i read for the romans?

>> No.17953203
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17953203

Please recommend a book(s) that explains the Abrahamic religions. I know next to nothing about Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Preferably, the book will start with the origin and then explain how the religions differ from one another in prose.

Pic related is the Mahabharata in prose. I would like something similar.

>> No.17953280

>>17953203
are you indian?

>> No.17953554

Do you guys have a favorite easily attainable pen in the $20 range. I don't think I want to get into fountain pens but I'd like a quality writing tool

>> No.17953568
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17953568

>>17953554
Get yourself a pintel liquid gel or a pilot g-2

>> No.17953571

>>17953568
Yes I use the Pilot G-2s but I assumed there must be something superior

>> No.17953577

>>17953571
No. There is nothing.

>> No.17953586

Any good books on Spartans?
Their culture, religion, day-to-day life, holidays etc.

>> No.17954570

>>17953586
Sparta: The Ultimate Greek Warriors: Everything You Need To Know About the Spartan Civilization

“The Spartans” by Paul Cartledge

Ancient Greece; A Political, Social, and Cultural History”by Sarah Pomeroy

One of her additions has a considerable Chapter on Sparta while another edition is much more comprehensive, best to check the Table of Contents for chapter length to see which (I forget)

“Sparta, The Warrior State of Ancient Greece” by Duncan Ryan

>> No.17955053

>>17953554
for refillable ballpoints:
Fisher Space Pen, Zebra F-701, or Parker Jotter

for fountain pens:
Pilot Metropolitan for the best cheap fountain pen.
Lamy Safari if you want to spend a little more.

for disposables:
Pentel Energel
Pilot Precise V7 Retractable
(don't like G2s, sorry, they're every pleb's favorite pen though)

>> No.17955561

what are some good fantasy books that are not too old-school (wizards and knight shenanigans)
and not too modern or angsty

Is there something in between?

>> No.17955984

>>17952263
Thanks anon, this was the reply I needed. Actually made me smile a bit.

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17956011

Does anyone know where I can read Aelia Eudocia's writings?
I'm having a lot of trouble finding anything at all even though I've heard that her poetry is very well preserved.
pls

>> No.17956623

Recommendations for a book about the Soviet military doctrine of Deep Battle?

>> No.17957637

>>17953280
I am not but I am in India.

>> No.17958738

>>17957637
Why are you in India?

>> No.17958755

>>17951021
tuesdays with morrie

>> No.17959288

>>17955053
the store I went to had limited options for a quality 0.7
I ended up with a cheap Muji and a ballograf rondo. That Parker Jotter looks perfect though, nice design, no knurled grip, $20 on the dot. Thanks

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17959303

>>17956011
http://libgen.li/item/index.php?md5=5C82E38FB2674E160B71DDAEEC131078

>> No.17959333

>>17958738
Dad lives here. He moved here to expand his business several years ago and has lived here ever since. I came to visit and explore. I've been here for more than a year now I think.

Are you going to suggest a book any time soon?

>> No.17960131

>>17959303
What doesn't that site have?

>> No.17960316

>>17959303
Thank you kindly friend

>> No.17960334

>>17953203
Just read the Bible and a history of each religion

>> No.17961222

Bump cuz pirates r kewl

>> No.17961647

>look up videos on bookbinding
>all of them are either from 7 years ago that doesnt explain anything and is in italian or made by a fucking woman
anyone know of half decent tutorials

>> No.17961671

>>17961647
learn italian

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>>17961647
The ones by women are really good. My wife makes really nice custom cut custom bound leather hard covers, and she learned from it qt blue hair on YouTube. So either stop hating women or stay forever stunted.

>> No.17961812
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17961812

>>17961647
The ones by women are really good. My wife makes really nice custom cut custom bound leather hard covers, and she learned from it qt blue hair on YouTube. So either stop hating women or stay forever stunted.

>> No.17962465

>>17946586
50 pages a day. That's ~100 minutes, or a little over an hour and a half of reading at the average person's pace.

Anyone with a bit of spare time can manage that.

