Don't hate, appreciate, well-read patrician coming through.

>>744330447
you thinks that novels are part of the things that make a reader admirable?
novels are just stories mate, not knowledge.
if a girl dont know the story or the characters. you are back again in 0 talk topic.
is like weaboos imagine the escene in their animeees and trying to make the same irl.
nobody will accept that you fight a dragon for them, and give you his vitgin daughter, grow up fucker.

>overpriced barnes and nobles classics

gg

I read but cant hold a conversation.

>Well read
90% of that shit is fucking fairy tales, children's books, basic mandatory high school reading, and cheap fiction.

>>744330754
>>744330848
shhh let the canadian be

>>744330848
t. poorfag

>>744330995
It's off Google images, I've seen it posted on /lit/ very often.

>>744330447
Who is you 10 favorite writers then OP?
I'll critique.
/lit/fag here.

You read children stories you fucking man child. Pick up some philosophy books, political books, world history, psychology, nutrition, and math. Wtf are you wasting your time with that shit might as well be a weeb reading my manga all day filling your head with useless garbage.

>>744331235
Thanks, anon.

Got got.

>>744330447
All this picture means is you spend a lot on novels.

>>744330447
I have that exact same HP Lovecraft book! Nice collection. Having said that, your selection just makes you a nerd, not some well-read book snob.

>>744331299
All those "classically bound in imitation leather" editions of genre books...

Which book club did you join? Columbia House?

>>744330447
>Patrician
>barnes and noble classics series
"b-but the old-styley binding and covers make me look refined and intelligent!"

>>744330447
Well, we all have different hobbies, but as long as you're happy, you do you.

>>744330447
I like the bindings/covers.

>>744330447
i sucked his cock caus he had a lot of books

>>744330447
You know what women like more? Money

>>744330447
all that scifi and you still have the shittist book by heinlein

>>744331299
Chaucer
James Joyce
John Williams
David Foster Wallace
William Shakespeare
William Gaddis
Rupi Kaur
Thomas Pynchon
TS Eliot
Tao Lin

>>744330447
This shelf looks ridiculous. It shows you're not buying books for their content.

Glad to see we can finally judge based on book covers.

>>744330447
cool collection, a little basic and cliché but a well-read faggot is better than an inbreed peasant

OP is a well-read faggot

>>744330754
yeah basically this, and this is coming from someone who only reads fiction. not retard fiction though, stuff like The Three Body Problem.

>>744330754
Women are designed to be fucked and bred. Women are incapable of maintaining an intellectual conversation. If you want to discuss politics or philosophy, then speak to a man.

>>744330447
All of these books were on display in front of Barnes and Noble. OP your collection is nothing more than tsundoku

>>744330447
boring as fuck collection youve got there, faggot. try branching out from the basics, yeah? and look at these books, no wear whatsoever. kek, you havent read a single one of these, have you, faggot.

>>744330447
dem uncracked spines.

You pick them up at Value Village?

Literature.org has lots of free books.

Also the best books written in my opinion are
The name of the wind -rothfuss
Stardust
Neverwhere - Neil gaywadman.

Philosophy? Kant for knowing

>>744332966
Thanks for the tip

>>744330447
>>744330848
They're so shitty too, it looks like the ones with gilded pages. Fuck that shit, because they're so cheaply made that it rubs off easily.

>>744330447
you REALLY like barnes and noble.
or you work there and steal.

>>744330447
Yes, I'm reading The Man in the High Castle.

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>>744330447

>>744331299
Er Gen

>>744330447
I'm not well read but I love reading. I have a bunch of books I haven't read (a lot of shitty sci-if)
My favorite is Lolita
What's yours, anon(s)?

>>744333436
I like how they organize their books by the prettiest. I once came home from work and my girlfriend had organized my books by size.

>>744330447
i've begun reading stephen king lately, Read the Dark Tower series, Salem's lot, gonna read The Stand next

>>744330447
I read 4chan. Is that good enough?

>>744333579
> women are evil

>>744333544
Unfortunately I fall into the tsundoku category and I hate that. It seems like I just never have the time or I'm to autistic and anxious to focus.

I read whenever I can. 26 books in august. Mostly philosophy, science and IT.

>>744330447
It's someone's job to design those covers. What a job.

>>744333789
I've been described as that too
Usually distracted with work stuff or other problems and I don't feel like I could concentrate and actually enjoy whatever I read

>>744333978
Someone has to be an expert at clipart

Anyone ever done nanowrimo? It's coming up.

