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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:40:42 No.7285228 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7302540 >>7303330 >>7303608

ITT: post a topic you want to read about and others recommend a book to you #2

Last thread was pretty good.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 04:36:44 No.7301443 Report Delete

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A book about the everyday life of an average elementary school girl who also secretly works as a prostitute.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 04:46:30 No.7301458 Report Delete

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>>7299028
hows that going for you? like being police and stuff

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 08:49:27 No.7301802 Report Delete

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>>7301443
I think that's a bit too specific fam.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 10:16:03 No.7302075 Report Delete

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Calvinism

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 10:21:47 No.7302093 Report Delete

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cinema and filmmaking
feudal japan
music of the 18th century
year of the 4 roman emperors
jews in asia
uncontacted natives

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 11:38:21 No.7302349 Report Delete

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>>7302093
pls help

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 11:50:47 No.7302378 Report Delete

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Inca, Aztecs, Mayans

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 11:56:03 No.7302391 Report Delete

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>>7302378
This pls. Should be fun. I know jack shit about their culture yet they have some of the most interesting cultures ever.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 12:01:51 No.7302413 Report Delete

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>>7285728
The Cyclist Conspiracy by Svetislav Basara is brilliant and funny. It has a lot to do with looking for symbols in everything, but it might be a little more eccentric than what you're looking for. It's not a clean narrative. But if you like Hegel, that's a plus.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 12:07:18 No.7302427 Report Delete

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>>7302378
History of the Conquest of Mexico
History of the Conquest of Peru

Both by William Prescott. They will give you great insights into the culture of the savages of South America.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 12:30:14 No.7302497 Report Delete

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>>7301370
Vasili Chuikov (the commander of battle of stalingrad) wrote a book called "Bitwa stulecia" (battle of century in english) dont know if there is an english translation though, i have physical copy from '77.
500 pages, very detailed description of every week of battle, many stories of bravery of russian soldiers, tactics used etc.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 12:37:45 No.7302516 Report Delete

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I like everything Neal Stephenson has written. I'm starting Avogadro Corp next, after I finish Seveneves.

Any suggestions in the same vein?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 12:45:14 No.7302540 Report Delete

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>>7285228
The Spanish anarchist revolution and subsequent everyday life in anarchist Catalonia.

Not Orwell pls

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 12:54:29 No.7302567 Report Delete

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Something like Lupin III. I like the heavy influence of American culture on a foreign country with a 70's feel. Dont really need it to be Japanese.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 12:55:50 No.7302575 Report Delete

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Anything post-apocalpytic or Holocaust related. Diary of A Young Girl, Night, The Road, etc. Also, anything dystopian in the same vein as Orwell. Suggestions?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 13:05:21 No.7302616 Report Delete

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Books a German 10-12 year old might read. Nothing too hard, but no picture books.

Alternatively, what's a good German-English dictionary? Just grab an Oxford one and call it a day?

Lastly, a book that will help me learn to be productive in German (speak and write). I can bumble my way through reading but grammar fucks me up and I sound like a German caveman.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 13:12:41 No.7302638 Report Delete

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Just finished Riasanovsky's A History of Russia, looking for something good on Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles.
>>7302575
>dystopian
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Easily better than 1984.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 13:13:30 No.7302641 Report Delete

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Something for my dad's birthday. He's an older American man who really likes reading about baseball and history (mainly American but other suggestions could also work). The only problem is that it needs to be something either really obscure or recent because he always seems to have read the books people buy him.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 13:14:20 No.7302643 Report Delete

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>>7302616
For german literature, I really liked Felidae.
Don't actually read it to a 12 year old though, it's pretty gruesome noir detective thriller starring cats.
I don't have it here to grab right now, but I don't remember it being that simple to read. Still, I believe you need to challenge yourself. Reading is always easier than talking or writing, and you'll propably absorb the grammar passively.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 13:22:01 No.7302671 Report Delete

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>>7302643
Thanks, anon. That actually sounds equal parts interesting and fun.

I suppose a challenging read would be more useful, will give this one a go!

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 13:25:49 No.7302682 Report Delete

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>>7302616
I also quite enjoyed "Die 13½ Leben des Käpt’n Blaubär" back when I was 16 or something.
It has some illustrations because the author is also a cartoonist, but is written for adults as well as kids.
It's build in a Hitchike's guide to the galaxy kind of format, and things can get pretty punny, so that might get you an insight into some german as well. It's definitely a unique fantasy world.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 14:41:47 No.7302948 Report Delete

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Hope this is the appropriate place to ask.