>> No.17962484

>>17956623
The great, evil minds at RAND Corp got you covered

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2005/R416.pdf

>> No.17963090

>>17961806
>>17961812
its not exactly the fact that they're a woman alone its that their videos are fucking woman tier because they're made from women, and as nice as the stuff they make are, its really painful to watch them come up with cutesy names for shit or try to find a binding method and it turns out they just used fucking staples and elmers glue, and another thing is that the style i'm trying to replicate is completely different from what they're doing, they're using cardboard and leftover cloth from their cabinet while i'm spending 50$ on a sheep skin with the contents full of delicate caligraphy i'm committed to spending months on

>> No.17963130

>>17963090
Try then.
https://youtu.be/w8MrqRHu2Es
https://youtu.be/itH5xyVqMDE
She uses leather and wood

>> No.17963132

>>17946586
your goal is probably a bit high but shit if you can read a book per week you're probably above where you need to be
i'm here on this board for other reasons so i dont read much but when i actually find a book that i can settle down and read properly i usually binge it until i forcibly stop myself from reading so much that i forget half of what i just read because of how tired i am

>> No.17963136

Can I please get an answer
>>17947721
>>17947721

>> No.17963204

Koboanons, I have a Clara HD but the page numbers are wrong with epubs. I don't want to use KOReader since I don't like the folder based layout; I'm an autist who manages metadata in Calibre.
Is there a patch to make the Clara HD show the correct number of pages? Not to match an actual book, but to match how many times I'd have to "turn the page" according to the current font, sizing, etc. until I finished.

>> No.17963240

>>17963130
>staining the pages with tea
where do these people get the idea that parchment is just old yellow paper stained by the sun? parchment comes from animal skin and is better quality than any paper you can find, staining it and making it a shitty piece of paper that's harder to bend than my cum socks and has the smoothness of sandpaper isnt how you recreate parchment
and the signature shit is the one thing i cant stand at all in all these foid videos, they're just fucking gatherings or if you really wanna be fancy then quire
other than that ranting the videos are fine, other than how overly fantasyish she tries to make it
i like that she did the headband pretty well and authentically binds it in the first video though
sorry if thats a shit ton to read i just wish there were more videos that would try to avoid acting overly cutesy

>> No.17963277

>>17963240
Ya. Cutsie gets click and brings in the cash though. There isn't really a market for what you're asking for, I'm sorry.

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>>17961222
>Bump cuz pirates r kewl
Trips.

>>17963136
That’s what synopses are for. Read what interests you.

>>17963204
No, screw it. It doesn’t matter.

>> No.17963333

>>17963305
>No, screw it. It doesn’t matter.
I care, because without an accurate page count I don't have any sense of how much I'm actually reading. If I'm portioning myself between multiple books, as I often do, being able to estimate how long it will take me to finish each book is helpful. This is to say nothing of the fact that this is even more significant for telling how much there is left in each chapter.
I'm disappointed in you, Butters.

>> No.17963378
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17963378

>>17963333
Congrats.

The ebook counts all the pages and ignores the i, ii, iii, etc. pages the standard books come with. Right? Just subtract once you’re done. That’s it.

>> No.17963387

>>17963305
>says Yuri isn't for trannies
>replies to me to give me high quality Yuri
I'm confused, but I'll take it.

>> No.17963398

>>17963387
You’re anonymous. I have no idea how you dress.

>> No.17963399

>>17963378
That's incorrect. With the Clara HD, sometimes the page will stay (as an example) as page 7 out of 133, despite me having turned the page thrice. Were the numbering consistent I would be fine, but the issue is that some "pages" seem to be longer than others.

>> No.17963420

>>17963398
No. But anyone can tell from how I type

>> No.17963423

>>17963399
Clara HD sounds like a buggy mess. Are these hacked free files on it? Could just be their irregularities. I donno.

>> No.17963434

>>17963399
Are you using epubs? Sometimes one page is more than one page depending on scailing

>> No.17963446

>>17963434
Yes, I'm using epubs, I'm aware of that. It's just that with KOReader the page numbering is correct (one page turn is one page) whereas with Nickel the page numbering is incorrect, and I was wondering if there was a patch for the Nickel software that could fix the page numbering.

>> No.17963797

>>17937785
Any books on useful substances for wage slaving/energy? Not a fan of caffeine and alcohol.

And what scientific book do you revisit mentally?

>> No.17964632

>>17961222
Is there a story about a female pirate captain?

>> No.17964650

Who is better: HD or St Vincent?

