Bookshelf thread

[Anonymous No.9516437]

Let's show off our bookshelves folks, I'll begin

[Anonymous No.9516456]

>>9516437
contribootin

[Anonymous No.9516588]

>>9516437
>(((Rothfuss)))

[Anonymous No.9516590]

>>9516588
THAT'S the biggest problem you see there?

[Anonymous No.9516653]

>>9516437

> genre fiction

[Anonymous No.9516668]

>>9516437
>Touching Spirit Bear
I had to read that book in middle school.
It was shit.

[Anonymous No.9516692]

>>9516437

Its dumbfounding, really. The whole irony of the situation, that is. I mean, these people are here devoting time to this endeavor of taking pictures of their bookshelves with carefully assorted books; who knows, maybe they want you to know who the author they like best is, or maybe they have OCD, or whatever, but they arrange the books so neatly. Then they take a picture and upload it, but they do ABSOLUTELY no discussion of literature. Its like these people are pretending to care about books to show off their bookshelves while their taste is saying "I don't really read books". So why do they take pictures of the shit? Its irony at its hyperbole.

[Anonymous No.9516758]

>>9516692
>Its irony at its hyperbole

no it's not, sometimes people just want to share how they design their living space as it relates to the board without getting into a potential discussion of any book they show when they can do that about a book of their choosing in another thread.

stop being such a fuckin sperg

[Anonymous No.9516771]

>>9516456
That's not a bookshelf

[Anonymous No.9516775]

>>9516692
Are you retarded? Why would we discuss literature in the bookshelf thread as opposed to in the literature threads?

[Anonymous No.9516872]

>>9516692
/lit/ is a bunch of circle jerking. I won't say its the worse offender on 4chan since I haven't been to every board, but its probably the worst out of the ones I've been to, You could have an entire bookcase of shit /lit/ agrees is good and you'll be accused of being a pseud. Have a few things that fall outside the norm and it'll be like 4 replies of

>[insert book/author this poster/lit/ has agreed is shit here]

It's a no win situation. Conform and be chastized. Don't conform and be chastized. I will say I have a lot more respect for the man who clearly has a shelf cattered to the type of guy he is, even if he has Ayn Rand or some shit, than the dude who posts a shelf comprising nothing but Joyce and DFW.

I'm sure people who only wanna read what /lit/ recommends exist, I'm sure. Half to 3/4 of my non-manga shit is because of /lit/ and most of it I don't regret, but threads like these always result in either bickering over who has shittier taste or who is less of a pseud when really it should basically be a recommendation thread.

[Anonymous No.9516897]

Muh shelves

[Anonymous No.9517103]

bump

[Anonymous No.9517109]

>>9516437

[Anonymous No.9517123]

>>9516456
Very nice

[Anonymous No.9517174]

[Anonymous No.9517214]

>>9516897
>the I just heard about reading and came to 4chan starter pack

Kys get some taste.

[Anonymous No.9517241]

>>9516437
>non ironically reads GOT and stephen king

we got a redditor here

[Anonymous No.9517253]

>>9516437
I don't even give a shit about the fact that is is 90% shit, just put your Two Towers back in the box set. The fuck'S wrong with you you animal?

[Anonymous No.9517439]

>>9516692
Wow this post is extremely autistic.

[Anonymous No.9517647]

Mine.

[Anonymous No.9517670]

>>9517253
With some of these box sets it's almost impossible to get the books back in. A lot of the time I'm just tempted to throw the box out
>>9516692
some people are just interested to see the kinds of books other anons like to read

[Anonymous No.9517675]

>>9516692
Bah, a bookshelf can tell a lot about a person, and there's something pleasing about seeing a neatly arranged bookshelf. I'll never post one myself because of an irrational fear of being (((doxxed))) but I can understand the appeal. It's one thread in a sea of many; if you don't like it, just move right along.

[Anonymous No.9517692]

>>9517109
This tbqphf

[Anonymous No.9517715]

>implying

eReader or bust.

[Anonymous No.9517740]

>>9517214
Not him, but we all have to start somewhere. At least his shelf isn't full of Green and Rowling and Cline.

[Anonymous No.9517751]

>>9516692
There's discussion about books that comes out of these threads occasionally. Usually when one anon sees another anon's bookshelf that has some books he knows about, and some he doesn't, and he asks about those books he doesn't know about.

It's kind of like browsing the shelves at a bookstore, except that here the shelves show selections from readers' personalities as opposed to anything else.

