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[Anonymous No.8657613]

Yes, I am a pleb.

[Anonymous No.8657692]

Agreed.

[Anonymous No.8657742]

Yes, OP. I absolutely will help you validate your self-worth by praising your obvious intellectual superiority based on the number of meme novels you pretend to like.

[Anonymous No.8657782]

>>8657613
What does /lit/ think of Shogun?
asking since i picked it up recently

Also how is that book on the Tao?

[Anonymous No.8658118]

[Anonymous No.8658144]

>>8658118
What the fuck is this shit?

[Anonymous No.8658147]

>>8657613
That's a nice cuckold starter pack

[Anonymous No.8658155]

[Anonymous No.8658241]

[Anonymous No.8658542]

>>8657613
At least you are reading respectable books on your own accord

>>8657782
The lack of historical names triggers me, but the narrative and characters and set pieces are amazing. The writing is very 70s-80s narrative, it sort of reminds me of Lonesome Dove

[Anonymous No.8658561]

>>8657613

[Anonymous No.8658562]

>>8658542
well i got Shogun for free, since the local supermarkets are book trading for free so i might as well take advantage of it

[Anonymous No.8658568]

>>8658562
I think its a good book, the author just made some really bizarre choices with character names.

[Anonymous No.8658583]

>>8658568
what historical characters are relevant in the story, so i can revelate them?

[Anonymous No.8658591]

>>8658583
Every major character in the Sengoku Jidai has been renamed and given a stir-fry.

[Anonymous No.8658714]

>>8658144
There was a big book sale so i took my wife, kids and mother in law. This is our haul.

[Anonymous No.8658766]

Currently reading the bible and walden, what do I go for next?

>top one is the stranger + state of siege
>fourth is the sun also rises
>5th is the gambler - dostoyevsky
>9th is notes from the underground

[Anonymous No.8658881]

>>8658766
The stranger. It's a quick read and a good one.

[Anonymous No.8659114]

>take a picture of a pile of books
>post it on the internet

[Anonymous No.8659119]

>>8659114
What's the problem with that? It's just a conversation starter.

[Anonymous No.8659131]

>>8659114
Your cynicism is ruining this atmosphere and making you see what isnt actually there; you only see people posting pictures of books to brag, but theres actually a whole lot more going on.

[Anonymous No.8659142]

>>8658542
Yeah, I heard names were bastardized in Shogun, but can it be relatively easy to tell who is who? Like being the nippon board this is I know for the most part what Nobunaga and Hideyoshi are like

And how much fiction is it? One of those where meat and narrative are added to already existing historical events?

[Anonymous No.8659152]

>>8658766
Is that the version of the Bible with the Dore illustrations I've been seeing on Amazon? I want to replace this pew bible I have, but I dunno, that one seems a bit too thick and unwieldy, like opening to the middle will obscure the text near the spine. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.8659194]

>>8659131
Yeah, this.

Stack threads offer some of the best discussion on this board. I don't get why people like >>8659114 and >>8657742 feel the need to complain. It's fucking annoying.

[Anonymous No.8659230]

>>8659152
>opening to the middle will obscure the text near the spine
You don't know how those hardbacks are bound, do you?

[Anonymous No.8659245]

>>8657613
I've finished the bottom book and am about halfway through the top.

[Anonymous No.8659265]

>>8659194
It has to do with how intellectualism and literature is perceived even among those who read a lot of literature. I really don't get it either, this board is too discuss literature and so often I see people jump to conclusions like angsty high schoolers.

Heres my modest stack of current reading

[Anonymous No.8659270]

>>8658714
>married people post on 4chan
this is the weirdest shit that i haven seen this week

[Anonymous No.8659284]

>>8659230
No, I don't usually go for hardcovers, but I thought I would make an exception for this one

I guess I could assume that unlike a thick paperback the pages would not execute a deep curve down the middle, but the binding would slightly bulge up while the book itself is still able to be set flat

[Anonymous No.8659288]

>>8659270
Maybe but ive been on the internet since bbs' were a thing through aol phishing and 4chan since 2005. Some habits die hard.

