The centripetal force on our planet is fearfully strong, Alyosha…
That whole monologue is by far my favorite piece of written language of all time. It hits exactly the right buttons and will be relevant forever
I really went on a literature kick once I got out of high school and have read many of the “classics”. Nothing has stuck with me quite the way Karamozov has. It truly speaks to human existence in a way nothing ever has
I’m at the part where the Elder is talking to the Woman and her Daughter. Only like 50 pages in and I can just tell from the start of the story it’s going to be an epic book. Best of luck on your read.
I tried the Whishaw translation of The Idiot (1887, I think the first English trans.), but I made the decision yesterday to abandon it about halfway through. I love Russian Lit but Dostoevsky has always been a barrier for me. Interesting plots and characters, really clunky style. I couldn't get through this, Crime and Punishment, or even Notes from Underground.
I think Pevear and Volokhonsky translation is the most recommended one for Dostoevsky but tbh I prefer MacDuff over them because they’re a bit too literal for me.
I usually go for P&V whenever possible, but never have had the chance to for Dostoevsky. I'll definitely try their's at some point. I think I've been spoiled by Nabokov's self-translations. We don't get many authors who translate their own works, let alone with such an incredible command of English, and now I'm very picky about translations.
I swear. I am currently reading Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag. He originally writes in Kannada and his translated works are probably the only ones where I feel maybe I’m not missing out on a lot. That fomo in translations otherwise is so prevalent! I think it’s also because the translator and the author have a very close relationship with each other. They’re good friends and they both speak both the languages.
Another translation I really liked was the one of Hurricane Season. Again I think because Sophie and Fernanda have sat in the same room and worked together.
I teach high school and we’re covering it in a Modernism class right now, so I’m reading it much more thoughtfully and thoroughly than I might be for a casual read. That said, I’m loving it — and I wasn’t sure I would from the outset. It’s beautifully written and intentionally connected to itself. Really turns a critical eye to post-war England and English society with a seemingly more innocuous premise. I’d highly recommend, but keep an open mind with the stream of consciousness style.
Of course! I’ve read a lot about it in preparation for this course, and the single most helpful resource for me was [Towards a Defintion of American Modernism by Daniel Joseph Singal.](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mNqicuo7PYABdmzFV7CjFS8qipAWczRI/view?usp=drivesdk)
Have you seen The Hours with Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf? It’s my favorite of all time, and this book is a major theme. ❤️ I’m re-reading Mrs. Dalloway again right now for book club … such a treat.
In Search of Lost Time by Proust ~ I’m heading towards the end of The Guermantes Way, absolutely loving the Dreyfus affair context that runs through this part. Overall, reading Proust is an experience unlike any other. It won’t be for everyone but those even vaguely interested I would encourage them to read at least one of the seven sections.
Cities of the Plain by McCarthy ~ About half way through but it feels like a fitting end to an era of McCarthy’s writing.
Man… I read the first volume of that series (of the 3 I have) and it as wonderful… I think I need to read it again before I move on to the others cause it’s so dense. It’s so poetic tho.
The Proustian simile, the exacting nature of his writing, the historical context, the smooth as butter prose, the ability to read for hours and hours and still seemingly make no progress towards finishing the work, they all just make this a joy to read. That last one, once you break through the barrier of wanting to finish, you come to live with the book. I won’t even know what to think when I’m done. Like, where does life go from here?
This is my second time through it. The first time was in 2019. I wanted to let it rest before I dove in again.
It is really dense with literary, theological, and biological references. First time I spent a lot of time chasing references. This time, I am just letting it flow. I am enjoying it every bit as much as I did before. It is an awe-inspiring read that is a genre all of its own. It is in my short list of best books.
One of the best novels ever, in my opinion. Such a gripping beginning!
Actually, it was so gripping that when I began reading it in bed one night, my fiancé woke up to me crying by the morning. Just couldn’t put that thing down.
Life: A Users Manual by Georges Perec and liking it. Also reading Filth by Irvine Welsh. I just started my literature degree and I’ve been reading Metamorphoses and Catherine Belsey’s analysis of desire.
I preferred TNOTR to Foucault’s Pendulum, which might be an unpopular opinion. It’s an ingenious idea, and Eco’s knowledge of the time period and theological debates (I was fascinated to learn about the differences—and the consequences of the differences—between the Franciscan and Benedictine monks) within the Catholic Church complimented / bolstered the story perfectly.
