/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.3874472]

Bookshelf/library/study porn thread for inspiration?

We all know http://www.beautiful-libraries.com/, but OC is welcome.

I'll start with what I have

[Anonymous No.3874474]

I would love a bookcase like this.

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[Anonymous No.3874494]

damn op u got frumpy taste post some shit that doesnt look like a set from a bad sherlock holmes tv show

[Anonymous No.3874502]

Posting pictures of bookshelves on the internet instead of actually reading.

ISHOYDDT.

[Anonymous No.3874504]

[Anonymous No.3874511]

>>3874494
Thank you ^_^
>>3874502
>Commenting in threads on 4chan instead of reading
>Ishiggydiggydoo

[Anonymous No.3874512]

>>3874474
That gave me a boner for some reason.

>>3874479
What kind of person would need a ladder for that?

[Anonymous No.3874517]

>>3874479
Who is that ladder for? Is this a dwarf bookshelf?

[Anonymous No.3874521]

I'm out of pics. Contribute niggers.

[Anonymous No.3874524]

>>3874517
>>3874512
Kids?

[Anonymous No.3874525]

>>3874504
This is beautiful, but I just can't get past that aesthetic ladder. Somebody is going to fall off of that,

[Anonymous No.3874527]

i do kind of like the old shelves n shit but i need space to be messy with that victorian decor i dont feel free to spew books everywhere

[Anonymous No.3874530]

>>3874524
It's not decorated with kids in mind.

[Anonymous No.3874536]

>not having a dedicated reading/writing desk separate from the computer desk
shiggy

[Anonymous No.3874537]

>>3874525
also it looks cool in the pic but in real life you know the upper shelves are going to get super dusty and have old books from like 10 years ago you forgot you bought

[Anonymous No.3874538]

All these cozy pictures make me wanna poop.

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[Anonymous No.3874543]

>>3874538
Dat sum Shakespeare and Co.?

[Anonymous No.3874546]

>>3874538
i feel a turd coming on but i think its just from all the coffee

[Anonymous No.3874547]

When my heroes mention an author, I pick up:
Many don't mentioned in their novels, but they often wrote essays etc.

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[Anonymous No.3874557]

>>3874547
?

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[Anonymous No.3874579]

I should probably tidy up soon

[Anonymous No.3874580]

2comfy4u

[Anonymous No.3874583]

those all have a patrician vibe but they feel geriatric, i mean i can see myself reading there but i can't see myself fucking a hot chick there and if i'm gonna blow all my cash on a condo it's going to be to fuck hot chicks, i can read in a roach motel

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[Anonymous No.3874589]

>>3874583
there was some black comedian who was like the only reason to buy a house is for pussy otherwise men would just live in cardboard boxes, god damn capitalism repressing me sexually and then selling it back to me

[Anonymous No.3874590]

>>3874583
They'd all make hot chicks want to fuck you idiot - they all show a serious amount of DOSH

[Anonymous No.3874599]

>>3874583

[Anonymous No.3874598]

>>3874589
dave chappell, freudian analyst

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[Anonymous No.3874605]

>>3874583
Man, you can't? Get her to wear an 18th century dress, put on a powdered wig and go to town. Mmm.

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[Anonymous No.3874610]

>>3874546
>>3874538

/lit/

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[Anonymous No.3874616]

>>3874557
I got things messed up!
Apologies.

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[Anonymous No.3874626]

>>3874612
Awesome

>>3874623
This is in some hotel I think, can't remember the name.

[Anonymous No.3874631]

>>3874626
The site I got it from said it was a bar in New York, but it could be a hotel bar, or the site could have it wrong

[Anonymous No.3874635]

>>3874631
Either way it's awesome man.

[Anonymous No.3874642]

I am a librarian and I highly approve of this thread.

[Anonymous No.3874647]

>>3874642
Do you work in a cool looking library?

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[Anonymous No.3874662]

>>3874654
>a picture of books in a library full of books
That's a little much.

[Anonymous No.3874665]

>>3874662
>picture of books
>implying those aren't just really big books

[Anonymous No.3874672]

>>3874665
>implying they're not normal sized books and the other books are just really small

[Anonymous No.3874673]

It's not big and impressive, or filled with intellectual books, but it's mine and I love it.

Slightly outdated picture.

[Anonymous No.3874678]

>>3874673
>Actually owning Twilight

Get out. I'll let you pass with Eragon but you assume far too much.

[Anonymous No.3874682]

>>3874678

>slightly outdated picture

The twilight was replaced with Bleach manga a few months ago

[Anonymous No.3874690]

>>3874682
Only slightly better.

[Anonymous No.3874691]

>>3874673
Femanon with either ocd or some form of mild anxiety disorder detected. Also possibly Eurofag.