[Anonymous No.8659289]

>>8659245
How is that Fitzgerald? Im >>8659265 and Im really enjoying the prose he offers. Just started part 2 and really like where its heading from here.

[Anonymous No.8659312]

>>8657613
I tried so hard to get into shogun, just couldn't fucking do it. I think I managed to get about ten chapters in.

[Anonymous No.8659364]

>>8659289

I thought the first 3/4's of This Side of Paradise were great, but then it sort of petered out. I'd definitely recommend the book as I enjoyed it more than The Great Gatsby (from what I remember of it).

[Anonymous No.8659439]

Cancer stack, reporting in

[Anonymous No.8659449]

>>8659439
as advertised

[Anonymous No.8659451]

Hello my fellow literates

[Anonymous No.8659458]

>>8659451
Don't be a tease, show us some cover art.

[Anonymous No.8659492]

>>8659439
>>8659449
woops wrong reaction image

[Anonymous No.8659539]

Anyone else study Megan Stack for VCE?

[Anonymous No.8659544]

>>8657613
This isn't a stack, but I just ordered these and though /lit/ might be interested. Lately, I've been working on getting a better grasp of politics and religion as well as learning some police investigation techniques so I can be better informed about the world around me.

[Anonymous No.8659559]

>>8659544
this is way worse than >>8659439

[Anonymous No.8659571]

>>8659559
How is it worse? My goals are to learn about politics, policing, and religion. Why is that a bad selection of books? Especially Arabic, because with how many of them Obama has let in It will be in demand by police departments soon when they start committing a bunch of crimes.

[Anonymous No.8659577]

>>8659439

Did Steven King get paid by weight?

[Anonymous No.8659594]

>>8659577
Probably, that book is like 8 pounds

[Anonymous No.8659625]

>>8659289
>>8659364

its incredible read it

[Anonymous No.8659632]

>>8658714
because who can forget the canon-shattering masterpiece that was "the day my butt went psycho"

[Anonymous No.8659643]

>>8659439
man you sure weren't joking phew

[Anonymous No.8659652]

>>8659559
yeah at least >>8659439 was conscious of his cancer

>>8659571
I hope you're taking the piss

[Anonymous No.8659663]

>>8659652
What does taking the piss mean? Is that like some gay british shit? And my stack isn't cancer. I already stated my reasons for it, and I haven't gotten one constructive response.

[Anonymous No.8659770]

>>8658118
>The Day My Butt Went Psycho!
true patrician

[Anonymous No.8660542]

>>8659632
>>8659770
It sounds like something i would've wanted to read when i was 7. Books like this are quite advanced compared to the picture books most first graders are reading. Just getting someone of that age to take an interest in reading at all is quite a feat.

[Anonymous No.8661005]

>>8659284
>>8659152
Yeah, its the one with the illustrations. Its the Barnes & Noble KJV.
I think it would be ok to open an exception seeing that is the bible, its a book that you will probably keep for life, and if you take care of it, it would be very nice to pass to someone you like.

[Anonymous No.8661050]

>>8659663
you are a bitch ass nigga

[Anonymous No.8661485]

I'm entry level and just started reading so please don't bully.
I have Crime and Punishment in the mail so I'm gonna start reading some big boy books instead of just short ones as well.

[Anonymous No.8661532]

>>8657782
I loved it. A prime Fat Seventies Book.

[Anonymous No.8661543]

>>8659451
I-is Gay Stud the author or the title?

[Anonymous No.8661753]

>>8657782
shogun was fun...and kind of flat in terms of philosophy. It's just an epic adventure story on the scale of a Dumas novel. There is love, betrayal, redemption, many close calls yadda yadda yadda.

if you end up liking shogun try, musahshi by eiji yoshikawa. Like shogun on steroids.

[Anonymous No.8662153]

>>8661485
SIddhartha is a great supplement to The Stranger haha.

[VISIBLE MAN No.8662206]

Recently discovered Harvard Review at a bookstore. I'm enjoying reading a variety of essays, poems, and prose from living people instead of the usual selection of dead men.

