/lit/ - Literature

nobody hates the books by themselves, just the circlejerk around it

>>12559708
fandom mentality

>>12541213
no it'll sap your ability to read and write

>>>/wsr/

>>12540077
Nobody will really pay attention or mind if they do notice. If you really want to fit in, bring in your own coffee.
I do this on occasion.

A History of the English Language, by Simon Horobin

>>12275194
he's a troll, just ignore him
>>12275101
>>12275149
Russel's kinda sorta bad at doing the basic textbook thing of not being overly biased, follow this guy's advice

>>12274358
because all schools of liberal thought necessitate you not to read

>>12273705
>postmodernism
>socialism
okay peterson

yes and no, if they have a pretty cover, then yes, if not, then i'll still get hhh but i won't really mind because it's an aesthetic
but it encourages me to buy hardcover usually

About once every couple years or so. I still buy the new ones, but being older I feel awkward buying the latest one.
It's nostalgic.

the only series in any of Murakami's books is 1Q43
Read the rest however you like

Sagan is good, but he's mainly feel-good fluff, pick up a textbook or a journal for substance
I recommend Sagan for when you're depressed

>>11642070
If you read something as mind-numbing as Ayn Rand, you should feel an inherent desire to punch her in the face because of nature of her writing.
The only types that enjoy her writing are libertarians who've never read anything other than it.

>>11642052
reading without a bias is impossible if you're not braindead

we were forced to read that shit in freshman year of highschool
rand was a fucking retard who should've been gulagged

read Murakami amd Kafka, you won't become a better person but you'll feel superior to other people, which is the same thing

>>11614093
what's he like?

it's a generic YA romance novel where people die
if you're not prone to cry it's really not going to do anything for you
me, earl, and the dying girl does what it does but better

all of them fuck england

his writing is really good, no-one's gonna kid themselves by saying otherwise
basically, unlike something by a yokel, most people can understand the setting, and the inclusion of modern culture actually makes it pleasant to read
aside from that, i think that everyone enjoys existential and surreal, which just happens to be the premise of his work
imagine japanese kafka who really wants to nut to his hot b-cup sister

tbqhfamalam it's because the people here don't mind meaning in any literature that isn't tolstoy or like
manga

teaching you philosophy without having to take a class

at least if i read Pusheen i can jerk off to the pictures and pretend one of my exes is kicking me in the dick