Shelf thread

[Anonymous No.23256227]

Post your book-babies

[Anonymous No.23256277]

>>23256227
cringe

[Anonymous No.23256318]

>>23256227
Homosexual with decent taste. The jump to IJ is a little cringe though.

[Anonymous No.23256324]

>>23256227
I dont know why that Beatles book in the middle of everything is cracking me up. Have you actually read all 4 of the chinese classics? I've got 2 down and if I'm ambitious later this year I'm going to tackle Journey to the West

[Anonymous No.23256327]

>>23256227
Damn you have the 4 chinese Classics. They look so nice together

[Anonymous No.23256332]

>>23256324
Which Chinese classics have you read? Which one did you like the most?

[Anonymous No.23256340]

>>23256332
Water Margin and Dream of the Red Chamber. I liked Red Chamber more personally, but Water Margin was fun in a shonen anime sort of sense.

[Anonymous No.23256341]

>>23256340
Nice. May I ask what versions did you read?

[Anonymous No.23256342]

>>23256324
Only ROTK so far and it was incredible

[Anonymous No.23256346]

>>23256227
I love your Funko Pops!

[Anonymous No.23256349]

>>23256341
Penguin translation for Red Chamber and and Water Margin was an older edition of the flp translation.
>>23256342
Nice, stoked to dive into that one.

[Anonymous No.23256353]

>>23256346
I like the bugs bunny one with the crown
Pretty cool :D

[Anonymous No.23256382]

>>23256353
>>23256346
Based funko appreciators

[Anonymous No.23256388]

>>23256227
If you have more space, consider finding some Reader's Digest editions of classics. They are all hardcovers and usually contain either watercolor or pencil illustrations. They go for $1-2 in my local area, so maybe things might be similar for you.

[Anonymous No.23256440]

Just my Greek shelf. My other shelves aren't nearly as nice. This one has pride of place.

[Anonymous No.23256475]

Nothing really special, but I'm proud of my collection. I had like 10 books 5 years ago.
1/4

[Anonymous No.23256483]

[Anonymous No.23256485]

[Anonymous No.23256490]

4/4

[Anonymous No.23256497]

1/4

[Anonymous No.23256502]

>>23256485
>Cormac McCarthy - Droga
What’s that book? In my language, Spanish, droga means drug.
>>23256490
Based Ellroy reader

[Anonymous No.23256503]

>>23256497
2/4

[Anonymous No.23256508]

>>23256503

[Anonymous No.23256513]

>>23256508

[Anonymous No.23256516]

>>23256508
That dickens is a real honker chonker

[Anonymous No.23256531]

>>23256502
It’s The Road, apparently.

[Anonymous No.23256532]

>>23256502
The Road

[Anonymous No.23256533]

>>23256502
You suck lol

[Anonymous No.23256534]

>>23256516
Its waay too fucking big. I used to read while I donated plasma and that fucker was always too big to deal with one handed. 5 novels all together tho.

[Anonymous No.23256541]

>>23256533
seethe

[Anonymous No.23256544]

>>23256534
Looks beautiful on the shelf though, so it's worth it

[Anonymous No.23256611]

>>23256503
>Medieval Epics and Sagas
What does that include exactly?

[Anonymous No.23256618]

>>23256227
Fucker, your funkos gave me diarrhea. I'm literally shutting water right now.

[Anonymous No.23256980]

>>23256618
judgmental much? Grow up!

[Anonymous No.23256984]

>>23256980
I have chronic diarrhea thanks to those fucking toys, I'm shitting again.

[Anonymous No.23256986]

>>23256984
Here, little guy

[Anonymous No.23256990]

>>23256513

Sir six cinderblocks are missing

[Anonymous No.23257061]

>>23256227

[Anonymous No.23257069]

>>23257061
Hall Fall of Reach and First Strike are kino

[Anonymous No.23257080]

>>23256227
>mythology/folklore collections
Makes me sad that more people aren't into this stuff, it all seems really cool to me although I haven't explored it deeply.

[Anonymous No.23257125]

There's more somewhere.

[Anonymous No.23257164]

>>23256227
I won’t take a picture of everything (maybe some day) but this is part of my collection (there are other books behind)

[Anonymous No.23257210]

>>23257164
Sir, someone has tactically allocated a few books in Spanish in your shelves.

[Anonymous No.23257500]

>>23256440
Very inefficient use of shelf space but I like what I see. How much did it cost you to collect those, in terms of both money and time

[Anonymous No.23257508]

>>23256227
okay, you have a lot of books I want, I'll admit it.

[Anonymous No.23257509]

[Anonymous No.23257582]

>>23257508
which ones

[Anonymous No.23257592]

>>23257582
the 4 chinese novels and those folio history books. also like the mythology ones and the dead sea scrolls.

[Anonymous No.23257620]

>>23257592
people seem to be really keen on the Chinese classics here, which is awesome

[Anonymous No.23257623]

>>23256227
My library is digital

[Anonymous No.23257633]

>>23257623
lame

[Anonymous No.23257710]

Shelf in my bedroom

[Anonymous No.23257745]

>>23257710
How’s 1848? There’s another book on the subject coming out by Christopher Clark

[Anonymous No.23257786]

Issue with being a kindle reader

[Anonymous No.23257803]

>>23257786
what's the publisher of that Fire & Blood edition?

[Anonymous No.23257830]

>>23257803
Pretty sure it's the random house hardcover on Amazon, just with the gay sleeve cover slipped off.

[Anonymous No.23257912]

>>23257830
I see. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.23258510]

>>23257061
>>23257069
I remember reading Fall of Reach for 3 days straight in the middle of summer when I was 10 or 11. We went to the lake and I was reading the whole time. That opening chapter and the first contact with the covenant are all that I remember, but damn that was a good read when I was a kid.

