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What's been your favorite book so far this year /lit/?

>> No.7234165

>>7234153
>reading books before they become part of canon

>> No.7234166

>>7234153

Equal tie between Don Quixote, Dead Souls and Moby Dick.

If you put a gun to my head, Dead Souls.

>> No.7235032

Ulysses

>> No.7235052

>>7234153
Sounds like something Adam Smith would say, tbh, fam.

>> No.7235491

>>7234153
The Cannibal

>> No.7235494

>>7235052
Or Socrates

>> No.7235511

I just finished reading Crime and Punishment last week, and thats the only book I've read this year, so I'd have to say that.

>> No.7236261

>>7235511
Filthy casual.

>> No.7236269

The Illiad

>> No.7236297

I'm about 2/3 of the way done reading Anna Karenina, that might top the list as long as nothing bad happens to Anna in the last 300 pages.

I read a lot of great stuff this year

The Red and the Black
The Peregrine
The Rings of Saturn
Narcissus and Goldmund
Foucault's Pendulum
Operation Shylock
Darkness at Noon

but Tolstoy might just top them all, if he knows how to end the book right

>> No.7236307

>>7234153
>tfw i recognize who actually said that quote
it's like i'm actually learning

>> No.7236313

>>7234153
Peace by Gene Wolfe. I like the way he puts words together.

>> No.7236315

>>7235494
More like Aristotle. Socrates-Plato, though he favored aristocratic rule, was a communist.

>> No.7236323

>>7236315
Explain the book of Job to me please.

>> No.7236342

Anna K so far.

I am balls deep in Crime and Punishment and think that may supplant Anna K though.

>> No.7236367

Undoubtedly Blood Meridian, with Stoner in second place.

>> No.7236381

>>7234153
Book's I've loved
The Flame Alphabet- Ben Marcus
Notes from the Underground- Dostevsky
Fathers and Children- Turgenev
Waiting for Godot
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

>> No.7236606

>>7234153

The Maltese Falcon

>> No.7236625

2666
Tao Te Ching
The Devil All The Time
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution.
The Master of Go

at 29 books this year.

>> No.7236632

Paradise Lost
Love in the Time of Cholera
Moby-Dick
Heart of Darkness
White Teeth

those have been the best

>> No.7236645

Lolita

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>> No.7236720

>>7236315
>X was actually communist
im getting tired of this shit, Thomas

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Behead All Satans

I think it's a pretty cool book, it gives you words and doesn't afraid of anything.

>> No.7236969

>>7236964
I didn't think this was even a real thing until I looked it up. Did you self-publish it?

>> No.7237358

indeed i did.

>> No.7237380

Stoner, Chekovs short stories, Aquinas on law, politics, kingship and justice, Groundwork for metaphysics of morals by Kant, Trial and death of Socrates. There were a lot of other good titles like 2666, City of God, different works of Pope Benedict. Overall I don't think I've ever had such a fruitful year reading wise, about to read my 50th book.

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Javier Marías - Así empieza lo malo

another masterpiece tbh

>> No.7237603

I honestly can't pick. Mason and Dixon I guess.

>> No.7237636

>>7234153
In order (I can't just pick one):
The Eternal Husband
Borges short stories
The Iliad
Pancatantra

Borges might overtake The Eternal Husband, though. loving every story I read.

>> No.7237648

harry potter, great gatsby, hunger games

>> No.7237653

>>7236297

>as long as nothing bad happens to Anna in the last 300 pages.

:^)

>> No.7237672

>>7236315
The quote is from Socrates

>> No.7238430

>>7234153
Kim Kardashian said this? Really?

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7238464

Read crime and punishment for the first time this summer.. what a book.
Had my first panic attack when Ruscolnicov goes to see his mom for the last time.

>> No.7239508

>>7237358
The rank is surprisingly high given the content. Did you do a lot of advertising or is it just the usual amazon thing where a couple of purchases make your rank briefly skyrocket then fall down in a couple of hours?

>> No.7239520

>>7238464
I just finished it today, and I agree, very intense.

>> No.7239663

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

>> No.7239874

Bleeding Edge

>> No.7240069

it is? doesn't feel that way. zero advertising, and i think you're right, one purchase makes the ranking jump quite a bit for a brief period.

>> No.7240091

>>7240069
It's not in bestseller territory or anything but there are millions of books on Amazon so it's not too shabby. And yeah, from my experiences with kdp, a couple of sales will temporarily boost the rank to ridiculous levels for a bit.

>> No.7240112

Ishmael

>> No.7241377

The swinger.

But im a pleb I thought it was just a really fun read.

>> No.7241430

Growth of the Soil

>> No.7241780

Moby Dick. It's the best written book I've ever read. The prose is godlike.

I'm currently reading Ulysses having just read Dubliners and Portrait. It's undoubtedly the hardest book I've ever read, and yet I am enjoying it more than his previous two. I'm having to refer to a guide sometimes but I'm doing better than I thought I would.

