The last book I read was How God Becomes Real by Luhrmann. The author is on the leading edge of academic interest in tulpas and tulpamancy, and while this book was written before the tulpa studies, her perspective on the cause and function of our relationship to is really enlightening. I mostly just bought it to support her and her work (and pay back for the meal she gave me at her house during the interview) but I would definitely recommend a couple chapters of it to anybody who's curious about that sort of stuff.

I have a handful of 'open books' that I open every once in a while because they weren't compelling enough to keep me engaged all the way through: McKenna's Archaic Revival (too zany), Crowley's Magick Without Tears (kinda feel like I tested out of this one desu), Deleuze and Guttari's Anti-Oedipus (arcane as fuck but still lucid)

In general I only really get into nonfiction books, I love to learn and they satisfy curiosity. I don't dislike fiction but it takes a lot to convince me a piece of fiction is worth my time, I'm really picky. I don't read fanfics or greens generally, although there's one singular author I keep my eye on who does the most beautiful and inspiring character focused stories about my pony wife. If I do go for fiction it has to be something grand and fantastical or really creative - I can't imagine anything less compelling than a novel about a plausible situation like >>42448709 is talking about or Gatsby >>42449611.
>>42449599
short stories are underrated. They totally sidestep my problem with fiction (time investment vs value). Way too many greens etc. try to become novels and generals instead of wrapping up concisely in less than 5-10 posts.

>>42307958
She likes reading for a reason after all.