/lit/ - Literature

>last book you finished and really enjoyed.
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turgenev

Yes.

I believe the written word is better in theory.

However, a music can be more effective than a sculpture can be more effective than a painting can be more effective than a novel. It ultimately comes down to the artist, and therefore I don't think it's particularly worth considering.

>>1575414
/thread

Shitty English teachers suck.

>>1574666
Elaborate?

>>1574692
What was the question? What was the answer?

>>1574704
Cool stories, bro.

>>1575104
Why the fuck did I lol hard at this?

>>1574473
Are you referring to T.S. or George?

>>1573587
That picture has always reminded me of the Monopoly guy.

Also, I love his books. :-)

>>1573598
This.

My money's on this man.

Also, PERHAPS McCarthy and Bret Easton Ellis.

>if you know where I can find it, please deliver

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Basketball-Diaries/Jim-Carroll/e/9780140100181/?itm=1&USRI=
the+basketball+diaries

http://www.amazon.com/Basketball-Diaries-Jim-Carroll/dp/0140100180/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&am
p;qid=1298161070&sr=1-1

http://www.borders.com/online/store/SearchResults?keyword=The+Basketball+Diaries&type=0&simp
le=1

http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9780140100181?id=4981611050756

http://www.target.com/Basketball-Diaries-Paperback-Jim-Carroll/dp/B002LNEW6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&
searchView=grid5&keywords=The%20Basketball%20Diaries&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-1&qid=129
8161149&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=Basketball%20Diaries%20Paperback%20Jim%20Carroll&
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I bought this recently. It was like $10. I've yet to crack it open...

"The Fisherman"?

>>1567193
Most of the titles are self-explanatory.
/lit/ loves Amazon; there are short descriptions there.

I'd love to give a description for each. I usually do when I recommend. But I didn't feel like writing descriptions for every item on that list. If you want some specifics, you may request.
Also, I like Douglass too.

>>1565173
My heart when OP.

Also, try Siddhartha. And stick with it to the end. I think you'll find the ending reveals a lack of pretension on Hesse's part but, rather, and earnest search for truth and meaning.

>>1567161
I'll say Harry Potter is better.

>>1567134
I think most (thought not all) of those books will fit your description - provided you're okay with books that deal with specific events (e.g., WWI, the Russian Revolution, etc.) rather than a broader topic like GG&S.

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop
The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson
The Cash Nexus by Niall Ferguson
Colossus by Niall Ferguson
Empire by Niall Ferguson
The War of the World by Niall Ferguson
The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
The Civil War by Shelby Foote [A Series of three books]
The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
The Third Reich in Power by Richard J. Evans
The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
1688 by Steve Pincus
The Red Flag by David Priestland
For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Annals and Histories by Tacitus
China: A Macro History by Ray Huang
The Fall of Carthage by Adrian Goldsworthy
In the Name of War by Adrian Goldsworthy
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
The Great Bridge by David McCullough
The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough
1776 by David McCullough
Collapse by Jared Diamond [I won't mention GG&S, which you appear to have already read.]
The Forsaken by Tim Tzouliadis

I'm bound to be forgetting some, but that should hopefully satisfy you (at least for now).

Gulag by Anne Applebaum
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Natasha's Dance by Orlando Figes
The Whisperers by Orlando Figes
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto
Ancient Greece by Thomas R. Martin
The Histories by Herodotus
The Romanovs by W. Bruce Lincoln
The Face of Battle by John Keegan
The Mask of Command by John Keegan
The Price of Admiralty by John Keegan
The Second World War by John Keegan
A History of Warfare by John Keegan
The First World War by John Keegan
The American Civil War by John Keegan
Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie
Castles of Steel by Robert K. Massie
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by Victor Sebestyen
Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire by Victor Sebestyen

>>1567124
Feel free to specify further. I'll post a random batch of titles I recommend shortly.

>Is this book worth it?
Yes.

>Is this author worth it, or bullshit?
The former.

>Is Infinite Jest another Gravity's Rainbow?
No.

>You tell me. I'm considering getting into him, but I'm skeptical.
Read skeptically.

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>Does /lit/ concern itself with works of non-fiction?
Yes.

>Any favorites
No, considering the huge spectrum of non-fiction there is. I tend not to think of non-fiction as a genre. I just think of it for what it is: not fiction. I simply think of history books as history books, science books as science books, economics books as economics books, etc.

>>1567066
This. I thought that LotR unanimously won, and that the real "grand old debate" was between LotR and Star Wars.