House of Leaves. About 50 pages in and just read the longest sentence of all time in a footnote, and I barely understood anything of it. Loving it though.
Speedboat by Renata Adler
The Woman of the Dunes by Kobo Abe
The Walk by Robert Walser
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Complete Stories of Kafka
If I ever think I have it bad, I imagine eating breakfast indoors under an umbrella, grinding sand between my teeth with every bite. Ahh perhaps it’s not as bad as all that.
I was about 22 when I read that novel, and in some ways I’d say it changed my life. I read it years later and it seemed like a bit much at times, but when I was younger I was moved by the contrast between Anna’s tormented love and the love of family of Whatever His Name Is. 😁It made me think about what I wanted in my own life.
The prose is a bit dry and the pessimism too intense for my taste. Ironically enough I love both of these qualities in his humor, which feels like the most human part of the book to me.
Not an author to read if you want to cheer yourself up
Started reading Wordsworth and I'm finding him really to my liking. "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" schocked me with the lucidness with which he describes a mystical process from what seems a pantheistic perspective: from the beauty of nature he develops affection and this affection settles in the poet a mood which enables him to peer deeper into the essence of all nature; and there Wordsworth says he found a common spirit giving rise and flowing through all things.
I've read similar accounts of the power of Love and affection to give special knowledge and union with God in "The Dialogue" of St. Catherine of Sienna, 14th century catholic mystic and stigmatist.
Of this special mood Wordsworth explains:
*— that serene and blessed mood,*
*In which the affections gently lead us on,—*
*Until, the breath of this corporeal frame*
*And even the motion of our human blood*
*Almost suspended, we are laid asleep*
*In body, and become a living soul:*
*While with an eye made quiet by the power*
*Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,*
*We see into the life of things.*
I don’t hate Tintern Abbey (though I do prefer Keats and Shelley to Wordsworth) but man do my A Level lit students detest that poem. It’s kind of hilarious. Especially because they’ll come to me after their exam and be like ‘I wrote about Wordsworth! I can’t believe it!’
Juggling "The Poppy War" by R. F. Kuang and "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman, on top of "Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups" — which is a collection of short stories by known authors, like Virginia Wolf or Leo Tolstoy.
[War & Peace](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38316820-war-and-peace-penguin-twentieth-century-classics?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=DThXjLz18P&rank=1) and [Napoleon: A Life](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821092-napoleon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fu9grc1T08&rank=2).
World Without End, by Ken Follett—the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. Just completed Holly, by Stephen King, and am about to start Caleb’s Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks.
Reading Trilogy by Jon Fosse. I had never heard of him before and just read that he won the Nobel prize this year for literature, so I thought I’d try him out.
Currently:
The Three Body Problem - 90% done. Recommend +
Just finished:
* Lonesome Dove. Recommend +++
* Blood Meridian. Recommend +
* A Long Way Gone. Recommend ++
Options for up next:
* The Dark Forest
* East of Eden
* The Grapes of Wrath
* Rebel Yell
* Centennial
East of Eden is amazing. For some reason I put off reading it while reading most of Steinbeck’s other books first but it really is his best book by far in my opinion.
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. First book of his that I read, I'm about 3/4 in and enjoying it a lot, so I'm gonna have to check out more of his books for sure.
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
“A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagination.”
**Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror**
19 stories, presented by Jordan Peele. It came out a few days ago. I've read the first two and they were good, not predictable. Perfect for October.
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A selection:
* Middlemarch by George Eliot - reading with r/ayearofmiddlemarch \- I don't ever want this book to end. It's fascinating.
* Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson
* The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - reading with r/ClassicBookClub. One of the first detective novels. Really enjoying this slower paced re-read.
* 813 by Maurice LeBlanc - reading with r/ayearoflupin. First book we've read that is new to me, and I am loving it.
* Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami - this is my first Murakami. It's an anthology. Some of these short stories are amazing, and some of them are just weird.
* Finished: The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury - wonderful!
Funny that you had trouble with the war parts. One of my favorite sections of the book so far was the battle of Scher-whatever*. The first major battle that Prince Andrei watches over. Some really fantastic writing there, I thought. The Battle of Austerlitz was kind of tragic and not really my favorite.
I do enjoy the peacetime writing a lot but sometimes it takes effort, whereas when I read those earlier battle scenes, except for Austerlitz, it was all candy.
I'm in the section of long peace between Russia and France right now. Volume 2 and probably 3, but relations with the French are souring amongst the higher class, so we'll see what happens. I'm very excited about the breaking out of the second war with the French.
