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NEW Rabelais and His World TRANSLATION in 2025 Archived
I know Miller Anon was waiting for this to get reprinted.
>Pub date: October 14, 2025
>Mikhail Bakhtin’s classic study of carnival, laughter, the grotesque, and medieval and renaissance folk culture ...
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What's your favorite Greek myth?
Learning languages through reading Archived
I would like to revisit French again. I was able to read L’Étranger pretty easily. Does anyone have recommendations for anything else of similar difficulty?
Has anyone had any success with other lan...
Thread 24571847 Archived
A cold wind blows. Deep in the darkness of space are robot ninjas, and earth fearing destruction from them launches a pre emptive attack. Johnathon was a young boy abandoned by his family who he saw d...
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>Today I will disprove him.
>Francis did not think of *petty act of ideological revanchism that can only exist because the liberal world order allows it*
>This will definitely spiral into the total co...
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Any fiction books that discuss national socialism/fascism but in a good light?
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>cat writes about loyalty
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>women? mostly trash
>men? mostly cucks
>sex? anyone that has it is trash
>*kills himself*
it's brilliant
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Do you guys even read any books written by someone who's still alive?
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>Kids get to Neverland
>>>Hey, see that pirate taking a nap in the grass? Wanna watch me kill him? Wouldn't that be FUN!?
I'm pleasantly surprised. I I thought this was a gay story for gay babies, it...
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Books on deontological ethics.
We’re do you go after Kant?
/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General Archived
Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs)
https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb
>Archive:
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subje...
Reading paradigms Archived
I've just seen in an online lecture that post-great-schism there was a change in how reading happened and I'd like to know if there are some ways to "recover" the older one or if anyone here has any e...
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What went so right?
Beware of Radical Skepticism Archived
>My girlfriend (I mean a friend who is a woman, not a partner or anything like that) was doing her master's thesis on Feyerabend and in the process she got blackpilled so badly that she went full schi...
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if you think about it, Shakespeare has three plays that are basically a triptych of the life of a man.
Hamlet is a young man's story.
Macbeth is a middle-aged man's story.
King Lear is an old man's s...
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What the fuck was his problem?
Thread 24574103 Archived
All the russian names are throwing me off. I keep forgetting who is who.
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Hey /lit/izens,
I’m a law student struggling to get my act together in the reading department. My grades are embarrassingly low, and I blame it on lack of effort. I barely ever read, and when I do, I...
Thread 24574150 Archived
You can't stop civilizational decline just like you can't stop death. Abandon all your efforts for they are worthless. The natural path will continue with or without your consent.
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1st of all can we have a Warhammer40k Book thread? Dan Abnetts Eisenhorn books are the fuckin' bomb
2nd,I've been thinking about trying my hand at narrating audiobooks. Here's a test sample of a read...
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is this worth buying? will it help me study psychology and further manipulate people around me?
Thread 24574202 Archived
more like this?
nothing's currently scratching the itch that reading this did
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what if the authors i think i like actually suck and ralph manheim is just a god-tier translator
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It surprises me that this got viral on TikTok. Isn't it much too abstract for normies?
Meditations on failing health in general (illness, injuries, disability, deterioration...etc) Archived
I'm looking for books that approach these themes with a wise, erudite, and soul-stirring insight, away from the typical (albeit understandable) melodrama wrapping up the typical books you'd find addre...
Schopenhauer: Why High IQs are Hated Archived
Schopenhauer explains why one should never let anyone know that you have a high IQs. Did you ever wonder why the midwits and low-IQs always get nasty when the topic comes up? Because:
> Now, there is ...
Hitler's Private Library Archived
>Although contemporaries say that Hitler loved reading works by German authors, Friedrich Nietzsche in particular, according to Ambrus Miskolczy "there is no sign of Goethe, Schiller, Dante, [sic] Sch...
The House of Wisdom Archived
>The House of Wisdom, also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was believed to be a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad. In popular reference, it acted as one of the...
Thread 24575251 Archived
Do you prefer Oxford or Penguin for classics?
