Last book you've read, and the recent one. I want to know what b/ is interested in this subject.
Junky by burroughs, pretty decent
>>670930383
>>670931245
Never heard about it. As good as it seems?
Reading Farenheit 451 again
Prior to: a collection of Neil Gaiman shorts called Trigger Warning
Last
>The Fraternity Of The Stone by David Morrell
Current
>Moi d'abord par Katherine Pancol
>>670930383
Reamde was last one.
Currently reading Sterlings Schismatrix Plus
>>670930383
Ready Player One
>>670932001
Pleb alert
>>670930383
Currently Hamlet
>>670930383
A farewell to arms
Haruki Murakami 1q84 (3 books)
How to stop raping kids: a 7 step method.
Last
> the immense journey, Loren Eiseley
Currently
> Blink, Malcom Gladwell
>>670931684
Yes it is very hard to put down. I
Annihilation. Waiting for Authority to come in from the lubrary
>>670932633
I don't particularly agreed with everything lit/ says, but that list is quite decent actually.
Last completed was catcher in the rye. Telltale heart if short stories count.
Midway through dantes inferno. Crazy shit.
>>670932666
Hemingway is my spririt animal.
Also, Nice 666 trips faggot
>>670932633
/lit/ is shit. No one there actually fucking reads.
>>670930383
I'm going through Acts in the Bible.
Acts is a short history of the early Christian church through the eyes of Paul.
Very interesting and full of drama. I would recommend reading Acts of you have already read the Gospels and want to learn more about the history of the early church.
>>670933485
Nah, there are other fairy tails I find more entertaining.
>>670933312
Dante's inferno is great. The amount of references made to historical events drove me insane reading it, though.
Last one was Safran Foer's "Eating Animals" (because I was teaching it) and recently read Kirby's "Quantum Anthropologies"
last read: of mice and men/v for vendetta
currently: 1984 or the old man and the sea
>>670933485
You might enjoy this.
>>670932633
Any other Shakespeare plays you like, or just getting started?
>>670930383
Metamorphoses, by Ovid was the last one i read.
Am currently reading one called the burning room, its some shitty detective story i got for xmas.
Last: Thiaoouba Prophecy by Michel Desmarquet
Current: St. Luke. .. bible
>>670932994
And you only made it to step 2. Better try again from the top.
>>670931611
naked lunch is about the same if you liked junky
Pic related is what I just finished. Debating whether to read This Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong or Gumption by Nick Offerman.
>>670930383
Im really into translated wuxia/xianxia novels. My favourite currently is I Shall Seal the Heavens, among various others at Wuxiaworld.com and other sites.
>>670933181
They'll be the first to tell you that IJ is a meme-book piece of shit
>>670930383
the myth of hetero sexual aids
>>670933869
>1984 or the old man and the sea
Great readings.
>>670933485
also this
>>670933791
>The amount of references made to historical events drove me insane reading it
this
>>670933678
It's not a fairy tail. It's an archeological and historical account of a man's journey through Greece and the Roman Empire.
Regardless of if you believe in the supernatural feats performed in the New Testament; all of the books have been historically confirmed to be authentic.
Open your mind and maybe you'll start to join the rest of society.
"Harry Potter and the Black Man in the Elevator"
A Song of ice and fire
Currently reading Aztec and Mao Zedongs tactics on guerrilla warfare
>>670933871
>>670934382
Thanks!
I'll definitely add those to my reading list.
I'll be first to admit that his writing can be a bit hackish, but I've been reading his shit since elementary school.
Bigger pockets ultimate beginners guide to real estate investing
Before that:
Rich dad poor dad
Before THAT:
Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people (didn't finish for some reason)
>>670934428
You would enjoy Thiaoouba prophecy, written by a man who was abducted by angels in the late 80's and given charge to write a book about it.
>>670934656
Don't bother, just watch the show. The books are better, but George Martin will be dead before he finishes them that fat lazy fuck.
harry potter then the next one. re-reading the series
Harry Potter and the MB-Word He Called Hermione That One Time But He Meant It Like "My Friend, My Homie" So He Thought It Was Okay But Really It Wasn't
>>670933869
1984 was great
>>670934778
I loved the Dark Tower series, and how everything else that I've read from him ties into some how.
>>670933939
Kinda just getting started. Read Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet in highschool but I don't really count those because I had shitty teachers who made us read as a class now leaving me enough time to actually contemplate what I'm reading, which is very necessary when it comes to Shakespeare. I'm enjoying surprisingly, though I do have trouble reading it for too long periods of time because of how dense the prose and verse is.
