/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19206515]

Shelf thread.
Let’s see them curated shelves.

[Anonymous No.19206521]

[Anonymous No.19206526]

[Anonymous No.19206531]

>>19206515
but I'm shy, what if someone in my lectures recognizes the shelf? I would be ruined if I was exposed as a 4chan user.

[Anonymous No.19206537]

[Anonymous No.19206551]

>>19206526
Nice books buy the way, you really did swtg. How many of those books have you read and internalized? Did you really read hegel?

[Anonymous No.19206556]

>>19206537
why do you like pynch so much he fucking sucks

[Anonymous No.19206589]

>>19206556
Man, lit really changed since I started lurking. An opinion that bad would get you lynched back in the day.

>>19206551
I’ve probably read about 60-70% of the books I own. I buy them faster than I can read them. It’s a disease. Haven’t tackled Hegel yet.

[Anonymous No.19206602]

>>19206589
nah i know its only me saying pinch sucks. I read maybe half of GR this summer and dropped it. I just was not feeling it at all. I didnt give a god damn about slothrop or anyone else. Too many dumb songs and it like I get it you tried to be an engineer or something but quoting stat sheets isnt writing. Wtf is he even trying to say? Something about reverse causation? I donmt even know how I could explain the book to someone without sounding like a compl;ete schizo

[Anonymous No.19206608]

>>19206589
I see you hiding stephen kind an aynn rand back there haha you fag what else are you hiding?

[Anonymous No.19206655]

>>19206608
There’s tons of King scattered around the house. Atlas Shrugged was required reading for my Business-Government Relations class back in university. I find her characters one dimensional and her prose hacky.

[Anonymous No.19206668]

>>19206655
damn are you fucking rich or something

[Anonymous No.19206690]

>>19206655
I’m not gonna lie, I’m jealous

[Anonymous No.19206694]

>>19206526
I just finished Piketty's Capital and have now started Manufacturing Consent. Have you read either? What were your opinions?

[Anonymous No.19207149]

>>19206668
Been collecting a long time and I buy secondhand.

>>19206694
I read as much Chomsky as I can get my hands on, but my favourite nonlinguistic stuff will always be manufacturing content. Haven’t picked up capital yet.

[Anonymous No.19207178]

>>19207149
>Haven’t picked up capital yet.
It's very good, focuses mostly on the concentration of wealth in the top decile throughout history and how the post-world war era was the only real time where a sizeable middle class existed. There is a strong emphasis on sourcing information and putting together trends and the possible causes and also potential tax changes to address the runaway concentration of wealth that he describes with the equation "r>g", meaning return on capital is greater than the general growth of an economy.

[Anonymous No.19207269]

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>>19206655
What's the method to the organization? Favorite twentieth century philosophical text?

[Anonymous No.19207373]

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[Anonymous No.19207499]

>>19207373
nice shelf
how's that 3-in-1 kant edition? i'm unsure if i should buy that or the suhrkamp one

[Anonymous No.19207519]

>>19207499
I kind wish i had them separately since it was kinda burdensome to carry around, since I needed it for college
But the print is ok, the papers aren't thin

[Anonymous No.19207524]

The Quran; what a fag.

[Anonymous No.19207931]

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>>19206655
3/10
>>19207373
2/10
Step it up lads—I want to see better.

[Anonymous No.19207961]

>>19207931
post your shelf anon

[Anonymous No.19208033]

>>19207961
I'm the judge, not a competitor.

[Anonymous No.19208042]

>>19207931
You talk and demand big for someone not sharing their own shelf. The burden of proof is now on you.

[Anonymous No.19208064]

>>19208042
nah he's right. they're shitty, soulless shelves

[Anonymous No.19208075]

>>19208042
Prove what? I'm just being objective, anon. It doesn't matter who says it, 1+1 always equals 2.

[Anonymous No.19208102]

1/2
top section is everything i've read since 2016 in the order that i finished it.
bottom section is books i've read prior to 2016 when i started doing that
in the middle are things that i'm going to read next/am already reading

[Anonymous No.19208108]

>>19208102
books i've read prior to 2016 continued
i also have a couple of shelves full of books i haven't read/finished but they're not organised in any fashion

[Anonymous No.19208158]

>>19208102
>top section is everything i've read since 2016 in the order that i finished it.
It's visually annoying, but to each his own.

[Anonymous No.19208172]

>>19208158
it's very pleasant for me personally to look at, because i can see visually when i read everything and it's somewhat nostalgic to look at and remember a period when i was reading this or that. it's nice to have a physical record of it this way
the only issue i have is when i reread things, at the moment i put them back where i first read them when i'm done, but i'm never totally satisfied with this solution

[Anonymous No.19208219]

>>19206531
well if they recognise the shelf they must be on 4chan too, then you can be frens.

