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25174655What do we think of it?[View]
25177334>not talented enough to make it as a poet guess i'll just have to resign myself to being a n…[View]
25177074The gypsy smiled and said that as a child he had traveled a good deal in the land of the gavacho. He…[View]
25173984Why do I always go back to Moby Dick whenever I try to read something new. It's just that good,…[View]
25155416why isn't the most influential political philosopher of our time discussed more on this board?[View]
25175546What does self-enjoyment or happiness means to you?: How do you practice it? How do you achieve it?…[View]
25173937>Start fasting from social media >Exclusively reading fictional and philosophical -political b…[View]
25176890I just started the Deptford Trilogy by this guy, I don't read a whole lot of Canadian literatur…[View]
25176851>Have always had below average reading comprehension >Still enjoyed reading nonetheless >F…[View]
25175248Which country/region of Europe has the best modern literature? I think it may be France + Poland.[View]
25173668/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General: Here we discuss the works of R. Scott Bakker and somet…[View]
25174751Why didn't Valjean just kill Javert? Or vice versa?[View]
25175558Why live?[View]
25172082Should I get this translation or a different one? Also, is the hardcover edition of this glued or se…[View]
25168107Just finished. Can somebody explain what it was all about? Half of the time I couldn't even und…[View]
25175240Why is /lit/ like this?[View]
25175454>be me >zoomer that reads >first year into a humanities degree, lots of reading for sources…[View]
25174189>But these were the malicious speculations of idle minds, and, when the election season came, the…[View]
25176318This guy was a flat-out fucking genius. Between this and Sandover, how is he not the main figure in …[View]
25175029IDOLATORS! You fool yourselves with images of things you can't possibly understand. You cripp…[View]
25176571But why is it so well written? I wanted to check it out and easily read 100 pages in one sitting.[View]
25174364Central European Literature Thread: Do they have any worthwhile literature besides 19-20th century G…[View]
25175384Which books would you delete from existence?[View]
25176209Je cherche la meilleur traduction de L'Âne d'or ou Les Métamorphoses d'Apulée. Je tro…[View]
25150898Is God just a really big alien?[View]
25172860got my first rejection! cant wait to get 100000000 more and never be published :)[View]
25173548the greatest love story/tragedy of all time[View]
25162091>There are never threads about Joyce anymore Has the average IQ of /lit/ really fallen so far?…[View]
25176289I’m learning from mom and dad at the same time to become a balanced human being.[View]
25175601Where to get feedback on translations?: Currently in the long long process of learning French and I…[View]
25172940For me, it's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The greatest book ever written? Emphatically, yes.[View]
25174283Is her thesis fundamentally correct?: That the decline of literature is partly tied to those with a …[View]
25175716Is there such thing as a post-modern horror novel or would it be possible to write one?[View]
25174924>try to read Schop's Fourfold Principle of the Root of Sufficient Reason >it's fille…[View]
25173260What the fuck does it's giving mean[View]
25169375Nords: why can't they into literature? Even the Dutch have better books. There are like 3 autho…[View]
25171122What are some great Australian novels, /lit/?[View]
25175530Have you read it anon? Which translation would you recommend?[View]
25175547Still thinking about this one and it's been a few weeks since I read it. My new favorite junkie…[View]
25175961Book passages that are literally you fr.[View]
25170910Post a random page from any book vintage, antique, physical, or digital in your collection and ill d…[View]
25155610SCIENCETISM - EVERYBODY POINT AND LAUGH AT STEMCELS: I Think, Therefore I Doubt, from NGT's Let…[View]
25175843Don't 'Just Read'; Look After Yourself First: >Just read! This is such bullshit advice. If y…[View]
25171638In the same word count (487k words), you could fit: >The Odyssey (121k words) >Hamlet/Macbeth/…[View]
25175362Is this a good book if you want to get into finance?[View]
25173671Guys, Julius evola revolt against the modern world. This is the like most redpilled and most based b…[View]
25171164>Burroughs was not only the grandson of the inventor of the calculating machine, but also the nep…[View]
25172928why are most philosophers incels?[View]
25171061Journal of a shit eater: By anon I had to hide my erection, which was sticking out and making me wal…[View]
25175035What am I in for? Is it any good like all the acclaim says?[View]
25172363Jews in Dune????: >Funnily enough, in Chapterhouse Dune, we see the single exception to this is a…[View]
