Thread 24660267

post your book stack

>>24660267 (OP)
The library stickers obscure part of the titles, so I can’t take a good pic sorry

>>24660310
poor

>>24660310
Library books have their own charm, post them.

Otay

>>24660328
Okay, just for you. Kudos to you if you can understand the German and greets to any fellow Berliners if they recognize the book numbers!
I already finished most of that stack, currently reading Paradise Lost and will start Master and Margarita tomorrow.

>>24660342
If you get filtered by Herodotus, get the landmark edition with maps, anon. I read Herodotus and Thucydides earlier this year and it was great (with extensive maps)

>>24660353
Servus aus München

>>24660617
you think this is some sort of joke?

>>24660620
sorry i guess i acted in bad judgement

>>24660660
naughty boy

>>24660614
I read those book on vacation in Stuttgart and was surprised that they say Servus here as well

>>24660267 (OP)
digital is the way
yes I have read every word in every sentence in every paragraph on every page of these pdf files because my speeding reading skills clock in at 1000 pages per minute

>>24660763
turn his tv off turn his tv off

>>24660763
So much this. Shelves are performative

Someone help me. I come home from work so tired and just watch anime. How do I read for fun again? It's just audiobooks these days...

needs >>24655311

>>24661436
>Periphyseon
Stop joking, that book doesn't come out until September 2

>>24660784
Mine is divided into 4 sections on 4 shelves fiction history philosophy and art (science, math, etc.)

>>24661436
>upside down titles
tf
U live on Austria

>>24661467
It's actually there is no such thing as Antartica because The antartic on top of the nroth pole is some snow and ice that's all the real Arctic is on teh south

>>24661467
No just retarded.

>>24661455
Some things don't need a reboot

>>24661486
>retard
Well everybody moves at their own pace

>>24660763
Vaxines are an interesting subject

>>24661498
>Alcibiades

>>24661498
How's Finnegan's Wake going?

>>24661511
and it was pretty good

>>24660342
Do I cave and read Sally Rooney

>>24661511
just started it

Some recent acquisitions.

>>24660267 (OP)
I've probably got something like 30 metres of back log

Our latest Tel-Avivian machine "Knesnut Ove" is able to back-track location based on the combination of books and their make, to near perfectly approximate the location and psychological profile of any anon. Thank you. You have done the Chosen ones a tremendous service.

>>24661436
Baruch is ok

>>24661498
>no Dubliners
Already read it?

>>24662753
>bout halfway through the Silmarillion
Same.

>>24661776
I'm halfway through Intermezzo and I enjoy it, but It's nothing special, just a romance novel with some interesting ideas regarding grief and familial relationships. Her style is just interesting enough to keep me going.

>>24661511
havent read yet

>>24660353
Can you recommend any modern German books, bitte?

>>24660267 (OP)
deathly hallows
chronicles of narnia the last battle
Lysistrata and other plays
voyage of the argo
klara and the sun

>>24660267 (OP)
I don't have a book stack. I got epubs and pdf on my computer and mobile

>>24661495
I spammed this in /pol/ for 10,000 cliks

>>24663508
wheeeeee

>>24662971
Not really, I don't read contemporary German literature. Or what do you mean by modern? The last modern novel I read was probably Ich und Kaminski by Daniel Kehlmann. Was alright, although I don’t remember much. For philosophy, I like Byung-Chul Han, he writes in German.

>>24660267 (OP)
Just curious, what's with the stacking? I read a book, I finish it, I pick up a new one and repeat. Is it just a matter of acquiring books to be able to give the impression of being well read without having to read them?

Recently read books:
Broom in the system
Absalom, Absalom!
Roadside Picnic

Currently reading:
Midnight's children

Next one in line (probably):
East of Eden

>>24663553
Most stacks in these threads are recent purchases I think.

>>24661436
If you're having trouble reading, try reading something fun and lighter. I like mysteries, since they make you want to keep going. Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series is good, and every used bookstore has some for cheap.