[Anonymous No.19208243]

[Anonymous No.19208328]

>>19208075
> I'm just being objective
Post a shelf that is a 10/10 first

[Anonymous No.19208423]

>>19206655
Very jelly right now. Folio's might not always be worth it, but they certainly look very pretty.

[Anonymous No.19208434]

>>19208102
>>19208108
7/10. Not bad
>>19208243
1/10. Cringe

[Anonymous No.19208763]

>>19206531
I know your fear, I was ruined just by posti g in this board

[Anonymous No.19208776]

>>19208243
i respect this

[Anonymous No.19208801]

>>19208243
How much are those hb Schoppies

[Anonymous No.19209001]

1/2

[Anonymous No.19209006]

2/2

[Anonymous No.19209017]

>>19208434
Cringe larper
Either post a shelf or fuck off, nobody cares about your opinion

[Anonymous No.19209043]

>>19208243
Unfathomably based.

What even is that Schopenhauer edition though? does it include all his works? It seems big enough.

[Anonymous No.19209176]

>>19208243
Based

[Anonymous No.19209194]

[Anonymous No.19209240]

>>19209194
Legend

[Anonymous No.19209274]

>>19206655
>Storm of Steel being this thick
Bruh I just bought the first available book I saw which was the penguin one which I didn't even know was abridged. Is this the unabridged version and is it really that much fatter?

[Anonymous No.19209389]

>>19209043
It's a Lithuanian translation of all 4 volumes of The World as Will and Representation plus a critique of Kant's philosophy.
>>19208801
16€

[Anonymous No.19210461]

>>19209274
i wouldn't think so, its likely just large lettering

[Anonymous No.19210486]

[Anonymous No.19210658]

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>>19206526
boring

>>19206537
very based a nice mix

>>19206589
honestly dont recognise much but I like some of it also I see some sneeky stephen king in the back lol

>>19206655
also boring

>>19207373
boring and no way you've read ALL of that

>>19208102
>>19208108
based a nice range

>>19209001
>>19209006
a lil bit reddit

>>19210486
cringe

[Anonymous No.19210689]

Penguin Classics paperbacks annoy me. They're really clean-looking, but the spines never line up.

[Anonymous No.19210701]

>>19210486
>K-On
based

[Anonymous No.19210708]

>>19210689
I actually think they even look horrible. One third of the cover in horrible matte black, one third as some painting that's not really relevant to the book. Plus they just look and feel cheap.

[Anonymous No.19210730]

my shelf is pretty much only Dostoevsky, Bibles(and tanakh) and some other good novels :^D (with an added manga for the lolz)

[Anonymous No.19210738]

>>19210708
They're the best publisher for most classics though, I like the paintings and I think the colour scheme is subtle and nice.

Vintage classics need a look at though I cant stand the orange colour to them.

[Anonymous No.19210868]

>>19208108
low key shill

[Anonymous No.19210945]

>>19210730
>esl

get out

[Anonymous No.19210965]

>>19210945
esl?

[Anonymous No.19210968]

I wish I had tobacco

[Anonymous No.19210971]

>>19210965
i see those russian books

[Anonymous No.19210976]

[Anonymous No.19211097]

>>19210486
RSV-2CE & DR, nice choices

[Anonymous No.19211128]

I need to get a shelf, currently they're just stacked sideways on my dresser

[Anonymous No.19211428]

>>19210976
Bro, what did you think of Manufacturing Consent? Is that an original edition?

[Anonymous No.19212084]

>>19211128
post them anyway

[Anonymous No.19212118]

>>19210971
That doesn't mean he's esl; I have a copy of гepoй нaшeгo вpeмeни; russian as a second language

[Anonymous No.19212134]

>>19209001
>>19209006
4/10
>>19209176
funny/10
>>19209194
1/10
>>19210486
6/10
>>19210658
4/10
>>19210730
6/10
>>19210976
2/10

[Anonymous No.19212152]

I've only been collecting for about a year, so it's rather incomplete

[Anonymous No.19212209]

harsh critics in here.

[Anonymous No.19212218]

>>19212118
Why you would waste time learning a language that isn't English, I have no idea lol.

[Anonymous No.19212231]

>>19210486
>Catholic is a weeb
Color me shocked

[Anonymous No.19212232]

>>19212218
based bladee poster

[Anonymous No.19212235]

>>19208328
>still no 10/10 shelf
Judgeanon once again proves that he's full of hot air.

[Anonymous No.19212240]

>>19212232
Mashalla based drainer fuck ESLs

not bladee though

[Anonymous No.19212246]

>>19208064

Do kindly share your "gold standard" 10/10, dear shelf master.

[Anonymous No.19212263]

>>19208328
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>>19212246
Why so much seethe? Did your poor little shelf get shat on by Judgeanon?

[Anonymous No.19212266]

>>19207373
Your books look like a fucking cthulu island.