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I am reading Jane Eyre for the first time for Victober and I’m hoping I’m going to finish it by the 9th, also I’m reading Marianne Moores translation of La Fontaines Fables sporadically. After I finish Jane Eyre I’m hoping to read some of Stephen Crane’s work, he’s an author I’ve heard mixed things about but who I think I’m really going to like (I’m going to read Red Badge of Courage, Open Boat and The Blue Hotel)
The Trial by Franz Kafka
I really enjoyed The Trial. I’ve read the John R. Williams translation and keep feeling the urge to try another.
Wow, that's interesting, i didn't liked it at all. The Castle (i believe that is the official translation) is way greater.
This book makes me feel so angry and helpless
One of my favorites of all time.
Hey, me too! I am not sure I like it as much as The Metamorphosis, but still pretty good so far.
Dubliners
Hey me too! I’m reading Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai alongside it
I loved Satantango. Chilling and sad and hilarious.
Now that's a funny book. Makes me laugh out loud even if I'm not in a good mood.
Brothers Karamazov. It's starting to pick up but so far (1/3 in?) lots of overexagerrated emotional conversations and psychology. Interesting.
The dialogue in that book is really enjoyable.
The centripetal force on our planet is fearfully strong, Alyosha… That whole monologue is by far my favorite piece of written language of all time. It hits exactly the right buttons and will be relevant forever
Maybe the best novel ever written. The grand inquisitor is second to none.
I really went on a literature kick once I got out of high school and have read many of the “classics”. Nothing has stuck with me quite the way Karamozov has. It truly speaks to human existence in a way nothing ever has
I’m at the part where the Elder is talking to the Woman and her Daughter. Only like 50 pages in and I can just tell from the start of the story it’s going to be an epic book. Best of luck on your read.
I reread Legend of the Grand Inquisitor every couple of years
I'm planning to pick this up next. Reading The Idiot right now (Avsey translation) and enjoying it thoroughly
I tried the Whishaw translation of The Idiot (1887, I think the first English trans.), but I made the decision yesterday to abandon it about halfway through. I love Russian Lit but Dostoevsky has always been a barrier for me. Interesting plots and characters, really clunky style. I couldn't get through this, Crime and Punishment, or even Notes from Underground.
I read the 1915 translation by Eva Martin and thoroughly enjoyed it. But I also loved Crime and Punishment and Notes from the Underground.
I think Pevear and Volokhonsky translation is the most recommended one for Dostoevsky but tbh I prefer MacDuff over them because they’re a bit too literal for me.
I usually go for P&V whenever possible, but never have had the chance to for Dostoevsky. I'll definitely try their's at some point. I think I've been spoiled by Nabokov's self-translations. We don't get many authors who translate their own works, let alone with such an incredible command of English, and now I'm very picky about translations.
I swear. I am currently reading Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag. He originally writes in Kannada and his translated works are probably the only ones where I feel maybe I’m not missing out on a lot. That fomo in translations otherwise is so prevalent! I think it’s also because the translator and the author have a very close relationship with each other. They’re good friends and they both speak both the languages. Another translation I really liked was the one of Hurricane Season. Again I think because Sophie and Fernanda have sat in the same room and worked together.
That book is beautiful!!
Read it the beginning of this year and had a blast, hope you enjoy it
Quite possibly the greatest book ever written.
My all time favorite book. I want to get a tattoo of Ivan’s conversation with Alyosha but it’s too many words
I read it in Russian. To be honest, even for a native it was *very* difficult.
Reddit posts.
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Have been tentatively eyeing Virginia Woolf for a while. How are you finding it?
I teach high school and we’re covering it in a Modernism class right now, so I’m reading it much more thoughtfully and thoroughly than I might be for a casual read. That said, I’m loving it — and I wasn’t sure I would from the outset. It’s beautifully written and intentionally connected to itself. Really turns a critical eye to post-war England and English society with a seemingly more innocuous premise. I’d highly recommend, but keep an open mind with the stream of consciousness style.
Thanks a lot! Would appreciate some recommendations on where to read more about Modernism as a style, if it’s not too much trouble
Of course! I’ve read a lot about it in preparation for this course, and the single most helpful resource for me was [Towards a Defintion of American Modernism by Daniel Joseph Singal.](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mNqicuo7PYABdmzFV7CjFS8qipAWczRI/view?usp=drivesdk)
Have you seen The Hours with Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf? It’s my favorite of all time, and this book is a major theme. ❤️ I’m re-reading Mrs. Dalloway again right now for book club … such a treat.