Just finished Starship Troopers, on to Arthur C. Clarke. Cool beginning, but I'm literally 18 pages in.

The Bukowski book I'm absolutely devouring. I'm reading nonlinearly, so I've read some parts about 3 times, and some not at all. It's exciting, I love it. It's not beautiful writing at all. It's dirty, it's not particularly graceful or pretty, but it's honest and it gives you the whole of the man. I love it. I need more. Lately I've bought a bunch of poetry; there's a library downtown that has book sales on occasion where you can pick up a box and fill it with whatever you want for $20. It's provided me with eyefodder for weeks.

Umberto Eco is a brilliant writer. It saddens me I have to read translations, exclusively, however I very much enjoy his thoughts. I'm leaping around in that book, too.

Almost every book of mine has a bookmark in it. I've stopped being a hardass on myself and I've taken to reading things I enjoy. I'm going to continue down this path.

[VISIBLE MAN No.8662385]

>>8658155
I started naked lunch and got about 1 chapter in before putting it down and never picking it back up. I mean to go back and read it. I always describe the book as reading like dirty neon, or the rainbow spread of light in a pool of oil.

I similarly started Catch 22 and decided I'd had more than my share of post-modern sentiment, though I found the writing excellent and clever. Almost too jampacked with clever shit. Heavy handed? It's brilliant, though. Just not right now.

Gatsby, solid. I've reread it a few times. Twist, never read. Frankly, I've no love for Dickens.

>>8658118
This looks far more like clutter than good reading.

>>8657613
Actually is an interesting selection, though you library'd the books instead of buying? HAHAA. No worries, I'm poor because of my habits.

Never read Rimbaud; I keep thinking "translated poetry, what's the point?", but I'll probably get around to it. Choose that translation for a reason? I've been reading much more poetry lately to try to strengthen a to this point much-neglected area of my reading diet. The Baudelaire looks interesting too, though honestly I only know of him because people here kick his name around. Read anything by him? He good?

The Lao-Tzu book looks awesome. The rest look interesting, but don't pertain directly to what I'm presently interested in. I'm generally a whore for primary sources.

>>8658241
>>8658561
Not a stack

>>8658766
I want pics of the inside of that bible. It looks purdy.

I can't read much of it. But you have an eye for good-lookin' copies of things. Where do you tend to buy your books?

Reminding me I've still gotta read Civil Disobedience... and learn Spanish.

>>8659245
Nice. My local bookstore had like 10 Nabakov books and no Lolita. And for whatever reason I just can't love This Side of Paradise. I keep putting it down. Jane Austin is on my list because I need to read more literature by women. Solely because she's a woman, yes. I've not really read any books by women. I've started a few, but I put them down again and again. Well, when I was a kid I liked Agatha Christie. But whatever. Digression. Which are your reading now?

>>8659265
Maybe I'll read that instead of East of Eden. Also, never read a Watts book. I'm curious, though my real mysticism exploration stage is 4 years past.

>>8659439
You've got some good in there. I love scifi, though I wouldn't read... most of what's in there. I've an unopened copy of Illuminatus! trilogy on my shelf. Never read a Stephen King book, though I'm supposed to. Hey, looks like if you want to write modern pulpy fiction, that's a great stack. Or just enjoy it. The copies are nice, at least.

>>8659451
I'm cocksure of you're sexuality, pretty thing. Why don't you male me? I want to member you forever. Etc.

>>8659544
not a stack

cont'd

[VISIBLE MAN No.8662394]

>>8661485
I liked Meditations, but stopped halfway through. It was recommended to me by a professor I respected immensely when I was going through a tough set of addictions. His gesture did more to keep me sane than the book did; I felt a companion in the pain of addiction. The book is brilliant for perspective, however, and, though I'm no stoic, I respect the sentiment.

I read that copy of Siddhartha. Great little book. It's wisdom literature, if I've ever read it.

You'll have to tell me how No Longer Human is.

Camus, Dostoevsky, McCarthy, all well-loved names here. I've never read a full Hemingway novel, worked halfway through a collection of his short stories, but I really feel like I need to read Old Man and the Sea. Can anyone tell me whether or not it's necessary? If not, what is the best full novel to read by the man to "get him"?