>>744334009
Exactly

>>744333333

>>744334059
I can do that! One billionth of a novel works out to what, a period?

My contribution:
.

>>744333756
you are confused, you can't attribute human traits like "evil" to women

>>744334281
You're too early. It starts in November.

>>744330447
books are the shit, but Dan Brown and the Star Wars novelisation? naaaaah lid, incorrect.

>>744334492
Damn it, such a waste. Don't know if I'll be able to duplicate such brilliance.

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>>744332966
>Neil Gaiman

>>744331881
solid

>>744330447
I'm currently reading one of those books.
> Anansi Boys is fairly tedious

>>744334624
kneel, gay man...

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>>744333579
>organized my books by size
yfw not alphabetically

>>744334719
>I like to have gay men kneel to me

Whatever gets you off m8

>>744330447
did you just buy a bunch of popular fiction from amazon to fill a rather small shelf in the belief it makes you look smart?

they look like they're all fairly new-ish/recently purchased books, they're all of the same hight and don't look particularly worn - this isn't exactly something you've built up over time. Bit sad OP

>>744335045
This.

>>744330447
>Women love a well-read man
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
oh boy, you are so wrong..

Yes, I read. I also read the story unfold in the thread. Nice, anons.

>>744334384
How to make some cringe.

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>>744335149
>>>744330447 (OP)
>>Women love a well-read man
>HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
>oh boy, you are so wrong..
If only it were true, I'd be swimming in pussy.

>>744334775
Not organized by genre, alphabetically, and chronologically.

Fucking plebs.

>insert high fidelity record organization quote here.

>>744335492
I order my books by typeface

>>744335536
A true patrician. Common sense has no place with aesthetics.

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>>744335492
>>insert high fidelity record organization quote here.
Hence the picture of Moby from the movie.

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>>744335757
> sorted under "P"

>>744335819
One of my favorites anon.

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>too poor for real books
uwu

>>744330447
Ive read lots of books. You are wrong OP...
Women hate talking about half the books on that shelf. Most are incapable of enjoying high fantasy and sci-fi, much less read it.

NERD

>>744330447
I see you took advantage of the sale Barnes and Nobles put on about 4 years back. Almost every one of those books come from that sale.

>>744335953
I really think they improved the story from the novel -- Let's Get It On is much better than Twist and Shout.

>>744336138
kek, wasn't that about $10/book?

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I used to read a lot since i was 13 up to when i was 20. I don't have enough time to read nowadays, but im considering buying a kindle.

>>744336044
>reading books on a cellphone
Spotted the replicant.

>>744336073
>Women hate talking about half the books on that shelf
Amen. Shit, they don't even want to discuss a movie they just watched.

>>744336199
A latino gun-toting commie weeabo sf nerd who plays RPGs and still has textbooks from middle school?

>>744336199
I'm on my second Kindle, but I still read more books in print... even the backlit, Paperwhite screen is hard on your eyes. And I miss dat feel of the book in my hands. Great for reading in bed, though.

>>744336408
that shelf belongs to a couple of lesbians.

true story

>>744330447
I have to say, Gray's Anatomy seems a little out of place

>>744336604
We know >>744333436

>>744336630
The show was better than the novelization

>>744336253
But books are expensive as fuck here, cheapo ones are the same old books I'm getting for free on Guttenberg.
>whats a replicant? some sorta clone?

>>744336460
Nah, i have chihuahuas, only reason why i got that poster. And i don't really have a reason to throw my older books.
>>744336585
99% of my reading is in my bed, that's why i was considering it.

>>744336813
I know.

I couldn't get through the whole book. They hadn't mentioned McDreamy once when I gave up on it.

>>744337112
Some great cut-away porn scenes, though

>>744336959
Dude, I'm not criticizing you. I'm glad you're reading books.

>>whats a replicant? some sorta clone?
Add "Do Androids Dream Electronic Sheep" to your reading list.

>>744337276
Or just watch Blade Runner

>>744337276
>>744337307
Why not both?

>>744337307
I like the movie, but the book has a lot more texture to it... Also, Ridley Scott fucked up the main premise of the book: andys are NOT HUMAN. As machines they can't into humanity.

>>744337276
>>744337307
capped, thanks man.
those old-timey books ain't got a lot of sci-fi stuff so maybe I have to look on amazon or some other site.