We'll forgive you the Twilight if you put some Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and some patrician core books. like the illiad or Don Quixote

[Anonymous No.3874693]

>>3874673
>Slightly outdated

Not sure how out of date it is, I think I see a version of The Hobbit with Martin Freeman on the spine...?

[Anonymous No.3874695]

keep them coming chaps

[Anonymous No.3874700]

I don't know why I feel so cozy about modern decor.
It should feel sci/fi and alien but nope, just comfortable

[Anonymous No.3874701]

>>3874673
OC - well played, also everyone has to start somewhere, and that's actually a pretty sweet bookcase.

[Anonymous No.3874702]

>>3874691

Femanon, no disorders. I am from Canada though.

>>3874693

That edition has been out for a long time. I picked it up because I wanted to read the hobbit before seeing the movie, and that was the cheapest copy.

[Anonymous No.3874704]

>>3874647
Sadly not, it's an aging municipal library building that has a leaky roof, that's physically too small for our collection, and our operating budget has been made smaller for the past four consecutive years. There's something in the works about building a new library on some property which was recently given to us through a nice person's will after their passing. If and when that day comes I'll certainly share pictures of it.

[Anonymous No.3874705]

>>3874702
Canada!, I always forget about Canada. If no disorders, than congratulations on having things clean and in order.

[Anonymous No.3874709]

>>3874705

That was when I first moved into my room downstairs, that's why it's so clean haha. I assure you it's a total shithole right now... which I should actually be cleaning right now.

[Anonymous No.3874712]

>>3874705
hhnnngggg i would kill for that - but I'd want nobody I lived with to know about it. I'd sneak in to work/read/becomfy and have a camera on the outside so i knew to come out only when it was clear.

[Anonymous No.3874724]

>>3874709
>tfw the only way to get clean now would be for me to get a new apartment.
finally get myself a library room.

[Anonymous No.3874784]

>>3874724
>patriciantier

[Anonymous No.3874894]

Isn't she beautiful? :')

[Anonymous No.3874904]

>>3874583
you're a fucking loser

>>3874589
>>3874590
holy shit, modern society is a joke

[Anonymous No.3874909]

>>3874894
2/10 and that's only because of the emote

[Anonymous No.3874912]

>>3874904
oh shit Friendzone Hero is here to defend women!

[Anonymous No.3874914]

>>3874904
You seem a bit upset.

[Anonymous No.3874917]

>>3874909
ty :')

[Anonymous No.3874953]

>>3874912
Actually, it's incredibly misandrist and you're pretty dumb if you can't see that.

fucking normalfag, go be a "bro" and have sex with all your "bros" in your gay little frats and get out of here

>>3874914
>knowyourmeme.com

[Anonymous No.3874955]

>>3874953
>calling people normalfag

dude, anime pedos like you are closet rapists

[Anonymous No.3874961]

>>3874894
A Sony Ericsson LT18i eh? Take a photo with a smartphone of some sort next time and see what happens ;).

[Anonymous No.3874964]

>>3874955
>dude
>closet rapists

le newfag face

[Anonymous No.3874968]

>>3874705
>that secret door
Holy shit that's like a childhood dream

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>>3874964
le lol ur meams r teh funnay

[Anonymous No.3874979]

shit is so bomb except for computer

[Anonymous No.3874980]

>>3874970
remember when that used to be some shocking shit, my how the internet has mad us all familiar with rectums

[Anonymous No.3874987]

anyone wanna check muh dubs :^)

[Anonymous No.3875244]

Less shitposting, more beauty

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[Anonymous No.3875306]

I always like seeing what authors' shelves look like.

[Anonymous No.3876087]

[Anonymous No.3876089]

private book collections are depressing.

[Anonymous No.3876105]

>>3874539
Woah, dude, Fortress of Solitude style. Quite aesthetic.

[Anonymous No.3876113]

>>3876089
you thinking that private book collections are depressing is depressing

[Anonymous No.3876115]

>>3874894
To be honest I'd take this over any of the choices in the thread. It's personalized, it doesn't have that hollow stylization of the others. This is something you can show people you have over that doesn't just show what you read, but indicate who you are.

10/10

[Anonymous No.3876126]

>>3876089
>>3876113

fetishizing them is depressing because it reduces literature to a fashion statement

having them isn't though

[Anonymous No.3876124]

>>3874472
One of my dear friends is an archaeologist, but somehow she found her way to become official egyptologist recognized by society for egiptology in Egypt and that all happened pretty quickly, after she stumble across khm good connections, her area of study were actually Phoenicians and their links to Egypt.

Immidiately she started to decorate her room in that style and whenever she takes a picture on a dig, she filters images to be black/white or adds similar effect to look like she's in 40's-50's and digging next to Howard Carter, it's pretty funny. Her Facebook albums are full of pictures of that kind, you'd think they were actually took during that period.