>>24663553
I have to drive 3h in total to the library (1,5h to and 1,5h back), so I always get a batch of around ten books, so I don’t have to do the drive too often.

>>24663615
Based rural European.

>>24663615
I am a man of the harbour. So a metropolitan cunt with the ability to just grab a book on my way home from work without losing more than 10 minutes out of my day. So I guess I never really reflected on the logistics of rural reading.

>>24663624
>>24663641
I live in a city of 4 million, it’s just that it’s really big and I live at the edge and the library is more in the center

>>24663656
>city of 4 million
Very grim.

>>24663553
Stacks are one of two things usually. New pick ups which is most common, and then currently reading. Since many people read more than one book at a time.

>>24663670
The good thing about that is that my city’s library has a very good and big catalogue. The books they don’t have I can just get through interlibrary loan.

>>24663682
I hate the library. All my niggas buy from Indigo or Amazon.

>>24663704
New books are too expensive in my cunt, because we have fixed book prices. So if I books I buy second hand, but the shipping is often more expensive than the book itself.

>>24663711
I didn't realize I was talking to a jeet.

>>24663733
I'm German

>>24663741
the fairer jeets, as they are called

>>24663741
Same thing at this point. And why does a city of 4 million only have one library branch anyways? My city is like 230k and has at least half a dozen branches.

>>24663765
I didn’t say they only have one branch. Of course there are multiple and one much nearer to my home. But that branch is very small and has a shit selection. Sure, I could order books to be sent there from the other branches but that costs 1€ for each book (and 1€ to send it back), I ain’t paying that much.

>>24663765
might have found one of the five literate Germans in this thread they just see no value in maintaing them for the clearly subhuman populace

>>24663553
i like stacking stuff

>>24663772
>1€ for each book
Truly dystopian. Here it's free, and in fact my city's library even abolished late fees a few years ago. We're cutting edge. But yeah, I don't care tho. I only ever go to the library if I need a quiet place to read, and I very rarely check out any books. The last books I borrowed were of Van Gogh and Monet prints I think so they weren't really for reading anyways, and that was like 5-6 years ago.

Good promos this week. I usually don't buy so many at once.

>>24663789
Lucky you that your library is quiet. They constantly try to revolutionize the concept of a library to make it a place for basically anything but quiet reading. It’s full of noisy children, immigrants who are loud and use the WiFi there, coffee shops etc. That’s why I prefer to read at home, at least it’s quieter.

>>24663807
read crash last month its really good, nice pick annon. Also
>reading translations

>>24663814
>reading translations
Fell for this meme years ago, now I reserve original language for works that make sense. Also have a Kobo, so it's hard to justify buying some books in English when I can just easily get them from Anna's.

>>24663864
>original language for works that make sense
what does this even mean

>>24663865
It makes more sense to read Shakespeare and Milton in the original language than contemporary novels or essays. If I ever read Don Quixote, I'm gonna go for the Spanish version. For García Márquez, for example, I don't care that much.

>>24662971
Some pointers for you:
https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/spiegel-literaturkanon-die-besten-100-buecher-aus-100-jahren-a-e1e74cd7-9cd8-4743-9334-1622cab3ddb4
https://www.fischerverlage.de/spezial/spiegel-literaturkanon

Uhh, we do ‘piles’ around here…
Not a NEET: been sick all week so it’s a little more chaos then normal.
Aside: nice to see people take on ambitious texts -especially the young folks. it will serve you well, regardless of the value you get out of any particular book.

>>24663807
Lmao you seem like a pretentious faggot hipster who lives in some shitty walk-up. Bet you get no bitches

>>24665548
What's the point of this? Do you feel better now after venting your frustration on a stranger?

The title on the spine of Maldoror glows in the dark

There are so many more ESLs on this board than I first expected. Someday I will learn a second language and be able to post in foreign forums.

>>24660763
I just like physical books man. I read em and if I love them, they get added to my shelf for future re-reads or for lending to friends or loved ones. If the book doesn't evoke any feelings from me, I bring it to my local used bookstore for in-store credit. Browsing used bookstores is one of the few pleasures I have in my life so I want to do my part to keep them open.