[Anonymous No.23258894]

>>23258510
Same except it was a hotel pool

[Anonymous No.23258984]

>>23257786
if you don't pirate your ebooks for kindle you're a certified faggot
jus sayin

[Anonymous No.23259009]

[Anonymous No.23259050]

>>23257786
The tails look like dicks.

[Anonymous No.23259112]

>>23259009
looking good, but why not put a further row of books on the top of the shelf itself? plenty of space up there for more books, just need bookends

[Anonymous No.23259119]

>>23259112
i probably will when i run out of space. for the time being i'm ok though - i have a couple of other shelves with some miscellaneous stuff and extra space in other rooms

[Anonymous No.23259188]

>>23258984
I do both. Amazon makes it laughly simple by letting you upload books to your amazon cloud account.

[Anonymous No.23259271]

>>23259188
yeah that's why i'm owning a kindle

[Anonymous No.23259291]

>flat spine of Iliad
you have never read it, have you

[Anonymous No.23259341]

>>23257069
>>23258510
this is why I'm afraid to re-read the Eric Nylund Halo books as an adult
I remember Fall of Reach and The Flood being shockingly good for franchise tie-in books, even as a kid I knew that all spin-off books for Star Wars and Star Trek were complete trash
do they actually hold up?

[Anonymous No.23259353]

>>23256227
everyone bitches about the B&N leather classics but some of them are quite good
the mythology treasury/encyclopedias are extremely good and their editions of certain pop fiction works are decent quality

[Anonymous No.23259363]

>>23259353
Why does B&N editions get so much hate?

[Anonymous No.23259371]

>>23256227
what's with all the folio society stuff? too good for used bookstores are you?

[Anonymous No.23259383]

>>23259363
quality is hit or miss
some of the books they pick for the collection are blatant pandering to consumerist nerds like their Star Wars and Indiana Jones compilations, with obnoxious cover art clearly meant to sit on a shelf next to a Funko Pop instead of being read
the ones the dude has of Greek mythology, Scandinavian mythology, Irish folk tales, and Chinese mythology are all mint. The Greek one in particular looks like they look a vintage pre-digital printing and rebound it, it's weirdly high-quality. Same with B&N's version of The Godfather.
>>23259371
My local HPB always has a ton of vintage Franklin Library which I want to love but they're always awkwardly sized compared to Easton Press
I'd never do Folio though, fuck those clothbound covers

[Anonymous No.23259434]

>>23259363
Back when I was first collecting books, I ended up getting a B&N edition of four Ernest Hemingway novels. Its a nice looking book, but its definitely not that great, quality-wise.
>>23259383
>I'd never do Folio though, fuck those clothbound covers
What's your problem with clothbound? For me, its been the opposite. The gold on my Easton Press books leaves gold specks on my hands, so I've never liked picking them up.

[Anonymous No.23259439]

>>23259434
maybe it's gotten better, but they felt cheap for the premium price they warrant
the only Folios I've liked is their 007 collection which has insane quality illustrations, but those aren't the kind of books I want fine-bindings of

[Anonymous No.23259466]

>>23259291
1) I have read other translations, of which there are many
2) There is absolutely no reason why a book has to be abused during its reading. It is completely within your power to read a book, put it back on the shelf, and have it appear as though it had not been read. Conversely, it is possible to buy a used book at Value Village and put it on your shelf, having pretended it was read.
3) Have a nice day.

[Anonymous No.23259479]

>>23259466
doesn't everyone else open the pages of a book at like a ~35 degree angle so they don't stress the spine?

[Anonymous No.23259480]

>>23259439
I never really had the impression they felt cheap, at least when comparing them to my Everyman's Library clothbound books, or to the truly cheap-feeling Penguin clothbound books.
If I had to guess, maybe your hands just prefer the feeling of leather? I will admit, good leather really does feel good in the hands.

[Anonymous No.23259483]

>>23259341
you're getting mixed up, the Flood was not by Nylund, and it was a steaming heap of shit. literally reading it was like narrating a Halo CE playthrough.
>and then john empired his assault rifle and reloaded. and then john shot the alien and turned the corner. and then john cocked a grenade

[Anonymous No.23259509]

>>23259483
I misspoke, I meant Fall of Reach and First Strike
got 10 pages into The Flood and put it down for the exact reason you describe

[Anonymous No.23259552]

>>23259509
yeah the only redeeming feature of The Flood were the invented storylines by the author to pad out the narrative. specifically two narratives, one following the Marines as they make a base and try to hold out (while the master chief is off actually advancing the plot); and the other following Zamamee the elite who is trying to kill the master chief or whatever. I guess if you knew the book you could strategically skip the master chief chapters but why even bother, just turn on the Xbox and play CE

[Anonymous No.23259560]

>>23259480
the everyman & penguin cloth-bounds are exactly what I think of when I think of Folio society, but again I'm talking about ones from ages ago
if they've gotten better and are now worth the price, then good shit

[Anonymous No.23260279]

>>23259009
How is dusting all this not a nightmare

[Anonymous No.23260857]

>>23260279
>not dusting while cozily listening to The Great Courses
Do you even knowledgemaxx?

[Anonymous No.23260953]

>>23259479
Not everyone takes care of their possessions.

[Anonymous No.23260971]

>>23256227
You're ok.

[Anonymous No.23260973]

>>23260953
UUUU

[Anonymous No.23260974]

>>23256227
A wise man once said, "Books are White Nationalists Funco pops." And, "Reading makes you gay."
Congratulations.

[Anonymous No.23261031]

>>23260974
a retarded man*

[Anonymous No.23261512]

>>23260973
that's just a bible, who gives a shit

[Anonymous No.23262321]

>>23260973
That’s quality it will be fine . No other kind of book is built like a premium bible

[Anonymous No.23263629]

>>23257061
Where do you get the bookmarks from?

