/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.7533416]

If you had to recommend ONE book to your eighteen year old self to improve your life today, what would it be?

[Anonymous No.7533446]

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

[Anonymous No.7533455]

>>7533416
Notes from the Underground.

[Anonymous No.7533458]

the god delusion

[Anonymous No.7533464]

Don Quijote

[Anonymous No.7533489]

>>7533416

[Anonymous No.7533717]

Meditations

[Anonymous No.7533724]

>>7533458
>the god delusion

[Anonymous No.7533726]

>>7533416
who is this semen demon?

[Anonymous No.7533849]

>>7533726
8th post in the thread.

/lit/'s getting slower every year.

[Anonymous No.7533985]

Nietzsche (to force a crisis, not because he's right about anything)
Iliad
Bible
Any Napoleon biography

[Anonymous No.7534054]

>>7533726
Get out of /lit/ you fucking neanderthal.

There is no evidence of her being a slut either so learn learn insults or something.

[Anonymous No.7534087]

i'm not eighteen yet.

[Anonymous No.7534111]

>>7534087
enjoy your ban

[Anonymous No.7534116]

>>7534111
i will

[Anonymous No.7534122]

In Praise Of Older Women

so you're not such a relationship spastic

[Anonymous No.7534124]

Bump for the orgasm phantasm.

[Anonymous No.7534139]

>>7533446
Good idea, if you give him that maybe he'll change his major to something other than English.

[Anonymous No.7534207]

It's not PUA, by the way.

It's almost anti-pua in some sense.

[Anonymous No.7534275]

The Stranger.

Then again, I doubt my 18 years-old self would find anything of worth on it.

[Anonymous No.7534381]

>>7534087
17.5 reporting in. Awaiting ban.

[Anonymous No.7534536]

>>7534087
B A N
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[Anonymous No.7534553]

>>7534207
Honestly this, if you are on 4 chin you are not even close to becoming a don juan

[Anonymous No.7534585]

>>7533416
Who is this cock loch?

[Anonymous No.7534602]

>>7533416
Bukowski's Women or Post Office.

I probably would've gotten hyped about it and read more in general.

[Anonymous No.7534605]

>>7533416
Lolita maybe, wished I'd found it sooner..

[Anonymous No.7534632]

Tcol49

[Anonymous No.7534836]

>>7533416
Is that a fucking buzzsaw blade?

[Anonymous No.7534846]

Introduction to chemical engineering 3rd edition

So I could change my major to something other than engi.

[Anonymous No.7534880]

>>7533416
On writing by Stephen King. I don't think I'd have wasted so much time being ashamed of what I wanted to do.

[Anonymous No.7534902]

This book changed my life.
>inb4 you're not hard, strong, or as ambitious as the human adaptation of the protagonist would be
No shit. But it completely shattered my illusions of a "just world" and finally motivated me to start lifting among other things.

[Anonymous No.7534910]

But I am 18 lol

[Anonymous No.7534937]

>>7534910
so what book is it?

[Anonymous No.7534940]

>he wasn't on his second read through of the western canon at age 18

[Anonymous No.7534945]

>>7534602
This desu

[Anonymous No.7535121]

Another 18 yo here, reading Ulysses at the moment, also here's a list of books I've read lately, recommend me moar of these books for 18 self lit: The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco, Solaris by Stanisław Lem, Hamlet by W. Shakespeare (getting ready for Ulysses, here I start reading it), Dialectic of Enlightenment by Theodor Adorno, The Trial by Franz Kafka, Ferdyrurke by Witold Gombrowicz, Sklepy Cynamonowe by Bruno Shulz. I'm reading the Circe chapter in Ulysses right now, but I'm enjoying the book quite a lot.

[Anonymous No.7535130]

>>7535121
I forgot to mention the Philosophy of New Music, also by Adorno, I'm getting into his works right now.

[Anonymous No.7535163]

>>7534275
18 year old here
I didn't get it

[Anonymous No.7535187]

>>7534111
[Spoiler] what was it ? [/spoiler]

[Anonymous No.7535190]

>>7535163
I mean I am 18 years old. If that sentence wasn't correct semantically, well, english isn't my first language, but I think the correctness of sentences on 4chan overall is in most cases questionable anyway.