[Judgeanon No.19212273]

>>19212152
4/10

[Anonymous No.19212312]

[Judgeanon No.19212314]

>>19212312
10/10

[Anonymous No.19212346]

>>19212218
Entry level bait

[Anonymous No.19212375]

>>19212346
Not bait faggot, I have a GCSE in Spanish and it was the biggest waste of time in my life, I wish I didn't bother. I don't read translations and I sincerely believe I am not missing out on anything.

Suck my anglo dick faggot, ESLs will never top Shakespeare.

[Anonymous No.19212490]

>>19212314
Based Judgeanon

[Anonymous No.19212685]

>>19206521
I just read Mitchell's translation of Tin Drum and found it as much of a revelation as his translations of Kafka, so clear and precise whereas Manheim was vague and alien, which added to the general atmosphere but this new translation makes the characters more human, the setting more familiar.

[Anonymous No.19212736]

>>19207149
have you read hegemony or survival?

[Anonymous No.19213090]

[Anonymous No.19213330]

anybody have a pic of that Barnes & Noble deluxe edition shelf?

[Anonymous No.19213466]

>>19206655
Undecided about whether I want to fall for the Folio hardcover meme or the Franklin/Easton leather meme.

[Anonymous No.19214088]

>>19206526
I have a seminar class on the Malleus Maleficarum next semester, I wonder if we will use the same book. Now I am wondering if your my professor with this immaculate collection?

[Anonymous No.19214148]

>>19213090
3/10

[Anonymous No.19214769]

>>19207373
What kind of wood is this? Is it solid or veneer?

[Anonymous No.19214792]

>>19213090
>hardcover Landmarks
nice

[Anonymous No.19214817]

>>19214148
which post is your shelf anon?

[Anonymous No.19214917]

>>19214817
I'm OP

[Anonymous No.19214929]

[Anonymous No.19215041]

>>19206526
>its a "only untouched pocket books" episode
yawn

[Anonymous No.19215183]

>>19210486
>keions
based

[Anonymous No.19215229]

>>19212375
That is literally your fault for choosing the worst language which exists on this planet to learn.

[Anonymous No.19215261]

>>19206589
What's Walden Two about?

[Anonymous No.19215276]

>>19206655
I kneel

[Anonymous No.19215280]

>>19214929
A female shelf.

[Anonymous No.19215281]

>>19207931
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>>19208075
Nigger

[Anonymous No.19215293]

>>19212312
Imagine the smell

[Anonymous No.19215333]

>>19214929
Would fuck

[Anonymous No.19215623]

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>>19214929
10/10
Books are nice

[Anonymous No.19215765]

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>>19215333
sneed

[Anonymous No.19215937]

>>19215623
based
>>19215765
cringe

[Anonymous No.19216281]

>>19206589
>opinion that bad would get you lynched back in the day.
>lynched
More like... PYNCHED! Am I right fellas hahaha ah... ha.

[Anonymous No.19216286]

>>19207178
I have a mental block where I always want to read the prior works that a text is based on, and it stop me from tackling the books I want to read immediately. Something I have to work on.

>>19207269
Mostly sorted by non-fiction/classics/fiction as broad categories. The categories are sorted by height. Favourite 20th century thinker is Adorno or McLuhan.

>>19209274
Still the revised edition he released later in life, just has thick paper stock and a larger typeface.

>>19212685
Interesting, I haven’t read the earlier translation. That’s the only Grass I’ve read so I don’t have much to compare it with.

>>19212736
Yup

>>19214088
Not a professor, but thanks for the compliment. Small time insurance salesman.

>>19214917
No you aren’t.

>>19215041
It’s pretty easy to read a book without breaking the spine if you don’t have Shrek hands.

>>19215261
Utopian sci-fi from the father of behavioural engineering.

[Anonymous No.19216303]

>>19214769
Veneer yea
>>19212266
I have a shitty camera so i just took pics of each shelf individually and put them together in Photoshop
>>19210658
Most of them are research tools, also
>he doesn't read philosophy
>he doesn't read history
>he only reads literature
Cringe

[Anonymous No.19216420]

[Anonymous No.19216428]

>>19216303
>>he only reads literature
damn right baby and no better place to post my bookshelf on a literature board

[Anonymous No.19216435]

>>19206526
whats your thoughts on "a history of the ancient near east" and "a brief history of ancient greece"?

im looking for a good overview of both subjects but without any sort of modern identity politic lgbtq tie ins and revisionisms needlessly thrown in.

[Anonymous No.19216498]

>>19216435
Pretty much your standard 101 university course textbook for each. Both good primers for the history and culture of the region before digging in deeper with more advanced sources. I don’t remember any idpol stuff in either, but I doubt I would have noticed if there was.

