We're getting deep into 2026. Are you reaching your yearly reading goals?
Any recommendations from the Trending Books challenge list? Not nonfiction please
>>25180226>One day I'll have a defined personalitywhat makes you think thats desirable? its when you start dying
>>25180775Alchemized
>>25180775I've only read Half His Age, which I loved.Avoid it if you are a prude.I've seen anons praising George Saunders.I know Anatomy of an Alibi is getting a lot of praises too, but not on /lit/.I think of reading Heart the Lover, the rating is too high to ignore it, unless ABB uploads the Donna Everheart novel (check the premise, it seems pretty cool) in the next few weeks.
Literarily speaking how did these books gain so much popularity among a certain type of white woman?
>>25179983Honor Levy does seem to be one of the best young women writers after Mossadegh.
>>25180211*Moshfegh
You should read Clarke's Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrel, it's goddamned fantastic.
>>25179561because they're better written then whatever slop you read.
>>25180053yeah, most people don't even know schizoid even exists, including mental health professionals. honestly props to your therapist for figuring it out, but I don't know if recommending a book based on your disorder could be considered good practice.
>Les Miśerables>War and peaceWhich book captures the essence of Nepolean as a historical force more fully?
>>25180630Nothing compares to War and Peace.
>>25180630Other than the Waterloo digression, 'poleon has very little to do with Les Mis
>>25180679Jean valjean is french Spiderman
So Clive is just a BDSM Stephen King? What are your thoughts on his work
>>25179620degnerate pervert here, never diagnosed, never medicated, still jolly.
well if you were to consult his early life section you would understand why.degen faggot writes degen books. I like hellbound heart quite a lot tho.
>>25180409King has more range than Barker.
>>25180491Writing a bunch of random silly shit doesnt mean its "range"
>>25178800>So Clive is just a BDSM Stephen King?Not at all. They are only really comparable in that they both write horror, have film adaptations of their work, and became well known and well regarded in pop culture around the same time. Their actually writing styles aren't similar at all. >What are your thoughts on his workI have enjoyed all that I have read of Clive. The comics he has been involved with tend to be mediocre, the video games were generally not great, and the movies he has had a direct hand in the production are usually decent but not the best of the best.
I find that im really only the most creative right before falling asleepHow do I fix this without taking drugs?
>>25178795I think op is referring to a certain state of mine i also attain right before i fall asleep, sort of in limbo as i start to drift off.Lay back, close your eyes, allow your mind to conjure random images. Flow of consciousness.>>25178762Enjoy the movie
>>25178762>>25178981To expand, it's sort of like meditation. Try to eliminate conscious thoughts. But also, maybe start off with a single thoughr of something you want to picture: rusty tractor>you picure a rusty tractorThis is where you let if flow from. Let you mind subconsciously summon the next though flowing from the image you are picturung>rusty tactor turns into a rust spaceship, crasched>turns into flying spaceship>turns into space>you are now flying in spaceBut yeah, flow of consciousness or watever.You can use these trucks to lucid dream as you drift off, but you akso got to focus a bit on knowing you will dream and to not wake yoursekf being to conscious. Have not had discipline to really lucid dream in a while but sometimes it happens on accident. Dont beco e to conscious of the dream. It's as real as here honestly.
>>25178762have you tried falling asleep more often
>>25178762unclear underspecified desire, what is there to fix, where do you want to have your creative time?Morning is the better time for learning and doing tasks with high precision, and tapping into learned habits, this is high performance time for making things clean.Evening or Afternoon brings that drunkenness that's necessary to be creative, once you have used up the clear concepts during the morning, the later day is best to jolt you further away and make strange and far reaching connections, idk, it's just how it is mate.Be creative in afternoon, make sketches, sleep on it, refine in the morning, and repeat
>>25178981>>25178991No other dream walkers here?