>>8662206
me


Alright. I did it. Errybody gets a (you).

[Anonymous No.8662693]

>>8661485
Didn't like Filth all that much
Skagboys was worth the effort if you liked Trainspotting

Notes From the Underground is classic, and Child of God is great except for that heavy handed bit before the climax when they explain the title and McCarthy gets in his pseudo-philosphical misanthropic mental masturbation
>>8659451
Helly jelly
>>8658766
Is Thoreau worth reading if I'm ambivalent about romantic literature? I like some romantic poetry

[Anonymous No.8663215]

>>8662693

okay stack, clearly manicured and added to for the picture.

Tell us what you think about the ones you're reading.

[Anonymous No.8663222]

>>8658118
did you buy this shit from a yard sale or something?

[Anonymous No.8663267]

>>8657782
Just finished it in August- not worth the time. Main character is a Mary Sue and big dicked self insert. For 1200 pages you can be spending your time reading better books. Whole book builds up to two measly paragraphs in the epilogue.
4/10

[Alice Mizuki !3mD1ZWydrQ No.8663581]

[Anonymous No.8663603]

>>8659663
>this cunt can't take the piss

W E A K
E
A
K

[Anonymous No.8663604]

>>8657613
>Flowers of Evil not Fleurs du Mal
>A Selection
AAAAHHHHHH

[Anonymous No.8663635]

>>8657613
>Lao-Tzu's Treatise on the Response of the Tao, by Li Ying Chang
>Li Ying Chang
>Lying Chang
>Lying

Only a fool would take that book at its word.

[Anonymous No.8663645]

>>8659439
i think im gunna be sick

[Anonymous No.8663646]

>>8657613
I thought the lower book said Lying Chang. Haha.

[Anonymous No.8663992]

>>8662385
>I want pics of the inside of that bible. It looks purdy.

see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcBQw63gX1Q

I always buy them on old-book stores and sometimes I find some very nice stuff. The two leatherbounds, for instance (first [state of siege and the stranger] and fourth [the sun also rises] books ) are from a publisher here in brazil that back in the day made some very good looking books, they were both published in 1982.

Last time I went downtown to trade some books I was very lucky, found the two in pic related for very cheap. I really like the cover of this edition of dubliners, it was printed in 76 in UK and both are penguin

[Anonymous No.8664228]

>>8663992

About how much did you get those for? Any other cool finds to share? This is pornography to me.

[Anonymous No.8664234]

>>8663992

I am so-very-jealous of your bible, btw

[Anonymous No.8664266]

>>8663222
Pretty much. Half price books had a 2 dollar sale.

[Anonymous No.8664321]

Not very exciting here, but dis my shit

[Anonymous No.8664376]

>>8664228
I gave the store 2001: A Space Odissey, Skagboyz, Trainspotting and Porno, four books I enjoyed but not the kind of book I wanted to keep, and in return I got those two plus The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas and Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis. Its always a good deal getting classic national writers because most people don't people here don't care about them so they are VERY cheap.

That same day I got The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Kafka's Amerika and Notes from the Underground trading in another store.

So basically, I got them all for "free", only trading books I didn't want anymore.

[Anonymous No.8664883]

Sachnovelle by Stefan Zweig
An e-reader(Reading Dream-quest of unknown Kaddath by H.P Lovecraft and Konosuba )
Selected poems and Novellas of Frigyes Karinthy
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke

Opinions?

[Anonymous No.8665254]

German history is pretty interesting 2bh, anyone got any reccs based on this stack?

[Anonymous No.8665427]

>>8665254
Mein Kampf

[Anonymous No.8665459]

>>8662385
>I always describe the book as reading like dirty neon, or the rainbow spread of light in a pool of oil.

what gay autism

[Anonymous No.8665581]

These threads wouldn't be a complete pile of shit if you fucking morons actually read the books you bought
>b-but you're just projecting. I do read these books!
Oh yeah? Then why is this board such a shit hole? If you idiots actually read the books you bought, this board would be incredible. There would be a lot more discussion and a lot less shitposting.