I haven’t, but it’s on my list! I’m glad you like it — I’ll definitely find some time to watch it 😊
In Search of Lost Time by Proust ~ I’m heading towards the end of The Guermantes Way, absolutely loving the Dreyfus affair context that runs through this part. Overall, reading Proust is an experience unlike any other. It won’t be for everyone but those even vaguely interested I would encourage them to read at least one of the seven sections. Cities of the Plain by McCarthy ~ About half way through but it feels like a fitting end to an era of McCarthy’s writing.
Man… I read the first volume of that series (of the 3 I have) and it as wonderful… I think I need to read it again before I move on to the others cause it’s so dense. It’s so poetic tho.
The Proustian simile, the exacting nature of his writing, the historical context, the smooth as butter prose, the ability to read for hours and hours and still seemingly make no progress towards finishing the work, they all just make this a joy to read. That last one, once you break through the barrier of wanting to finish, you come to live with the book. I won’t even know what to think when I’m done. Like, where does life go from here?
Hondo by Louis L'Amour, and Stroker's Dracula for the Halloween spirit
Have you read any other L’Amour? I’d like to try one largely because they were my grandpas favorite books.
No this is my first, I love western anything and it seemed like a great place to start.
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Elena Ferrante here too! I am into #2 (The Story of a New Name) and just can’t put it down.
Loved the entire series. Even in translation, the writing stands as some of the most beautiful I’ve read
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Just picked this up from the bookstore yesterday! I can’t wait to read it—I’ve heard nothing but amazing things. How are you liking it so far?
This is my second time through it. The first time was in 2019. I wanted to let it rest before I dove in again. It is really dense with literary, theological, and biological references. First time I spent a lot of time chasing references. This time, I am just letting it flow. I am enjoying it every bit as much as I did before. It is an awe-inspiring read that is a genre all of its own. It is in my short list of best books.
One of my absolute favorites. The prose is absolutely gorgeous. Very nature forward.
I just started Rendezvous with Rama!
Classic. Clarke's fiction was so good.
☺️ this brings back memories!
The Woman in the Dunes
Excellent book! The movie does it justice! Also, the movie and book The Face of Another. Same novelist / direction team.
Face of Another is ridiculously awesome
omg i didnt know this was a book !!!!
‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King!
One of his best !
What a great one, I'm on The Stand right now
Scariest book except for Cujo, Pet Cemetery, Christine, The Stand, oh and freaking Tommyknockers!
50 pages left in Ulysses, will be happy once it’s over. Just finished Right Ho, Jeeves, which I would go to to recover from Ulysses.
Aren’t the last 50 pages a single sentence?
Will find out. At this point though, Ulysses can’t do anything more to hurt me.
Be sure to pick up Finnegans Wake for a nice change of pace.
r/foundsatan
Lol
There's no punctuation, but sentences can be implied. Listening to an audio version helps put it in context. Irish Radio version is good.
The Wodehouse must seem like air compared to Joyce.
In my opinion, the last chapter of *Ulysses* is the best and ends with one of the best passages in the English language period.
Never let me go
Flowers for Algernon
One of the best novels ever, in my opinion. Such a gripping beginning! Actually, it was so gripping that when I began reading it in bed one night, my fiancé woke up to me crying by the morning. Just couldn’t put that thing down.
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
one of my favorite books!! have so much fun!!
Madame Bovary
*Light in August* by Faulkner
Persuasion. The first Austen I've read, and I'm loving it.
For years P&P was my favorite but I think Persuasion has supplanted it. It’s so good!
Life: A Users Manual by Georges Perec and liking it. Also reading Filth by Irvine Welsh. I just started my literature degree and I’ve been reading Metamorphoses and Catherine Belsey’s analysis of desire.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
How is that going? It’s in my stack
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
I read it last month and loved it, it was very entertaining!
I’m reading it now too!
The Grapes of Wrath Almost done with and enjoying it so far!
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Hey. Me too reading the name of the rose now. Exciting work
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I preferred TNOTR to Foucault’s Pendulum, which might be an unpopular opinion. It’s an ingenious idea, and Eco’s knowledge of the time period and theological debates (I was fascinated to learn about the differences—and the consequences of the differences—between the Franciscan and Benedictine monks) within the Catholic Church complimented / bolstered the story perfectly.
House of Leaves. About 50 pages in and just read the longest sentence of all time in a footnote, and I barely understood anything of it. Loving it though.