[Anonymous No.19216520]

>>19216498
good enough for me, thats what im looking for right now. just a basic introductory. i'll be grabbing those two sometime soon

[Anonymous No.19217527]

>>19214929
3/10
>>19216420
4/10

[Anonymous No.19217558]

>>19210658
woah you've got a lot of DFW and proto-DFW books

[Anonymous No.19217641]

>>19209240
Is this from an actual edition or is it fake?

[Anonymous No.19217701]

>>19206526
Read the acknowledgments page of One Dimensional Man, wherein he thanks the Rockefeller Foundation for their patronage, then everything will make sense

Then read Contra Marcuse by Eliseo Vivas

[Anonymous No.19218547]

>>19217641
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/herman-melville-and-anonymous/moby-dick/paperback/product-7wgny7.html?page=1&pageSize=4

[Anonymous No.19218668]

>>19206655
>Spending all this money on modern reprintings
You should have bought really old editions desu

[Anonymous No.19218673]

>>19206655
>Ready Player One
What the fuck is wrong with you?

[Anonymous No.19219310]

>>19218547
I'm almost tempted to buy this

[Anonymous No.19219345]

I am constantly reminded my shelves are more than half-full and that eventually I will have to buy a new shelf for the living room onto which I can only put normie shit.

[Anonymous No.19219556]

>>19216303
>only reads literature

Baby with no appreciation for books spotted. Go read "The Twenty Big Battles of WW2".

[Anonymous No.19219560]

>>19219345
That shelf is morbid, anon. My condolences.

[Anonymous No.19219562]

>>19210976
Webster’s Collegiate, instead of Third International.
Disappointing.

[Anonymous No.19219564]

>>19212312
You must have read a ton of Harry Potter as a child.

[Anonymous No.19219571]

>>19216420
Kudos to having one of the few extant copies of Infinite Jest with a creased spine!

[Anonymous No.19219581]

>>19219310
>>19209194
Why do you own so many copies? I bought one because its only a few dollars more than the actual moby dick. How can a group of rag tag /lit/ posters do what nearly all other authors can't (write something actually funny)

[Anonymous No.19220069]

>>19219345
what is/was the biggest pain in the dick subject at law school. For me, its contracts

[Anonymous No.19220073]

>>19216420
Is that an Everyman's Herodotus? If it is I've never seen that before. Could you take nudes for me anon :>

[Anonymous No.19220086]

>>19213090
nice
>>19216420
very, very basic

[Anonymous No.19220355]

>>19210658
Penguinbro

[Anonymous No.19220497]

>>19219571

that crease is so annoying. i thought it would be more comfortable to hold if i creased it. it just ended up feeling lopsided. you can get through the book without breaking the spine.

[Anonymous No.19220661]

>>19220073

yep, an everyman.

[Anonymous No.19220697]

[Anonymous No.19220910]

>>19220355
>white strip isn't perfectly aligned across all the books
ruined

[Anonymous No.19220957]

>>19220697
Dang that's sexy. I'm happy with my Landmark edition though

[Anonymous No.19221113]

>>19206526
Based

[Anonymous No.19221167]

>>19206655
how's the 3-book crusade collection? loving Gibbon right now, lookin ahead to see i'll next scratch my history itch

[Anonymous No.19221171]

>>19210658
>>19220355
Guincels

[Anonymous No.19221192]

>>19206655
Is Folio Society worth it?

[Anonymous No.19222311]

I need another shelf

[Anonymous No.19222318]

>>19222311

[Anonymous No.19222330]

>>19222318

[Anonymous No.19223104]

>>19222311
what's cinema sewer?

[Anonymous No.19223116]

>>19221192
I have a few and my main problem with them is I don't want to fuck up a 100 dollar book so I'm "careful" when reading them which probably means they're outside my budget. If you're super rich and 100 bucks is dinner, then by all means grab some and enjoy their awesome quality. Another issue I have with them is now all my other books feel like trash.

[Anonymous No.19223125]

>>19213466
both. franklin/easton for philosophy, folio for novels/sci-fi/fun stuff.

[Anonymous No.19223135]

>>19223116
I get that, but I feel if I'm going to get "important" stuff like Homer's epics and whatnot, they should also be pretty. I continue to weigh the merits of leatherbound vs. Folio hardcovers.
>Another issue I have with them is now all my other books feel like trash.
Yeah, but that's why I don't put copies of scripture next to the paperbacks.

[Anonymous No.19223149]

>>19223135
I honestly haven't figured out how to organize my books. They're just a mess now. I mean I have Plato's works in Franklin, and also some other philosophy in paperback.. do I really split them up if I organized them?

I mean right now I have Plato next to Irvine Welsh next to a textbook next to Why Nations Fail.

[Anonymous No.19223309]

[Anonymous No.19223322]

>>19223309
You must be an exceptionally boring person

[Anonymous No.19223424]

>>19223309
>look how serious i am, cant you see? super serious stuff here. not kidding around. adult only.