25170762People who care about concepts such as 'genre fiction vs literary fiction' don't enjoy reading.…[View]
25171973Why do Tolkien fans hate Martin and his fans even though Martin and his fans love Tolkien and his wo…[View]
25175437Ive lost my ability to appreciate fiction: I am now unable to read or write it, when I used to be qu…[View]
25174329would hegel approve of this?[View]
25171894Despite being a tatted up feminist whore, she still had 3 kids. Does lit attract the best people?[View]
25173716I recommended reading the Iliad to my girlfriend and she didn't get the message about love comp…[View]
25175341So... I finished my last book yesterday, and the one I had ordered to replace it has not even been p…[View]
25175311I honestly felt betrayed to learn Mishima was a Jap[View]
25166288Antinatalism: >To have committed every crime but that of being a father.…[View]
25175233So what was the crow all about?[View]
25173810>To exist is to be caught up in the greatest nonsense.[View]
25174990For the first time in my life, I brought'd some personal books. £30. How did I do?[View]
25167567Why did God give so much talent to someone with nothing to say?[View]
25165817>Nihilism is the proposition that there are no true statements >'Nihilism is true.' Is a state…[View]
25173338The end of literacy and thus literature: People used to read books. Perhaps not always great books, …[View]
25171303His criticisms of Harry Potter seem directionally right but overstated. Rowling does write in cliche…[View]
25174691What am I in for? How different is it from the movie?[View]
25174445Turns out I've been pronouncing Thoreau's name right the whole time.[View]
25170889This book is extremely overrated. I understand people trying to look for wisdom in books like The Ar…[View]
25173393Adjective Rules edition /wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ RESOURCES …[View]
25174465How come the people from Scandinavia, ie. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, haven’t produced many great philo…[View]
25174337James R. R. Tolkan died and there isn’t even a sticky? This place has fallen.[View]
25174344Why do his plays get ignored? Are they really that much worse than his prose works? I mean Shakespea…[View]
25174227What's your favorite Christmas book? Mine is Nothing Lasts Forever[View]
25174059How do you avoid your ebook collection turning into this? I have problems keeping my collection orga…[View]
25171449>Born in what spring and on what city’s tomb, >By whose hand wast thou reached, and plucked fo…[View]
25174181For if it hath been before, or shall be hereafter, it is not: Parmenides in that moment understood t…[View]
25172950Is there any philosophical work you've read that actually improved your life in a practical way…[View]
25173930>Write 1st person story jumping between other people's assumptions constantly >this is co…[View]
25172056This is a best seller with a popular movie adaptation.: Is the secret to success a mind numbingly si…[View]
25173895>Tal graduated in Literature from the University of Latvia, writing a thesis on the satirical wor…[View]
25155590>yes, I know I have no discernible talent as a poet, but my cousin just died :'(…[View]
25171394Write your thoughts: Friday late-nite edition. Old >>25167918[View]
25168841Is this a good translation of the Aeneid?[View]
25173901reading: Do you actually read books or pretend to read, so you can feel intellectually superior onli…[View]
25172876How do you manage to read digitally?: Reading any work online, no matter its length, is always an ex…[View]
25173874What if House of Leaves... ...was good??[View]
25173853What are your confessions, /lit/? I think Milton might be better than Shakespeare.[View]
25173813Are you good at conversationally explaining books you've read? >Oh tell me about this Gravit…[View]
25171200>not one surviving letter >not even one surviving piece of prose outside of the plays This guy…[View]
25173226Balkan books: Post books about the Balkans[View]
25173803>kills profit-driven writing >kills status-driven writing >the only writers left will be a…[View]
25173780Herodotus: >that story about the guy who farted when a foreign king's messenger asked him fo…[View]
25171111We can agree she was asking for it, right?[View]
25173373Updike once said that literature needs a great forgetting, that centuries of refinement have made it…[View]
25172781I honestly felt betrayed to learn Baldwin was an African-American[View]
25168351Self-Publishing: This kills the self-pubber filth[View]
25164741Do you read to your significant other, /lit/?[View]
25161081Womens mindset: Looking for books that explain womens mindset, behaviors, beliefs, and mating patter…[View]
25167695>An Encounter >Nausicaa The fuck was his problem/happened to him/he did?…[View]
25173251Why do you read/write if you could be more 'successful' being a normie materialist scammer, anon?[View]
25169474Where do I start with Heidegger? (Yes, I speak German)[View]