[Anonymous No.7535209]

>>7533985
>Any Napoleon biography
I don't understand this meme. It's not like reading biographies of great men is going to make you become a great man yourself. The truth is that there aren't many opportunities for the average man to become a great man. Some people live their whole lives without achieving anything at all.

[Anonymous No.7535339]

>>7535121
bump, any recomendations from my favourite literature board? (inb4 "kys")

[Anonymous No.7535343]

my diary thb

[Anonymous No.7535345]

>>7535209
it's about old ladies getting their heads axed

[Anonymous No.7535349]

>>7533416
But I am 18, anon.

[Anonymous No.7535367]

The Prophet Armed

[Anonymous No.7535387]

Honestly the right book got to that kid at the right time. Notes from the Underground. Otherwise I'd tell him to just read more in general.

[Anonymous No.7535404]

>>7533416
The Ego and Its Own.

Not even memeing, it's probably the most emancipatory book I've read. Though it's for a large part stating the obvious, it adds to it and states the obvious in a convincing manner that remains a good reminder to reread every once in a while.

At around 18 I (and probably most people) are sort of at a crossroads of doing what you want and doing what you should, and having a little extra support to do what you want probably makes for better choices.

Stirner is bretty edgy but he's also a bit like an unconditionally supportive mother.

[Anonymous No.7535405]

>>7533416

A book, written by me, which is several hundred pages of "Don't take ecstasy", mixed in with the occasional "Don't fucking take ecstasy" and "For the love of fucking god don't take ecstasy"

[Anonymous No.7535410]

>>7535405
Got a spot of the old serotonin syndrome or something, m8?

[Anonymous No.7535421]

>>7534207

I read this when I was on /fit/ a couple years ago. It's philosophy falls in line with theirs really well.

"Try not to be a total fucking autist, and be an enjoyable person to be around and girls will want to be around you."

Well no fucking shit

[Anonymous No.7535426]

Pretentious 14 year old here trying to improve his cultural repertoire so that I can feel superior to normal people, for no real purpose outside of being a socially excluded pariah
What books would you guys recommend?

[Anonymous No.7535431]

>>7535410

Nah man, I'm off the shit and fine now, it just led to a whole lot of doing nothing but party for a long time and really resulted in some real delusions as to what I valued in life for a ling time.

[Anonymous No.7535432]

>>7535426
Notes from Underground

[Anonymous No.7535435]

>>7535421
That's pretty good advice around that age. I'm really glad I got fucking out of my system in my late teens/early twenties so that I can see it for what it is and move on.

[Anonymous No.7535439]

>>7535431
>and really resulted in some real delusions as to what I valued in life for a ling time.
Were you starting a glow stick company or something?

[Anonymous No.7535441]

>>7535435

Yeah, it was something I needed to hear too.
It seems weird to me now, but people need to be told that people (and the world in general) aren't going to change for them. At least, I needed to be told it.

[Anonymous No.7535450]

>>7534207
I prefer the "honesty" philosophy of Models

It helped me not only get several girlfriends, but also form stable, healthy relationships with other people, something I thought was impossible before

[Anonymous No.7535552]

>>7535426
Thus Spake Zarathustra. For the love of God, Thus Spake Zarathustra.

[Anonymous No.7535573]

>>7533416
the war of art- steven pressfield

[Anonymous No.7535612]

>>7533416 the book of disquiet

[Anonymous No.7535662]

What do you recommend to a 25 year old directionless, immature ex shut in nerd, but painfully aware? I have a starving ego desperate for validation, but at the same time I feel everything is meaningless and mediocre. Every single moment I spend in society is pain, almost physical. Everything ranges from shitty, mediocre, pretentious or edgy. But at the same time i don't wanna be some idealist naive hippy. That is just an escape, equally disgusting. I hate idealism. I need self determination, I need truth, no matter how cruel and cold.
Help me /lit/, I need guidance.
Sorry for the blog, i talk too much but this thread seems the right opportunity

[Anonymous No.7535695]

>>7535662
http://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~duchamp/Books&more/Neurosciences/Korzybski/%5BAlfred_Korzybski%5D_Science_and_Sanity_An_Introduc%28BookFi.org%29.pdf

[Anonymous No.7535721]

>>7535426
Underageb&

[Anonymous No.7535730]

>>7535662
Coming from someone who had similar experiences like you, becoming an idealist has helped me a lot in defining my goals for the moment and getting more sure about myself. And I'm not naive or not determined for setting big goals, because I know what risks I take and also what I have to do in order to achieve what I want. Being an idealist doesn't mean to take things the easy way, if met with discipline and and good planning it is something which can be more rewarding than trying to find the 'reasonable' ground. Because you have a mission.