Thread 24575645 Archived
>18000 line elephant in the room no one seems to notice
has anybody here actually read this? is it good?
Thread 24572781 Archived
What are Dickens's greatest novels?
Thread 24568981 Archived
What would a good public library even look like in your opinion? Probably "no homeless problem" but would it be more modern? Lots of floors? Just really big with tall ceilings? Study rooms? Unique fea...
Thread 24575330 Archived
Wow, Christianity never had a chance after this came out, did it?
Thread 24572530 Archived
Are there any novels/stories that are not masturbatory (Joyce, Nabokov) and self indulgent; and leans more into story, almost mythical, narratives (Dostoevksy). Not too pulpy.
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why is it so basic? It's effectively an introductory text. He just says "humans are this way" but I'm way more interested in the explanation for exactly WHY humans are that way and the proof that goes...
I was today years old Archived
When I heard the phrase "Art is never finished; it's just abandoned"
Of course I understood that on a fundamental level, but never heard anyone put it that way
That makes me feel better
Every time I l...
WW1 aviation memoirs/history Archived
Hello anons. I am looking for a book of WW1 aviation memoirs / aviation history. I tried googling for it but it's hard to find anything comprehensive. I'm finer with books written in English and Germa...
Thread 24568740 Archived
>100+ year book with multiple revised editions has a typo
...how?
Thread 24575409 Archived
Schizophrenia is not just chemistry, it is about dealing with nagging mothers and childhood trauma.
Thread 24564593 Archived
I'm not American so don't judge me too harshly that I only just read The Great Gatsby.
I can't believe that despite most American kids being exposed to this masterpiece, almost none leave school wit...
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>had had
Write your thoughts Archived
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Was the replacement of the romance with the novel in literary society a mistake for literature as a whole, /lit/?
Obscure books Archived
Do you read them? Surely you don't just read what Amazon recommends or /lit/?
>picrel
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i wanna learn more about buddhism, what do i read
Thread 24575029 Archived
what do you think of the cultural output of the millennial generation?
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>these are the people who read Carl Schmitt
You are what you read I guess..
Accounting Book Rec Archived
Any of you bros have a financial background and can help me with a book rec? I'm a programmer and I recently joined a company that works on accounting software, I want a theoretical understanding of t...
Thread 24570213 Archived
I thought this book would be awesome from the cover but it's fucking terrible
Why is Humanity Cruel? Archived
>“By the way, a Bulgarian I met lately in Moscow,” Ivan went on, seeming not to hear his brother’s words, “told me about the crimes committed by Turks and Circassians in all parts of Bulgaria through ...
Thread 24574980 Archived
Would you rather
a) have little varied life experiences/losses and simply read plentiful amount of philosophy books in order to come to your theoretical philosophy or simply follow an existing philos...
Ghastly rigamarole Archived
No overarching plot. The story just meanders wherever it likes with no purpose or resolution. Extremely flat characters that attempt to give the illusion of depth and fail.
>but muh heckin christcuck...
Maybe I would listen to Jordan Peterson if his wife wasn't ugly Archived
Imagine being a multi millionaire author and you don't even have a hot wife or even an average wife.
She's literally a 1/10
Would you kill to defend your favorite author? Archived
Is this a reasonable reaction to getting your school of thought mocked?
>MOSCOW (Reuters) - An argument over the theories of 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant ended in a man being shot in a groce...
Thread 24574935 Archived
>set in a fantasy universe with magic and elves
>the age of consent is 16 and you are an adult at 18
Thread 24574921 Archived
Hello. I'm a little stupid. Does anyone know of any decent historical novels set in very old times? (I mean pre-Greco-Roman, e.g. ancient Egypt, ancient China, or even prehistoric).
The man who was thursday Archived
This was pretty kino, what do you think of it?
I'm still utterly baffled by it, but from what I gather, the central premise is about nihilism and resentment of God/the universe for suffering and thro...