25173369The Mystery of Marie Rogêt: This was abysmal. It is way too long, way too talkative without anything…[View]
25165617What are some books that delve into unique sibling relationship dynamics?[View]
25168339Dune: So basically, Faith is the ultimate weapon?[View]
25171407I wish books had age ratings like movies or vidya so they could bolster how explicit they are on the…[View]
25173084So I sat down and got through the 30 pages of the introductory chapter today. I will write down a su…[View]
25171502Why did no one give Jane Austen a proper dicking? Why allow her to become a spinster? Some good SEX …[View]
25171274Philosophy of aesthetics: Where do I start? Heidegger's Origin of the Work of Art, Deleuze…[View]
25165772Why isn’t this a thing[View]
25173115Who sees the Book Of Enoch as an allegory for the downfall of civilization through transgressing int…[View]
25160997What the fuck did I just read? If you can merge with sandtrout to become an immortal superhuman bada…[View]
25173099Thoughts?: + any recs similar to Crichton and Clancy?[View]
25172337>jerk offs Arabs[View]
25172894I has a nerdfu. Her name is Elle. There are many nerdgirls like her but this one is mai nerdfu.[View]
25170135about to marathon these bad boys, what am I gonna think of em? >Runaway Horses by Cormac McCarthy…[View]
25169608tourist here: all i ever read was manga, i want to start reading books but what i hate about them is…[View]
25171970How to stop being stupid? Is there a book that can make you smart?[View]
25170081Just read my first ever crime novel. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy. What are the other essentials…[View]
25170431Are there any books like this?: I know it inspired Berserk which functioned as a sort of sequel with…[View]
25172875Essays are the easiest shit to write in the world, just put together a bunch of speculations with so…[View]
25168086how do I get into reading when I am a 21 year old autist with a 1 minute attention span who's a…[View]
25167798Why does reading on an e-reader just feel so soulless and unsatisfying compared to just reading a no…[View]
25172762It's shrugging time[View]
25170486How does reading fiction make someone any better than people binging TV shows? There are high qualit…[View]
25172703hello poopy. i am reading dante vita nuova. dont AMA[View]
25168330Why doesn’t he just use AI to help him finish?[View]
25166720Do you wet your finger with your mouth to turn the page?[View]
25171588What is the best translation of the Quran?: I met a djinn while I was doing a ritual and she told me…[View]
25165406We have failed him.: Fichte? Failed. Schelling? Failed. Hegel? Failed. Peirce? Failed. James? Fail…[View]
25165545Reading is kinda gay think about it , you're letting another man ideas penetrate your brainussy…[View]
25168831Alright lads, the 2026 Spring Cup is upon us, and /lit/ F.C. still sucks. We need to determine which…[View]
25172491I don't read primary texts I only read good secondary texts on The philosophers and their works…[View]
25172083Is the David Copperfield full cast audiobook by Audible worth it? I really wish there were more full…[View]
25171839>origin of the species >bird beaks and shit >therefore we is apes…[View]
25172046What is the literary equivalent to the American champagne 'Do epic sh*t'?[View]
25168407/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General: Post about whatever SFF you want and stop whining like…[View]
25172113I just want to smoke, read, and fuck: What literary works will help me attain this mode of life?…[View]
25170292I read one chapter per day regardless of length.[View]
25168934Which of the great Western writers would you say was the furthest from reaching his full potential, …[View]
25172297This is great for what it is (written by a woman and contemporary) thank you to the anon who recomme…[View]
25168717Infernalism is wrong and unChristian. And those who disagree, before you post your disagreement, ple…[View]
25172091In the twilight of this cycle, Iran stands as the last bastion of the primordial Aryan spirit, embod…[View]
25169711Books on German-ness: I want to know what drives the German mind[View]
25172067Genre fiction and litfic are neither good or bad. They are merely indifferent. People who grasp for …[View]
25165543is there actually a mid-late 19th century novel with this sort of character in it?[View]
25172026For Nessie: I fold fingers in the Loch Ness You are bound to drift along, away Evening dew will danc…[View]
25168456One Page Thread: Post the best pages from the best books.[View]
25167863Inside you are two WWII European novelists. One is a liberal reactionary Christian anti-Nazi pacifis…[View]
25158494Who are your favorite writers who were clearly talented enough to be canonical 'literary' writers bu…[View]
25171983The Dark Night of the Soul is a period of utter spiritual desolation, disconnection, and emptiness i…[View]
25171853Ayn Rand and Typemoon: I lwk used to gt shi from y'all ngas about likin' Ayn Rand shi. Jus…[View]