[Anonymous No.9517763]

>>9516872
>calls /lit/ a circle jerk
>lists the ways in which /lit/ behaves which are the exact opposite of a circle jerk
????

[Anonymous No.9517774]

>>9517751
This is why I come to shelf threads, tbhwy family.

It's neat to see a collection of books and gumshoe my way into knowledge of who else is posting on /lit/.

[Anonymous No.9517785]

>>9516437
>Rothfuss
>Robert Jordan
>John Green
>Ready Player One

I haven't read RPO or Green, but I've only ever heard that they're garbage. Jordan I can forgive, we we're all teenagers once. But Rothfuss? Those novels are the worst non-franchise fiction novels that I've ever read. You have terrible taste. Also I bet you get yelled at for not having a lot of high minded post-modern or literary novels.

[Anonymous No.9519077]

[Anonymous No.9519093]

[Anonymous No.9519104]

Poetry is at the bottom row

[Anonymous No.9519111]

And the CLASSICS

[Anonymous No.9519115]

>>9519093
I didn't know they made a MGS edition of Risk.

[Anonymous No.9519118]

>>9519093
I can understand owning multiple copies of a book, like three or something but why do you have nine copies of The Catcher In The Rye? Do you teach a class or give out copies to people who aren't into reading? Is it funny to own nine copies of it because he has a book called Nine Stories?

[Anonymous No.9519125]

>>9519093
>>9519104
>>9519111
this is how I would like my library to look but with way less meme books and stupid anime dolls

[Anonymous No.9519134]

>>9519093
>50 Shades of Grey
>Ayn Rand
>More than 5 copies of Catcher in the Rye (seriously what the fuck)
>(((Asuka)))
Kill yourself my man

[Anonymous No.9519138]

>>9519118
I used to give it with an inscription to Tinder dates that hadn't read it (it's not as required of a reading in my country as it is in the US). But i've started giving it away at parties when people ask me why I have so many copies of Catcher in the Rye.

[Anonymous No.9519144]

>>9519138
I can smell your pesudism from the US

[Anonymous No.9519170]

>>9519125
Everyone needs a copy of the Wordsworth edition of Crime and Punishment

[Anonymous No.9519208]

>>9519104
>anime figs
thats fucking embarrassing. Nice Toys, manchild.

[Anonymous No.9519215]

>>9519170
that covers still makes me laugh

[Anonymous No.9519234]

>>9519208
Meh, people ask me about them sometimes but no one really seems to care.

>>9519144
That's not a word is it?

[Anonymous No.9519397]

>>9516437
Work in progress
Plan on replacing the shelf with something more economical soonish

[Anonymous No.9519402]

>>9519104
hur var evangelion mangan genomförts med animen och var köpte du dem?

[Anonymous No.9519413]

>>9516437
Just some of my books. I'm going to try and read 50 of them over the summer. Can't wait to start hallucinating words.

[Anonymous No.9519431]

>>9519093
Why do you only own 1Q84?

Also Senjougahara is shit

[Anonymous No.9519434]

>>9519111
>>9519104
>>9519093
Why do so many of your books look unread?

[Anonymous No.9519446]

>>9519413
>>9519397
>>9519111
>>9519104
>>9519093
>>9517174
>>9516897
>>9516437
You all have such deplorable taste in interior design.

[Anonymous No.9519461]

>>9519402
Den fanns överallt för några år sen, inget att hänga upp i julgranen. Annan story än animen.

[Anonymous No.9519469]

>>9519434
a) careful reader, I dislike broken book
b) I've repurchased some books that I read in Swedish in English and never read the EN version
c) Some of them were for school and I didn't finish them

[Anonymous No.9519504]

>>9519469
ahh okay fair enough, my editions always become such tattered rags after reads and re-reads

[Anonymous No.9519517]

>>9516437
Why do these threads always start with such disgusting bait? Is it a law?

[Anonymous No.9519520]

>>9519446
I know, but I plan on remedying that soon.
What Id really love to do is make my one bookshelf
I already have a design in mind with a display case in the middle, which Im going to put a handwritten and illuminated Bible into.

[Anonymous No.9519549]

>>9519138
god this is so pretentious and autistic

[Anonymous No.9519778]

>>9519093
>4 copies of hypersphere
Why anon, just why?

[Anonymous No.9519781]

>>9519134
>not liking Asuka
beta detected.

