Old one at 300+.
Post 'em and be judged.
>>7652300
At least give your child some classic fairy tales to read, he's gonna grow up to be a pleb with that shit.
>>7652300
Wow. Is that a first edition The Snowy Day that I see? Keats nearly lost his mind writing that book, and he never fully recovered. His follow up, The Sunny Beach, was complete shit.
Literally
Firetruck
This is pleb tier anon, get your child the Grimm fairy tales you plebeus maximus
>>7652300
I din't have a bookshelf but I just kep some if the books on my shelf. I just don't think I have enough needs for a bookshelf at this point yet.
>>7652317
good taste. i notice you're missing the alchemist though?
>>7652331
I've heard of that. That's his classic right? Is it worth getting? Keep in mind I've like his other books. How does it hold up? I might get it just for the whole collection.
>>7652368
>>7652375
>>7652368
Why Ready Player one? Isn't that supposed to be shit?
>>7652377
>>7652317
Go back to the asylum grandma
>>7652384
>>7652386
I'm not even close to a grandmas age. What made you think that?
The overall view--I might take close-ups later today.
>>7652391
>>7652384
Now that is a person I would want to have a discussion with!
>>7652384
What are the white ones along the top?
>>7652368
How much does this cost? All editions look premium.
>>7652384
what's the japanese stuff at top?
>>7652381
Gift from a friend. I thought it was fine. Take it for what it is, not high/deep literature.
>>7652400
T-thanks anon.
>>7652402
Collected works of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Yong
One of my favorite authors and some of the earliest books I've read. I've probably read his entire stuff 10+ times over.
>>7652406
IDK they were amassed over the years. I don't really have any "premium" editions besides a Franklin library copy of Faust that I got for like $40. The Shakespeare set I got for ~$400, and the Jin Yong cost ~$250, of which ~$200 was overseas shipping costs from China. The cost, if I had to guess, averages around $15 per book, so multiply by however many books there are and you'll probably be in the right ballpark. It's not like I bought them all in one day.
I had to move most of my collection into storage when the gf moved in with me.
Bit of a mess.
1 of 2
2 of 2
>>7652300
That's some top-tier shit right there
>>7652368
I just posted my shelf with all the philosophy books. You have good taste. Also, I think you're the first person I've seen on /lit/ who has also read The Sparrow. How did you like it?
>>7652672
I loved the actual writing/set-up/story, but really disliked the core conflict.You just sent people to make contact with aliens on an alien planet, and the only survivor ends up being prosecuted and assumed guilty even though no one knew what actually happened? And the only reason is because he was seen in a sexually compromised position/was obviously deranged when he killed the child? That seems highly unrealistic/asinine to me.
Still liked the book quite a bit though.
>>7652300
>Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
>Roly Poly Pangolin
>Berenstain Bears
Patrish.
judge my shit life
>>7652530
furniture below is nice, pic?
>>7652692
ugh, pbr
>>7652393
>not having the ultimate collector edition star destroyer
>being this pleb
>>7652692
your life is so shit that a bookshelf would dramatically increase the quality of it/10
>>7652300
The Snowy Day written by Ezra Pound, Jack Kerouac and John Keats looks the best out of that bunch
>>7653105
They're not mine, but the UCSs are in another room anyway.
lemme know what you guys think
Rate my first books.
I don't regularly lurk here but I guess this is like the selfpost threads on fa and fit. Where you realize your surrounded by 18 year olds who look like shit.
>>7652446
>I thought it was fine
>>7652375
>5 divine comedies
>2 infernos
>1 purgatory
what the fuck are you doing?
>>7653543
Carson and Pinsky only did Inferno, and Merwin only did Purgatorio
I like autistically reading different translations of the Commedia (and Faust).I made the Dante chart if it wasn't obvious :>
>>7653591
>the dante chart anon.
ah ok nice. thanks for that by the way, was helpful.
>>7653435
>no spine creases
unless you're a retard / child it's not difficult to avoid damaging your books.
>>7653591
Could you make one for Faust?
Organizing is for chumps
I'll have to describe since it's a mess atm:
>The King of Betajnova by Ivan Cankar
>Tolstoy 4 books (W&P and Anna included)
>2 books if some kind of collection by Gogol
>Mother by Gorki
>Kashtanka by Chekov
>Some kiddie books like Around the World in 80 days and Tom Sawyer
>2 Dylan Dog Comics
>Life on the Missouri by Twain
>About 10~15 poetry collection books, includes Poe, Tagore...