25170337Are there any authors besides Aristotle that say most people are retarded slaves? The conclusion the…[View]
25169126You think you’re better than me because you read real books and I listen to audiobooks?[View]
25169348theatre plays?: me want theatre plays! yes! me accept english and french plays! yes yes! thamk yu…[View]
25171042Odinic Lutheran: Can someone explain how this works?[View]
25167155Did you know it's now common for zoomers to read White Nights and actually think the narrator i…[View]
25167024I’ve got like 39 pages left. What have I thought of this outdated masterpiece?[View]
25169347I feel like this could have been Dosto's best work if he hadn't fumbled so hard in the sec…[View]
25153645Nabby: How the fuck did he do it? how the fuck can he craft stories with the most incredible prose a…[View]
25169207The old Greco-Roman pagan faith is not that disimilar to Christianity, it even has it's own hel…[View]
25170229>when you're a kid in school into a book series and the bitch author won't hurry and fi…[View]
25161592>book is written in first person[View]
25171452Start with the Epic: What people call fantasy—swords 'n' elves 'n' dwarves …[View]
25167060When I meet new people I always tell them I read Jurassic park when I was 8[View]
25170033F: Jean-Pierre Faye / F: Alexander Kluge: The French theorist and poet, behind the review Change in …[View]
25171388ACT 1; Scene 1 >SAMPSON Gregory, on my word we’ll not carry coals. >GREGORY No, for then we sh…[View]
25171325Lewis Carroll: Was he a, uh, you know... I know we don't have conclusive evidence, as a, uh, es…[View]
25169063You and 2 strangers discover a magic lamp. The genie inside will grant each of you one wish. You ca…[View]
25171157It feels like serious literary bildungsromans are less common these days, especially ones that start…[View]
25168508What's the last book you nolifed? The last book you couldn't put down and called out sick …[View]
25158526/wg/ - Writing General: Sandwich edition /wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQ…[View]
25163532I wrote a short story this weekend based on the characters from the Danchigai series, but with a dee…[View]
25168356What might have happened to Holden Caulfield after The Catcher in the Rye?[View]
25170983Literary Lifestyle: /lit/ lied to me; I am a writer, no, I am no real writer, for a real writer gaze…[View]
25166532Books about the need to procreate?[View]
25171049ISFDB: I am officially a registered, verified author on ISFDB. Feels good, man. Anyone else got any …[View]
25160728/wng/ — Web Novel General: A Dragon among Men Edition Stubbed >>25151804 >What is /wng/ — W…[View]
25170954Is this the definitive guide to post-war Germany? What would you add?[View]
25170892DIY Literature: Finger poppin' daddies of /lit, post your DIY literature. Do you have an idea? …[View]
25170278Reading several books at the same time: Do you prefer reading one book at a time or several at the s…[View]
25169030Is this the best French graded reader for absolute beginners? I think it might be. It's one of …[View]
25170803did you know that it is not legal to own most amphibians in my country? does the goverment apply law…[View]
25170212Hi esl sry.. I am in divorcement of child. Planningment of gift to buy it. Maybe books and lits? wh…[View]
25133065>age >current book >your thoughts on it…[View]
25153245READ LORD DUNSANY[View]
25167545I only like to read Nietzsche: I get bored reading anything else basically. He just filtered every o…[View]
25165726>i enjoy reading more than sex now wow. everyone made me think sex was the most important thing …[View]
25170009Holy shit[View]
25166014If you ever feel useless and like a waste of people's time, just remember that long form articl…[View]
25167647Can we just admit this is unironically one of the greatest achievements in the history of writing?[View]
25170084why does he talk like a guy in a local bar in his books? you'd think most philosopher/theologia…[View]
25169824Why didn't Claggart shag Billy? Surely the outcome would've been better for both of them.[View]
25164019wtf is an autodidact[View]
25168471The duality of man[View]
25163114are there any books that have dared to use the neo-renaissance post-modern aesthetic invented by zoo…[View]
25169796What are some books that are abstract and/or dense and have multiple meanings? The usual 'blablabla,…[View]
25166528Brutal truth: Plato and Nietzsche were tight about the importance of math in philosophy, even if the…[View]
25168110While all you chuddites are wasting time on here, some of us are actually writing things and submitt…[View]
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25169747>Firstly, I don’t engage in online discourse. I shitpost… hard. Secondly, there’s a lot more noet…[View]
25167143Truth nuke[View]
25169544Typos in books: I have only encountered this once or twice before but just discovered this typo of …[View]
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