>>24661436
Personally, I can only read if I'm outdoors or not at home. The temptations to watch YouTube sloppa or star trek are far too great if I'm within 50 feet of my tv. I'm basically DFW if you think about it.

>>24660267 (OP)
>buy some books off amazon
>one of them has a really shitty cover
>like 50 dpi low res jpg stretched with horrible artifacting
>check the table of contents
>chapter 1: page 4
>chapter 2: page 4
>chapter 3: page 4
>all 90-odd chapters are on page 4
>formatting is fucked
>the final line of each chapter is justified to fit the margins, even if it's just two words
>so the final line looks.........like.........this.
>book says its annotated
>there are no annotations
>very clear some asshole just ripped a free copy off the internet, spent zero time formatting it, and sold it for $10

>>24668651
What you get for buying books on Amazon lol

>>24668668
I requested a refund and got my money back immediately. Amazon doesnt even want me to return the book, because it was print on demand. There's no place to return it to.

I'm going to buy a different copy and donate this one to a library or something.

>>24668690
If you have a decently priced used bookstore near you I recommend going there instead. Stay there and browse for atleast 20 minutes. You may not find the exact book you're looking for, but I'm certain you'll find something that interests you (assuming your store isn't filled with Danielle Steel, James Patterson, and Stephen King) personally, I set a strict person policy where I refuse to spend more than $7 usd on any single book. (obviously some areas are different price-wise)

>>24668651
I would never buy print on demand books, they're always low quality. I only buy books by reputable publishers where I know they have professional editors and proper quality control.

>>24668724
What kind of area do you live in? If that were my max price I'd find no books, I live in a city

>>24668779
Yeah I'm in the US midwest so everything's probably cheaper. What's important is setting a pretty low limit for your area. If $12 is the average make your limit $10

>>24661436
Stop working (unironically)

I'm selling all of my books except for my Koran. Am also excluding anything Haram, it would not be a Halal source of income otherwise. Am also keeping a handful of all-American classics from Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Poe.

Here is my unsorted pile.

>>24669590

Here is my sorted pile, ready for sale.

Not pictured: A bunch of unwanted research books offloaded on me by a university professor.

>>24669603

Here is a treasure in the pile, a 1927 copy of Les Misérables, a highly recommended novel according to Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Shia leader and Supreme Leader of Iran. A big fan of novels and poems. I prefer The Count of Monte Cristo over this one when it comes to French literature.

>>24660267 (OP)
cbf to take a picture but current stack is
>Miracleman TPB
>House of Leaves
>random nonfic book from the library about the making of Superbad (2007)
>The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "Trilogy in Five Parts" omnibus

>>24668659
>descartes
there be only one René (pbuh) we read here

>>24669618
>Miracleman TPB
Don't mention that shit in here, take it to /co/.

Stuff from the library
>Candide - Voltaire
>The Red and the Black - Stendhal
>Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
>VALIS - Philip K Dick.

>>24669631
Books are books. Comics make good light reading when the night is winding down.
I'm also between Sandman volumes now that all the tumblr fags are distancing themselves from all of Gaiman's work

>>24669665
>Books are books. Comics make good light reading when the night is winding down.
If that's the case why is there a /lit/ board and a separate /co/ board?
>I'm also between Sandman volumes now that all the tumblr fags are distancing themselves from all of Gaiman's work
"Guy who only starts reading Gaiman after he finds out he's a rapist", get help bro.

>>24669672
>why is there a /lit/ board and a separate /co/ board?
>being this new
/co/ was added to the site in 2006. /lit/ was added in 2010.
>get help bro
I didn't intentionally wait until he was revealed to be a rapist, I'm not a weird chud. I'm just finally getting around to it now that his work is in low demand. The wait times at the library are only a week at most now, instead of multiple months.like they were before

>>24669713
>/co/ was added to the site in 2006. /lit/ was added in 2010.
I don't know what your point is. Before 2010 were people posting about books in /co/? Back then they still understood comics and traditional books to be separate subjects.