Harry Potter and the Difficulty His Son Albus Had Looking Him In The Eye That Made Sense After The Diagnosis
>>670932633
Dostoevsky has 2 books in the top ten? Interesting. I read crime and punishment to see what all the hype was about and I was completely let down. How do people hold this book in such high regard and say shit like its "life-changing"????
>>670934760
enjoy. It's nice to see good threads like these.
>>670935117
Perhaps you're just a pleb?
Currently reading Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini. (aka book in the Inheritance Cycle, aka Eragon part)
Before that
What if? by Randall Munroe
Last book pic related. Currently read The Master And Margarita
>>670934326
>>670935023
i really like 1984 so far. can you guys recommend any more already read animal farm that was awesome
>>670930383
on page 944 of The Wise Man's Fear
>>670934870
That's very interesting. I'll look into it.
Did this man ever end up writing a book?
>>670935076
Ok. My favorite is Richard III. It is unbelievably good and they don't teach it and kill it, thankfully. The Ian McKellen adaptation is worth watching as well.
>>670930383
crime & punishment
very
very good
>>670935517
Back to /lit/ brah
>>670935630
What is this fucking IJ?
>>670930383
I'm reading Mein Kampf, it is fairly dull so far.
>>670930383
The grey man series
Excellent read.
>>670930383
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey. It's a very good book
I finished 2666 by Roberto Bolano recently. Holy shit.
Currently reading Blood Meridian.
>>670936231
"Can't you see? It's driving us mad, this blood meridian!" THE END.
>>670930383
Last "A Brief History of the Vikings: The Last Pagans or the First Modern Europeans?"
by Jonathan Clements
Current
"Blood of Elves" by Andrzej Sapkowski
>>670936452
So far its eh. It reminded me why I don't like Cormacs writing style. But I'm desperately waiting for Red Dead Redemption 2 and just saw The Recent so I bought it to scratch my Western itch.
>>670935383
Huck Finn
Brave new world
>>670935383
For Whom the Bell Tolls
This is the last one I read. Pretty good. Not my favorite. Pretty cool though. Goes from the beginning of time to modern times and every story in the book fits together.
>>670932633
Confessions of a mask, fucking good book.
Just finished reading A Farewell to Arms and it made me cry.
>>670933377
>>670932633
Shit, I've read a lot of books of that list.
>>670930383
If you don't count school shit the power of one if you do its one of the Cisco online study books>>670931245
Last Read: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
It was good. Sci-fi from China, was different than what I've encountered before.
Currently reading: Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
I finished Red Mars quick, and have been enjoying the 'floating' story of terraforming Mars and the political fallout of it.
>>670932633
>holy bible
>greatest book ever written
>>670930383
Current and last: Hemingway's Finca Vigia edition of short stories.
Before I started that I re-read the Elric Chronicles and a new book Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. More of a novella, but one of a series I might like. Fast escape reading in between Hemmingway et. al.
>>670938182
In terms of impact it is unparalleled. That single book essentially shaped the modern world.
>>670938182
Song of Solomon was better porn than 50 Shades of Gray. Then again, so is furry scat porn.
>>670930383
The Lord of The Rings
Something by HP lovecraft.
>>670938207
Love me some Hemingway
>>670938380
No. The 'concept' of the book shaped the world. No Christian ever reads it.
Reading it turns you into an Atheist fast.
>>670938562
Clive barker and hp lovecraft are some great reads.
>>670938380
Unfortunately yes. It's not even my religion, but I've read that shit
>>670938509
Furry scat erotica is better than most things written nowadays
>>670930383
Ready Player One and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Finished reading lord of the flies a while back, I'm reading under the dome right now and next in my line up is the collections of hp lovecraft
>>670938600
This edition has a couple stories I had never heard of and first published in this edition. I have many compilation books of many authors, and a few anthologies. I pick up Norton's Anthology of 20th Cent American lit now and again as well.
>>670939181
Nice.
>>670932633
>Most popular /lit/ books of 2015
>Great Gatsby is at 42
>Great Gatsby is a required read for most junior high students
>42% of /lit/ is in junior high
>>670935432
Yes that's the book he wrote
Lie Algebras. It's a linear/group theory field of mathematics.
>>670931611
You sir have excellent taste. Just finished up the soft machine myself.
>>670939559
I hated that book in highschool, it was boring and gatsby acts like a whiny bitch
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
A laugh-a-minute read: "Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments" Oxford University Press, New York 1996
OP here, thank you guys for the responses, I didn't expect that much of attention.
I took some notes of the books you guys posted and I haven't read yet. I'll try to get to them.
Thanks again guys.
The Great Gatsby, I've read it a dozen times over and the story is still amazing
Curently reading Therese Raquin, anyone into french classics?
>>670939872
Gatsby is a bitch made nigga.