[Anonymous No.23264511]

Recently moved out for the first time and across country, but got rear ended like 10 minutes after starting the drive and it fucked up my trunk so I had to leave basically all my books aside from what I already had in the backseat. Had a good few Franklin Library books and a ton of random shit, since this is /lit/ and not /a/ I won't bitch about the comics or manga I had to leave too, but this is what I got after basically starting over. Paradise Lost, Clockwork Orange, and Fear and Loathing I packed with some of the manga I did end up taking but the rest I basically got new when I moved out here. There's like 3 used bookstores within 30 minutes of my new place so it's been nice trying to rebuild muh collection. Eventually when my mom visits she's gonna bring all the stuff I had to leave behind but until then I'm happy with what I got.

[Anonymous No.23264796]

>>23256513
dude, were you single-handedly supporting Danielewski's Familiar series?

[Anonymous No.23264821]

I don't have room for a bookshelf, so I stack all my books in a corner or put them in a crate.

[Anonymous No.23265010]

>>23259009
Have you read that Anne Carson? Is she good? I've been tempted to read the few books of hers I've thrifted, but I'm afraid the hype is more than the actual content.
Also, I dropped the Luminaries after 100 pages, tell me I did right or wrong.

[Anonymous No.23265245]

>>23264511
if it weren't for the csm, i'd guess you're a girl

[Anonymous No.23265251]

>>23264511
What's that Paradise Lost edition's publisher?

It's my favourite poem and I've been looking for a non-ludicrously priced edition with Blake's art for a while.

[Anonymous No.23265257]

>>23257164
kek maybe five of them look read.
Also I have that same obnoxious edition of Monkey King: Journey to the West. Fun read.

[Anonymous No.23265289]

>>23256227

[Anonymous No.23265290]

>>23265289
Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.23265303]

>>23265289
>>23265290
I like it, although I don’t really care for philosophy, personally. The actual literature is a good enough selection. Have you read The life of Samuel Johnson yet? I rarely see that one on people’s shelves

[Anonymous No.23265342]

>>23265289
Not even Kropotkin can save you from being intensely boring

[Anonymous No.23265361]

>>23256227
based.
you might be a good guy to ask, i am looking for this one history book that was released about 5 years ago and widely touted as "the last english history book from an english perspective" (as in, non-woke)

[Anonymous No.23265371]

>>23265303
Yes. It's neat. For quality Johnson's actual writings on the Scottish trip are nicer. Overall it's probably not worth the read. It's more of a 'drop into' book whenever you want a taste of The Georgian Literary scene. There were some notable things, though:
Boswell's strong defence of slavery is amusing.
Johnson's profound terror of death, and his grim last years are sad.
His summation of his view's on life, near death, by quoting the Milton Satan's views on the sun (my favourite): 'How I hate thy Beams'.
Amongst their close clique their is is concurrence that life is mostly unpleasant and, offered the chance to live theirs again, would refuse. For me noteworthy was some random middle-class lady saying this. It's a good reminder that we shouldn't catastrophise about how shit life is. Others have felt it too, and plenty of the hum drum at that, whose declamations certainly don't merit memorialising.

My favourite though, which I still giggle over, is some random's comic lyric about another. I don't even remember the lines, but the original is an Irish poet asking whether one day his native city will be remembered as his birth place. Something like 'will they remember which from thee springs?' To which the satire runs: they will, for 'over on yonder tree his carcass swings'.

[Anonymous No.23265378]

>>23265289
>>23265290
Also
I cba to post it.

[Anonymous No.23265380]

>>23265378
bugger, the one I didn't bother to adjust. idc

[Anonymous No.23265404]

I've already read 14 books this year, I need more shelfspace but floorspace is at a premium right now

[Anonymous No.23265628]

>>23265378
Do you purposefully buy black and white books? I do mire your collection

[Anonymous No.23265639]

>>23265289
>Coyote Canyon Press

[Anonymous No.23265858]

This ain't the entire collection. I'm just running out of space to put books.

[Anonymous No.23265860]

>>23265858

[Anonymous No.23265894]

>>23265858
I don't understand what you people find attractive in Folio editions, they look gaudy to my eyes

[Anonymous No.23265905]

>>23265894
Honestly, yeah, they are. I bought them back when I got my first job and didn't have any bills to debt.
In other words, they looked good to me when I was 18.

[Anonymous No.23265971]

>>23265894
Folio editions can be really beautiful. Knock-offs look cheap and gaudy because they are.

[Anonymous No.23265980]

[Anonymous No.23265986]

I lost a thread. Does /lit/ have an archive?

[Anonymous No.23265989]

>>23265986
https://4search.neocities.org/lit

[Anonymous No.23266017]

>>23265980
very aesthetically pleasing. what are the yellow ones on the top left?

[Anonymous No.23266340]

>>23265989
ty

[Anonymous No.23266357]

>>23265980
>those flags
nice

[Anonymous No.23266403]

>>23266017
Books

[Anonymous No.23266642]

>>23259009
Measurements for the distance between each shelf? Currently modifying my book shelves and would love to know more. If you have all the measurements than even better.

[Anonymous No.23267127]

>>23265894
they vary quite a bit. the Hugh Thomas, in the pic you are replying to, looks really good IMO and not at all gaudy

[Anonymous No.23267162]

>>23256227

[Anonymous No.23267175]

Some of the books I’ve gotten recently, shorter form writing I’ve been picking at here and there, and a few books I want to reread soon

[Anonymous No.23267184]

>>23267162
they have these fake books on yachts, it's so offensive

[Anonymous No.23267203]

>>23267175
Read any of the Giorgio Vasari?

