Hey /lit/ I need some comfy recs that are easy to find (gen lib

>>8837574
Hey OP, that really sucks man. Sorry to hear.

I'm not sure how easy it is to find, but The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann is a really comfy book. I also find a lot of stuff by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky comfy.

Or if you want something that's not very serious and kind of light-hearted, the Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, I thought, was really comfy and fun.

What kind of stuff are you normally into?

>>8837574
I found the Socratic dialogues pretty comfy and they're available everywhere online. Alternately Epictetus's Discourses are pretty comfy and might be helpful, link here:
http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/discourses.html
Hope you feel better soon, sorry for your loss

>>8837598
I'll read anything but lately I've been sticking to the western canon + some lesser known Slavs. Right now I guess I'm just looking for something more pulpy that's just to be read for the plot so I can feel like a kid. Kinda like how it felt when I first read Belgariad and Mallorean.

>>8837620
Thanks m8 but i'm actually a philo major and if i wanted to read philo I'd do stuff for my thesis. I just want to unwind and melt into my couch rn.

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>>8837574
>My grandpa (last direct relative) just died and I wanna read stuff that'll take my mind off it.
I suggest prayer and contemplation instead of escapism.

>>8837684
I'm not really in the mood to shitpost with you, sorry senpai. Any other day.

>>8837625
>Sorry man, that's rough.
For a recent fun plot ride you could try out NK Jemisin's killing moon. Also I'd second cosmicomics, it's pretty easy to escape in to calvino's pearls that describe one bit of cosmonogy in delightfully anthropomorphic terms

>>8837625
I really don't know much about genre fiction, but might the stuff that /lit/ always rants about be an option here. Like, something by Stephen King or George R R Martin.

Or if you want to feel like a kid, try looking out a book you read when you were younger for the nostalgia

>>8837720
Stephen King's not a bad rec. the first half of "It" is pretty comfy imo, King is his best when writing about childhood

>>8837687
I'm serious though. But if you want a comfy book to take you far away then I recommend Tolkien.

>>8837720
Nah i'm looking for something new. Otherwise I'd reread Belgariad/Mallorean. Also need something comfy/warm. Just feel like complete shit rn since I decided not to go see him yesterday so I didn't have a chance to say goodbye.

>>8837742
Loved reading Tolkien. Unfortunately that means he's out. >>8837744

Oh does anyone have any good scifi recs? I just saw arrival the other day which whet my appetite for a good scifi story. Not pleb shit like the martian or god forbid ready player one. And yeah before anyone asks I've read classics like Dune, Ender's Game, etc. Looking for newer/lesser known stuff.

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>>8837574
aww little anon kuk's granpa died?

I bet your not a virgin. Am I right? Aw you expect me to have empathy with someone who is capable of conversing with the oppisite gender? Instead of freezing up and unable to understand how to socialize with females?

Go fuck yourself. I fucking hate this. All I do is jack off to porn, escape in my little anime world, delete porn falling for the nofap meme, and then watch it again while going on 4chan.

Can't even into escapism now because Im so fucking jaded I know non of it's real.

FUCK YOU 4CAHN YOU MADE ME THIS WAY!

>>8837770
I actually left my job early to go home and mourn/sadpost

>>8837765
>Looking for newer/lesser known stuff.
How obscure do you want it?

>>8837784
As long as it's good man

>>8837574
faust

What you need is some Raymond Chandler. Pick up The Big Sleep and work your way through the rest of the Philip Marlowe books.

>>8837799
Maybe another time. Looks interesting but not what i'm interested in right now.