As a side note, if I can handle Ulysses, will I be OK with Infinite Jest? I know they're often said to be among the toughest books going.

>> No.7241803

Pornography. Written, drawn or otherwise. I truly enjoy sitting on the couch and knocking my nuts around while staring at the novels on my bookshelf. Don't judge me. I bet you kiss girls, faggot.

>> No.7241839

>>7241780
Ulysses is much harder than IJ.

>> No.7241883

>>7234153
Perfidia.
I like it, fite me

>> No.7241897

>>7234153
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
The Crisis of Modern World
The Book of Disquiet
Brave New World
1984
The Little Prince

>> No.7241908

>>7241780
IJ isn't difficult, it's just long af

>> No.7243300

>>7241839
>>7241908
Thanks. I'm going to do the Infinite Summer next year then. I'm allowing myself three months to read Ulysses just to make the most of my time with it.

>> No.7243356

>>7241780
IJ is super manageable, I don't think you need any sort of introduction into higher-tier literature to be able to read it. A few sections on math and some things written in New England dialect might be tough to read (i still understand almost nothing about how Eschaton is played) but those sections won't prevent you from having a good read-through.

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7243357

I recently finished C and P and was filled with anxiety and apprehension about continuing it while I was reading that masterpiece. Dostoevsky the God. btw enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYdnUHCpomQ

>> No.7243366

Did OP mean books released this year?

the only book I know released of any merit is Cow Country by Adrian Jones Pearson, maybe those Fight Club comics are entertaining? I have no idea what else was even released this year really.

>> No.7243374

>>7243357
Holy shit TY that is the most beautiful music I have ever heard!

>> No.7243395

Does Philip Dick Electric Sheep
Blood Meridian
Brave New World
Infinite Jest
Stoner
2001 Space Odyssey
Catcher in the Rye..so far.

Stoner.
Currently reading through Hopscotch, which may take its spot.

>> No.7243449

Ansichten eines Clowns
Verwirrung der Gefühle
The Death of Ivan Ilyich

>> No.7243479

>>7234153
Ablutions

>> No.7243485

I don't know. I've lost the patience for /lit/ somehow. I've lost patience for almost all reading.

I went to a book fair today. I could've picked up any one of the classics for a dollar to bring home. I could've picked up a bad novel for the same amount.

I brought home three books on gardening (perennials, herbs, small trees), a how-to on watercolor painting, a book of Norse myth, and a biology textbook. I just couldn't deal with the idea of reading anything else, not even a comparatively easy genre novel.

Is it normal to go through a phase of loathing all things literary?

>> No.7243515

Under the Vulcano is the only book I've read this year that I've unwillingly allowed to cling on my back, in memory of times lost but not forgotten. It made an impact.

>> No.7243531

David Copperfield, fantastic read, best novel I've read in a long while.

>> No.7243625

>>7243485

You might just be burnt out.

Have you been doing a lot of reading?

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>>7234153
Blew my mind /lit/

>> No.7244782

>>7234153
What do you call quotes falsely attributed to ignorant celebrities for the sake of a comedic effect?

>> No.7244793

Cesar Aira's How I Became a Nun.
Short, pretty good.

>> No.7244852
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The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories - Geme Wolfe
Ice - Anna Kavan
Four Ways to Forgiveness - UK Le Guin
The Last Samurai - Helen DeWitt
Zone - Mathias Enard

good book feels

>> No.7245415

Toss-up between the following:

A Schoolboy's Diary - Robert Walser
No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July
The Collected Stories - Lydia Davis

>> No.7245425

Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas or whatever filthy translation-reading plebs call it

>> No.7245446

>>7245425
Posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas.

>> No.7246021

Probably Bartleby the Scrivener tbh

>> No.7246024

>>7246021
good taste friend

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>> No.7247867

>>7244642
Looks....interesting

>> No.7247956

the 3 musketeers

by the way, anyone read this?
http://www.amazon.com/Harvenger-Mr-Albert-David-Sutton/dp/0473181363/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1445134417&sr=1-4&keywords=the+harvenger

>> No.7247963

The Critique of Pure Reason.
It hurts my face to read though, I've probably taken 100 aleve just to make it through.

>> No.7247973

>>7243485
I rotate through phases where I focus on fitness, video games, culinary shit, and literature. I try to tell myself its me being a well rounded person, if I wasnt so socially crippled.

>> No.7247981

>>7246021
I really enjoyed it, but it was over so quickly

>>7244642
I just cant into Gene Wolf or PK Dick

>> No.7249466

>>7234153
Do anyone actually believe this crap?

>> No.7249471

Oddly enough - The Berlin Wall by William Buckley

He was a great writer - very under-appreciated compared to his speaking

This PoS Culture and Society will probably be the most interesting if ever I get around to finish the damn thing

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That was one of the comfiest books i've ever read.