I confess to not being huge on the Renaissance, but I'm curious about this particular one: is it just autistic artsy stuff (not so interesting to me) or more of a tour de force In search of lost time stlye thing that summarises an epoch?

[Anonymous No.23267224]

>>23256227
a folder on my computer, alongside some stuff on my kindle

[Anonymous No.23267255]

>>23267203
I had an abridged version before so I’ve read some of them. It’s probably not for you as it is extensively focused on artists and their art in a brief way. Often it is fairly dry but a good look at the renaissance art. It is a seminal text in art history which is the main reason for Vasari’s Lives’ lasting fame. That era was a fascinating time IMO. I’ve read Burckhardt, Pater, and some others over the last year, and Cellini’s autobiography is one of my favorite books so I wanted to fill in some of the blanks with Vasari when it comes to art. It definitely isn’t a book you read cover to cover though. Even though it’s dry and Vasari has his biases it provides an impressive overview of art in the renaissance and how those guys lived their lives and how their careers progressed. Many of them are short ~10 page bios

[Anonymous No.23267288]

>>23267255
Thanks. Pity it doesn't sound like something I'd like; don't suppose you'd know anything like that? I mean, it could be a modern history, but I mean something like how Casanova's autobiography really gives you the feel of how the 18th century was actually lived.

I love Everyman too, btw; literally just bought that new Byron (I've read some of his poetry already).

[Anonymous No.23267355]

>>23266403
thanks

[Anonymous No.23267422]

>>23267288
Yeah I love Casanova’s book too. He makes Venice seems like such an isolated exotic place: gondolas across the water, masks, the feel of secrecy and secret societies, etc. Casanova is known for his love intrigues but I found his wit, daring and intelligence to be the main draw. It’s easy to see how he got women. With those types of books I’ve always loved comparing the economics for how much various things cost relative to current times.

It might be outdated but maybe look into Burckhardt’s table of contents. It is a much bigger overview of society, culture, politics, etc. I’d also love recommendations as there is a ton out there so I’m not really sure where to go. Have you ever read Cellini? His personality turns some readers away but as an author he is one of a kind, no character like him. As an artist in the renaissance he gives a good feel of how things were for an artist and the politics of the time

[Anonymous No.23267556]

>>23256227
Do you have any real interests?

[Anonymous No.23267557]

>>23265378
what's in your deck box?

[Anonymous No.23267560]

>>23256440
I kneel.

[Anonymous No.23267572]

>>23265980
based Spanish chud

[Anonymous No.23267619]

>>23267556
yeah I like to deliberately enter threads that annoy me, got any tips so I can hone my craft?

[Anonymous No.23267674]

[Anonymous No.23267780]

>>23266017
The guy who replied to you isn't me, but forgive me I moved out of this place temporarily and I can't quite recall. If it hits me while this thread is still alive, I'll tell you

[Anonymous No.23267951]

>>23267780
>he doesn't even know his own books

[Anonymous No.23267982]

>>23267780
>>23266017
lol you silly goose, it's not even my shelf but I can tell they're gothic/horror books. I can tell by the barely readable titles in Spanish that they are:
> The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
>The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
>The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
>The Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells
>At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
Aren't I an excellent detective? :D

[Anonymous No.23268044]

>>23256227
redpill me on these editions

[Anonymous No.23268088]

>>23268044
if you mean the icelander's it's by Magnus Magnusson and the indian one is by William Radice. it's just myth retellings

[Anonymous No.23268150]

[Anonymous No.23268152]

>>23268150
2/2

[Anonymous No.23268280]

>>23268150
That's the thinnest moby-dick edition I've seen

[Anonymous No.23268481]

>>23256318
kek

[Anonymous No.23268500]

>>23267951
>>23267780
Fucking /lit/ I swear

[Anonymous No.23268551]

>>23268150
>Chad's books
My man. I've been wanting to get his books since I found him a few years ago and watching a few of his lectures.

[Anonymous No.23268563]

Bazinga.

[Anonymous No.23268584]

>>23268563
Why is it always a soft cover Bible??
Just get a normal Bible

[Anonymous No.23268705]

>>23268584
those are pricy where I live

[Anonymous No.23268725]

>>23268584
Where my Penguin bible bros at?

[Anonymous No.23268729]

>>23268725

[Anonymous No.23268779]

>>23268725
I think that's the longest Penguin ever.
>>23268729
?

[Anonymous No.23268792]

>>23256227
lmal this has to be from reddit

[Anonymous No.23268795]

>>23265378
God damn you, a bookstore near my house just had that Patrick O'Brien hardcover box-set and I neglected to pick it up.

[Anonymous No.23268803]

>>23268795
Sux to be you. It has appeared twice ITT already.

[Anonymous No.23268992]

>>23268584
I have several Bibles, that's just the one I like the look of the most.

[Anonymous No.23269005]

>>23267175
is that story of art new? looks like it's in good condition but a quick search around doesn't turn up any recent reprints of the paperback

[Anonymous No.23269094]

>>23258984
I pay to be able to jump between chapters so what.

[Anonymous No.23269247]

>>23269005
I got it new like ~2 years ago

[Anonymous No.23269248]

>>23265980
Nice to see a fellow /med/bro.
Buona giornata fratello

[Anonymous No.23269267]

>>23267175
Outstanding anon

[Anonymous No.23269410]

>>23257164
>conan
based
>musashi
why the fuck is it so thick

[Anonymous No.23269969]

>>23256227

[Anonymous No.23269981]

[Anonymous No.23270281]

>>23258984

[Anonymous No.23270759]

>>23270281
lol. if you don't know how to find stuff on the web, you don't deserve to find it

[Anonymous No.23272018]

>>23256227
Bump

[Anonymous No.23272216]

>>23256227
This is my shelf in my bedroom.
>>23256440
Love the Loeb copies. I used the Isocrates ones in undergrad.
>>23256497
I need to read more scifi. I'll look through your stuff to pick a couple out.