[Anonymous No.19223429]

>>19223424
>>19223322
Bizarre reactions to an innocuous philosphy shelf

[Anonymous No.19223463]

>>19223429
Reading exclusively philosophy, and not even fun or interesting philosophy is worthy of being mocked. Sorry this is a literature board, I don't make the rules!

[Anonymous No.19223483]

>>19223104
Its a magazine the reviews obscure and forgotten b-movies.

[Anonymous No.19223488]

>>19223483
cool, sounds comfy

[Anonymous No.19223501]

>>19223309
holy shit what a snooze fest

[Anonymous No.19223507]

>>19223309
colorful

[Anonymous No.19223514]

>>19222311
7/10
>>19223309
2/10

[Anonymous No.19223728]

[Anonymous No.19223842]

[Anonymous No.19224147]

>>19223728
based Loebposter
love their comfy shelf presence

[Anonymous No.19224400]

>>19223488
It's pretty good. Lots of hilarious stuff.

[Anonymous No.19224476]

>>19223728
>the darkening age
but why

[Anonymous No.19224529]

>>19224476
Yeah it’s definitely a so-so book. I need to replace it with more serious works like ‘There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ: Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire,’ but haven’t gotten around to it yet

[Anonymous No.19224552]

>>19208219
lit users aren't so frenly unfortunately..

[Anonymous No.19224564]

>>19223322
>>19223424
>>19223501
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>>19223514
guaranteed replies the shelf... I have other stuff but nothing infuriates /lit/ like the emerging paradigm of esoteric atheism

[Anonymous No.19224573]

[Anonymous No.19224587]

>>19224573
>Bathing in Public in the Roman World
Sounds bathed and romepilled

[Anonymous No.19224603]

>>19208243
Where did you even buy that Liggoti?

[Anonymous No.19224623]

>>19224573
Extremely based anon. Aiming for something similar

[Anonymous No.19224658]

Nearly every photo posted here is low res garbage. Congratulations, idiots.

[Anonymous No.19224753]

>>19224564
Your shelf is straight out of a mid 60s phil department. Nothing radical there.

[Anonymous No.19224770]

>>19224658
Post yours fgt

[Anonymous No.19224781]

>>19223728
Is the Manheim translation still the go-to for Mein Kampf? I've heard some pushing for the Ford translation, but I've also heard that one's a mixed bag of sloppy grammar and spelling, for all it boasts about correcting past instances of sloppy grammar and spelling.

[Anonymous No.19224803]

>>19223309
based

[Anonymous No.19224811]

>>19224781
All translations have sloppy grammar and spelling because Hitler was a terrible writer

[Anonymous No.19224976]

>>19206655
can you please tell us what editions and publishers those are for on war and storm of steel and anythign else because this is the dopest shelf in this thread

[Anonymous No.19225009]

>>19224976
Both are Folio Society; On War is OOP but Storm of Steel is still being sold. Leathers are probably Easton or Franklin.

[Anonymous No.19225028]

>>19225009
>OOP
No longer being made? Yes, I knew it was Folio but I couldn't find it on their page. Where can I get your copy? ebay?

[Anonymous No.19225042]

>want to buy lotsa books and have a nice shelf
>no space in rented apartment
>gonna be 2 more years before I buy my own
>all my books on kindle
bros...

[Anonymous No.19225053]

>>19225028
For On War, I've got nothing for you. For Storm of Steel, Amazon and AbeBooks have it.

[Anonymous No.19225059]

>>19225042
Make a plan. List some must-haves for your future collection and keep an eye out for ideal versions, then either buy some over time in preparation for your shelf, or wait until the time you have it and then go to town.

[Anonymous No.19225065]

>>19225059
I was thinking of just buying all the things I've read on my kindle to add to my small physical collection and build from there.

[Anonymous No.19225080]

>>19225042
See its funny, thought I wanted this, but now ive the space I'd rather a small collection and not a whole room filled with books. I too read predominantly on e ink or PDF (for my textbooks). I used to think I wanted large collections of other things as well, but ive embraced a sort of anti clutter yet not minimalist aesthetic.

[Anonymous No.19225113]

>>19206515
>shelf thread
>pictures are full of books
>no one posts a shelf they've actually built with their own hands
What the fuck.

[Anonymous No.19225127]

>>19225113
I would i f I were at home, build a massive shelf into my wall

[Anonymous No.19225135]

>>19225113
I actually did build an entire bookcase with my own hands, but I can't post pictures because I'm at work.

Also, I filled it with action figures of japanese schoolgirls with their panties visible, not books. I own 96 of them (the action figures, not the books, I have maybe a dozen books).

[Anonymous No.19225136]

>>19225009
Damn that looks kinda tacky. I guess it is Folio

[Anonymous No.19225322]

>>19225135
Typical /lit/izen, I see nothing out of the ordinary.

[Anonymous No.19225559]

>>19210658
What are you? Gay?

