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Is Dune literature?
Any good books which on the negative effects to society of degeneracy and sexual decadence?
Sticking to English, French, and German, which language has the best poetry, the best philosophy, and the best novels?
Do you think art should be accessible for the working class or should it be a pursuit of the higher classes exclusively?
Mfw driving 100 miles to steal a copy of Women and Men at a uni
Is "Guns, Germs and Steel" accurate or is it just some bullshit used to justify white guilt?
What does Veeky Forums think of Sartre?
Is it strange that no book has ever taken a hold of my imagination and life like Harry Potter has...
Why can't America produce good philosophy?
Learning programming
I'm too cynical
ITT: Hot Authors
/kripke/
HOW TO GET PUBLISHED IN 2016:
Does Donald Trump fit the mold of a Dionysian leader? Is he primarily a man of becoming rather than one of being?
The title is from shakespeare
Western languages 4 canon?
How is the Epic of Gilgamesh? Is it worth the read?
If the bible is the literal word of God, then why does God have so many writing styles?
Why is Veeky Forums so pretentious? It's like you guys have a stick up the ass 24/7
Opinions?
Is this patrician?
KING FITZGERALD
Why do teenagers at Wattpad always make their main characters "ordinary", as they declare they are...
Being paranoid is a good thing. The experience of being paranoid when you smoke weed is to get you to look at yourself...
Is this a good option to read 'Ulysses' or I just waste money?
Do people really disregard the plot of a book here or is that a fucking meme
13. Many leftists have an intense identification with the problems of groups that have an image of being weak (women)...
Do you have to be religious to be an incredible writer?
Official Unofficial John "The Meme" Green Quarantine Supreme #3: The Last Meme
Hi Veeky Forums, I have some new OC involving John "The Meme" Green
Redpill me on this samurai
Balzac- Pere Goriot
What do you think of my poem?
Everyone says to read the greeks, but are there any actual pagans here?
Toni Morrison
Catch 22
Chapter starts with:
I know they were originally lumped together arbitrarily by merit of their supposed "difficulty"...
Opinions on this book and on black literature in general
/lsqt/ - STUPID QUESTIONS
He uses "the book has no character development!" as a critique
She's right you know
What made you turn to books?
Redpill general
I'm currently slugging it through the Iliad and it's pretty shit so far...
Write a passage about the girl in pic (my ex). Could be positive or negative I don't care
Abstract writing thread
What moral system do you follow, Veeky Forums?
Why would anyone read this shit?
Hey Veeky Forums
What is the best translation of Tao Te Ching?
Opinions on this?
Question by someone who hasn't been on Veeky Forums very long:
/asoiaf/ general
Why is this not the official Veeky Forums handbook yet?
Writers only
Name the 3 best books you read that originated in the African continent (north Africa doesn't count)
Trying to argue that YA isn't shameful
What do you do when you are reading philosophy, antropology, History, etc...
So why haven't you read one of the funniest books of all time yet?
What are some essential books about music?
/sffg/ - SciFi and Fantasy General
Reading in the summer
I'm trying to compile a list of the best and most important writers of both modernism and postmodernism
What of the Greeks should I read after the Illiad and the Odyssey? I'm thinking of saving the Aeneid for later...
How the fuck do you deal living in a world that's so stupid, religious, morally arbitrary, destructive, and egotistical...
Has a book ever given you a sense of purpose and direction which didn't fade after 15 minutes?
On this hot and sunny day, at the age of 24, as I look around and see attractive young girls everywhere...
I'm looking for a book that faces the philosophical challenges of life...
I went to the zoo once and saw this thing they call an anteater. That was quite enough for me
Essential anarchist fiction
Hahah, user you're so funny. Have you ever thought about writing a book?
ITT: greentext the last book you read and others guess what it is
Why are pages used as a measure of length and not word count?
So Veeky Forums, do you read multiple books at once?
Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with...
It's my deoxyribonucleic
Franz Kafka
Why didn't you guys tell me how good Rumi was?