[Anonymous No.23272412]

I have a lot of books but my shelves are covered with stuff. I have the world's largest collection of vintage police flashlights.

[Anonymous No.23272712]

>>23257509
I would have loved to read the 40k books and get immersed in the world if the writing wasn't so mid tier. Which one would you recommend as the least bad of the bunch?

[Anonymous No.23272726]

>>23272412
How much do you know about the setting?

[Anonymous No.23272735]

>>23272726
Shit. Meant for >>23272712

[Anonymous No.23272750]

>>23272216
Do you visit /tea/ from time to time?

[Anonymous No.23272768]

>>23272735
I've played Mechanicus, and watched a video on the emperor. That is all.

[Anonymous No.23272833]

>>23272768
Good enough. You know what a clusterfuck 40K universe is. Read Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. It's the first book of the Horus Heresy (in 30K), which narrates the event that basically shaped 40K. It's a long series that a lot of writers contributed to (top two shelves of the earlier image) and there are good ones and bad ones and also ones that you can wholly skip (almost no one reads the entire thing anyway). You can look up whatever term or character online that sounds new to you, though since you don't know too much about 40K I would advise you to not get too spoiled on major characters/events. Half the fun is contrasting 30K and 40K and the other half is finding out what happened to whom in detail. If you like Horus Rising, go ahead and read the second and third entries. They conclude one storyline that the rest of the books branch off of. After that it's a free for all on what you pick. There are tons of guides online by which to choose better written/story-essential books in the Horus Heresy, or you can just select some of the oft-recommended titles from the 40K era.

Like you said, don't expect excellent writing, but it is indeed an entertaining setting to get immersed in.

[Anonymous No.23272959]

>>23267422
I’m a different anon, but you should really read Pepys if you’re into diaries. His petty bourgeois lifestyle makes a really nice counterpoint to the manic romanticism of someone like Cellini, although he really did live through some amazing things (plague, fire, restoration) and was also a serial philanderer. Whenever I see someone with an Apple watch I think of Pepys, an early adopter of the pocketwatch, so entranced that he just stares at it for entire carriage rides.

[Anonymous No.23273039]

>>23272833
Thanks, I'll check these out

[Anonymous No.23273109]

>>23272959
Yeah, Pepys (and Evelyn) are on my radar. It seems the former greatly outshines the latter so I’m assuming Pepys is the better place to start. I think what’s held me off is that I’m not too knowledgeable nor interested in that period of English history. That will probably change though as I never thought I’d be interested in 18th century Venice

I’m reading Cardano’s book now and it’s strange, not a typical autobiography. He breaks it down in 1-10 page sections describing various things, like one section is friends, enemies, health, appearance, etc, and it’s not chronological. Despite living in such a vibrant time there is no way I’d want to live then. It was dangerous and unhealthy. I’m sure Pepys will portray a similar “dangerous time”, Cardano almost died a bunch of times from diseases and illnesses, he had physical deformities, was almost crushed by buildings and roofs collapsing, drowned by falling into canals, attacked by stray dogs, poisoned by colleagues who wanted his teaching position (wtf?). I’m guessing Pepys portrays a similar time with the plague and fire? Life was pretty precarious for much of history

[Anonymous No.23273126]

>>23265894
Honestly the thing I hate most is how they put their logo on the spine, the whole cover can look great and then you just see a giant FS staring at you

[Anonymous No.23273254]

Mine's mainly horror adjacent stuff lol

[Anonymous No.23273312]

/presbyterian/

[Anonymous No.23273333]

>>23273254
Where is the Lovecraft

[Anonymous No.23273698]

>>23273333
I couldn't fit them comfortably on the shelf, but the two books on the very bottom right on top of the JoJo art books are both Lovecraft story collections

[Anonymous No.23273751]

>>23272750
Not really. Most of my time is spent of /lit/ and /out/

[Anonymous No.23273756]

>>23256440
This is so fucking based, holy shit

[Anonymous No.23273813]

I'm thinking of getting Earthsea. Got any editions to recommend? Is picrel good? Should I get the novels separate?

[Anonymous No.23274028]

>>23273813
A fair warning: Don't read more than the first one or two books. It's surprisingly terrible with poorly written characters, bad dialogue, contains an actual mary sue that people delude themselves into thinking they aren't one (Which tends to be the same responses as people who think Katara [Different series] isn't a mary sue), and so utterly repetitive.
Quick note though: If you like feminist theory and marxist drivel, you'll enjoy book 2, and likely won't be able to recognize the problems I'm pointing out so you'll likely enjoy the entire series.
Man, I really wish she didn't completely destroy Tenar on the second half.

[Anonymous No.23274550]

>>23259479
>>23259466
The only two anons in this thread who hold their books properly instead of stomping them into the ground like some kid breaking in a new baseball cap.

[Anonymous No.23274559]

>>23267162
You cant tell these people don't know what an actual bookshelf looks like because you wouldn't be able to correctly move these books from the shelf.

[Anonymous No.23274567]

>>23257500
This shelf has eaten five years of my life and will eat more yet.

[Anonymous No.23274597]

[Anonymous No.23274623]

>>23274597
your piss is probably more expensive than my entire library

[Anonymous No.23274638]

>>23274550
This. You only need to see one page at a time and you can rotate your wrists for the next page. No reason to open a book more than 90 degrees

[Anonymous No.23275364]

>>23256227
Bomp

[Anonymous No.23277124]

>>23272216
I've been meaning to pick up that copy of Xunzi. I need to get around to reading Mencius too. Love me Confucius.

[Anonymous No.23277775]

>>23264511
Why the fuck is that version of Notes from Underground so fucking big?