[Anonymous No.9519785]

>>9517763
>exhibiting uniform behavior and falling to stereotypical reaction patterns
>not a circlejerk

[Anonymous No.9519880]

>>9519413
After seeing Notes from Underground and Siddhartha I was surprised that Steppenwolf wasn't there.

[Anonymous No.9519903]

>>9516456
>Mike Hunt
top kek

[Anonymous No.9519907]

>>9516437
wow dude, what shit. the only good thing there is the Watchmen, Dune and The Martian. throw the rest of it away.

[Anonymous No.9519908]

>>9516456
>buttrustle

[Anonymous No.9519942]

>>9516437
this thread is pathetic

[Anonymous No.9519950]

>>9519778
I couldn't afford a fifth one

[Anonymous No.9519955]

>>9519880
I pretty much swore off buying new books until I get through at least the ones I currently have.
It's a problem I have, and probably most of /lit/ too

[Anonymous No.9519963]

>>9516437
Incredible collection of books.

[Anonymous No.9520102]

i have a shelf to post but im scared now

[Anonymous No.9520112]

>>9517647
>all that fucking pengun

>>9517174
too blurry but looks like trash

>>9516897
it's ok, looks like you have the potential to have good taste.

>>9516437
>>9516456
i had a kek

>>9519093
>reyfags
I'm not surprised desu
>>9519111
>all of that disgusting penguin

>>9519397
straight out of fucking plebbit, jesus christ

>>9519413
glad you joined lit in 2016

[Anonymous No.9520127]

>>9516692
i usually use the pics for recommendations

[Anonymous No.9520168]

This is just my to read list. Has a bunch of books that I'm borrowing near the top. Far right 3 are ones I'm currently reading

Lots of Scifi and fantasy but fuck you I like it.

[Anonymous No.9520197]

>>9520168
is this a fucking joke?

am i being trolled on some meta level I don't understand?

do you unironically intend on reading john green

[Anonymous No.9520207]

>>9516437
>itt: genre fiction and people who don't read
Rate mine nerds

[Anonymous No.9520218]

>>9520207
learn how to take a picture

[Anonymous No.9520234]

>>9520218

[Anonymous No.9520235]

>>9520197
>being this triggered
>over john green

[Anonymous No.9520243]

tear me up boyz.

[Anonymous No.9520247]

[Anonymous No.9520248]

1/2

[Anonymous No.9520252]

>>9520197
hardcover

probably just got into the hype. relax you lil shit

[Anonymous No.9520254]

>>9520248
aesthetic as fuck

[Anonymous No.9520255]

2/2 I got the leftie collection for a ridiculously low price, don't h8

[Anonymous No.9520256]

>>9520234
most based in thread

[Anonymous No.9520266]

>>9520235
>>9520252

>haha le trigger xD

>i promise i'm not from reddit

[Anonymous No.9520292]

>>9520218

[Anonymous No.9520300]

>>9520255
these faces have to be photoshopped right?

[Anonymous No.9520303]

>>9520300
they aren't kek

[Anonymous No.9520304]

>>9516437
>le epic bait

[Anonymous No.9520309]

1/7

[Anonymous No.9520314]

>>9520309
2/7

[Anonymous No.9520318]

>>9520314
3/7

[Anonymous No.9520326]

>>9520318
4/7

[Anonymous No.9520334]

>>9519093

>4 copies of hypersphere
if this is you anon, ge mig ett exemplar pls

[Anonymous No.9520335]

>>9520326
5/7

[Anonymous No.9520342]

>>9520335
6/7 (Phil)

[Anonymous No.9520357]

>>9520342
7/7

[Anonymous No.9520388]

>>9520342
nice fichte

fuck your russell

[Anonymous No.9520402]

>>9516437
I've read almost all of these books and I am still an uneducated swine. I get no gains from fantasy feelsbadman.

[Anonymous No.9520411]

>>9520168
>bioshock infinite
ayy someone else other than me who's read this. its actually not that bad.
also i like the knickerbocker lovecraft collection.
>john green
explain yourself

[Anonymous No.9520418]

>>9520243
disgusting shelf organisation-wise. get rid of all the other misceallaneus books and legos.

[Anonymous No.9520495]

I like the set up of a few of these. Right now i have 6 27 gallon storage bins of books I've held on to since high school and when I'm a home owner I'd like to have a study or library room so my children can enjoy reading as well. At the very least a book cove and have the books tiered by complexity and age appropriateness.