[Anonymous No.7535731]

>>7533416
nigga im 18 NOW boyyy

what should i be readin

[Anonymous No.7535732]

>>7535426
You shouldn't be here.
Non-fiction only. Das Kapital.

[Anonymous No.7535747]

>>7533416

[Anonymous No.7535777]

>>7533416

[Anonymous No.7535784]

>>7535130
>>7535121
>>7535339
go to reddit

[Anonymous No.7535788]

>all these high school fucks on /lit/

explains a lot actually

[Anonymous No.7535796]

>>7535121
vso patrician wow

[Anonymous No.7535799]

>>7535662
read some stirner. take a load off

[Anonymous No.7535811]

[Anonymous No.7536007]

>>7534275
Here is what I found the moral to be: Society doesn't like autists

[Anonymous No.7536019]

Virginia Wolf's Orlando

[Anonymous No.7536029]

>>7536019
mayba a tucking guide too?

[Anonymous No.7536311]

>>7535731
Ur lucky I didn't find you earlier kid, because your skull is just asking for this banhammer

[Anonymous No.7536327]

>>7535439
kek

[Anonymous No.7536337]

>>7535747
Is the apprentice actually any good? Has anyone here read it?

I don't agree with the man but he is very effective at selling his ideas to the public.

[Anonymous No.7536349]

>>7533416
Trainspotting. Pic related: it's me at 18 y/o.

[Anonymous No.7536432]

>>7535426
Enjoy your teenage years while you can, spending time with friends and family if possible, reading as much as possible when not, not to mention getting /fit/ early. Save 4chan for those of us too far gone.

Also, Hamlet, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Thus Spake Zarathustra, The Old Man and the Ocean, Great Expectations, Animal Farm, 1984, Brave New World, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Venus in Furs. Just listing some I either read at the time or wish that I had.

[Anonymous No.7536456]

>>7535426
this >>7535777

[Anonymous No.7536472]

Paradise Lost

[Anonymous No.7536475]

>>7533416
Siddharta

[Anonymous No.7536486]

>>7534054
>There is no evidence of her being a slut
She's female, though.

[Anonymous No.7536488]

>>7535121
Tfw My mom bought me Solaris for Christmas, but it was the version with George Clooney on the cover. Her heart was in the right place I suppose.

[Anonymous No.7536594]

>>7536432
do you mean the old man and the sea?

[Anonymous No.7536625]

Meditations (Marcus Aurelius) or The Ego and His Own

[Anonymous No.7536655]

What would you recommend to a 16 year old guy that wants to improve his cultural knowledge.

Ps. English is not my first language

[Anonymous No.7536700]

>>7536655
Roots The Saga of an American Family

[Anonymous No.7536707]

>>7534054
semon demon =! slut

[Anonymous No.7536730]

>>7535404
is it difficult to understand?

[Anonymous No.7536789]

What would you recommend to a 3 month old girl that wants to learn how to walk and not fall over?

[Anonymous No.7536835]

Being 18, I really wish I could meet my future self.

[Anonymous No.7536848]

18 years old is already too late...

[Anonymous No.7536860]

>>7536835
I'm 21. Not nearly as much change from 18 to 21 as say ages 15-18.

[Anonymous No.7536864]

Some TS Eliot collection. It's what's just recently given me the final push I needed to dive into literature properly.

[Anonymous No.7536996]

>>7533416
all

[Anonymous No.7537094]

>>7535731
Read the unabridged version of Finnegans Wake by Joyce. Start with something easy on the young mind. You'll enjoy it. Don't worry about what the others say. They're jealous of your youth and virginity.

[Anonymous No.7538475]

>>7535163
It's been a while, but my reading is that Meursault's attitude is an allegory for how the universe feels and behaves. Our response to that is the Absurd condition and paradox. That kind of natural apathy is explore as well The Plague and the Absurd elements are more clearly laid out in Myth of Sysiphus - it's actually a rather optimistic philosophy.

And I'm 18 too anon, don't let a number hold you back.

[Anonymous No.7538633]

>>7534937
diary of a wimpy kid senpai