[Anonymous No.23278443]

>>23264511
>pochita plush
>"devils" instead of "demons"

[Anonymous No.23278822]

the second shelf was built by a retard so I can't even use the space properly

[Anonymous No.23278846]

>>23278822
Why did you buy a shelf from a retard?

[Anonymous No.23278879]

>>23265860
Tell me about those editions of Dracula/20k leagues
Are recent are they, is the paper stupid thin and the cover flimsy?

[Anonymous No.23279030]

>>23278846
i got it from lowes for a fraction of the price, pre-built. usually 220, was only 50 for some reason. now I see why

[Anonymous No.23279046]

>>23278879
They're Macmillan Collector's Library hardcovers. While I wouldn't say the paper is anything special, all my editions use the exact same thickness of paper and they don't seem super thin.

[Anonymous No.23279050]

>>23259009
bruv why is your copy of a little life so massive

[Anonymous No.23279136]

>>23279046
>my editions use the exact same thickness of paper and they don't seem super thin.
Every brand new book ive ever looked at recently is printed on thin paper. The best way i could describe it as tracing paper
I guess that is some new cost saving measure

[Anonymous No.23279312]

I have started a religion with this set of books as the holy texts.
The books other than the Holy Bible are cautionary tales of specific expanded 13 deadly sins I call the 13 beasts. This is to imply they're neither right nor wrong just things you have to survive or adopt.
For example Infinite Jest and the pale king are the beast Rana (frog) the beast of idolatry and the beast of ritual.

[Anonymous No.23279868]

>>23279312
Ive been eyeing the illustrated lord of the rings but every copy ive seen is still in shrink wrap and im afraid to open to inspect if i like all 3 books in one and if i like the quality of the pages

[Benedict D. No.23279923]

>>23265980
bruh the iron guard flag. bro is chudmaxxed

[Anonymous No.23280750]

[Anonymous No.23280754]

>>23280750
what's childcraft? a guide to writing children's fiction?

[Anonymous No.23280757]

>>23280754
Witchcraft for children

[Anonymous No.23280758]

>>23280754
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childcraft

[Anonymous No.23280826]

>>23257710
>that edition of Dracula
have you read it yet? I bought a few books from that series and unfortunately once you hold it in you hand a couple of times, the printed on bits start to come off, which is a real shame, because they look pretty great. Did you have the same issue with yours?

[Anonymous No.23280834]

>>23267162
Why would you make a fake bookshelf if it's not even a secret door, what's the point?

[Anonymous No.23280858]

>>23280826
Different anon, but I also have one of those Penguin clothbound books. Yes, the problem exists for me too, and probably for all of them.
Pic related is my copy of the Iliad, and the letters on the spin are practically gone.

[Anonymous No.23280865]

>>23280858
these should really come with dust jackets

[Anonymous No.23280880]

>>23280865
Probably, but the books themselves work as books, even without there outside letters, and they aren't expensive compared to other hardcover books (my copy of the Iliad goes for $16 on Amazon, for example).

[Anonymous No.23280886]

>>23280858
The worst part is, I was kinda skeptical of how nice the books looked compared to their price, so I looked up some online reviews beforehand.
And everyone said that the quality is fine, which I guess just shows that none of those people actually read any of the books they were reviewing.
Oh well, at least my copy of Moby Dick now looks like an antiquity after reading it only once, I suppose.

[Anonymous No.23280924]

>>23280886
At least you have just one book to deal with. Since I also want to read the Odyssey, I'm halfway considering just getting the Penguin Clothbound edition, just to complete the set. I really shouldn't be thinking about how these books look on my shelf, but its how my brain ticks with this kind of thing.

[Anonymous No.23280948]

>>23278879
I love them. The are cheap, nice looking editions, and many of them include illustrations.

[Anonymous No.23281035]

>>23280858
I have a few of these and they rub off onto your hands badly

[Anonymous No.23281211]

>>23280924
Nah man, I feel you. I'm pretty materialist in this regard aswell.
I'd be reading kindle exclusively because of how convenient it is to have my whole library with me on the go with not fear of damaging an expensive book in my backpack or something. But I just love the feel of physical books and I like them looking nice on my shelf.
I obviously intend to read all the books I buy, but I think at least in small part it's also a collection hobby for me.

[Anonymous No.23281499]

>>23280948
Honestly don't know how. They're like 4 inches tall

[γρηγορεύω !!J89a5VVZH9B No.23281516]

[Anonymous No.23282065]

>>23280948
>CAS
MY BROTHER.

[Anonymous No.23282075]

>>23265289
unbelievable tier

[Anonymous No.23282676]

>>23280858
My wife bought a few of these. They look so fucking tacky. Not surprised to hear they disintegrate in your hands.

[Anonymous No.23283344]

With all this talk about disintegrating copies
Curious of peoples opinion of modern library vs international collectors library

[Anonymous No.23283351]

>>23282065
20 bookmarks
Finish your goddamn books

[Anonymous No.23283377]

>>23280826
I have paradise lost from that series and yeah, it basically starts coming off if you even look at it too hard.

[Anonymous No.23283419]

>>23283351
No, I will start 8 more books that I won't finish for 2-3 years. But, also, some of them are my wife and kid's bookmarks. Have an extremely poorly edited picture of some shelves.

[Anonymous No.23283518]

>>23283419
>my wife and kid
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE get off my board normalfag

[Anonymous No.23283544]

>>23283518
lol I've been here longer than you.

[Anonymous No.23283732]

>>23273254
>Blame!
Nice.

[Anonymous No.23283759]

>>23256440
literally me

[Anonymous No.23283975]

>>23280858
Good to know . Explains why they’re so cheap

[Anonymous No.23284112]

>>23256227
Just get an e-reader retard.

[Anonymous No.23284120]

>>23284112
I look at screens all day for work. Why the hell would I remove the physical pleasure of a good book from my life?