>>670939872
>>670940880
Faggit
Readings for gays hu dont av nethin beta to do wiv there time. Faggets y doncha get a girlfriend insted???
>>670941562
You got us good man
>>670930383
Just finished A Moveable Feast.
Started The Sun Also Rises this morning.
Last: Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Current: SPQR - Mary beard
Last
> Beano Annual 1993
Current
> N/A
>>670941562
Why though, I just like the book man
>>670930383
American Slavery, American Freedom
Dark River of Dreams
>>670930383
I read Consider Phlebas last summer. I like it a lot and plan to get around to the next after this semester.
Currently reading Artin's Algebra and some topology textbook.
Just Finished: 1984 (like third time reading)
Currently: The Man in High Castle
>>670937053
>i just read tom sawyer definatly have to check out huck finn thanks man and i loved brave new world
>>670936823
thanks bud ill check it out
>>670941885
I can't lie it is a good book.
Just the amount of hipsters that reference that book is annoying. You can tell that that was the only book they read in high school.
But Gatsby is a bitch made nigga.
The writing is on point though.
>>670930383
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
>>670942419
For Whom the Bells Tolls >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>670930383
I want to teach myself Physics, so I'm starting small.
>>670930383
fabric of the cosmos
>>670942674
Buy a high school physics textbook. Read every word and then do all of the practice problems. Then buy a college textbook and do the same. Focus on general physics and then you can branch out to specific fields.
>>670942844
checked
>>670942972
wtf that's torture
>>670942972
I have a "Physics I" of the 'for Dummies' series. Going to work out of that, soon. I want to get more into Astronomy. Not doing it as a career path, because I already fucked up in college (only just recently learned what STEM is...in my senior year).
>>670942503
If you like this you need to read paradise lost.
>>670943137
Traditional way of learning= torture.
enders game
>>670943137
That's how you learn bro. Physics is about being able to work practical problems. Then you will be able to theorize on non measurable phenomena.
>>670943396
My nigga
>>670943137
That's how you learn something though.
Wtf, you never studied by yourself?
>>670943309
this
>>670930383
Working on the whole series.
>>670943309
then I shall cu myselfto learn something
>>670943499
>>670943639
Prepare for a whole other style of writing, and a weird culture. Nothing like the first one. It was kind of hard to follow at first.
Last one i've read, i also readed anotywr one but it was in other lenguage
>>670943531
I haave adhd
>>670930383
Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy. Fucking good.
Now reading Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. So far it's pretty strong
>>670942594
I'd fuck the shit out of Maria
>>670932001
Fantastic book, fuck the snobs.
>>670932001
That book was recommended to me by a younger engineer. Have not bought it yet (I forgot until now) but may this weekend.
>>670932001
That was fucking amazing
>>670943639
enders game is the only truly good book in the series. I had to force my way through the last four or so.
"The Masque of the Red Death" E A Poe
The Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
Atlas Shrugged, The Virtue of Selfishness, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Ayn Rand
The Republic, Plato
very good read.
>>670946846
go read defense of socrates
>>670930383
art of peace
11.22.63
>>670932001
a great premise and fun book, but when I heard somebody describe it as 'written like they want it to be a movie' you can see what they mean. it's all so visual, there's no real depth to the writing. Still great tho
just finished a few hours ago while DUDE WEEDING and then proceeded to do the same with the movie.
I was very impressed for how good it held up as a movie.
and im not usually a fan to almost 1 to 1 translation.
>>670930383
Currently re-reading Blood Meridian. Was younger when I last read it and feared I missed some things. I sure did, being a little older, I can really appreciate this book.
>>670935383
Fahrenheit 451
>>670941777
my favorite books. read them while living in Paris and both brought me to tears
>>670947611
Fucking great book
>>670930383
Mein Kampf.
I'm not even kidding. I listened to it on audio and then decided to get a physical copy. Reading right now actually.
>>670947143
I'll look it up, thanks
Would only recommend for hard-core NSDAP members. While it is a groundbreaking philosophical work that literally led to the terraforming of a generation's political landscape, the Fuhrer's prose can be quite dry at times.
>>670930383
Whitey Bulger
About to finish Red Rising. For fans of dystopian sci fi. Blows hunger games COMPLETELY away. It's an extremely exciting and entertaining read but the author uses many major themes throughout the book
>>670948199
>>670948250
found /pol/
>>670948330
>>670944288
>>670942503
>>670941290
found /lit/
A lot shorter than I expected but a great book nonetheless.
>>670948172
got any similar suggestions?
i also just picked up Simulacra and Simulation
but it looks intimidating.
>>670938009
Monica
Currently reading the whole Discworld series
>>670930383
>>670948250
is there anywhere i can find a non zionist translated version?