>Mother by Gorki
>C&P
>The Dead Souls by Gogol
>2 Tome book about Marxism, don't know author.
>6 Shakespeare plays
But what I really like is my grandpa's collection that is still in his house, this place is a fucking gold mine since my grandpa studied literature, I love it so damn much:
>Faust
>Julia or the new Heliose
>2 Dummas books includes The Black Tulip
>About 6 Hemingway books
>10 books by Stefan Zweig
>10 books by August Senoa
>War and Peace
>Herman Hesse compilation book
>Heart of Darkness
>5/6 books of his own work
>About 30-40 books from writers from my country
>Old western thrillers and comic books and much more, seriously, every time I visit I discover something new and awesome there.
>>7652300
When I was a kid my parents read me German fairy tales about getting your fingers cut off if you tried to pick your nose.
>>7654002
Wasn't there that one enlightment period tale about getting fingers cut off if you put them in your mouth?
It's been so big it even got a translation to couple of slavic languages.
>>7654002
>>7654028
fürchte dich nicht, meiner kinder
I've got a lot of fantasy books, but they really mean a lot to me. All my literary stuff is on 3rd bookcase.
1/2
>>7652300
Lol
>>7652375
>Dante
>Poe
Edgy.
Nice LOTR editions tho, how much did they cost?
>>7652652
>Kafka
>Fitzgerald
>Faust
Trying way too hard.
>>7653364
Food stamps are a big help, I wish I were still eligible.
>>7654077
2/2
>>7654077
its upside down you silly goose
>>7654086
I TRIED
>>7652393
Fuck your pleb books, post close up of star destroyer
>>7654137
In what way are they pleb?
>>7653596
Will try to update for version 2.0 in the near-ish future.
>>7653936
It's in the cards but don't hold your breath. It's a more complicated comparison IMO.
>>7654077
>Dante
>Poe
>Edgy.
I'm all about the edge.
>Nice LOTR editions tho, how much did they cost?
LotR was like $60. The Histories were like $180.
>>7654190
Tom Wolfe, H.S. Thompson, every McCarthy besides Suttree, American Psycho, Catch 22, Camus, Thomas Pynchon's Infinite Jest, 2666, House of Leaves, Confederacy of Dunces
every shit book that teenagers can't stop reading all in one image
>>7654082
>finally someone who didn't put their Wallace books next to their Pynchon books
>next shelf
fuck
>>7654545
Lol, that was completely accidental.
>>7654190
>Two copies of Heart of Darkness
Really, that book is dry and has very little style or literary value, save that which is irreverent or overdone.
>>7654538
What do you read, fella
>>7654573
Check again.
>Three copies of Heart of Darkness
>>7654611
authors published in Mississippi Review/New World Writing
most of the authors in pic related
>>7654632
What makes the books that I read shit, fella?
What makes the books you read un-shit, fella?
Don't know why it posts sideways but whatever
>>7654662
because you're a faggot who doesn't know what EXIF data is
>>7654673
But why should I know what that is?
>>7654632
>american contemporary "literature"
o i am laffin'
I dont have too many books so be nice
>>7654026
He's a great author. Are you sure you just didn't understand his philosophy?
>>7655436
there's something very odd about this
>>7652368
Why do you own 10 Divine Comedy's? Or 2 House of Leaves? :')
>>7654077
How'd you get them to stick to the shelf like that? Nice effect
>>7654662
The original image is too tall.
Pretty basic bitch collection I know, only started actively looking to buy books a couple of months ago. Not pictured: IJ, lent it to a friend
>>7652368
>brave new world
>faust
>very thick books
>mfw that must be in fucking massive font
are you two years old and they are full of pictures or you are legally blind or something?
would also explain why the picture is so blurry I cant read most of the titles and why you have so many dupes.
my copy of faust part one is about 8mm thick and 12pt font
>>7655804
I have wanted to read all the pretty little horses so many times. i ended up buying the wives of bath for the same reason I couldnt get it from the library.
>for some reason the australian cataloging system used for our state libraries lists the book as being teen fiction involving homosexual erotica
>>7653466
>I mean you could fixate on why it's bad or you could find reasons why it's enjoyable.
You should be a defence attorney for rapists.