[Anonymous No.23284124]

>>23284120
There's no difference.

[Anonymous No.23284131]

>>23284124
There is plenty of difference.

[Anonymous No.23284136]

>>23283544
>fell for the Gabler meme
>fell for the Guenon meme
>fell for the Evola meme
kek

[Anonymous No.23284162]

>>23284112
What compels idiots like you to enter threads just to say you disagree with the thread?

[Anonymous No.23284174]

>>23284124
>there’s no difference between drinking a glass of water and sucking on an ice cube

[Anonymous No.23284177]

>>23284131
There are no downsides to just using an e-reader.

[Anonymous No.23284183]

>>23256440
>"greek" shelf
>it's all translations
kinda icky ngl

[Anonymous No.23284195]

>>23267674
>when you can't remember if your turn the phone left or right when taking pictures for 4chan
It's left. You turn the phone 90° to the left.

[Anonymous No.23284199]

>>23284177
(You)

[Anonymous No.23284204]

>>23284183
Loebs are dual-language you imbecile.

[Anonymous No.23284206]

>>23284199
Name one

[Anonymous No.23284229]

>>23284204
>always reads the facing page instead of the verso page
Doesn't really matter that's dual-language for you.

[Anonymous No.23284236]

>>23284206
Okay.
I hate it.
Thats all I need to not get one.

[Anonymous No.23284290]

>>23257786
>Holy Bible still in the shrink wrap

Anon...

[Anonymous No.23284292]

>>23284206
Battery

[Anonymous No.23284306]

>>23284206
The company that made your kindle has remote access to your device. They know exactly what is on it. They could lock you out of your device or remove books at will, even if they are pirated versions of books. A sudden loss of internet and electric infrastructure renders your device useless. Let's also not forget about the planned obsolesence inherently manufactured in your device.

[Anonymous No.23284311]

>>23284306
>kindle
*ereader
My criticism is not specific to amazon's device.

[Anonymous No.23284316]

>>23284306
Not him, but I've never connected my Kindle to any of their online services. It's been on airplane mode since the day I turned it on.

[Anonymous No.23284318]

>>23284306
i've literally never connected my kindle to the internet and that hasn't affected my use of the device in any sense

[Anonymous No.23284349]

>>23284316
>>23284318
That's not going to stop them...

[Anonymous No.23284353]

>>23284316
>>23284318
You can remotely turn off airplane mode...airplane mode isn't what you think it is.
t. CIA hacker

[Anonymous No.23284358]

>>23284306
> A sudden loss of internet and electric infrastructure renders your device useless.
You don't need the internet to use the device at all and in the event of a blackout it will still function just fine. Also a normal book wouldn't be able to be read in the dark, but an ereader can.

[Anonymous No.23285437]

>>23284136
I don't know what "Gabler" is, but the "Guenon/Evola" meme is pretty good. I also installed Gentoo a long time ago and my sex life has never been better.

[Anonymous No.23285506]

>>23284358
I once went 6 weeks without power due to a hurrikang. Lemme tell you, I'm glad I had physical copies of my books.

[Anonymous No.23285618]

>>23285506
Just move to a place with electricity thirdie.

[Anonymous No.23285702]

>>23285437
Your second (non-Vintage Books) edition of Ulysses is the Gabler edition. It's the only thing that justifies owning two edition. Thanks for being a faggot and pretending you don't know why you own two editions of Ulysses.

[Anonymous No.23285974]

>>23285702
I only bought those two editions because I had read those two were the ones that students used. I'm building a family library here, so cope and seethe elsewhere, pleb.

[Anonymous No.23286113]

>>23256227
Does anyone know the title of the Judaism book with the blue cover on the bottom right of the shelf.? Thanks

[Anonymous No.23286151]

>>23256227

[Anonymous No.23286244]

>>23286113
>Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism (Howard Schwartz)
At least, it seems like it is.
>>23286151
Boulder, CO? Nice, some of those books are good, some aren't. I'll see you around.

[Anonymous No.23286248]

>>23286244
Coach Primate

[Anonymous No.23286254]

>>23286244
not if I see u first ;)

[Anonymous No.23286659]

>>23280750
Childcraft
>>23284316
>>23284318
New to ereader. After you pirate your books and mail them to your kindle, how do you deal with not being able to jump between chapters? My kindle recognises everything as Chapter EXTRACS unless I paid for it. Am I missing a step?

[Anonymous No.23287362]

>>23286151
Based disorganized book-chad. Color coded retards are simply ngmi. Real readers leave their books scattered about for easy access.

[Anonymous No.23287637]

>>23286151
what's adzu about?

[Anonymous No.23287721]

>>23286659
>he fell for the ereader meme

[Anonymous No.23287764]

i love consoom books (haha)

[Anonymous No.23287788]

>>23284183
You can't recognize OCTs and Teubners yet you nitpick about dual language editions? Imbecile moment

[Anonymous No.23288191]

>>23286248
And there it is

[Anonymous No.23288226]

>>23286659
What program are you using to upload books to your Kindle?

[Anonymous No.23288248]

>>23286248
>>23288191
>Coach Primate
What does this mean?

[Anonymous No.23288258]

>>23286659
Are you a childcraft reader as well anon? Love childcraft, should be in every serious readers library.

[Anonymous No.23288261]

>>23272712
in my Opinion anything by Dan Abnett. Xenos is a great entry into the universe without having like 100 books in the series.

[Anonymous No.23288300]

[Anonymous No.23288305]

>>23256440
Favorite Iliad translation?

[Anonymous No.23288373]

>>23267674
>>23284195
Whoops!

[Anonymous No.23288383]

>>23267175
Just got these too, except the Auerbach which I’m skimming before rereading Dante

[Anonymous No.23288400]

>>23279312
Based, I have that ASoIaF set.