[Anonymous No.19225614]

>>19225113
I made this shelf with my own hands, see..
>>19223842

[Anonymous No.19225646]

>>19223728
That atlas of Ancient Rome is really nice!

[Anonymous No.19225673]

>>19222318
Bergerchad spotted

[Anonymous No.19226010]

>>19216420
oscar wao? wtf why?

[Anonymous No.19226080]

>>19225559
No I'm not gay. I've had SEX in the PUSSY of verified CUTIES ty.

Don't even think my bookshelf is particularly gay other than the Plath but whatever bro.

[Anonymous No.19226358]

>>19224603
That's the version they sell on Amazon

[Anonymous No.19226372]

>>19224573
Ultra based

[Anonymous No.19226395]

>>19225113
I built this one with my own hands.

[Anonymous No.19226447]

>>19226395
Looks like a struggle to get anything out. Also nice quality pic

[Anonymous No.19226465]

>>19226080
McCullersfag why are you trying to pretend you're a cool bro man when we all know you're a hysterical autist troon? Are you bipolar?

[Anonymous No.19226585]

>>19226465
Yeah I am but don't be bitter a mentally I'll autist fucks more than you. There's even a cutie that browses this board that I've smashed and she might even see this but I doubt she'd do me the favour of verifying but say hi anyway because she's been feeling a little down since she doesn't have me to buy her poetry books and bake her cakes anymore ;((

[Anonymous No.19226627]

1/3

[Anonymous No.19226632]

2/3

[Anonymous No.19226644]

3/3

[Anonymous No.19226799]

>>19223728
Loeb editions are so nice

[Anonymous No.19227196]

>>19220355
how are the spines not cracked to hell? every penguin book i've owned got huge cracks down the spine as soon as i read it for the first time (unless you're not reading them)

[Anonymous No.19227226]

>>19210658
>discourses by machiavelli but no prince
How does that work?

[Anonymous No.19227254]

>>19226627
What's on the forbidden shelf?

[Anonymous No.19227316]

>>19227226
Lent it to a friend when they were reading Othello and never got it back :/

[Anonymous No.19227379]

>>19227254
The stuff on there isn't mine, so just wanted to get it out of the way. Nothing too too exciting there other than LotR.

[Anonymous No.19227392]

>>19227379
Teenage son or twink boyfriend?

[Anonymous No.19227478]

>>19227392
gf

[Anonymous No.19227544]

>>19226632
What translation of Ovid do you have ?

[Anonymous No.19227601]

>>19227544
A. D. Melville. It's the only one I've read completely, but I really enjoy it. It's actually by Oxford World Classics, which is weird because it looks nothing like any other book from them I've seen, but it's a nice edition.

[Anonymous No.19228340]

>>19210730
mentally deranged russian jew/10

[Anonymous No.19228414]

>>19206655
jesus how many thousands did you spend on those folio society books

[Anonymous No.19228439]

>>19228414
He just bought them to make his bookshelf look good. It's the /lit/ equivalent of some girl on instagram getting bigger boobs for more likes.

[Anonymous No.19228739]

>>19228439
/lit/ equivalent of funkopops more like

[Anonymous No.19228828]

>>19226627
How is Omensetters luck?

[Anonymous No.19228884]

>>19223309
Old pic. I’ve seen this in the last two threads.

[Anonymous No.19228892]

>>19224564
He should’ve remained Catholic.

[Anonymous No.19228942]

>>19226644
You have always had the best collection in the recent shelf threads; although I understand why you only post part of it

[Anonymous No.19229008]

>>19228828
Not him but it's excellent

[Anonymous No.19229124]

>>19228942
Thanks! It's like 80% thrifted as well, which I'm always pleased about.

>>19228828
Incredibly beautiful and rewarding read, but the last third or so of the book is the most dense and difficult piece of writing I've ever read, above things like Gravity's Rainbow and Adam Buenosayres and A School for Fools. Maybe that was just me though, since I've heard The Tunnel is even more difficult and I know plenty of people who have read that. Highly recommended though if that sounds appealing at all.

[Anonymous No.19229186]

>>19208172
Just need to buy a new version every time you re-read

[Anonymous No.19229444]

>>19223135
Look for Limited Editions Club and Heritage Press books. Tasteful aesthetics and usually cheaper than Folios. The books are quality seeing that some are close to 100 years old now and still in very good condition.

[Anonymous No.19229464]

>>19223149
Organize yourself however you want, but and hardcover being separate from paperbacks can sometimes work, but if you're splitting up books covering very similar topics purely for anesthetics, you should reconsider the purpose of your shelf

[Anonymous No.19230470]

bump

[Anonymous No.19230583]

>>19226395
>that 2nd hand bookstore cramped and almost soffocating but still comfy look

[Anonymous No.19231201]

>>19229464
I haven't considered really any organization method yet. I'll try just separating hardcovers and paperbacks, that makes sense.