>>744331881
>Chaucer
>James Joyce
>John Williams
>David Foster Wallace
>William Shakespeare
>William Gaddis
>Rupi Kaur
>Thomas Pynchon
>TS Eliot
>Tao Lin

Lol and not a single one of them on the shelf.

Instead Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, Niel Gaiman, and a bunch of literal fairy tales.

My 4 year old is more well read than you. The few decent works of fiction (lies) you have al all abridged, because big boy books are hard.

>>744337557
If you're looking for sf that's old enough to have fallen out of copyright, try Flatland by Edwin Abbott

I've been hoarding books since 2015. It's time to start reading them. 8h of reading per day for 3 months.

>>744330447
Only reason to buy fancy editions like that is so they look good on the shelf. Hardly anyone actually reads them. These are so crisp and new, it's obvious they're for show.

You want to impress me, show me a shelf with a bunch of hardcovers and paperbacks, roughly arranged by genre, with varying amounts of wear that show they've actually been read.

>>744337772
That's not his shelf, man
Some lesbians bookshelf he took off imgur >>744333436

>>744337884
checking that out right away, thanks dude

>>744333579
I'd be furious. I decide mine up by genre, within that alphabetically by author, all books by an author in chronological order.

Yes, I'm anal. I'm also a librarian, got the degree and everything. Although most libraries don't arrange their fiction like I do.

quiet anal bum cover

>>744335149
Not all women love a well-read man. Just the women who are worth having around. It's even better if they're well-read themselves. I like having somebody to talk to about books.

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I read alot, sometimes whole day (16h of non-stop reading). Pic related - stuff I read in august. I have to keep the books on my bed frame because I have no more free shelves.

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>>744336408
I'm a big SF fan, and my wife has a bigger collection than I do. Yes, we're both huge nerds. But we're happy nerds.

Sexist idiots in this thread will never know the pleasure of being with an equal.

>>744336148
Lets Get it On furthers the overall storyline of both. The same can be said for Twist and Shout but it's so much more shallow.

>>744330447

You mean the shelf of books you have and never read but want to look like your more intelligent than you really are. Nice, friend. Nice.

>>744337276
If you're going to recommend PKD, at least get the title right. It's "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?".

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>>744330447
Got you beat ... there's an identical bookcase the living room, too.

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>>744338703
now THAT'S a bookshelf.

>>744330447
I read when taking a shit

>>744339069
Very nice, anon.

>>744339173
It's convenient to have something handy when wiping

>>744330447
This is b8, it gets posted on /lit/ all the time.

>>744339161
why thank you. I have a few boxes of books in my closet too.

>>744332966
>rothfuss
Topkek m8, this is epic b8

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>showing off novels you've read like they're trophies

>>744339031
Homer nods.

>>744330447
God bless another patriot

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>>744330447
>Nothing but Barnes & noble collections.
Holy shit, not only are you a pretentious faggot. But you don't even have any real books. I'm positive you haven't read half of those books. Seriously, kill yourself.

As someone who only collects hard covers of books, I salute you. Where do you get most of your collection? These don't look like originals.

>no king James Bible
>Call himself patrician

>>744339318
All my books are in storage right now, got around 1400. Read all but about 200 of them. Includes around 50 signed SF first editions, most of them done in person at readings.

>>744339444
Bought, not read.

>>744330447
Gud onya m9

Keep that Platonism muscle stronk!

>>744339592
Half is being generous. None of them look like they've been opened a single time.

>>744338879
>I'm a big SF fan, and my wife has a bigger collection than I do. Yes, we're both huge nerds. But we're happy nerds.

I congratulate you on your good fortune, however,

>Sexist idiots in this thread will never know the pleasure of being with an equal.

Simply because I haven't dated women who can discuss a book or movie doesn't mean they don't exist. That ~would~ be sexist. But in my admittedly limited experience, it has been the case.

> the pleasure of being with an equal.

I think a fair percentage of women prefer a man who is less intelligent than themselves.

But I'm sure that's not you.

>>744339826
You don't buy books in matching colors, by the yard?
> plebian

>>744339837
My wife is definitely smarter than me, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

>>744339655
>no Koran
>claims himself a barbarian

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Yeah, I know I've got some shit taste, but I read what I like.

>>744339876
>novels by the yard
Is that like Fruit by the Foot?
A shitty imitation of the real thing?