[Anonymous No.8665603]

>>8665581
I read mostly history because I'm gay which is better suited for /his/ even if it's an utter shite board.

[Anonymous No.8665638]

>lol Hitchens

[Anonymous No.8665653]

>>8665638
Is that book on the far left Stewart Lee? If it is, how is it? I've been meaning to get it for a while now, he's a fucking excellent comedian.

[Anonymous No.8665676]

>>8665638
Hitchens was a great writer though so I don't get what you mean.

[Anonymous No.8665992]

>>8661543
its both darling :0

[Anonymous No.8666034]

>>8658155
High school Junior/10.

[Anonymous No.8666068]

>>8666034
I actually had to read the great Gatsby in my junior year. I didn't pay much attention to it but I want to read it again

[Anonymous No.8666443]

>>8666034
I didnt read any books in highschool. I was too busy getting pussy, doing drugs and skateboarding.

[Anonymous No.8666598]

>>8658241
question: the oxford ovid's metamorphoses is in verse or in prose?

[Anonymous No.8666600]

Starting GR right after this post. What does my stack say about me?

[Anonymous No.8666638]

I'm building a library of the essential Stoic texts. I'm focussing more on the practical ethical teachings than the theoretical ones.

[Anonymous No.8666645]

>>8665459

>no opinions
>no books
>ad hominem

I think suicide is too good a way for you to go.

I hope the cancer in your soul eats through your balls before it takes you.

[Anonymous No.8666668]

>>8666600
You are very lonely.

[Anonymous No.8666750]

>>8666598
Verse.

How do I stop buying one dollar books at used book stores? It's like really cheap crack.

Some of these have been in my "to read" stack for ten+ years. I made a huge dent last year but I've been busy the last few months.

[Anonymous No.8668096]

>>8665638
go to bed Tao

[Anonymous No.8668098]

>>8666443
all respectable pass times

[Anonymous No.8668112]

How pleb is my gf?

[Anonymous No.8668145]

>>8668112
Exceedingly, dump her now.

[Anonymous No.8668468]

>>8657613
Semipleb, just getting a new bookcase next week.

[Anonymous No.8668750]

>>8666638
I always feel happy when I see someone reading the Stoics.

Senecas letters are the best.

[Anonymous No.8669332]

>>8668750
They were incredibly wise. More so than many psychiatrists now days, I'd argue. I love how their knowledge remains so applicable in modern society. Are there any other books you could recommend to me? Aside from these I only have William Irving's A Guide to the Good Life.

[Anonymous No.8669424]

r8/h8/whatever

[Anonymous No.8669433]

>>8659194
>Stack threads offer some of the best discussion on this board.

No. Pretty sure you're just an attention-seeking faggot. Here's your complimentary (You)

[Anonymous No.8670173]

[Anonymous No.8670175]

>>8670173
why would 4chan flip this fucking image sideways

[Anonymous No.8670178]

>>8670175
let's see id this works

[Anonymous No.8670179]

>>8670178
dude. you have to be fucking me.

[Anonymous No.8670191]

>>8662385
>I started naked lunch and got about 1 chapter in before putting it down

I did the same, but I did eventually pick it back up. It never gets better, don't waste your time like I did. But some of Burroughs descriptions of drug effects are really well written

[Anonymous No.8670199]

>>8657613
what if it's filtered?

[Anonymous No.8670239]

>>8666750
>Journey to the End of the Night

My man

[Anonymous No.8670267]

>>8659451

>Mike Hunt

[Anonymous No.8670321]

>>8670199

[Anonymous No.8670332]

>>8657613
Idk

[Anonymous No.8671099]

>>8658118
I ALSO HAVE WIZARDOLOGY 10/10

[Anonymous No.8672171]

>>8671099
>>8658118
o shit, I have it in finnish: Velhologia, Merlinin salaisuuksien kirja

I made a magic wand with oak since the book said the tree held magical powers and was good material for wands
Needless to say, it didn't help me at all since the madic wand didn't turn the mean boys of the village into vermin and there weren't any recipes for suicide potions

[Anonymous No.8672818]

Feeling very diverse this evening.