New here...
What is some good literature that features a gay protagonist or has themes of homosexuality?
Liberal arts degree
So Veeky Forums, are you down with the cause?
Nick Land
Critical Theory Lenses
Welp
How do I become post modern?
What does it mean to be in love Veeky Forums?
Loneliness
Dostoijevsky
Diverse Philosophy
What's in there for me Veeky Forums?
His argument for the Ego not being a spook is literally Descartes rehashed. How is Veeky Forums so stupid?
This board is growing useless
Stephen King Appreciation Thread
Worldbuilding
Who's your favorite booktuber
Is he an SJW?
Faust
Thoughts about Popular Penguins?
Hey Veeky Forums I don't go here often but I just read Fahrenheit 451 and it fucking blew my mind...
I honestly can't decide whether or not the writing in this is good or terrible
Does anyone have an idea for what might be the best edition for Hypnerotomachia Poliphili?
So it's all just Lacanian symbolism?
Kierkegaard is trash
Is Lovecraft worth reading? I highly enjoy horror stories and poetry, but I've never actually read anything by him...
Is Chomsky worth reading? Why, or why not?
Daily reminder to learn a new language
Modicums of non-repetitive Activity
Classism
Can we have a Portuguese literature and Portuguese critic thread? If yes, just post your work and offer criticism
Should religion exist?
Who are Veeky Forumss favorite people? You can have up to two per thing. Ill start:
I read mostly read high lit but also mostly listen to blog buzz and pitchfork level trash
Is going to a 3rd world country to write a meme? did any famous authors do this?
Who is the Björk of literature?
There isn't a point to living and for that reason i'm out
Just got out of college British Literature class. Am American so obviously my opinion here is a little biased, but:
Why do people hate her, Veeky Forums?
Controversial Books Thread
What is your current novel/short story about, user?
Pick up some books from the library
Anybody here have experience in graduate level sociology?
Reading all those books made you smarter, right?
Which philosopher should i read if i want to acquire gf?
Find A Flaw
ITT: Veeky Forums tv shows
Suggest books for a lonely 18 year old with no future
Tfw severe tinnitus
Are there any high school english teachers on here...
To those of you who have gone through existential crisis, is it possible to get out...
ITT: Confess your Veeky Forums sins
Literature women will never understand
You guys have anyones autograph?
Which one of you did this?
*cough* *cough* hey DUUUDE, you wanna take a hit of this joint? what's that matter, too pussy, maaaan?
You're at a party. Yuppies, academics, writers. You don't fit in as well as you thought you would've a few years ago...
Anyone have a preferred giant list of great English-language novels? I would like a big one to work through...
Do you think he posts here?
What's some good literature that's fine for me to read before reading the Greeks?
I feel dumb reading The Order Of Things
How is Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex applied in literary analysis?
Why is existentialism a joke?
Mainstream Veeky Forums bands
YOU read tonnes of books in the hopes that your erudition will impress girls...
Just bought this on Amazon, what am I in for Veeky Forums?
Is the comma the most beautiful symbol in the English language? Surely, it is
Daily reminder to learn a new language
Bookshelf thread? bookshelf thread
I HAVE READ ULYSSES AND FINNEGANS WAKE AND INFINITE JEST AND THE RECOGNITIONS AND THE TUNNEL AND GRAVITY'S RAINBOW AND...
Any Latin experts out there? I want to know how to say "dead" in latin — just the one word...
Hello, gentlemen
How to be an existentialist:
Decent bookshops thread
What mistakes do most beginners make when writing?
You've finished every book you've started, right?
This is the thread where you insult me for buying
Nationalist Canon in your cunt
Psychedelic literature
Does anyone else feel awful because they went to a university lower ranked than they were capable of...
Self help and self improvement general
Kickass obscure authors. I recently read McElroy, gass and hawkes and enjoyed them
How often do you read stuff you disagree with...
So I got memed by Veeky Forums (definately not again) and just aquired this book
Do you read any contemporary authors?
