How do you choose what to read?

[Anonymous No.19159956]

Do you follow your curiosity? Do you read what you think you ought to read? Do you read whatever /lit/ tells you to? something else?
how do anons choose what to read?

[Anonymous No.19159995]

pretty colors on the book cover

[Anonymous No.19159999]

I read whatever appears on the front page of either Wikisource or Project Gutenberg.

[Anonymous No.19160008]

>>19159956
>Do you follow your curiosity?
Basically. I have a wide one
>Do you read what you think you ought to read?
Sometimes
>Do you read whatever /lit/ tells you to?
Nah, but there are interesting suggestions
>how do anons choose what to read?
I only buy used books
I mostly don't read stuff that just came out
Most authors I read are dead and most works I read are at least 30-50-100 years old

[Anonymous No.19160010]

>>19159995
this, I like yellow books

[Anonymous No.19160025]

>>19159956
I ask the Daemon.

[Anonymous No.19160042]

>>19159956
Fuck you nigger

[Anonymous No.19160056]

i look through all of the books i own, starting with the shortest, and then i stop when something seems to catch my mood with its book cover or title or the author, and then i open it and read, and hopefully it grabs me straight away and never lets go. if it does not, i may continue for a while, but if it remains inhospitable, i drop it and continue the search.

[Anonymous No.19160077]

>>19159956
I mostly read goal-oriented self help books like “overcoming gravity”, as well as some books on contemporary and 20th Century Buddhist theory and some philosophy when I feel I need it (for example “the myth of Sisyphus“, when I feel suicidal).

I base what more books I read mostly on recommendations of authors in their books, if the book is good. That’s more than enough books.

[Anonymous No.19160106]

I find something that interests me but then I find out that I’m “supposed” to read these other books before I can understand the actual book I want to read. So I just end up not reading anything.
Wat do?

[Anonymous No.19160145]

>>19159956
>Do you follow your curiosity?
Of course. In a world with so many things vying for your attention, it's important follow that golden thread
>Do you read what you ought to read?
I'm reading through the Western canon currently. I want to establish a good baseline for literary quality. It's difficult to judge unless you have some reference.
>do you read whatever /lit/ tells you to?
There are a number of chads here but most of these chimpanzees don't even fucking read. If you are newer this is essential to know.

Mostly it's intrest but if you're intrested in anything complicated then comprehending it is going to require you to be familiar with certain other authors. Philosophy is a good example. Anyone who just starts with Nietzsche and goes "yeah, I completely understand" has only been made more stupid.

[Anonymous No.19161300]

>>19159956
I read what lit and PewDiePie tells me kek as a kid the librarian would strike a conversation and tell me what's good or not

[Anonymous No.19161308]

I create a web of similarly influenced authors. FOr instance, I read Blood Meridian, which lead me to Moby Dick, which lead to Shakespear ect.

[Anonymous No.19161373]

>>19159956
I buy books non-stop and read them in no particular order, randomly.

[Anonymous No.19161396]

>>19159956
Kinda whats available at the bookstores and sales that i go to. Super stoked for the upcoming book sale near me, its the biggest used sale in the state. If there's something suler specific I'll order it, but it's fun to read random things based only off of name or something.

[Anonymous No.19161401]

i throw darts at my bookshelf

[Anonymous No.19161409]

>>19159956
I have a daemonic instinct that indicates whether any media contain information of interest to me.

[Anonymous No.19161817]

i pick whatever is next in the horus heresy series

[Anonymous No.19161829]

usually whatever themes or imagery im in the mood for, and what time of the year it is

[Anonymous No.19161838]

one book leads to another. in fact a good book will contain dozens of recs and directions to go in.

[Anonymous No.19161848]

>>19159999
based

[Anonymous No.19161860]

I read /lit/ books like Call of the Crocodile and Waldun. I ignore everything else.

[Anonymous No.19161866]

>>19161860
based

[Anonymous No.19162661]

>>19161829
Reading anything autumnal right now?

[Anonymous No.19162667]

>>19159999
The random search function on Gutenberg is unironically a great way to find things to read

[Anonymous No.19162677]

>>19159956
Systematically reading through the literature of the world, starting with the Greeks. I reached the 16th century about a year ago and took a break outside of Europe to go East-West from China around the rest of the world. I am currently on the medieval Muslim world (reading Tales of the Strange and News of the Unexpected). I usually start with what's in Penguin for the time/region and look at anything else that catches my interest.

[Anonymous No.19162681]

I look at my shelves and think "it's a good time to read that book" and then I read that book. Works every time.

[Anonymous No.19162754]

>>19160106
Start from the Greeks

[Anonymous No.19162931]

I pick something I haven't read from my shelf, usually whatever contrasts most which what I just finished, i.e. if I just read a history book I'll read fiction, if I just read a long book I'll pick a short one, if I read something simple I'll pick a complex one.

In terms of what I buy, my philosophy is that "the best plans are the ones you never make", i.e. your favourite book will never be the one you expect it to be. So I just get anything, vaguely following the trends I've enjoyed in the past in terms of genre, author, movement, but also just going with my instinct and not putting a lot of thought into what books I buy. Name reccogintion will also make me pick up a book a lot of the time, but I make a point of also picking books I've never heard anyone discuss before.

>>19162677
Incredibly based. What's your experience been like? Would you reccomend this approach?

[Anonymous No.19162966]

>>19159956
plot.

Actually, I have so many books (and libgen), that I've started to pick books by the state of their pages. I only want to read pulpy novels, preferably before 2005. Fuck acid-free paper. I look for age-stained books with dog-eared covers, and then I read the synopsis. Hell, sometimes I don't even read the synopsis. If it looks even vaguely readable, I'll get it. idgaf

[Anonymous No.19163169]

>>19159956
You ask /lit/, duh.

[Anonymous No.19163419]

I look at all the new releases and pick the ones that look interesting, haven't ever "dropped" a book because I have pretty good taste. When it comes to recommendations, fuck no.