[Anonymous No.8672826]

>>8670332
>Le God Delusion

Read The BIBLE you fat autistic FUCK.

Pic related: typical FAGtheist LOL.

[le shit nigger No.8672931]

>>8659451

> Buttrustle!

[Anonymous No.8673316]

>>8669332
(Different guy)

You have the essential classics in those three, really...but if you want more, Pierre Hadot's books are a good way to continue studying the Stoics. The Inner Citadel is a very good book that covers all of the Stoics, but focuses on Marcus Aurelius. It's a good read before or after reading the Meditations.

[Anonymous No.8673375]

Unironically posting these. It's Halloween and I'm drunk and stoned and I don't give a FUCK.

[Anonymous No.8673385]

>>8673375
Seen this before.
>inb4DUDEWEEDLMAO

Aaaand it's the store front captcha. fuck this gay earth.

[Anonymous No.8673514]

>>8670332
>10th anniversary edition

[Anonymous No.8673784]

>>8665254
Hitlers Revolution by Richard Tedor

[Anonymous No.8673791]

>>8668112
Very. Dump her I want sloppy seconds.

[Anonymous No.8673793]

>>8665254
>German history is pretty interesting 2bh, anyone got any reccs based on this stack?
>>8665427
>Mein Kampf
>>8673784
>Hitlers Revolution by Richard Tedor

If you want to learn German history, then you need to read "primary source" books and speeches that were written by people who were actually there at the time, such as this book:

https://ia802709.us.archive.org/27/items/GottfriedFederManifestoForTheAbolitionOfInterestSlavery1919/Gottfried%20Feder%20-%20Manifesto%20for%20the%20Abolition%20of%20Interest-Slavery%20(1919).pdf

and these speeches:

http://www.realhistorychannel.org/MEINSIDE.pdf

[Anonymous No.8673870]

>>8673793
>http://www.realhistorychannel.org/MEINSIDE.pdf

>Madison Ave marketing acumen combines with 'City Boy' instincts to
make M.S. King one of the most tenacious detectors of "things that don’t
add up" in the world today. Says King of his admitted quirks, irreverent
disdain for "conventional wisdom", and uncanny ability to ferret out and
weave together important data points that others miss: "Had Sherlock
Holmes been an actual historical personage, I would have been his
reincarnation."

investigative journalism/10

[Anonymous No.8674139]

>>8661753
did you find the writing in musashi kind of brutish almost icelandic?

[Anonymous No.8674165]

>>8673316
Thanks, I'll check them out soon!

[Anonymous No.8674171]

>>8666750
are all of them from used book stores?

[Anonymous No.8674228]

>>8670173
>>8670178
>>8670199
kek

[Anonymous No.8674257]

>>8671099
>>8672171
That series of books is great. My kids love them.

[Anonymous No.8674301]

>>8666638
>I'm building a library of the essential Stoic texts.
If these are your only ones then you are a bit early in calling it a library.

[Anonymous No.8674305]

>>8670178

[Anonymous No.8674328]

>>8659439
How's Metro 2034?
I loved 2033.

[Anonymous No.8674495]

What's the /lit/ opinion of Jonathan Franzen? I seem him a lot in these threads.

[Anonymous No.8674521]

Currently reading Dusk by Salter. Then continuing downward.

[Anonymous No.8674526]

>>8664321
Damn I want to check out Slow Learner, how are those stories?

[Anonymous No.8674529]

>>8665638
>Tao Lin


He's teaching a poetry class at my school next semester. I want to take it for the lolz

[Anonymous No.8674545]

>>8674521
>Then continuing downward.
>Pic is upside down

What did he mean by this?

[Anonymous No.8674552]

>>8674545
lol no idea why it posted upside down

[Anonymous No.8674818]

>>8674301
>building
Did you bump your head anon?

[Anonymous No.8674821]

>>8674301
And library is a synonym for collection.

[Anonymous No.8675637]

just bought all this really cheap from a used book store, pretty happy with it