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hello /lit/

I was wondering if you could suggest any books that are meant to improve one's social skills. My social skills are passable, but I would like to become more charming and a better conversationalist. Does anyone know of any books like these?

>> No.1972175

inb4 self-help books are for pussies, read Finnegans Wake, etc

>> No.1972180

How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Messages by Matthew McKay

these two should get you started nicely

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The stranger by albert camus

>> No.1972186

Take a bottle of Rum, drink it, leave the house. talk to people.
After a few of these sessions you will be able to socialise without the rum.

Also: If you don't have friends already don't botehr because making friends with strangers outside of work when you're out of high school is awkward and ahrd.

>> No.1972191

Read and study Oscar Wilde, note aspects of hit charm and adopt his mannerisms. Becoming a homosexual is optional.

>> No.1972200

>>1972186
>making friends with strangers outside of work when you're out of high school is awkward and hard

That's not true at all. Many of my good friends I met well after I graduated, and many I didn't meet at work.

Also, getting drunk isn't the best way to become charming. Ignore this man, op

>> No.1972233

>>1972200
no but it is a good way to overcome your own inhibitions and anxieties

>> No.1972237

I'm chock full of superficial charm. most sociopaths are.

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Swag by Monica Marie Jones

>> No.1972332

Feels good being able to spot a sociopath a mile away.

They are easier to manipulate than normal people.

>> No.1974285

is everyone on this board a sociopath? christ

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>> No.1974302

>>1974285

No, just nerds with delusions of being special and exciting.

>> No.1974304

read some Dale Carnegie /

>> No.1974310

this is relevant to my interests

>> No.1974311

>>1972251
why is every "urban fiction" book like something a middle school student would write?

>protagonist is a "famous" singer/rapper/actor/actress/ad infinitum
>add in one-note villain
>happy ending

>> No.1974323

>>1974298
This, and "Mystery Method".
Not just great understanding of being a pick-up artist but an understanding of how and why it all works.
The Game is a fun little read on it's own and you can get a pretty quick idea of what it's all about form one point of view on multiple PUA techniques.

But as these books will lay out (Mystery Method more so), to improve one's social skill you need to go out and get your feet wet. Go to places you like, interests you, and avoid ones you don't (can't stand bars myself since there too load for me to hear anything anyway, I just stick to Jazz lounges and such).

>> No.1974325

>>1974302

But I AM special and exciting.

>> No.1974326

>>1974311
Because they are written by middle schoolers

>> No.1974328

Just realize tht most people are terrible conversationalists and can barely form coherent sentences nd that you're a lot better than them. That's it