The last book I read was Alas, Babylon. I'm going to start reading Crime and Punishment or The Merman's Children next, not sure.
>>670948537
I'm not a /pol/fag or anything I just wanted to read the book that had such a significant effect on an entire country.
>>670930383
>finished: Once There Was a King (5 tomes)
>reading now: Metamorphoses by Aristotle
>also reading now: Programming Python by Mark Lutz
>>670933377
True. /lit/ was great if you wanted to discuss philosophy, now that it's on another board /lit/ discusses novels more frequently. Don't be a pleb.
>>670939559
Yep.
>>670939872
He's bitch-made.
>>670948537
today was the day I learned that /lit/ was a board
>>670930383
one time i read the narnia thing and was good. but then i read some kind of merlin ancient sorcer thing and was weird
>>670930383
How to Shoot Friends and Influence People
>>670948537
>found /lit/
No
>>670949528
Today I threw up in my mouth.
>>670932633
>>670932633
/lit/ confirmed for max level autism
>>670943639
do it brother, shits real good. although the newer books are as good as the ender series though
>>670948868
Bumping again for this...
>>670947611
pkd is a helluva writer and most of his novels hold up well as movies. blade runner and minority report did anyhow.
>>670949092
Which book?
was it well written?
did you enjoy it?
>>670948868
Not really. I found it best to read it in the original German.
Just finished 'A Tale for the Time Being' by Ruth Oseki the other day
It was enjoyable for the most part, some preachyness here and there, but I really enjoyed the way the story was told
>>670950636
did you read the books of both those?
i hear Blade runner is a decent change up from the source material.
and if you did how was minority report?
>>670930383
Green Mars
Blue Mars
next book is going to be World War Z
>>670950709
sorry if this is a little straightforward.
but why do you know german?
because you like the culture?
ethnic background?
you live there?
The man in the high castle
Just started ubik
>>670950873
yeah, blade runner changed some of the details but did not detract from the overall feelings i got when i read the book.
i have not seen minority report all the way through, just pieces of it, but it seemed faithful.
i think the best adaptation to any of pkd's writings has been man in the high castle. it differs significantly from the source, but doesn't stray from the overall meaning of the novel.
if you want a suggestion, go read ubik. its very similar to a scanner darkly. its my favorite novel that he wrote.
>>670951028
I live in Texas. I've always liked Germanic history and the languages. Finding bands like Rammstein and Eisbrecher kind of got me more interested in learning German, as well as the culture. Icelandic is on my list of other languages to learn.
Last..Dark Knight Returns
Current..The Road
last book: a separate peace
next book: fifty-thousand shades of grey
>>670930383
last book was Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Not as good as Bleak House or a Tale of Two Cities, but still Dickens so still pretty damn good.
book i'm currently reading is called Flying Fortress by Edward Jablonski. i like to read world war ii and civil war history stuff.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things was the last thing, and I'm currently working on the fourth Song of Ice and Fire book
>>670934197
This book was shit. 99% of "slacker lit" is total crap. It's easy to write a book like this, just recycle the main character.
>>670930383
currently reading "How to Retire in France"
The Continual Condition by Charles Bukowski.
I higly recommend this
im reading te dictionary rn
>>670935117
yeah read it in high school along with kafka's trial, couldnt read it now though
>>670934197
Doubt anon is still here but This Book is Full of Spiders is thoroughly enjoyable. David Wong is smart but more importantly he's damn funny
>>670951461
how fluent are you?
how long did it take you to learn?
>>670930383
Tao of pooh. Best book I've ever read
>>670952907
>Reading jew propoganda
Wool by Hugh Howley
The story of Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth.[7] Humanity clings to survival in the Silo, a subterranean city extending one hundred forty-four stories beneath the surface. The series initially follows the character of Holston, the sheriff of the Silo, with subsequent volumes focusing on the characters of Juliette, Jahns, and Marnes. An ongoing storyline of the series is the focus on the mystery behind the Silo and the secrets it holds. The Silo's mystery is eventually revealed by the end of book five; books six through eight comprise a prequel to the series. Book nine pulls the storylines together.
>john dies at the end
eh, it was okay.
>ready player one
basic, played on tropes went over many many times in other books and series. still enjoyable
currently reading
>the edge chronicles
about finished with the first book, and then am going to start the dark tower
Currently reading this masterful tale. Last book I read was 'The Republic of Thieves' by Scott Lynch.
Siren of Titan by George Orwell
Currently enjoying this
>>670930383
The culture series by ian banks
>>670955145
The purists form of ignorance
>>670954461
I'm pretty good. It took me about a year to learn it.
>>670930383
>p
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
