Whats the best book you read this year?

The outsider

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Parzival. It's too bad I can't read middle high German though,

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Dead Souls

Laurus

Infinite Jest.

Don Quixote part 1

philosophical investigations

runner up:
pedro paramo

Paradise Lost

Book 1 of My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard, I can't stop reading the series

Divergent by Veronica Roth.

My second favorite of this year

the sheltering sky

The fault in our stars desu

lol are you serious user?

Picture of Dorian Gray

The Emigrants by W.G. Sebald. I knew I was going to like it but I didn't think I'd end up rating it higher than The Rings of Saturn. I can't think of a better book I've read in the last three years.

Before reading it I was thinking the best was going Herzog by Bellow but overall it was a letdown.

Nice, I was debating whether I should pick this up. Now I think I will.

Les Miserables or Jane Eyre. Don't know if I would count Plato's dialogues as the same level of enjoyment as the others but I enjoyed that.

Read Herzog again

I plan to. There were parts of it that exceeded my expectations and even caused me to reevaluate aspects of my own life, but I think most of the time I wasn't in the right frame of mind to fully appreciate it. For now More Die of Heartbreak remains my favorite Bellow novel. Later Bellow just resonates with me more.

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Sorry. Bigger version.

watch the show it is GOAT

It makes her taste like sot-weed.

Marry! 'Tis the same for me!

The Idiot

Malone Dies

I want to marry this woman on sight.

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devils chessboard was pretty woke

yes
you'll never taste her so why do you care?

The Turner Diaries. It's not good lit at all by conventional measures, but it hits like a gut punch and the impact will never leave you.

i havent read much yet

Ravelstein is a delight, if you haven't read it yet

My ex gf smoked and it wasn't an attractive quality, m8. She smelled bad, her clothes smelled bad, kissing her tasted bad, she had weird coughs sometimes that a 20 year old shouldn't have, she wasted her money on cigarettes, etc.

2nd reading of catcher in the rye, definitely the most recent interesting read

> makes everything you own smell bad
> extremely addictive
> age like 3x as fast
> skin becomes sallow and etched with wrinkles by 30 or earlier
> unkissable
> hands often coated in nicotine
> likely to die young, and leave a really shitty body
> causes food cravings in some people to the point they become snack addicts too
> can't run
> breathe in pollen and you'll choke on it for three hours
> fucks with the reward system of the brain
> the "high" you experience the first few times dissipates and instead of chasing a high, you are chasing normality for the rest of your life, hoping to not feel withdrawal by skipping a cig for a few hours
> spend thousands of dollars a year for the privilege of experiencing all of the above and more

but dude its so cool n literary n rebellious youthful n shit

>not liking the smell of tobacco

To me, it's still worth it

I'm finally getting to Anna Karenin after years of reading around it, and I realize now that I should've read it a long time ago. The characters are all so alive

>makes everything you own smell bad
you're not the authority on what smells bad. cigs smell good. kys if you disagree
>extremely addictive
so?
>age like 3x as fast
so?
>skin becomes sallow and etched with wrinkles by 30 or earlier
who are you fucking at 30 that makes you care about how your skin looks?
>unkissable
faggot
>hands often coated in nicotine
you're a little girl
>likely to die young, and leave a really shitty body
good thing
>causes food cravings in some people to the point they become snack addicts too
not true, people smoke to lose weight and almost always do
>can't run
you don't leave your room
>breathe in pollen and you'll choke on it for three hours
t. allergyfag
>fucks with the reward system of the brain
who gives a shit?
>the "high" you experience the first few times dissipates and instead of chasing a high, you are chasing normality for the rest of your life, hoping to not feel withdrawal by skipping a cig for a few hours
hello rèddit
>spend thousands of dollars a year for the privilege of experiencing all of the above and more
yeah cant wait to spend all that money on a big house and nice car so i can shitpost on Veeky Forums thursday nights in a more comfortable environment
>cool, rebellious, youthful
all you anti-smoking fags always use this point and it's very telling. you are projecting your insecurities so hard with this one.

six four by hideo yokoyama, but i think people are thinking im shilling at this point, being the only one that read it and all

No Longer Human.

