/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18790474]

Stack thread

[Anonymous No.18790485]

>>18790474
These threads are weird, never understood them

[Anonymous No.18790488]

>>18790474
Why are you throwing out these books?

[Anonymous No.18790497]

>>18790474
Good taste. But also, you should stop buying so many books until you’ve read them. And read fewer translations.

[Anonymous No.18790505]

>>18790485
Let me guess, poorfag who only reads pdfs from libgen?

[Anonymous No.18790513]

>>18790497
and who are you?

[Anonymous No.18790678]

>>18790474

[Anonymous No.18790697]

>>18790474
Newfag here

[Anonymous No.18790741]

>>18790485
Consoom.
What I have not read because I'm shitting up threads.

[Anonymous No.18790756]

>>18790474
why not make a post about any one of those books you've surely read instead of posting your "stack," of them?

[Anonymous No.18791267]

Stuff ive gained from a massive road trip

[Anonymous No.18791358]

>>18791267
Looks like the kind of stuff my druggie roommates would have lying around. You're not a druggie, are ya anon?

[Anonymous No.18791412]

I don't stack because I'm not autistic.

[Anonymous No.18791444]

Recent acquisitions

[Anonymous No.18791447]

>>18791412
I apologize, that was a bit rude. I don't stack because I'm afraid it may bend the books.

Also, this is probably my favorite. I have it on display away from the rest

[Anonymous No.18791535]

>>18790474
Any recs? I’m pretty new to reading but ive read all of these since quarantine started.

[Anonymous No.18791603]

>>18791358
never did drugs. am legit autistic though so theres that

[Anonymous No.18791729]

[Anonymous No.18791792]

not a stack
also listened to onra
heh easy

[Anonymous No.18791802]

[Anonymous No.18791805]

>>18790474
I have reason to believe that Henry James is a total meme. Please someone convince me otherwise.

[Anonymous No.18791856]

>>18791802
you larping heretic will never be a real christian

[Anonymous No.18791859]

>>18791802
good stack, how much did these volumes cost ya
>>18791729
whats yer end game

[Anonymous No.18791860]

>>18791802
Is that Eckhart edited by McGinn

[Anonymous No.18791873]

>>18791535
Look up Bloom's canon and go back and read the theocratic age. You can skip Egyptian book of the dead and sayings of the fathers imo but up to you. I replaced the latter with the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.

You don't have to get his exact translations either but do it for the Ancient Indian texts.

For Herodotus and Thucydides get The Landmark Series books. For the Greek tragedies get the full set of David Greene/Richard Lattimore. Aristophanes go Paul Roche. I don't mean these are the best translations etc but they worked for me.

Do this and you have your foundation and can choose where to go from there. Obv this is a commitment but judging by your random assortment you'd be good going here.

If you get bored with the list and liked Tolkien keep going into his world maybe. Read Carpenter's biography on him. Otherwise just read what you want and then when you're ready go back to the list.

Can't quite articulate why but reading Tolkien lately has opened The Bible up far more for me.

Read Bible as much as possible and let it be your most central text, regardless of religious affiliation/beliefs.

Printing Bloom's list and highlighting what you've read helps see your progress.

[Anonymous No.18792007]

>>18790497
>and read fewer translations
at least he's reading.

[Anonymous No.18792018]

>>18790697
>new
>vonnegut
Checks out
Also that copy of Ivanhoe has seen more toilets than a motel housekeeper

[Anonymous No.18792063]

>>18792018
printed in 1960, has a great smell.

[Anonymous No.18792101]

>>18791535
Hard to say without you mentioning which of your stack you liked and disliked, but here's the list of my favs which are pretty accessible
1984
Steppenwolf
Anna Karenina
Frankenstein
The Old Man and the Sea
Lolita
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lord of the Flies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Plague (Camus)
Jane Eyre
Brave New World

[Anonymous No.18792237]

>>18790697
idk if that anon was implying it's cringe or something to start with vonnegut, but I just want to say that I always recommend vonnegut to new readers/people trying to ease back into reading. Since the prose is light and the stories are consistently enjoyable you're more likely to keep up the habit than if you start with, say, dosto or jump straight into the philosophy which can be huge slogs to get through. You might feel an itch to start reading some more "advanced" after 2 or 3 of those books, but I'd recommend you to hold out and complete a good chunk of that stack before you do

[Anonymous No.18792466]

>>18790485
>validate my life choices, random people on the internet
Same reason troons post their ugly faces, they want some seals to clap

[Anonymous No.18792487]

>>18790474
Azumanga Daioh, based

[Anonymous No.18792571]

>>18791860
Foreword by McGinn, tl. by Maurice Walshe. Although it does oftentimes in the notes per-sermon specify areas where others translated it in a different sense.