Thread 24565916 Archived
Time to post Halloween books
Comfy or scary or
Doesn't THE PALE KING have some Halloween stuff in it?
housewives and stay-at-home mothers Archived
any novels focussed on them, especially modern and contemporary era?
picrel is all i found have so far
Thread 24568761 Archived
Which English translation of The Illiad should I read?
The Lectio Bible Archived
Is this thing a meme? I feel like it would actually help me read the Bible from cover-to-cover if it was presented more like a traditional book without all the verse numbers and references and other s...
Thread 24574189 Archived
>read modern day creepypasta/horror stories
>it inevitably involves rape & sexual assault
get new material you bums
Thread 24572190 Archived
Ancient Greek writers were churning out like 150+ books on every subject known to man during their lifetime and you struggle to write just one.
Thread 24566895 Archived
Are his books actually good?
Thread 24573312 Archived
>we loved your resumee. We'll be calling you to schedule an interview in the upcoming days.
That was 2 weeks ago.
Are there any books for this feel?
Thread 24573117 Archived
He's talking about your diary.
Is there a discord group for creatives on /lit/? Archived
Most writing discord are choked with the archetypal "paragons of western morality" and get into a "umm thats sexist/transphobic" rants from just discussions of influence and all that other niggerfaggo...
Thread 24574080 Archived
Who is your favourite novelist? What's their best work in your opinion and why?
Thread 24574398 Archived
>perfect diagnosis of incels, /lit/cels, and /pol/cels
>NEETzche read it and said "whoa, he is literally me!"
>perfect indication of the proper therapy to treat this illness
>everyone ignores the solu...
Thread 24570625 Archived
What is the special significance of the letter Ю in this book?
My knowledge Russian isn't good enough to understand what the hell is going on here.
Thread 24572965 Archived
wtf! its so good. should i keep reading more gene when i finish citadel or work my way through the lit top 100?
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Any /lit/-approved books on how to think?
Recently, I've stopped any sort of study and even reading; all I do is use colloquial english. I think because of this, I think in conversations with people. ...
Johnson DESTROYS fedoras Archived
>It has been long observed, that an Atheist has no just reason for endeavouring conversions; and yet none harass those minds which they can influence, with more importunity of solicitation to adopt th...
Thread 24571080 Archived
Now that the dust has settled, was it kino?
Thread 24574255 Archived
is this edition fine for reading Sophocles or should I get something else
Don Quixote questions Archived
Pls answer the next questions:
What volume is better? In what language did you read it? What is your native language?
When I asked native spanish speaking friends without a shadow of doubt they say ...
Thread 24570130 Archived
Already shilled this here, but you guys really need to read this. I am almost finished but they way it goes into the mechanisms of literary recognition would help so many of you first year uni student...
Thread 24571898 Archived
He does stuff like this and wonders why he can't get his books published anymore. What an idiot.
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Gary Snyder is alive and well
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Where to start with Marquis de Sade?
Thread 24567783 Archived
The ending to the GOT show was the real ending Martin had planned all along. The fan reaction/backlash scared George so badly he's been procrastinating ever since writing Elden Ring and re-writing Win...
Thread 24574042 Archived
This guy is who you all meme Marcus Aurelius as being
>married a prostitute and defended it by saying “when you go on a ship you don’t care how many other passengers are also on it. It’s about the de...
120 Days of Sodom Archived
I don't think I can keep reading this, it's making me feel sick. At first, I could feel myself becoming desensitized to it as I was reading, but I took a break from it for awhile and the thought of op...
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What books can help one live a genuinely happier and meaningful life?
State Sponsored Violence and Weberianism Ethics Archived
He's right, you know? I like his essays on Might is Right
Where God’s Words Lead #shorts #audiobooks #craigwinn CC19 16 May 2025 Archived
Where God’s Words Lead #shorts #audiobooks #craigwinn CC19 16 May 2025
https://youtube.com/shorts/ytICqhAkTgo
tried to read this in prison Archived
but without a dictionary i got bored & confused by the endless architectural terms and descriptions to the point i couldn't imagine what he was talking about.
should i give it another go now that I'm ...