It's similar with me, every time I'm taking a picture on a dig (but my area of study is classic civilization) I hold some pottery and examine it overly dramatic in style of Arthur Evans or I pretend to command everyone without actually doing anything myself like Schliemann.

I mean, not that we're actually doing anything important in our careers, so...

[Anonymous No.3876128]

>>3876126
Everything is a fucking fashion statement these days. It's impossible to live in the social world without making those kinds of statements. You want people who come to your place to stay your friends? You better not have some bare ass bookshelf and your fap station be the only thing that speaks about you in your room.

I'd say having a library all decked out is better than having none at all.

[Anonymous No.3876139]

>>3876126
I'd say it depends on whom the fashion statement is for.
I think there's an element to being passionate about books that leaves you open to the temptation of making it part of your identity. This is the part of a lot of /lit behavior, even. And there's no doubt that these personal libraries is porn. But I don't think there's anything wrong with that when it's about you yourself. When you're creating the space in order for it to look nice, for you and for your friends and family. Instead of trying to look superior. That's really where the problem comes in. When you're status-seeking. That's the crux of pretentiousness and try-hardedness.
Personalization and customization help a private library to feel authentic. The Bathos of having a stack of classics shelved just above dvd's and playstation games. But there's nothing wrong with people wanting to have a nice looking library. And while fashion statements are gauche, fashion itself is unavoidable.
I mean, even nudists have haircuts.

If you have a collection of books at all, then you're going to want to arrange them. It's just natural.

[Anonymous No.3876143]

>>3876128

lol wow talk about hitting a nerve

look having little faggoty bookshelf threads is /soc/ tier bullshit. the only reason you're riled is because you know how laughable it is.

[Anonymous No.3876148]

>>3876143
You are so right anon, real men like to leave their hard earned books all over the place, on the floor, the kitchen counter, in the bathroom, to get ripped, faded, sticky and damp, that way they can be enjoyed for years to co-

Oh wait. No they can't - I'm sure your books at least LOOK well-read.

[Anonymous No.3876150]

>>3876148
library m8

[Anonymous No.3876152]

>>3876143
I think you misread me, man. Wasn't angry, just attempting to reach a rational intersection between social life and intellectualism.

I mean, think about it. If you're someone who likes to have conversations with people about literature, wouldn't you want your books to be put on an appealing display so you can welcome those conversations? Not only does something bare or non-organized not look good, but it also implies you don't really respect your library that much.

[Anonymous No.3876153]

>>3876128
>implying my austerity isn't a particularly edgy fashion statement

[Anonymous No.3876154]

>>3876150
>confirmed for either someone lucky enough to have a local copyright library, or poor.

[Anonymous No.3876162]

>>3876153
How can austerity be edgy? It's fine if you're Driver from Drive, I guess.

[Anonymous No.3876182]

>>3876152

>it also implies you don't really respect your library that much

hahahaha

yeah not taking corny pics of my library and posting it on 4chan proves I don't "respect" it

you are too far gone m8

[Anonymous No.3876184]

>>3876182
I meant like having people over. No one is going to have a meaningful conversation here, lol. Maybe you should stop shitting on image threads on an imageboard, though.

[Anonymous No.3876192]

>>3876184

>I meant like having people over.

completely different thing. there is a difference between people coming over your place and happening to see your shelves as opposed to taking little lame pics of your shit to posting in corny ass /soc/ threads where hollow fashionistas circlejerk.

[Anonymous No.3876194]

>>3876192
If you hadn't noticed, most of these aren't personal spaces lol. Just aesthetic appreciation.

[Anonymous No.3876200]

>>3876162
Having very few possessions is pretty edgy these days. Do you even minimalist cult hipsterism?

[Anonymous No.3876202]

>>3876194
This

>>3876192
>>3876182
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>>3876126
Get your head out of your ass.

[Anonymous No.3876203]

>>3876200
Sounds like another circle-jerk, but this time centering around being boring.

[Anonymous No.3876341]

>>3876203
>people who don't have a lot of stuff are boring

[Anonymous No.3876361]

>>3874673
I really like your bookcase and you're just like me, you put them all in size order.

These threads in which people post their bookcases or their bedrooms or nice places to read in general depress me because my room is boring/ugly and my bookcase is pretty small.

[Anonymous No.3876430]

>looking at books not reading them

I'm amazed how judging a book by its cover is not frowned upon in /lit/. These threads are terrible. I think the least valued aspect of a book should be if it aesthetically pleasing when lying on a shelf.

[Anonymous No.3877183]

>>3876430

Who said book covers aren't the least valued aspect of a book?

[Anonymous No.3877189]

>>3876430
The least valued aspect of a book is it's flammability.

[Anonymous No.3877200]

>>3874662
don't forget, it is a picture of books in another picture of books

[Anonymous No.3877226]

>>3874673
I'm going to be sick. This bookshelf is identical to that of every 15-year-old girl I've ever known. Get some taste.