[Anonymous No.23288627]

>>23288248
Its a /cfg/ meme of coach prime, usually threads would get spammed of AI art of him as a chimpanzee

[Anonymous No.23288864]

>>23288305
None. There is no comparing to the Greek.

[Anonymous No.23289020]

>>23286151
>>23288300
Why do these two people have the same skellington?

[Anonymous No.23289024]

>>23289020
Oh right. Same person.

[Anonymous No.23289037]

>>23289020
i moved

[Anonymous No.23289041]

>>23289020
>>23289024
good eye

[Anonymous No.23289207]

>>23285506
I think there's other things I'd be worried about if I lost electricity for six weeks desu

[Anonymous No.23289247]

>>23256227
based nag hammadi scriptures reader OP.

[Anonymous No.23289303]

>>23289207
We were just killing time and threatening to shoot looters. What else was there to do outside of grill and read?

[Anonymous No.23289304]

>>23289207
Because you're a retarded pleb lmao

[Anonymous No.23289359]

>>23256513
That penguin deluxe gravity's rainbow is weirdly fragile, mine is falling apart too

[Anonymous No.23289363]

>>23267982
why was no one impressed by my detective skills?

[Anonymous No.23289402]

>>23289363
oh shoot sorry anon, i'm the one who asked originally, i assumed you own them too so you recognized them. how did you figure out what they were?

[Anonymous No.23289437]

>>23289402
I kept staring at the spines trying see what authors names could fit just by length and structure. Almost like Morse code. Eventually I thought I could recognize 'H. P. Lovecraft' on the last book. That was the key. But since that Anon is Spanish the books were likely to be in Spanish. Lovecraft's most famous work? The Call of Cthulhu (SP: La llamada de Cthulhu). Does it fit? No. Next most famous book? Probably At the Mountains of Madness (SP: En las montañas de la locura). Does it fit? Yes. That was 1 out of 5. Since all those books have the same design, I assume they belonged to the same type of collection. If they have Lovecraft they're likely to have other genre works. I know the usual classic authors. So I did sort of the same for all the others, just intuition when it comes to Spanish titles and what could fit. Unfortunately I haven't been able to track down those specific editions but I'm 100% sure those are the books.

[Anonymous No.23289463]

>>23289437
that is pretty impressive anon, you have my admiration

[Anonymous No.23289764]

>>23262321
Yea, it's designed to be passed down from father to son. I'm using my great-grandmother's Bible currently.

[Anonymous No.23290099]

>>23288226
I don't know about any other way than mailing the epub to my Kindle address.
>>23288258
I only know them from your post. Forgot to finish my sentence before posting. They look cool, but seem hard to get. I like the edition about Indians.

[Anonymous No.23290135]

>>23290099
Use a third party program to upload books from your pc to your kindle, like Calibre or similar. You copy the book into Calibre and then send it to your kindle. If the book is in need of formatting it will do it automatically.

[Anonymous No.23290658]

>>23290135
Now I understand. Thank you, Anon.

[Anonymous No.23290697]

>>23290658
what a charming bookmark

[Anonymous No.23290853]

>>23289363
Because mine were better: >>23289024
Get rekt anon, but don't feel too bad I'm an OSINT champ and a GREAT noticer.

[Anonymous No.23290901]

>>23290658
>Dosto-Jew-Skij
Mmmmh

[Anonymous No.23290906]

>gadgetfags ruin the catalog
>now gadgetfags are ruining shelf threads
the cancer of this board

[Anonymous No.23290918]

>>23269094
....your epubs don't have chapters? they're not bookmarked? do you need an invite?

[Anonymous No.23290933]

>>23265971
They're literally printed picture books with nice covers. It's not like they've got monks painstakingly writing and painting each copy with gold and silver. I won't lie and say they don't look nice, but for fuck's sake, don't encourage overpriced shit like this.

[Anonymous No.23290954]

>>23273312
where's your bavinck?

[Anonymous No.23291153]

[Anonymous No.23291321]

>>23288383
pretty based miller anon, is sayings of the desert fathers, a work a non-christian can appreciate?

I saw someone make a thread on it, last year, and the weird name of the book stuck with me ever since.

I have two books coming soon.
One is 'green henry' by gottfried keller, nietzsche apparently liked this book a lot.

And, I haven't read Rabelais yet, but i found a cheap copy of 'Rabelais and his world'. You and other people here talk about it in high regard, so i figured i'd have to track it down eventually anyway.

Also, stupid question really. How much time in a day do you spend on reading? and is your internet usage only limited to /lit/.

I am a zoomer, but i have worked really hard, and have reduced my internet usage to not more than 30 minutes. But I feel i can't bring myself to read for more than an hour a day. but I guess that's juts the zoomer brain is kicking in,

[Anonymous No.23291444]

>>23290933
You can get ruibayats for like 60 bucks you poorfag

[Anonymous No.23291476]

>>23291444
$60 for a picture book, printed not painted. I could get 15 illustrated Rubaiyats for that price if I shopped on thriftbooks.

[Anonymous No.23291498]

>>23268725
literally thought that was a taylor swift album cover

[Anonymous No.23291813]

>>23274550
It's me. I'm the kid that stomps them into the ground like I'm breaking in a baseball cap. Get that spine nice and flat. It's a shitty paperback. It's like $3 worth of materials sold for $10. Idk why you would treat it like it's a priceless possession. They're meant to be thrown in a backpack, put in a back pocket, crushed, wrinkled, dog-eared, bent, and broken.

[Anonymous No.23291851]

[Anonymous No.23291866]

Does /lit/ sell their books that they didn't like or will never end up reading? I'm overflowing with books and I know I should sell the ones I hated but there's something in me that can't let go of any books. Like it'll be as if I didn't read them or something.