>> No.17964654

>>17964650
Hilda Doolittle or that one pop tart?

>> No.17964678

>>17964654
Hilda

>> No.17964730

>>17964650
St Vincent

>> No.17964793

>>17963305
The way the saliva is drawn here is fucking disgusting and turns me off

>> No.17964800

>>17964793
The armpit sweat is patrician though

>> No.17965045

>>17964800
What’s the appeal of armpit sweat.

>> No.17965079

>>17964793
A little too fetishy, yeah.
>>17965045
In the heat of passion, body odors, normally found obnoxious, can seem like such a turn on.

>> No.17965351

>>17965079
are you the real butterfly or an impostor?

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>>17937785
I have 11 threads on this board right now

>> No.17966357

>>17965417
How do you have so many!

>> No.17966441

>>17965351
The real one.

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17966507

If I make a thread about this I'm gonna get shat on, so:
anyone know books similar to pic related? Not necessarily the school shooting aspect, but I remember enjoying the way the characters were initially forced to come out with their deep secrets, and eventually transformed a hostage situation into a group therapy by sharing their insecurities openly. Quite a specific premise, but does anyone know something similar?

>> No.17966538

Do I need to read the Greeks chart first, or can I read Lives of the Caesars before that? I've read Meditations and am in the middle of Mythology.
I just feel like reading something funny, and I've heard that book is so.

>> No.17968189

>>17966538
Just read what you want, anon.

>> No.17969016

Why does /lit/ recommend terrible books like Blindsight and Bakker?

>> No.17969117

>>17969016
Because we don't read books and just meme them.

>> No.17969138
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17969138

>>17969117
I read books!

>> No.17969198

>>17966507
you should read about the bank robbery that originated the term "Stockholm Syndrome" it's pretty interesting. I think there's podcast with interviews - I heard it on my car radio anyhow

>> No.17969944

>>17969198
Link?

>> No.17970516

>>17969944
motherfucker, you really need someone's help to google a few words and click on the first link to wikipedia?

>> No.17971452

>>17970516
Yes, so link please.

>> No.17972483

>>17969138
What kind of books?

>> No.17972611

>>17972483
Mostly Sci-Fi and Philosophy right now...

>> No.17973743

>>17952601
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/roman-philosophy

>> No.17973912

>>17937785
Is Dune Messiah worth reading.

>> No.17974325

>>17973912
Yes, why wouldn't it be?

>> No.17974542

>>17973743
Nice find.

>> No.17974588

>>17937785
Is there a list/chart for books about Economics and Sociology?

>> No.17974993
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>>17937785
I am becoming increasingly interested in literary tragedy. Besides the obvious Aristotle's "Poetics" what are some other authors or books worth looking into to understand tragedy better? I'm especially interested in the evolution of tragedy into the contemporary age. I don't mind the medium (be it literature, film, even anime or manga), I want to learn about tragedy in all its artistic iterations.

>> No.17975179

>the brothers karamazov. book 6, chapter 2
what the fuck? so, this is a book about a narrative account about some notes written by alexei about the elder zosima's story, with another story within that story. how many layers deep is that, like six?

>> No.17976329 [DELETED] 

>>17937785
Sage

>> No.17976833

>>17975179
Are you just finding this out?

>> No.17977106

I think I'm starting to warm up to the idea of vtubers. Some of them seem to be genuinely good entertainers (and singers) and, while not exactly a fan of it, these ''personas'' which they incorporate into their image can sometimes make their streams more interesting,

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17977996

Anyone have a radical antihumanism reading list?

>> No.17979398

>>17977996
No, why?

>> No.17979432

>>17979398
trans btw, don't know if that helps

>> No.17979738
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17979738

QUICK I NEED SOME DOWNRIGHT CATATONIC LITERATURE
REAL MANIC SHIT
BEHOLD A PALE HORSE, VAMPIRES IN EUROPE, A FIELD GUIDE TO FAIRIES

>> No.17979948

Does anyone have the latest version of that chart a /lit/ anon made for the western canon? It seemed promising, did he ever finish it?

>> No.17979960
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17979960

>>17979398
because i want to read about it obviously.

>> No.17980638

>>17937785
Book that will teach me how to write essays?

>> No.17980676

>>17980638
Turabian