Veeky Forums, I'm having difficulty here
Existential Crisis
How existentialist are you, Veeky Forums. Not more than I am, pic related
FUCK WATERSTONES
Modern or Post-Modern?
What are the other themes of Romeo & Juliet besides love and death?
Have you noticed Veeky Forums style pretentious struggling on other boards...
Light novel recommendations
What would you do in this situation?
Why do people like Shakespeare? he seems pretty mediocre
Books that changed your life thread
What should I read before reading Gender Trouble by Judith Butler?
If I became a libtard cuck, will I sell a lot of books?
Should I buy one?
I read an interview in relation to the premiere of the sixth season of the show where some literature graybeard was...
ITT: God-tier Poems
Do you have any strange reading habits/rules?
Just started reading this, and it's really fascinating...
What was the deal with the ending? The story literally just stops. Am I missing something?
Books you will never read
ITT: Life changing books
Whats the literary equivalent of a hotdog?
Mfw autists sperging over the figurative use of "literally"
"a tour de force"
Just finished this and really enjoyed it. Any other books like this?
Would DFW like him?
What kind of literature does this man read?
You have 30 seconds to tell me why this isn't the most beautiful piece of music ever composed
Besides The Man who Would Be King this is the only book I've ever just stopped reading abruptly
Is HP Lovecraft a meme or does he actually write decent stuff?
Literally what is the point of "post-modern literary techniques" when Delillo can convey all those sentiments and...
This shit is just American psycho without the violence
/sffg/ - SciFi and Fantasy General
Post your occupation
Post the first page of your favourite novel as translated from the gizoogle textilizer
What was his fucking problem?
If someone wants to kill your son you should tell them where he is because lying is bad XD
Post the opening line(s) of your hot new novel
Who else here has near panic attacks thinking about death?
Page 366 of IJ
Which books will cure me of my unremitting cynicism and impulse to be as subversive and cuntish as possible?
ITT: Patrician stax
Starting with the greeks
Is he proof being smart does get you laid?
What's the point of reading for fun when there are better ways to entertain yourself?
Books about love
Is there any theory or form of philosophy that can evaluate Works of art with some sort of rigid and unchangeable...
This is way better Veeky Forums
Hey Veeky Forums, which art form is the easiest to scam people and convince them you're an artist?
Dream of the Red Chamber
20,000 leagues under the sea... worth reading?
How did he get to be so famous?
What does Veeky Forums think of Magic Realism?
"Night of your birth. Thirty-three. The Leonids they were called. God how the stars did fall. I looked for blackness...
Veeky Forums TRIGGERS
Get a gf
What's the most unsettling book you've read?
Why do so many modern adults take pride in watching superhero films and reading YA?
What was the scariest thing you read as a child Veeky Forums? And why was it Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
LOL wow unable to stop smiling because something so black, wonderful & LIT just happened!
“Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow. ”
Which literary characters best exemplify the concept of the Ubermensch?
Is joining a frat Veeky Forums?
ITT: Describe a book plot in the simplest way possible and anons have to guess what book it is
ITT we post prose passages from books we've got on hand and anons guess whether the writing has been translated...
Do you ever read while drunk?
Gentlemen and "ladies" of Veeky Forums, behold--my shitty compilation of the hardest English novels...
Deepest Philosophers
This is a thread for the serious discussion of literature particularly by the famous author J.K. Rolling...
Just discovered this guy. Did he just win philosophy?
Ben rhodes
Best translations of Rilke? Specifically Duino Elegies
Open the next book that's closest to you, turn to page 23 and post the first sentence
ITT: post you favorite Bible verse
Is chinese magical realism a thing?
/QTDDTOT/
Nabokov on the first moon landing
OVID
Tfw no qt fwb to interview you
He buys hardcovers
Finished the book Veeky Forums
What does Veeky Forums think about this?
Non-Fiction
Story Structure
Hey Veeky Forums, this is my reading/writing set up. Try to beat this
Well this wasn't very good
Nice feels thread
So, now that the dust has settled which one is better?