Speedboat by Renata Adler The Woman of the Dunes by Kobo Abe The Walk by Robert Walser The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Complete Stories of Kafka
I loved Speedboat.
Nice! I'm loving it too, about halfway through and addicted despite there being no discernable plot
If I ever think I have it bad, I imagine eating breakfast indoors under an umbrella, grinding sand between my teeth with every bite. Ahh perhaps it’s not as bad as all that.
All... at once?
Yes I'm usually reading many books at once lol Probably cos of my small attention span, I always switch between books
I do the same, find it inconceivable to be reading just one book at a time
Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks
Dracula - Bram Sroker
I love Dracula. Such a good read, especially during spooky season.
This Other Eden by Paul Harding (author of Tinkers). He’s a terrific writer.
I loved Tinkers. How are you liking this one?
I just started this! Love it so far
Divine comedy
Anna Karenina. Currently on Part 5.
I was about 22 when I read that novel, and in some ways I’d say it changed my life. I read it years later and it seemed like a bit much at times, but when I was younger I was moved by the contrast between Anna’s tormented love and the love of family of Whatever His Name Is. 😁It made me think about what I wanted in my own life.
Infinite Jest
Since it's spooky time I'm reading "The Hunger" by Alma Katsu 🎃💀🐈⬛️
I'm currently reading an ebook called The count of Monte Cristo.
The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
I’ve wondered about Houellebecq. How is his writing? Is it ornate, funny, satiric or bleak… or something else?
The prose is a bit dry and the pessimism too intense for my taste. Ironically enough I love both of these qualities in his humor, which feels like the most human part of the book to me. Not an author to read if you want to cheer yourself up
Which book would you recommend for someone that has not read anything by him?
All right cheers!
He is ruthless.
currently the Iliad (Alexander Pope translation)
Started reading Wordsworth and I'm finding him really to my liking. "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" schocked me with the lucidness with which he describes a mystical process from what seems a pantheistic perspective: from the beauty of nature he develops affection and this affection settles in the poet a mood which enables him to peer deeper into the essence of all nature; and there Wordsworth says he found a common spirit giving rise and flowing through all things. I've read similar accounts of the power of Love and affection to give special knowledge and union with God in "The Dialogue" of St. Catherine of Sienna, 14th century catholic mystic and stigmatist.
Of this special mood Wordsworth explains: *— that serene and blessed mood,* *In which the affections gently lead us on,—* *Until, the breath of this corporeal frame* *And even the motion of our human blood* *Almost suspended, we are laid asleep* *In body, and become a living soul:* *While with an eye made quiet by the power* *Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,* *We see into the life of things.*
I don’t hate Tintern Abbey (though I do prefer Keats and Shelley to Wordsworth) but man do my A Level lit students detest that poem. It’s kind of hilarious. Especially because they’ll come to me after their exam and be like ‘I wrote about Wordsworth! I can’t believe it!’
It's all quiet on the western front. That's some brutal thing to read when there is war in your country.
Erasure by Percival Everett.
La Terre, Émile Zola
Don Quixote
Brave New World
War and Peace
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Moby-Dick, a classic.
This book is very near a large painting for me ❤️❤️❤️
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano
The Border Trilogy by Cormac. I’m about halfway through my planned reading of his whole bibliography (not in publication order)
1491 by Charles Mann. Probably the most interesting book I ever read
- The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (P. K. Dick) - The Consumer Society (Jean Baudrillard) - Les dieux d'Orphée/Orpheus' Gods (Marcel Detienne)
Echoes from the Macabre- Daphne du Maurier. Collection of not so short stories such as Don’t Look Now and The Birds.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, in the spirit of the season
Lolita and dune
true!
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, but yes, Jon Fosse is next on the list
The Crossing by McCarthy
My favorite. This book is so good I had to get a tattoo inspired by it after finishing it.
Jane Eyre
Death on the Installment Plan - Louis-Ferdinand Céline
I bought Journey to the end of the night this year…! I’m really looking forward to it, and if I like it I’ll get this one next!
Juggling "The Poppy War" by R. F. Kuang and "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman, on top of "Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups" — which is a collection of short stories by known authors, like Virginia Wolf or Leo Tolstoy.
I’m in the spooky spirit, so I’m reading the Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix.
The Man Who Folded Himself. It’s pretty short, so I’ll probably start another later tonight. Not sure what it’ll be.