Chtorr editionHere we discuss any kind of science fiction and fantasy.>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_subject=sffg>Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg
i'm reading harry potter for the first time and it's weird because i so successfully avoided reading it as a child despite being into fantasy because i thought i was above itbut it's kinda nice... things that i would've looked down upon in my teens and 20s like jk's writing or her simple lack of logic now just strike me as quirky and pleasanti do wonder how the later books will compare to these opening two, because a big part of what i like is the fact that it's just about kids and that there's no romance and other similar YA-type elements
>>25180659They called the series and its fans pretentious. To be fair though he used to be quite active back then, defending those books.They also said the series is overly convoluted and cryptic, which is somewhat true though not necessarily a drawback. They also mentioned not being able to relate to the characters, which makes sense, since most of them barely read past GotM anyway.
>>25179555The Centuries on Theology have the main stuff about God. Obviously, Dionysius the Areopagite is in some ways more direct, and Proclus and Iamblichus for Pagans, but Maximus talks about practical matters and asceticism more, and often frames his stuff in narrative stories from Scripture in ways that are helpful for dialogue desu.But I also relied pretty heavily on von Balthasar's book on Maximus and some other ones. Maximus himself embeds the metaphysical stuff in a lot of practical talk and Scriptural metaphor, but Balthasar brings this out and introduces a lot from the Cappadocians, Dionysius, Origen, and Evagrios too. He helped me realize that Maximus and co. aren't just doing Proclus and Plotinus (Lossky makes this point well too) which then helped me realize the Islamics are distinct too, especially the later Persian Illuninists. Interestingly, Neo-Confucian (roughly medieval) Chinese though has some pretty close similarities to Islamic, Byzantine, and Scholastic thought through sheer convergent evolution (including hylomorphism and form centered teleology, although they call form Li, "pattern").
>>25180686they are pretentious and the series is garbagei feel embarrassed now as an adult that i ever thought pon was good as a teenagerif someone told me that was their favorite fantasy series, it's an instant sign that i'm either talking to a teenager or a manchild and that it's time to exit the conversation
>>25180783it's okay anon i am not mad that you are not into my favorite series
Will Gen Z ever produce a literary figure as lauded and original as Cormac, Bellow, Pynchon, etc?
>>25180605>sheThere's your answer.
>>25178525Yes but they won't write books
I'm a literate zumzum and I write good. So yes.
rupi kaur
>>25180678What will they write?
ITT: we post pictures and recommendations for liturature based on the pictures.
>>25180582Something by Angela Carter maybe
>>25180728first fragment suck donkey dongs
>>25180735is there any rationale behind this or are you just not a fan of bleep bloop-arpeggios
Other /latam/ reccomendations anons? I really loved this one, currently reading Bomarzo by Lainez as well
>>25179289Well I don't know how much it will fit but News of a kidnapping may work better for you. It's technically non-fiction, though.
>>25180173>Fun>A TL;DR schedule of an old man>At what times he takes a shit>The lineage, the complete biography of his parrot>Fun
>>25173472Nezahualcoyotl is probably the best and most original poet in america, so wrong.Juan Rulfo, Juan Jose Arreola, José Revueltas and Ibarguengoitia all contemporary novelists that lean on the indigenous side.Carlos Monsivais and Octavio Paz are heavily indigenous too, first is a chronist and latter nobel prize essayist and poet.Jorge Cuesta looks quite indian.Anyways, you are retarded.
>>25180314Nezahualcoyotl is only original because the tradition he drew from was almost totally wiped out.I've never been able to take Octavio Paz seriously after my faher told how and why he met him, back in the 70s. Just uncomfortable now.
>>25173472mestizos are white now?
Are these good books for kids to read?
>>25180157>Harrys and Hermiones trick or treating at Halloween. (Though last year they were far outnumbered by kpop demon hunters)Whatever happened to kids dressing up as horror characters/monsters/ghosts/skeletons? Kinda stupid that people just dress up as literally anyone now.