[Anonymous No.9520600]

>>9516897
serious question: how is and the ass saw the angel? really intrigued since it's from nick cave, but not sure if i want to spend the effort to try tracking it down

[Anonymous No.9520626]

my australian lit shelf :-)

[Anonymous No.9520629]

>>9520411
>>9520266
nice dubs

honestly I don't know what all the fuss is about John Green. Not all literature needs to be Ulysses or Moby Dick.

I read them back in high school and liked them then, its on my to read list because I want to see how it holds up.

[Anonymous No.9520644]

>>9520600
I really like it; it's like a very depraved Faulkner.

[Anonymous No.9520657]

>>9520644
and that's exactly what i'd read elsewhere. k, going to try scrounging around for a copy then

[Anonymous No.9520671]

>>9519111
why do you have 9 copies of catcher in the rye?

also i have this image that you posted a few months ago

[Anonymous No.9520682]

>>9520248
>>9520255
Buena colección.

[Anonymous No.9520722]

>>9520657
its on Amazon for $10 m8, not hard. if you can't find it, listen to the Birthday Party track Swampland, its basically the same thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6BX2Y5C83I

[Anonymous No.9520758]

1/5

[Anonymous No.9520761]

>>9520758
2/5

[Anonymous No.9520764]

>>9520761
3/5

[Anonymous No.9520765]

>>9520671
There are 10 copies.

[Anonymous No.9520768]

>>9520764
4/5

[Anonymous No.9520771]

>>9520768
5/5

There's more behind that layer, and a lot of stuff in my drawers. Hard to take pictures of it, though.

[Anonymous No.9520814]

>>9517109
what is the best e-reader? i looking for something extremely light in the sense that it feels like a book instead of a computer.

An e-reader that has only one screen with every book, a search funtion for books in its drive, brightness options, and a usb port would be ideal.

[Anonymous No.9520816]

1/2

[Anonymous No.9520819]

>>9520816
2/2

[Anonymous No.9521123]

>>9520248

>KJV

Beautiful

[Anonymous No.9521156]

>>9519104
den guddommelige komedie, min negermand

[Anonymous No.9521175]

[Anonymous No.9521197]

what should i start next

[Anonymous No.9521449]

Pls no bully

[Anonymous No.9521520]

>>9519778
I edited and published it and had to order one of each edition (later turned out I didn't have to).

[Anonymous No.9521525]

>>9519549
Pretentious is my middle name!

[Anonymous No.9521788]

my empire of dirt

[Anonymous No.9522127]

Rate my organization boyos

[Anonymous No.9522204]

Y'all mind if I almost exclusively read genre fiction :^)

[Anonymous No.9522498]

>>9516437
>not owning Runelords

[Anonymous No.9522504]

>>9521449
EVA statue kek

[Anonymous No.9522510]

>>9522127
fixed*

[Anonymous No.9522570]

>>9517647
Are you British?

[Anonymous No.9523022]

do your worst

[Anonymous No.9523332]

>>9523022
anyone

[Anonymous No.9523460]

>>9523022
Ken Park? *shudder*

[Anonymous No.9523468]

>>9523022
How's that book on Italian Cinema?

[Anonymous No.9523524]

>>9522204

i'm right there with you anon :)

[Anonymous No.9523599]

talk shit on me boys

[Anonymous No.9523853]

>>9523468
interesting topic, author sort of sucks

>>9523460
yeah movie isnt great

[Anonymous No.9523855]

>>9519504
cringe

[Anonymous No.9523860]

>>9519781
Misato > Asuka >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rei

[Anonymous No.9523869]

>>9520814
Kindle Paperwhite

[Anonymous No.9523888]

[Anonymous No.9523889]

>>9523888
wow so many memes hahahahahaha

[Anonymous No.9523924]

>>9520247
lmfao at all those supps u fucking gunner

[Anonymous No.9523932]

>>9521449
>Nadia
patrician

[Anonymous No.9524211]

>>9522510
Go back to that other website.

[Anonymous No.9524264]

>>9523860
Exactly.

[Anonymous No.9524272]

>>9522204
>Using a book as a book stopper
This whole picture is bait

What other Gene Wolfe novels should I read after I finish The Book of the New Sun series?

[Anonymous No.9524277]

>>9523599
>all those bookmarks
Do you ever finish the books you read?

[Anonymous No.9524311]

>>9520234
really sweet, I salivated even

[Anonymous No.9524448]

>>9524277
when i finish a book i usually just leave my bookmark somewhere in it. sometimes i leave a new one if i reference the book and want to save my reference. ive been working on a piece of non-fiction.