Thread 24570939 Archived
I just can't understand how to get into writing poetry. I've been told to "just write what I feel" but whatever I do ends up looking like a fucking pompous LinkedIn post. In fact, it looks and sounds ...
The Bible according to the Bible Archived
After a couple of years or so of studying the Bible about stuff related to this subject (not necessarily on purpose at first), I'm under the impression now that the Bible itself indicates what's in th...
Aristotle, Phronesis, and 1142a: Archived
1142a:
>ὅτι δ᾽ ἡ φρόνησις οὐκ ἐπιστήμη, φανερόν: τοῦ γὰρ ἐσχάτου ἐστίν, ὥσπερ εἴρηται: τὸ γὰρ πρακτὸν τοιοῦτον. [ἀντίκειται μὲν δὴ τῷ νῷ] ὁ μὲν γὰρ νοῦς τῶν ὅρων, ὧν οὐκ ἔστι λόγος, ἣ δὲ τοῦ ἐσχάτου,...
Thread 24563537 Archived
R.I.P.
(1836-2025)
Bathroom - By Nicu Ştefan Cristian Archived
Wrote something in my native tongue. Hope you like it :D.
It's two pages long.
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Rank 'em
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opinions on the work of J.G. Ballard?
Personally I am a huge fan of his work.
Currently reading his novel Super Cannes
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My google-kike tuned out algorithm suggested kermit today, and never seen that in a while, mind. But uhh, where do I go for top lel retard ideology?
/r9k/?
I'm a fucking machine this wouldn't work.
H...
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what's his best book?
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Literature with similar vibes?
Ayn Rand Archived
Is this one of the greatest and deepest novels ever written?
Thread 24563633 Archived
why are litfags like this...
Yusuf Ali's Koran Archived
My favorite English translation of the Koran is by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, a Cambridge student. It reads like the King James Bible, it's the translation I've chosen to preach Islam here in the Southern Un...
Thread 24567380 Archived
Is it supposed to be this easy to read? Also general Faust thread.
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What are some books?
>Enhances your prose Archived
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Is the commodification of ideas a way towards the reconstruction and incarnation of mythological archetypes?
when you commodify something you are creating a circuit in which the demand of a product e...
Thread 24569197 Archived
Why do women love books?
Ramsey Campbell Archived
Is Ramsey Campbell truly Britain's Stephen King?
Do you take notes while you read? Archived
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>greek tragedies were written in iambic trimeter
>shakespeare wrote in imabic pentameter
>faust was written using a ton of different meters from throughout history
>modern plays are written in random ...
academia.edu Archived
>Huge libary of books and reserch papers.
The fuck did i found? Is this real?
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What book is this from?
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Would yhe binble hold up in modern times if it was sold as a companion, or standalone book for an established fantasy world, serving as lore or backstory?
Similar to The Silmarillion.
Thread 24570060 Archived
Ignoring his time at the Daily Wire, does he have interesting things to say?
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Do you write down your thoughts while reading?
Thread 24565504 Archived
How does he compare, metaphysically speaking, to Guenon and Evola?
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I thought I was getting a fun underwater pulpy adventure, not pages and pages of autistic fish descriptions
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My dad caught me reading a gay porn novel and called me a faggot
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>He reads a famous, classic book not because he expects to enjoy it, but because it’s famous and classic, and likes how that makes him feel.
This isn't you, is it?
By the way, f you’re not reading it...
Where the bee sucks, there suck I Archived
By William Shakespeare
Where the bee sucks, there suck I:
In a cowslip’s bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat’s back I do fly
After summer merrily.
Merrily, merrily shall I live no...
Write your thoughts Archived
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Thread 24569673 Archived
Why are moids unable to read a book? Are they stupid?
Thread 24572278 Archived
How many books have you read this year until now? How many do you plan on reading until the end of this year?
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Let's have a bit of a shameful confession thread. Post writers whom you have NOT read, but that are considered integral to Western literature. Post writers you really should have read by now, but have...
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