[Anonymous No.19231330]

>>19227196
Because he reads his books carefully ? I own penguin books that have been read at least once without a cracked spine, the only issue I notice with them even after reading them is the black cover chipping, especially around the spine.

[Anonymous No.19231998]

>>19231330
i read pretty carefully as well and i always have this issue with penguin. doesn't happen with any other publisher. maybe i've just had bad luck

[Anonymous No.19232017]

>>19230583
Old paperbacks are comfy.
>>19227196
I don't do anything special, I pick them up, open them, read them, sometimes I carry them in my backpack. I don't understand how people crack books.

[Anonymous No.19232020]

>>19228739
This is one of the truest things ever said on /lit/

[Anonymous No.19232022]

>>19232017
By the way, most of those penguins are from second hand bookstores, that's why they aren't in pristine condition.

[Anonymous No.19232037]

>>19232022
>keeping your books in pristine condition
Unless you've got books that are actually valuable, why would you care so much about condition? Books are meant to be read. When I buy books I read the hell out of them and don't care if I bust the spines, dog ear the pages or ding up the covers.

[Anonymous No.19232055]

>>19232037
I've taken care of my possessions all my life. I can read a book 50 times and you could hardly tell the difference between that book and the one I read only once. I don't do anything in particular, I simply don't destroy them.

[Anonymous No.19232101]

>open book only 1 inch so I don't wreck the spine
>Handle it with gloves so my hands don't get the book dirty
>store it in UV protective plastic casing to keep it safe from dust and the elements
It's a lot of work, but it's important to me to keep my $9 Penguin Classics copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray in pristine condition

[Anonymous No.19232128]

>>19232101
You sound like a bitter retard, at least have the balls to (you) me instead of acting like a passive aggressive faggot. I don't do any of those things, I don't know how the fuck you people crack books, I simply don't know how you do it.

[Anonymous No.19232142]

>>19232128
Here's your (you) buttboy, and if you're not cracking books you're reading like an effete pussy

Here's how to crack a book: OPEN IT

[Anonymous No.19232843]

People who sperg about people who don't wreck their books' spines don't read.

[Anonymous No.19232858]

>>19206655
>Temperature controlled

[Anonymous No.19232878]

>>19209176
Fucking top kek

[Anonymous No.19233087]

>>19219345
Utterly awful

[Anonymous No.19233348]

>>19206655
have you read any of those?

[Anonymous No.19234200]

>>19218673
Lmfao this is the funniest comment in this thread. Thank you for that

[Anonymous No.19234411]

>>19219345
worst shelf I've seen in a long time

[Anonymous No.19234623]

>>19206515
Too lit for a camera.

Karl ove. Philly Roth. Kurt Cobain Vonnegut. John F4F Updike. Fuck Palahniuck and 48 Stephen Kings.

[Anonymous No.19235461]

I'm losing my eyesight

[Anonymous No.19235784]

Philosophy section

[Anonymous No.19235886]

>>19235784
why so much sekundärliteratur? :v

[Anonymous No.19235892]

>>19235784
Also how's that Wagner book?

[Anonymous No.19236870]

Bump Dave

[Anonymous No.19236957]

>>19228439
>>19228739
>>19215041
These bindings upset pseuds not only because they're new and lack any visible signs of wear, but because by virtue of being well-crafted hardcovers they're unlikely to accumulate them any time soon. These are very disturbing qualities in books to your average il/lit/erati who yearns to demonstrate nicely creased and cracked "definitely perused and totally not pseud" paperback spines more than he wants to actually read the very pages they hold together. In their eyes, investing in a sturdy, luxurious leather or nicely decorated buckram bindings to please the owner's eye and provide the books with more longevity is antithetical to the one and only reason of owning physical books at all; that is to serve as an achievement display that would quickly and unambiguously communicate to the two drunken girls and three college dudebros who visit their studio apartment once a year just how authentically e/lit/e and genuinely well-read the owner is, whilst definitely not trying to pretend to want to hope to look like it. Plus, the price factor also breaks some typical self-imposed illusions of being a chosen member of some semi-secret class of penniless bohemian intellectuals, engaged in cultural guerilla warfare on the back line of a grand army of philistine en-pee-see bougies, that so many younger members of /pol/-for-smart-people seem to be under. These are quite hilarious idiosyncrasies and I can wholeheartedly recommend skimming through some older shelf threads to find people both accusing someone of buying particular bindings to show off and chastising the others for not having their spines project the required aura of "well-readness" quite strong enough all in a single post.

[Anonymous No.19236961]

As of the beginning of 2020.
They're all full now.
The CD racks are against a different wall.

[Anonymous No.19236975]

>he's so insecure about his funkobooks he has to write an essay that no one will read to prove he isnt reddit

[Anonymous No.19236990]

>>19236961
How am I supposed to judge your collection when I can’t read the titles?
What’s on all those VHS tapes, anon?