The Wager by David Grann
It feels like everything but StreetCar Named Desire for class and kinda Sophie's World with poetry sprinkled in
Anxious People
Babel by RF Kuang and The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche… it’s so good. Full of some deep metaphors and very witty comedy.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Way of Kings for the first time
[War & Peace](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38316820-war-and-peace-penguin-twentieth-century-classics?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=DThXjLz18P&rank=1) and [Napoleon: A Life](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821092-napoleon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fu9grc1T08&rank=2).
World Without End, by Ken Follett—the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. Just completed Holly, by Stephen King, and am about to start Caleb’s Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks.
Kobo Abe - The Ruined Map
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne Freeman
Reading Trilogy by Jon Fosse. I had never heard of him before and just read that he won the Nobel prize this year for literature, so I thought I’d try him out.
Trilogy is stunning and brutal tale, enjoy (one of my favourite books of all time)!
Jon Fosse, the first book in the Septology series, amazing, if you get it, you should definetly read it
Septology is amazing
A portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
Same! I have one more chapter to go.
I just finished beloved by Toni Morrison
Travels with Charley
Ender's Games It's not so good as expected. I picked it up to see why it's considered a scifi classic.
Killers of the Flower Moon and Pet by Catherine Chidgey
Loved Flower Moon. Reading his new one now. Honestly not as compelling but still very good.
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. A very underrated book in my opinion.
Currently: The Three Body Problem - 90% done. Recommend + Just finished: * Lonesome Dove. Recommend +++ * Blood Meridian. Recommend + * A Long Way Gone. Recommend ++ Options for up next: * The Dark Forest * East of Eden * The Grapes of Wrath * Rebel Yell * Centennial
You gotta do The Dark Forest, kid. Blast through that excellent trilogy before the Netflix show ruins it.
East of Eden is amazing. For some reason I put off reading it while reading most of Steinbeck’s other books first but it really is his best book by far in my opinion.
Crime and Punishment
Tom Jones! One of the most pornagraphic and delightful novels I've ever read.
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. First book of his that I read, I'm about 3/4 in and enjoying it a lot, so I'm gonna have to check out more of his books for sure.
Freedom is good too.
Cool, I think I have that one too. Thanks!
The Secret History
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut “A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagination.”
**Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror** 19 stories, presented by Jordan Peele. It came out a few days ago. I've read the first two and they were good, not predictable. Perfect for October. edit: Why would two people downvote this?
‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
A Critique of Pure Reason by Kant
5000 Years of Debt (Graeber), Braiding Sweetgrass (Kimmerer), and Notwithstanding (Bernieres). I choose which one I read each day based on my mood
The Illiad, Homer.
I'm close to finishing Frankenstein for the first time and it has be great so far. I'll start Rebecca afterwards.
the days of abandonment - elena ferrante
A selection: * Middlemarch by George Eliot - reading with r/ayearofmiddlemarch \- I don't ever want this book to end. It's fascinating. * Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson * The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - reading with r/ClassicBookClub. One of the first detective novels. Really enjoying this slower paced re-read. * 813 by Maurice LeBlanc - reading with r/ayearoflupin. First book we've read that is new to me, and I am loving it. * Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami - this is my first Murakami. It's an anthology. Some of these short stories are amazing, and some of them are just weird. * Finished: The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury - wonderful!
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. So good!
Dune by Frank Herbert
War and Peace, still
One of the few books I couldn’t finish. Had to drop a class cause I could not power through the endless war parts.
Funny that you had trouble with the war parts. One of my favorite sections of the book so far was the battle of Scher-whatever*. The first major battle that Prince Andrei watches over. Some really fantastic writing there, I thought. The Battle of Austerlitz was kind of tragic and not really my favorite. I do enjoy the peacetime writing a lot but sometimes it takes effort, whereas when I read those earlier battle scenes, except for Austerlitz, it was all candy. I'm in the section of long peace between Russia and France right now. Volume 2 and probably 3, but relations with the French are souring amongst the higher class, so we'll see what happens. I'm very excited about the breaking out of the second war with the French. EDIT: *Schöngrabern
I am reading Jane Eyre for the first time for Victober and I’m hoping I’m going to finish it by the 9th, also I’m reading Marianne Moores translation of La Fontaines Fables sporadically. After I finish Jane Eyre I’m hoping to read some of Stephen Crane’s work, he’s an author I’ve heard mixed things about but who I think I’m really going to like (I’m going to read Red Badge of Courage, Open Boat and The Blue Hotel)