Daily reminder to learn a new language
Favorite parts?
I've seen the entry level chart (well; one of them at least) but do you guys have an equivalent to this?
Did a book ever make you cry? Like properly cry?
Have books ever given you a boner?
Why is this book so hard to get? fucking 120 dollars on amazon, not even available on my national bookwebsite?
Poetry critique thread
Hey Veeky Forums first time poster here...
Can someone provide me with some secondary literature dealing with Nietzsche's perception of evil...
Does anyone here read Svetlana Alexievich? What are your thoughts? Did she deserve the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Hello buddies, my danish is getting rusty and I want to improve it by reading more...
Can humans fly?
How do you stop the feeling of self-loathing when you write anything?
Daily routine thread
Your opinion about Foucault?
Rate my backlog, Veeky Forums
What should I know/read before attempting to read The Iliad and Odyssey?
You will never be talented
Can u be a conservative republitard an still like literature! lol I think they r too dumb and religious to like...
Who /fapsandjustputspenisbackintounderweardrippingwithcum/ here?
What was your favorite story by him?
It's this good enough to become an elite writer?
Do female philosophers exist?
Veeky Forums related college advice
Do you think he'd like being a Veeky Forums meme?
School of Resentment Hate Thread
First paragraph of the book warns you there won't be a happy ending
It being finals week, the library was filled to the brim...
Tell us about your comfy reading space, Veeky Forums
At every fuck I gave you your shameless tongue came bursting out through your lips and if a gave you a bigger stronger...
Joyce word wankery thread
Gotta come up with a poem for my mom for mothers day
Which Hemingway best conveys the failure of masculinity?
Science fiction and fantasy general
Anyone got any literature related to depersonalisation disorder?
Recent Aquisitions Thread
Opening paragraph reminisces on something his/her father did/said
Dr Manhattan vs Tom Bombadil
Why is bookdepository so fucking expensive?
Favorite books by Russian authors?
Why do so many revolutionary leftists treat Das Kapital as infallible gospel? Is it because Marxism a civil religion...
What's Veeky Forums's opinion on Hunter S. Thompson? Particularly his Fear and Loathing series...
Tfw too smart
Is there any genre fiction with "literary value"?
What does Veeky Forums think of A song of Ice and Fire?
Good lord
Any thoughts on this book? is it worth reading?
NEETch or NEETchuh?
Books about school shootings/mass shootings
Is it bad to like the beats?
Veeky Forums, confess your sins so we can point and laugh
So this is the greatest novel about love ever written? Just finished it, and cried for about 10 minutes
For those of you who have actually read it, is it really THAT bad?
Hey guys check my new bookshelf tour!
Chomsky
What are some comfy books?
"Hey, user. Pick a book for me on your shelf."
I hope you faggots kwow that this guy here invented the modern threatre, not Shakespeare or one of those idiots
Happy Birthday, Gene
Recommend me some good non-fiction on Russia
Dumbest Theory About A Work Of Literature Or Author
Why is discussion of this man's work prohibited on here...
How can I get into logic?
So now that you've read the first page of mason and dixon why don't you go finish it
How's the writing career going, Veeky Forums?
Just finished the sound and the fury. before that I read mason and Dixon. I have a problem...
What is your favorite film adaptation of a piece of literature?
Do people who study philosophy on rigorous academic level actually read this guy? Or is he more popular with dilettantes
Why does Veeky Forums like stirner so much
What are some good Veeky Forums approved Creationist books for me to educate my kids/future generations on?
What an overrated piece of shit...
Mfw all my friends are graduating with honors
Veeky Forums needs a philosophy meme trilogy. I suggest these 3 since they would work
Real talk. How is it even possible for a guy to do what he did? Why has no one come close...
What did you read today, user?
Is there a good book where the main char is a programmer / hacker but it's not really a mystification or some sort of...
Ha ha Ha !! It's so fucking true LOL !!
How can anyone say Hemingway is better than this guy? Faulkner shits all over Hemingway...