>>24669672
>>24669731
>well den why da boawds sepawated

>>24669731
if /lit/ was added first, /co/ would have been intended as a containment board to keep its topics off of /lit/ and /tv/. That is not the case.
>comics and traditional books are separate subjects
only pseuds believe this.

(You) gotta relax, pedantry is deeply unproductive and just elevates the pedant's stress levels for no reason.

If you can talk about comics here you might as well talk about TV/Film or music. Comics are a completely different medium from normal books.

>>24669752
>>comics and traditional books are separate subjects
Yeah, they kinda are and kinda aren't. Comics are books in the same sense art print books are books – they both take the form of a Book, but neither are focused so much on text as they are on images. I don't think the simple mention of literary graphic titles like From Hell, Watchmen or Akira should be banned on /lit/, but threads should be relegated to /co/.

>>24669764
Fuck is a normal book? As I Lay Dying has a drawn picture of a coffin in the text. Is that a normal book? Comics are a narrative art book containing writing. It's not the same as discussing film on here.

>>24669771
>I don't think the simple mention of literary graphic titles like From Hell, Watchmen or Akira should be banned on /lit/
This is buying into a false high art/low art distinction by claiming that more "literary" comics are good enough to be mentioned in the same thread as books. It's not a matter of quality, comics are a distinct art form.

>>24669771
I agree completely. This >>24669764 pseud spiraled into a pedantic a meltdown because I mentioned one (1) TPB that I'm reading, alongside 4 "normal" books.

>>24669777
>Comics are a narrative art book containing writing
>containing writing

Comics don't necessarily contain writing.

>>24669781
>This is buying into a false high art/low art distinction by claiming that more "literary" comics are [different]
You're right, all comics should be fine to mention on the Books board because they are Books.
Making a whole thread, that's another question.

>>24669783
Brother, why do you presume to argue about if comics belong on /lit/ when you're reading The Sandman and Miracleman for the first time in 2025? You're a casual, you should have read those 15 years ago.

>>24669788
Better late than never. Simple as.
I'm not making any broader point than the fact that pedantry is pure faggotry.

>>24664853
do you plan to put away the books or not?

>>24660267 (OP)
who gives a shit what books you are reading?
do you want a boy scout badge?

At work on the shitter, stack at home consists of:

Harrow by Joy Williams
The Rifles by William T Vollmann
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (last in my LOA volume of Dick)
The Kybalion (somehow chatgpt has convinced me to read this after too much AI generated erotica went to a weird place. It's still bugging me about the next part.)

>>24660342
Just learn Greek at this point

>>24669981
Don't be such a no-fun Nancy.

>>24670036
I am.

>>24660267 (OP)
not a single welder has read that metals book which is hilarious

>>24669977
I’m sorting them for sale and just about to build a proper floor-to-ceiling bookshelf…as soon as that publisher’s advance $$ arrives bah!

>>24660267 (OP)
>The dead sea scrolls
Did you read it yet? I’ve so far read only the chapter about communal living. This society’s political organization was: the clergy first, the elderly second, and then the rest of society according with their wealth, which is funny because after they managed to comply with all the societal rules of being accepted into this group (complete submission of mind then of body) they had to collectivize their entire wealth into a shared pool.

>>24660267 (OP)
>Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Nice, I actually ordered that book online recently and I can't wait to start reading it once it arrives

>>24670881
which is funny because qumran spelled backwards is quran

New library batch just dropped

>>24671402
Heh heh turgenjew

Just need some dostojewski

I fell for the start with the greeks meme.

>>24671425
Currently studying the Pythagoreans…

>>24671459
Pythagorean and Platonism are branches of the same tree

Which should I read next? Just finished the crying of lot 49 and loved it.

>>24672707
Read Inherent Vice, then come back here and tell me what you think of it because I was considering reading it too.