Smoking stopped being cool after WWII

Fiction
The Musical Brain and Other Stories: Cesar Aira

Non-fiction
Objectivity by Daston, Lorraine J.

I hear the older version looks odd. Would like to give it a read along with some stuff on phenomenology. Maybe check to see if I've qualified to read in the privacy of my home yet. The wolves at the door and such.

>you're not the authority on what smells bad. cigs smell good. kys if you disagree
It smells of cheap hotels and fat middle aged people. Most people in the United States would agree
>>extremely addictive
>so?
It's an ok thing to be a slave to a meme substance?
>>age like 3x as fast
>so?
There's no way to respond to this, your parents must be so embarrassed with you
>>skin becomes sallow and etched with wrinkles by 30 or earlier
>who are you fucking at 30 that makes you care about how your skin looks?
Well when you look 45 at 30, you'll care, since you'll look like Houellebecq and won't be fucking anyone at all
>>unkissable
>faggot
virgin
>>hands often coated in nicotine
>you're a little girl
and you're probably a fat one
>>likely to die young, and leave a really shitty body
>good thing
in your case yea
>>causes food cravings in some people to the point they become snack addicts too
>not true, people smoke to lose weight and almost always do
I'm only speaking from anecdotal opinion on that one, I'll give you that
>>can't run
>you don't leave your room
well no, not today when I have my gf over since the bed is very well used (and doesn't smell like a meme substance that was last vogue like 40 years ago)
>>breathe in pollen and you'll choke on it for three hours
>t. allergyfag
t. allergyfag
>>fucks with the reward system of the brain
>who gives a shit?
I hope you respond to my post but I have a feeling I'm gonna have to tempt you with a donut
>>the "high" you experience the first few times dissipates and instead of chasing a high, you are chasing normality for the rest of your life, hoping to not feel withdrawal by skipping a cig for a few hours
>hello rèddit
hello wizardchan
>>spend thousands of dollars a year for the privilege of experiencing all of the above and more
>yeah cant wait to spend all that money on a big house and nice car so i can shitpost on Veeky Forums thursday nights in a more comfortable environment
literal wizardchan? Poor parents

>you are projecting your insecurities so hard with this one.

This is the funny one though. Literally everyone I know who smokes in their early 20s has extreme insecurity in some area of their life (either about their intelligence or about their dating pool) and I have yet to meet an exception to this rule. The ones that grow up quit by 25, the other ones usually remain manchildren stuck (mostly by choice) in some shitty bluecollar job making 7 an hour, living in some motel somewhere until they die at 49 with no accomplishments in life.

Years ago this wasn't the case, when everyone smoked. But since only reddity retards smoke now, you can make generalizations.

Man's Search For Meaning

It smells good when you're in a nice cigar shop. It smells bad when it's the scent of several days' worth of cheap cigarette smoke embedded in a jacket or scarf or hair.

I can respect cigarette addicts because they have no illusions about the risks and don't cave to social pressure. I used to smoke. I still do, but only occasionally. In my experience people who are vociferously against smoking and go out of their way to criticize it are status-obsessed drones who lack taste and judgement.

Dunno, probably As You Like It.

>Most people in the United States would agree
consensus in america, the most retarded place on the planet, is not something you should be using to back your argument up
>It's an ok thing to be a slave to a meme substance?
yes