>>18791859
Only the Eckhart was expensive. $100ish, but it's hard to find a collection of Eckhart's work evidently, sermons, treatises, etc, all condensed into a single volume, nevermind hard-cover, so I didn't particularly mind the expense. The Milton was $30ish, I bought City of God so many years ago I wouldn't even be able to say, but Modern Library isn't usually expensive so probably $30ish as well.

>>18791856
Fuck off paynim

[Anonymous No.18792575]

>>18790485
I take non-explicit recommendations from these threads. I anticipate others do the same. If you see a book that sounds interesting, do you not look it up? Show and tell nigga.

[Anonymous No.18792665]

>>18790497
Yeah just stop reading translations bro.
>What? You're telling me you don't speak and read Italian, French, German, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Danish and Swedish at the same level as a native which is the only way for you to understand all the intricacies of language?
>Lmao must be ameritard!

[Anonymous No.18792666]

>>18790488
Those were the ones he didn't throw out

[Anonymous No.18792987]

>>18791859
Just want people to know it's out in case they missed it

[Anonymous No.18793028]

>>18791792
>kon
>nhk
ultranice.

[Anonymous No.18793389]

>>18791267
based

[Anonymous No.18793838]

>>18792237
Yeah, I only really started reading early this year after getting bored by wasting time on here or youtube. I've already read cat's cradle, slaughterhouse five, breakfast of champions, sirens of titan, and welcome to the monkey house. I might as well read rosewater since I have it, but Vonnegut does get a little repetitive.

[Anonymous No.18793911]

>>18792987
Post a pic of page 1!

[Anonymous No.18793934]

>>18790485
Anons post what they're reading either to simply share or outright boast about it. I like to think it's the former. Regardless these threads are a good way to pick a few books to read in the future.

[Anonymous No.18793947]

1/3

[Anonymous No.18793951]

2/3

[Anonymous No.18793955]

3/3

[Anonymous No.18793961]

>>18793947
>>18793951
>>18793955
and yes I am a Dutchfag

[Anonymous No.18794043]

>>18793911

[Anonymous No.18794102]

>>18790485
Pure worthless vanity

[Anonymous No.18794126]

>>18793955
kankergebaseerd.
Thoughts on Verdriet van België? I've wanted to read it for a while but my dad told me he hates Hugo Claus as a person and will call me cringe if I read it

[Anonymous No.18794277]

>>18790513
It doesn't matter who we are

[Anonymous No.18794286]

>>18790678
Is The Ticket that Exploded good? I've only read Naked Lunch, and I have Junkie on my stack.

[Anonymous No.18794350]

>>18793951
Nice Nietzsche collection. Why do you have Also sprach Zarathustra in two languages?

[Anonymous No.18794427]

>>18794286
I haven't started it yet but I enjoyed Naked Lunch, Junkie, and Queer.

[Anonymous No.18794441]

>>18791412
what did you think of Villette?

[Anonymous No.18794544]

>>18794427
Thanks anon, I'll try Queer then

[Anonymous No.18794818]

>>18794350
I wanted to read it in german because TSZ is very poetic

[Anonymous No.18794827]

>>18794126
I liked it very much, but you need to know something about Belgium in WW2 and catholicism in Belgium. I thought it was one of the best Dutch books written

[Anonymous No.18794977]

Read 'em and weep.

[Anonymous No.18795083]

>>18792666
Kek and checked

[Anonymous No.18795099]

>>18790474
why is /lit/ obsessed with henry james?

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[Anonymous No.18795230]

>>18795099
He's pretty good dude, you should check him out

[Anonymous No.18795469]

What type of person am I /lit/?

[Anonymous No.18795479]

>>18795230
Why does Georgina’s Reasons never get it’s own binding :’(

[Anonymous No.18795523]

>>18794441
Actually haven't read it yet unfortunately, I'm anticipating it to be quite good though, what I know about the premise and whatnot it sounds like something I'd like a lot.

Have you read it? What did you think

[Anonymous No.18795561]

>>18795469
Autist

[Anonymous No.18795628]

Currently reading Stoner :). I have read Lolita( amazing book) and The Idiot (the first part is the best IMO).