>>24661498
I got hard filtered by theaetetus
Took me probably a year to end it on and off.

>>24663900
What if you dont speak Spanish or the original language?

>>24671372
What do you imply by that? The Moslems are submissive slaves and sheep?

>>24671425
In addition to Homer read Hesiod too. Before reading Aristotle read the pre-socratics. After you read the pre-socratics read Plato , then Aristotle.

>>24660267 (OP)
Slightly related but I heard my new place i might be moving into will have its own library

>>24661436
Read fun books and not books about the Mennonites to get yourself back into it. Get some slop in ya

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>>24661776
>Vollmann
You are good people

>>24668651
HAHAHAHAHAHA

>>24669613

Here is the Haram bucket.

All of these were offloaded onto me second-hand.

I can't sell these books according to my religion.

Woe unto you if your book ends up in the Haram bucket.

It holds George R. R. Martin, Oscar Wilde, and Dan Brown.

Have confidence in your writing, you don't need sin to sell books.

>>24668651
Thanks for the business idea bro

>>24673739
I read all Plato in pdf, maybe I buy the dialogs in the future because the online translation was too old. However, I haven't read Hesiod, maybe I should as you say.

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Then you didn't actually read it. You stared at a screen. It's not the same thing.

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Just moved across the country. Restarting my library from scratch basically.

>>24674964
Septology is really fantastic you’re in for a treat

>>24673795
Sadly wasn’t my favorite but still glad I read it. Nice addition to my ever growing Vollmann collection.
>>24674964
Am I right in thinking that Jon Fosse (and that Olga Whateverhernameis) is a psyop or am I retarded
>>24675082
Nice Burton, I need to get to that at some point. Wasn’t Fariña friends with Pynchon?

>>24673174
Have you read Parmenides? I just reached the second section and it is incredibly dense. I can’t imagine anything else by Plato could be any worse.

>>24675359
Parmenides is the hardest by far. I heard a professor who said that the quality of an interpreter of Plato is measured by his interpretation of Parmenides, and that leaves Nietzsche as a bad one.

>>24675405
Makes sense, this is my 22nd Platonic dialogue and everything prior was significantly easier. I only have Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman, Philebus, Timaeus, Critias, and Laws left after this which I imagine will be a little harder than the early and middle dialogues I’ve read though. In your eyes, what did Nietzsche get wrong?

>>24673473
i can smell this image

>>24675425
I forgot to say in the last reply that I was nta. Well, regarding your question, I was scammed into the start with the greeks meme so I'm nowhere near reading Nietzsche, what I said was according to the professor I heard to work through the dialogues (my sentence was ambiguous, I admit). But from what I remember of the course, he criticised that Nietzsche's takes are too focused on the middle stage Plato of the Republic and Phaedo, where he is the most dualist and contemptuous of the material world. He essentially ignores the late period dialogues where Plato starts to question the Forms and himself (or what we deem "himself", because you will agree that Plato is extremely multifaceted to the point that we don't know very important theses by him, the agrapha dogmata, whose existence we only know because Aristotle mentioned them).

>>24673851
I don’t think a target basket will be enough to contain the haramanimity of it all. To encapsulate the haramananation in its entirety, you need to wrap the edges of the harameridianatable books in plastic wrap. Then boil them on the stove to kill all the germs.

>>24663553
East of Eden is fantastic, one of my recent favorites. Keep it on the to do list for sure.

>>24675082
I'm on the Burton now. Really enjoying it.

>>24673473
This is about what I'd expect, yeah

>>24675082
I saw the Acid House film at the cinema when it came out.

not sure where to post this
i wonder if anyone has compiled a good collection order for buying the loeb collection in full over the next decade
I plan to read argonautica first coincidentally it's LCL1
any advice or recommendations? I might just go in the spine number order but unsure

>>24675216
Yeah they were close friends. Pynchon writes the introduction for most copies of the book I believe

>>24675924
Hell yeah I’m excited to start it

>>24662753
Do you ever read anything non-anglo?