>your parents must be so embarrassed with you
im sure yours are proud of you for never touching a ciggarette what a good little boy you are!
>Well when you look 45 at 30, you'll care, since you'll look like Houellebecq and won't be fucking anyone at all
america is so dysgenic now it doesnt make that much of a difference. also houllebecq gets more pussy than brad pitt
>virgin
gottem>and probably a fat one
good one mate>>not true, people smoke to lose weight and almost always do
>I'm only speaking from anecdotal opinion on that one, I'll give you that
anectodally speaking
>>>can't run
>>you don't leave your room
>well no, not today when I have my gf over since the bed is very well used (and doesn't smell like a meme substance that was last vogue like 40 years ago)
is she brunette? love brunette haired pubes best looking aestheitically speaking imo>>>breathe in pollen and you'll choke on it for three hours
>>t. allergyfag
>t. allergyfag
t. allergyfag
>>>spend thousands of dollars a year for the privilege of experiencing all of the above and more
>>yeah cant wait to spend all that money on a big house and nice car so i can shitpost on Veeky Forums thursday nights in a more comfortable environment
>literal wizardchan? Poor parents
response
>This is the funny one though. Literally everyone I know who stion to this rule. The ones that grow up quit by 25, the other ones usually remain manchildren stuck (mostly by choice) in some shitty ie at 49 with no accomplishments in life.
>
>Years ago this wasn't the case, when everyone smoked. But since only reddity retards smoke now, you can make generalizations.
didnt read any of this just wanted to include in the response

When did Veeky Forums become infested with 16 year olds? God this place is shit.

oh yes, partaking of a relatively weak drug (less of a kick than a strong coffee) with extremely bad effects on your body is definitely the mark of people who have taste and good judgement. Switch the words associated with smoking with words associated with binge eating and you get this:

> I can respect binge-eaters because they have no illusions about the risks and don't cave to social pressure. I used to eat 5000 calories a day. I still eat a lot, but only 4000 cals now. In my experience people who are vociferously against being obese and go out of their way to criticize it are status-obsessed drones who lack taste and judgement.

gets the noggin joggin

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

>didnt read any of this just wanted to include in the response

In reality you probably read it over a few times and tried to come up with a response but couldn't, because you were creatively frustrated after not smoking a fag in the last 5 seconds

this place has always been shit you're just new here
>In reality you probably read it over a few times and tried to come up with a response but couldn't, because you were creatively frustrated after not smoking a fag in the last 5 seconds
good one mate

Probably Of Human Bondage.

I tend to remember longer books better.

You are not thinking very clearly because you're angry. I'm a casual smoker, I go through maybe a pack a month, and I enjoy it enough that the risks and social deficits are trivial to me. It's perfectly rational to be against smoking, but to crusade against it on an anonymous image board is insecurity typified.

Paradise Lost but I haven't finished that yet. So if that doesn't count then Jerusalem. Its the only other book I read this year and it took a while to get through.

I have just finished all his English novels. This book is beyond simple critical reviews on a weeb site. 10/10 would incest again.

What I want to know is why no one is talking shit about (checked) for not liking girls with freckles.

Inb4: nobody cares.

I've read a lot of great things this year, but my highlights were Faust pt II and The Histories.
Hows it goin Bill

I want to that porecelain skinned succubus

its a pornstar. her name is stoya

Unless of course they've found themselves too long without a mate. Then they does whoever they might.

nice, just bought it

Really enjoyed this book minus the logotherapy shilling. The part on him realizing how people can reach fulfilment even in great suffering through love and thoughts of their beloved was sublime.

Mason & Dixon

I'm gonna mention a few because they e all been great for their own reasons.

Ulysses and The Sound and The Fury.

Voss by Pattrick White (seriously, read this).

Hesse's Narziss and Goldmond (I've read almost all his works, I would probably say this is my favourite, though Glass Bead is a contender).

The Iliad. No more said.

>but to crusade against

pointing out a few reasons why a meme substance is a meme in a shitpost is hardly crusading

besides I don't give a fuck about anyone on this board that smokes (or who doesn't smoke for that matter), you can all die of hacking up a chunk of lung for all I care lol

My first Rousseau
From the second discourse:
>"Discontented with your present state, for reasons that herald even greater discontents for your unhappy Posterity, you might perhaps wish to be able to go backward; And this sentiment must serve as the Praise of your earliest forbears, the criticism of your contemporaries, and the dread of those who will have the misfortune to live after you."