I want to get into Pynchon. I was thinking starting with V. Can anyone recc it?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 14:46:06 No.7302962 Report Delete

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>>7302948
It's a great book and works as an amazing introduction to his ideas, some really fantastic scenes and passages in particular

If you're a little more scared of his difficulty you could read Crying of Lot 49, which is also fantastic and a great intro to his ideas and writing, but if you're comfortable/confident in your abilities I'd really recommend just reading through him chronologically (starting with V)

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 15:01:14 No.7303000 Report Delete

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>>7302962
Allright, thanks man! I'll give those 2 a shot

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 15:55:39 No.7303189 Report Delete

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>>7302575

Dhalgren

>>7302567
Murakami

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:04:50 No.7303220 Report Delete

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>>7299790
>Somebody recommend me a book that depicts life in a non-capitalist society. Could be either historical or SF/futuristic. I already know Le Guin, Banks and Robinson.
Anybody want to help me out with this?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:06:17 No.7303226 Report Delete

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>>7302093
>>7302349
I haven't read them but several friends swear by Clavell's Shogun series, set in feudal Japan

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:31:15 No.7303330 Report Delete

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>>7285228
Are there any good dialogues in the style of Socrates but written more recently?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:34:42 No.7303340 Report Delete

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>>7297322
Help

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:36:28 No.7303350 Report Delete

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>>7298143
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, pretty much a good all-around way to lift up oneself.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:44:11 No.7303382 Report Delete

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>>7285286
I read a lot of pulpy sci-fi with philosophical elements and enjoy them even when they're hammy as fuck, which makes what I'm about to say hypocritical, but..
I want to read something from the crime/thriller genre that isn't reeking of pleb-ness of a tesco top 10 bestseller list. You know the kind where the protagonist is looking for something and a clue is revealed at the end of every chapter like Dan Brown or James Patterson.
I want something genuinely thrilling with depth... I don't know why I can forgive this with pure sci-fi but not with thrillers/crime ...

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:45:12 No.7303386 Report Delete

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>>7285286
Shit, wrong reply... why not try Bukowski, I unashamedly say that his writing got me through some NEET/wage-slave, tfw no gf hard times in my life.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:45:15 No.7303387 Report Delete

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Good general history of rome? From beggining to end of western empire?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:45:39 No.7303390 Report Delete

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>>7303330
Rameau's Nephew comes to mind at first. But it is not really 'recent'.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:47:52 No.7303397 Report Delete

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>>7303390
I count 1805 to be considerably more recent than ancient Greece. Perfect, thanks anon.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:54:41 No.7303577 Report Delete

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Bromance
Heart warming story about friendship
Non-horror Roadtrip/Vacation/Traveling

dear god, I need friends...

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:55:24 No.7303579 Report Delete

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>>7303577
Latro in the Mist

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:01:54 No.7303600 Report Delete

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>>7298967
you know that the 4th one is not the novel, right?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:03:32 No.7303608 Report Delete

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>>7285228
children ie a man and a little girl

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:06:11 No.7303619 Report Delete

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>>7302378
Verdadera Historia de la Conquista de Nueva España - Bernal Diaz
Popol Vuh - Anonymous
Visión de los vencidos - Miguel Leon-Portilla
Canek - Emilio Abreu

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:14:49 No.7303650 Report Delete

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>>7303577
Mason & Dixon

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:16:37 No.7303660 Report Delete

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Cults (fiction & non-fiction)
Secret Societies
Hackers (one that isn't cringe worthy)

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:18:06 No.7304082 Report Delete

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Something in a cabin or on a ship?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:22:24 No.7304107 Report Delete

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Coming of age, something resembling Catcher in the Rye would do fine too.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:27:46 No.7304129 Report Delete

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>>7304107
Literally half of all novels ever written, at least in part.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:30:32 No.7304139 Report Delete

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>>7304129
Is Blood Meridian good start, then? I would prefer suggestions, though.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:33:35 No.7304150 Report Delete

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>>7303660
If you haven't dabbled in Pynchon sounds like you'd love his stuff, maybe Bleeding edge or GR?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:33:40 No.7304151 Report Delete

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>>7304139
You gotta be way more specific than that. You can specify any genre, setting, main character-type, time written, current, etc. and there would be a coming of age story there.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:40:29 No.7304180 Report Delete

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>plots involving surreal elements alongside realistic elements where the two go together seamlessly
>city life
>free-flowing, almost-but-not-quite stream of consciousness prose style
>focus on many intertwining stories, not just one 'main character'
>philosophical asides or digressions, in the style of Kundera or Lispector#
>the looming threat of nuclear war or death in general
>drug use, but in a novel way
>constant use of allusions similar to Eliot and Pound
>Experiments with form in the style of Cummings or Sterne
>Set in the 21st century, or the 20th

If anyone knows any books that include even just a few of these elements that would be great, thank you in advance!

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:42:51 No.7304188 Report Delete

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>>7303382
Zaregoto Series by nisioisn

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