[Anonymous No.19237013]

>>19236957
Based

[Anonymous No.19237365]

>>19236957
yeah i've read master & commander from folio like 4 times and it still looks brand new. i also regularly read on the beach, so it's not like I'm laying in bed with it.

[Anonymous No.19237438]

>>19236990
I guess you'll have to zoom in.

Re: VHS, Those are just the tapes that peek over the books. Most are stuff I recorded from TV that hasn't made it to DVD/streaming, family videos, stuff like that.

Points of interest:
1) On top of the leftmost short bookcase are the Childcraft books I got when I was like 3.
2) The leftmost tall bookcase are mostly DVDs.
3) The upper left shelf of the rightmost short bookcase...are Laserdiscs!

[Anonymous No.19237444]

>>19210486
Cringe,

[Anonymous No.19238763]

I'm currently in another country, so I only brought the books with me which I enjoy the most. The black one is a Hero of A Thousand Faces.

[Anonymous No.19238896]

>>19217701
You sounds like a QAnon’er

[Anonymous No.19238903]

>>19238763
Very cool

[Anonymous No.19239166]

>>19210976
Do you use those beads

[Anonymous No.19239224]

>>19238763
Based Lidl customer

[Anonymous No.19239240]

>>19238763
If you cared so much about your books why would you bother buying penguins and not hardbacks? And they still look like shit anon, you probably have less than £50 worth of books in there, is it really worth keeping them in a fridge?

[Anonymous No.19239359]

>>19239240
not that anon, but the words are the same and they're lighter to travel with.

[Anonymous No.19239685]

>>19214929
that swastika really draws the eye, doesn't it?

[Anonymous No.19240999]

bump

[Anonymous No.19241030]

>>19238763
Thanks for the laught
Also good books/based Lidl

[Anonymous No.19241031]

I-I can't do it bros. I can't post my books without feeling like a massive pseud. What is your secret? How do you not cringe?

[Anonymous No.19241038]

>>19235461
Can we be friends so I can learn Mandarin from you?

[Anonymous No.19241132]

>>19239240
Cheaper books = more books. I only care about the words that are in them, I travel a lot so it makes them lighter, and traveling with nice books ruins them. I read in skateparks, metros, and workshops. Almost everywhere I go is slightly dirty. So that's why. But most importantly, penguins are better suited for the cold and I like that fresh fridge feel.

[Anonymous No.19241140]

Currently I’m tackling this shelf. I’m almost done with the greek tragedies and as soon as I’ve finished the Bible I will start the Christian section in the middle.

[Doggy No.19241246]

>>19241031
Dude, it's an anonymous website. Who gives a shit. Also fuck off with that pseud shit, just enjoy what you enjoy, and don't let narcissistic asshole dictate what you're allowed to like. When it comes to pseudism, we're all on the spectrum somewhere. The true charicature pseud is rare, we just despise pseud-like charictaristics which often get misread on this site due to the small window that presents itself into your life. Fuck them, you shouldn't care. Post bookshelf, dickhead.

[Anonymous No.19241262]

>>19241132
>and traveling with nice books ruins them
Not him and I agree that the content matters more than the packaging, especially in the case of books that you'll only read once or twice, but the point of hardbacks — assuming they're not bound for show — is that they wear much better than paperbacks. Not your case since you wouldn't travel with it, but if I had to buy a massive tome like War and Peace I'd definitely go for a hardback because otherwise it would be falling apart by the time I'm done reading.

[Anonymous No.19242091]

>>19235784
not a single actual, non intro philosophy book. fuck off.

[Anonymous No.19242128]

nobody reading any science journals or philosophy journals. very few who are interested in languages. do any of you wake up in the morning and wonder what you COULD have been?

consider, for a moment, that telling and appreciating stories is like 1/10000000... of what the human mind can do and maybe, just maybe, you could come to love the other stuff, even if it's initially less pleasant and requires humility and discipline.

[Anonymous No.19242380]

>>19242128

[Anonymous No.19242728]

>>19241140
Where'd you pick up that dictionary?

[Anonymous No.19242746]

>>19242728
The blue Stowasser? Picked it up at my local thrift book store for 5€ or so. You can also find copies on zvab but slightly more expensive I think.

[Anonymous No.19242810]

>>19231330
i use a black pen and colour in the white cracks

[Anonymous No.19243164]

>>19242128
myself and every single person i've ever met who reads journals does so digitally. really not sure why anyone (who seriously engages with academic research/writing) would choose physical journals when they're more expensive, less accessible, and slower than their digital counterparts

[Anonymous No.19243299]

>>19243164
This. The only physical journals you might have are copies where your shit is in them. Same reason you might have your own published papers printed and bound, just to have. Doesn't mean anyone else needs them that way.