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What creative nonfiction books do you recommend? Pic unrelated
>>7899543
Greeks. Greek histories rule ass.
Also Plutarch's lives are fantastic, especially Caesar and Cato.
>>7899550
I should have mentioned I am interested in contemporary creative nonfiction. I have studied the Greeks, and have read a lot of that relevant literature.
>>7899550
Also op, and I agree, I do like the Greeks quite a bit
Because we live in this world, I search for short novellas. I was reading "The Old Man and the Sea" in a afternoon.
>>7899500
Look at the wiki.
The old man and the sea is a morning novel though
>>7899531
But, are short novellas?
Why is reading literature shoved down my throat by lit and the media and "educated society" as something I have to do or else I'm a stupid and bad person? It seems like a marketing gimmick to me. If I sat and read all day then I'd have no money. But society wants me to use my limited free time to read while telling me that it makes me a more valuable person.
As if "muh human condition" has to be learnt from books written by the same sections of society (the ones with access to the media-publishing-academia industrial complex. (inb4 /lit/...
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>>7899470
Here's your reply.
>>7899470
Just read non-fiction about things that help you with your career, help society, or are interesting.
Fiction is entertainment and entertainment is a waste of time.
kill you are self thanks
where do you get your books from?
ebay. just really fucking cheap shit from where ever.
>>7899353
well pic obviously related senpai
Amazon and resellers through Amazon
Recommend me some life affirming literature lads. I want to feel eager again.
>>7899079
You read Anne of Green Gables?
Stoner
Lovecraft's works, The conspiracy against the human race, The ego and his own
In What Order Should You Read The Chronicles of Narnia?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia#Reading_order
Publication.
You should always read or watch in publication order, always.
definitely publication order for narnia
Been on my back log for awhile, I'm going to start it soon. Am I in for a treat, or trash?
It's decent trash.
I trashed your mom's treat when she was on my front log last night.
The fact that you wanted to read Dune in the first place implies to me that you'll like Dune.
where to start with twain?
start with shania twain, then move into samuel clemens works.
>>7898754
How to Tell a Joke
>>7898754
Pudd'nhead Wilson is his enduring masterwork.
I love the writing style. It's not too flowery, but it's just poetic enough. What else should I read for liking this?
the sticky
>>7898706
Willa Cather - My Antonia
>>7898706
>praises prose work for being "poetic"
I'm 30 pages in, when does the kush enter the picture??
>>7898695
good post
>>7898695
It's all in the last chapter yo. Keep reading Teacher bro get's lit as fuck
Shits loud!!
Wow did you really just marathon the first 30 pages expecting to read about dope?
question for law fags on /lit/:
were there any books in particular that helped you with logic/reading comprehension before law school?
>>7898689
read law journals
gtfo
>>7898689
H. L. A. Hart - The Concept of Law
Read the advance sheets. Northeast Reporter,Southern Reporter, any of them. Plato's Meno for cross-examination. Ed Levi's book. Prosser on Torts. Corbin on Contracts. Now you're halfway there.