>>18791535
If you're looking for specific writers I def recommend Bulgakov and Dostoevsky!

[Anonymous No.18795732]

>>18795561
Maybe

[Anonymous No.18795741]

>>18795628
the scenes in stoner always feel uncomfortable because it feels like something isnt there or is empty. which is amazing because that's exactly how a lot of adults feel

[Anonymous No.18795953]

>>18795732
How do you learn sql?

[Anonymous No.18795966]

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[Anonymous No.18797175]

>>18795218
I respect this as someone that designs synthesizers

[Anonymous No.18797233]

>>18795523
I haven't read it yet either but my wife wants to read it together. I've seen other anons say it's extremely comfy.

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[Anonymous No.18797535]

>>18790678
Eliade - interesting guy

[Anonymous No.18797554]

>>18791267
Richard Preston, Richard Rhodes, top notch nonfiction authors

[Anonymous No.18797569]

>>18791802
Eckhart knows the secret to enlightenment

[Anonymous No.18797602]

>>18795469
I worked as a C programmer for 35 years on 10 different microprocessors, retired never having had to learn C++ thank God haha

[Anonymous No.18798715]

>>18791447
can you show a bit from the pictures please

[Anonymous No.18798743]

>>18794277
What matters is our plan.

[Anonymous No.18798787]

>>18790474
Checking in.

[Anonymous No.18798800]

>>18793961
I think you have bad taste

[Anonymous No.18798839]

>>18798800
keep coping faggot
I have a patrician taste

[Anonymous No.18798842]

>>18798839
geeekeeeroooo oooookeeerstaaad

[Anonymous No.18798890]

>>18798715
Sure, since you asked so nicely. Im just gonna copy my description of it from another place I shared it so some of what I'm saying may sound a bit off in this context.

I recently purchased this book and its incredible. Im sure many of you have seen/heard of it before but for those who haven't its worth checking out.
Ingrid Bergman: A Life In Pictures
The ISBN-10 is: 1452149550
A biography compiled and edited by her daughter with quotes and passages from the author, many actors and actresses associated with Ingrid, her family, and of course Ingrid herself.

The main focus of the book are the photos, I think over 530 photos?
They are all very very nice resolution, extremely clear, and printed very large in this book. It's probably 12 inches tall, 9 inches wide? Kinda like a large piece of printer paper. But it's just incredible and I love it, superb quality and a great piece to remember and admire her by.
I got the softcover edition as the hardcover copies are being sold for very high prices atm but the "soft" cover is very sturdy and feels very durable.

Anyway, thought I'd share this with those who haven't seen it before

I'll add more photos

[Anonymous No.18798895]

>>18798890

[Anonymous No.18798901]

>>18798895
It's not all photos either, in between the chronologically organized photosets are usually interviews or biographies from Ingrid herself, as well as captions for the photos and quotes from other actors and people she interacted with like this one

[Anonymous No.18798903]

>>18798901
Really an incredible book, the quality is supreme.

[Anonymous No.18798913]

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[Anonymous No.18798918]

>>18798903
Fuck

[Anonymous No.18798922]

>>18798918
Last one I have of the book rn, I'm in love with it.

Posted quite a few photos of her in /hr/, old Hollywood thread or something if you're interested in more.

[Anonymous No.18799140]

>>18798922
Thank you my friend

[Anonymous No.18799148]

>>18799140
also, tfw no swedish gf

[Anonymous No.18799152]

>>18790513
I'm The Dude

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[Anonymous No.18799659]

>>18790474
It's a stack thread, mate, not a barricade thread.

[Anonymous No.18799674]

>>18798890
>>18798895
>>18798901
>>18798903
>>18798918
>>18798922
Finally a book /lit/ can read in under six months

[Anonymous No.18800074]

>>18799152
kek'd

[Anonymous No.18800158]

>>18799148
>>18799140
Of course.

That's the goal, until then......
>pic related

>>18799674
lol'd

[Anonymous No.18800235]

>>18790474

[Anonymous No.18801510]

>>18790474
I got rid of about 75% of my books and switched to Gutenberg and archive.org.

[Anonymous No.18801617]

>>18801510
Reading from a screen is pretty annoying

[Anonymous No.18801709]

>>18791729
Got mine in the mail a couple days ago

[Anonymous No.18802790]

Currently reading Children of Ruin.

Mostly finished the Letters.

[Anonymous No.18802811]

>>18790474
FUCK THATS AN UGLY CELINE COVER MAN