I don't know which other board to ask this, but since you guys are "/aesthetic/: the board", let me put it here
/crit/ique
Gene Wolfe said, "magic realism is fantasy written by people who speak Spanish"
ITT: Writers you would have never heard about if not for Veeky Forums
Veeky Forums humor thread
What exactly is a "scanner" in A Scanner Darkly?
Man Who Read His Way Through a Beyonce Concert
/fg/ - Fantasy General
Discord Veeky Forums
How is the Wordsworth edition of Ulysses?
Tell me about unrequited love, anons
Good books for social anxiety?
Lads, the spooks ate closing in on me. If I don't like Dickens then someone is there to call me a pleb...
Is the the school of resentment winning the battle Veeky Forums ?
Writing ability decreases as muscle mass increases
Who's worth reading from the classic 20th century American novelists, i.e. Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Salinger...
How do I stop feeling guilty about reading when I'm young and could be working (whether that's for a job or making...
Post good poets from 1970-now
Daily routine thread
ITT: Try and write a better flash fiction piece. 12 words max
Koan #2
Can someone tell me the best program for writing? I'm just using google docs...
Just finished The Name of the Rose and wondered if anybody wanted to stop cyclically navel gazing over Turgenev...
Should an author talk frankly about his work in interviews / reflections?
Nobel Prize
Books in one picture
I thought this was supposed to be difficult?
Writing a book, give advice Veeky Forums
My first Dostoiévski reading
Hey guys, I saw DFW's undergraduate thesis in philosophy posted here yesterday...
He was right about everything
John Green hate quarantine (#2)
Good punk lit?
Recommend me books with heavy atmosphere, so heavy it feels like a Tarkovsky movie
You will never raid a McDonald's with Dave
My ego just died
Has any artist ever denounced his own work...
How come Veeky Forums doesn't meme Celine anymore?
My brother just died. any books to help
Redpill me on this man
*tips fedora*
£10,000
Does my dad read cuck tier literature?
Favorite living poets?
God-tier books only ITT
What are some of the books to read in 20s to increase your intellectual prowess?
If I could only read one Hemingway novel, which should it be?
Is China Mieville a good writer?
/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General
This book is surprisingly erotic. Can Veeky Forums recommend any more boner-material?
Im writing a story about two college boys being locked in a library during a snow storm on Valentine s Day...
Is there a single good book written by a woman?
Blood Meridian
Can someone tell me why this USELESS FUCKING UNTALENTED HACK CUNT FUCK NIGGER FAGGOT IS DIRECTING THE MOVIE ADAPTATION...
Books about this?
I've noticed that, of all the world religions, Zen tends to get the most respect on this board, which makes me wonder...
Wat
Sappho vs. Catullus who is the better roman poet?
ITT: write the logline of the book you're writing, the book you want to write...
Modern poetry containment thread
What should I read next?
What has Veeky Forums read so far this year?
This guy is a pig
Books are invented to prevent suicide in ugly people
Are there any romanians here on Veeky Forums? I'm looking for the best your literature has to offer...
Veeky Forums...
Hey, this guy is pretty cool!
Hannibal
What is some Veeky Forums-approved right-wing literature?
What are some good novels set in medieval times?
Lets see your shelves
Is it worth it to take a gap year between high school and college to read for a year straight like a NEET but without...
Be me
Do you listen to music while reading?
What's the comfiest book you've ever read?
Can the poor afford morals?
Ok guys there is this girl i realy like and im trying to write a poem someone help me
So, how's that novel coming along, /lit?
How do I go about writing? I have a fantastic story idea...
Is Evangelion a Nietzschean work...
Atlas Shrugged
Has academia ruined literature?
Would you allow your daughter to read the works of John Green?
You have a man who fought for his country and became incredibly rich through his own means, hard work, and ingenuity...
What memes would be apart of Meme Canon?
Is there a book about the author writing the same book and we're reading it?
How many here have actually read this?
Books like Her?
Is there any reason to read this?
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