Hi, from Korea

What a faggot looking shelf

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How long has their been /lit/ crossposters on /b/ and I haven't noticed? Regardless, everyone here would have a good time reading this

>>744339180
Thanks. I had a photo showing both, but the wife is crashed out on the couch right now, and I don't want to wake her taking the photo. It's a relief to finally get the 2nd pic related installed. I had boxes & boxes of books that filled this room for about two years.

>>744340154
Are you a mid-twenties female with a child? Because that's what I would assume with that book collection.

>>744339731
there's also about a dozen or so more scattered around the house, in the bedroom and bathroom

>>744340219
There are places online where you really can order books by the yard, just to decorate a room. They get them in bulk from used-book stores. I can't imagine being the kind of person who would do that, but they're out there.

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>>744340353
Nah, I'm a guy. I do admittedly have some girly tastes though. I just love romance stories.

>>744340027
>My wife is definitely smarter than me
>>744338879
>Sexist idiots in this thread will never know the pleasure of being with an equal.
Which is it, anon?

>>744330754
read a Neal Stephenson book if you really think novels don't contain knowledge.

that being said, OP has horrible taste.

>>744340154
I see a Barnes & Noble book

>>744340219
It's a real thing. Decorators for rich people do it.

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Space & Aviation

>>744340280
I don't recognize the author, but I'll add it my list.

Have you by chance read "Moscow to the End of the Line"?

>>744340727
Yeah, if you're talking about the Grimm tales one, it was a gift from my ex.

>>744340599
>The Dante Club
>romance
Better storyline, if not execution, than The Name of the Rose.

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>>744330447

Nice Ikea furniture, pleb.

>>744340656
>read a Neal Stephenson book if you really think novels don't contain knowledge.
Hell, Cryptonomicon has *source code* in it.

>>744336199
condorito

>>744340983
Never heard of it. Is it any good?
I did enjoy The Dante Club, although I felt like the beginning was a little dry. Kind of how I felt about Lolita, but by the end it had become one of my favorites.

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>>744340832
>>744340832
This middle shelf is a favorite ... 7 first edition Joel Chandler Harris, 3 Bill Arp, 3 Lucian Lamar Knight, Sidney Lanier, Henry Timrod, 1st Edition Gone With The Wind, David Livingstone & Henry Morton Stanley

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>>744340840
Nah, though from what I can tell I would be a fan of it's themes. In some ways I have to say that I'm even more of a fan of 20th century Russian lit than 19th, having stuff like Bulgakov's anti-communist The Master and Margarita and Sholokhov's surprisingly pro-communist masterpiece And Quiet Flows the Don.

>>744341317
>Never heard of it. Is it any good?
>...I felt like the beginning was a little dry.
Eh, well then you may want to steer clear of Umberto Eco (TNOTR). Still leagues better than Dan Brown.

>>744341365
>prisingly pro-communist masterpiece
REEEEEE

Koestler's A Darkness At Noon

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>>744330447
Pfftt paper is ssoo Gutenberg obsolence, get on my level:
ebooks all around, on my Pixel XL 128 phone, ASUS 7 inch tablets, Samsung Cromebook Pro for writing.

>mfw my library of thousands of books fit inside an SD chip the size of my pinky's fingernail

Pic related

>>744341880
>get on my level
>SPERM WARS

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>>744341791
To be fair it is has been cited as the ONLY literary success of Communist Russia, plus Sholokhov is very liberal anyway and has openly called Stalin out on the Purges multiple times with no fear of repercussion. Funny though, the guy who wrote Life and Fate (the very antithesis of the romanticization of war and basically the War and Peace of Stalingrad), Vasily Grossman, has said only the first 2 books are good before they're bogged down in ideology

>>744334619
You can dooo eeet.

>>744341613
Alright then, thanks. I've been pretty busy with school so I've only been reading short books lately. Can't wait for my next break. I really want to clear out a big chunk of my backlog.

>>744338382
That's how I do it, but in this case I left it. I thought it was cute

>>744342252
Notes From Underground is probably my favorite short work.

>>744340228
Shih karuta pavo

>>744343824
Have never read a Korean novel. Recommendations?

>>744344399
Kimchi a Gook Gook

>>744331187
>>744331187
t. ultrapleb

>>744344802
Kimchi is fucking delicious, and that was a derogatory term for Japanese.

0/10

>>744345144
I love kimchi. And I'm not the one you're responding to but I'm the one who made the initial post. I grew up in Korea but do not know any of any novels, sorry.

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>>744342016