>>25180162Kids have been going as they're favorite characters for decades, gramps.They still sell plenty of traditional scary stuff at halloween stores, but they're mostly for older kids/teens, and adults.
>>25165399Animorphsfags are even more annoying than Harry Potter-shits.
>>25165399That's the least funny incarnation of the virgin/chad meme I have ever seen.
>>25159915One of the two series i actually enjoyed reading as a kid, yes.
I simply REFUSE to believe that this retard sold enough books to own a PENTHOUSE.
>>25178129how old is Frank now, 47?
he has peter thiel connections
>>2518032655 I think.
>>25178129I'm sure enough people irony bought Call of The Crocodile for him to survive off his books, but definitely not penthouse money
>>25180701More people irony bought Waldun. No one irony bought books that the author knows are absolute shit and not in a funny way and banks on people buying them ironically because he keeps trying to monetize coal.
>1 books completed>3 books behind schedule
>scheduleI've read 2 books this year so farmaybe I'll read 1 moremaybe I'll read 100 more
>>25179300sure thing kat williams
>>25179300>>25179308>>25179351You read for enjoyment, for learning new (for you) ideas and concepts and to be able to understand fully more complex and/or historically formed from previous sources ideas and concepts, which in addition to better understanding of world, man, logic and other various entities and their structures also leads to more enjoyment of better quality and better variety of it.So reading certain books you don't like, that nevertheless are the foundation of some books, concepts and ideas, that came later, if only as a thing refuted by those newcomers, is important to properly understand this newcomers in the first place.Which is precisely why "start with greeks" is a good advice even when it is parroted mindlessly.
>>25180499>Which is precisely why "start with greeks" is a good advice even when it is parroted mindlessly.Some of the earliest greek philosophy is just obvious if you grew up somewhat educated but didnt read a ton of philosophy. I always feel like i need a more abridged list of books when reading greeks so i dont read redundant shit.
>>25180190this is a literature board and you haven't read a single work
/lit/ threadshots thread. I'll start with my favourite.
>>25178145>transposition of Paper Towns>pretends he did something specialAlas:>: (
>>25178139I'm glad mr Pharaoh (1999) is doing better but>My fiancee [...] left me for a Proust scholar on the West Coastis an all time banger
>>25178139I’d read a book about Husserl anon and I’d read his book on Husserl. I’m not even all that versed in phenomenology
>>25178139never seen the followup. I choose to believe this is real, happy everything turned out well for him :)
>>25168826
I ran out of space
>>25179275>translationslmao
>>25179683Allow me to apologize to the huge faggot here, for only reading five different languages and not knowing Russian.
>>25169587>Here's our son's bedroom... He's 32
>>25179911holy pleiades
>>25169780Those look pristine.
I'm at a point in my life where I think I have a pretty good idea of what most people are like if I spend enough time with them, even if they aren't open about it. Except rich people, especially rich women. They're completely opaque, I can never know what they truly think or whether they really believe what they're saying. There's some non-rich people who also do that to me, but *all* rich people do it. It's like being unreadable is the essential skill to get there.I also recently heard of the "novel of manners" genre, is there something like that for the modern west?
>>25180706Not if you are educated
>>25180712That sounds right, what is it like?
>>25180717Like having a large foundation i built in early childhood to slowly build a house on top of.
>>25180706lol kid modern rich people dont have manners, they have circumstances and accessperhaps in the past manners mattered. unless youre dealing with serious wealth and somebody who managed to not become a complete asshole.but yeah, real money can do your whole life's achievements in an afternoon. cant really go around saying that, unless its to the bros at the club
>>25180712*not if you aren't educated. Luckily yiu are on /lit/ so you mustvenjoy reading. Not sure how far behind you are. If very far behind start learning about critical thinking and learning comprehesion skills. If you are at a normal baseline pick a few greek philosophers and progress into more and more modern thinkers.