>>7655834
I'll lend it to ya if you're in Melbourne
then maybe we can kiss a little :)
>>7652300
>tfw I grew up reading my parents anatomy and pharmacology text books
>I now enjoy a wide range of pharmaceuticals
I guess this is why other kids in the class wanted to be firemen and vets while I never had a fucking clue what I wanted to be?
>>7656019
tempting anon.
were you born with a vagina?
>>7655538
See >>7653591
I don't have any copies of House of Leaves.
>>7655826
Does your copy of Faust only have Part I or something? Or are yo confusing Faust with Doctor Faustus?
Also many books have more spacing for plays and verse works. In addition many of the copies I have contains notes, ranging from sparse to super extensive.
Also if you can't read the titles doesn't that mean you're the blind one...? In any case I have close-up shots later.
>>7655850
What an analogy. 10/10 on the asinine scale. Anon do you even enjoy reading/books/literature? You sound angry.
Did someone say plebs?
>>7654036
It´s either:
Fürchtet euch nicht, meine Kinder. (plural)
or
Fürchte dich nicht, mein Kind.
you nignog
>>7656207
>dfw
>Pynchon
>Murakami
The memes are unreal
>>7656760
You fuckers talk about them 24/7, give them the highest praise, and then shit on others when they naturally want to see what the hype's all about? What the hell?
Being popular =/= being bad
>>7656790
idk about others guy i shit on them 24/7
>>7656815
And you do that only because they're popular, so you're guaranteed to piss off the maximum amount of people. You've probably never even read them, have you? Or if you have you didn't mind them, but still you talk shit about them on here because you can and it's amusing, and it works at making people angry.
>>7656827
no i think murakami and dfw are garbage.
i don't really shit on pynchon that much but i only read GR and i was fairly apathetic about it.
i read and enjoy plenty of super popular stuff.
>>7656831
>i read and enjoy plenty of super popular stuff.
such as?
>>7656831
>all this Murakami hate lately
sure some of his books are shit but a few of them are really nice and comfy
>>7656837
shakespeare, joyce, woolf, dostoevsky, tolstoy, dante, goethe, bolano, calvino, hesse, tolkien, asimov, herbert, bradbury, clarke, etc. etc. all super popular/canon stuff. some of it memed on /lit/ others not. /lit/ memes have no impact on what i like/dislike.
>>7652393
I did it in twos, so! 1/13.
>>7657140
2/13
>>7657143
3/13
>>7657154
4/13
>>7657161
5/13
>>7657140
>>7657143
>>7657154
>anime garbage next to shelf
>being this much of a weeb
>>7657165
6/13
>>7657166
It's mostly hidden by the chair, anyway.
>>7657180
7/13
>>7657188
8/13
The bottom bit is the start of my non-fic, which I'm still mulling over how to sort. For now I've got it as vaguely myth->spirituality->lit crit->essays->history->grammar->art->science->cats->food.
>>7657208
9/13
>>7657211
10/13
Will be a bit before the rest, I've got to go pick up books that go on the next shelf.
>>7656760
Guy owning the bookshelf here. The fact that you use the word 'memes' to describe it allows me to generally dismiss you, as the way you use it is completely nonsensical. I'm also curious as to why you pick on my "memes" rather than the genre fiction.
>>7657376
i don't mind "genre fiction" and read a lot of it myself.
dfw and murakami are despicable and the sign of someone who has been brainwashed by /lit/
>>7657382
I picked up Murakami on my own and I find his writing really calming. I get that he isn't all that qualitative, but I like what he does none the less.
Sort of the same thing with Wallace. The first piece of his I read was TPK, followed by some essays and short stories. And TPK is still to this day on of my favourite novels.
>>7657230
11/13
I just got all the Tachen Basic stuff in their sale last weekend.
>>7657511
12/13
Haven't finished re-organizing American lit yet (it's by author's year of birth).
>>7657515
13/13
And I've finally started sectioning out a place for children's books.
>>7657511
>taschen basic
those are garbage anon. the XL versions they have of some artists tthough are goat
>>7657781
Well, they were $2-3 and shrink-wrapped still. They look pretty cute so far; I know I'll at least keep the genre ones.
The only one I've read before was on Hiroshige, which I thought was adequate and well-selected. Definitely didn't work as "definitive overview", but of the several books on Hiroshige I was reading, it was one of the more beautiful. I'm hoping they release more Japanese/Eastern artists in general.
>>7657522
>On Heroes and Tombs
nice, that's out of print
>>7654077
>kafka
>faust
>trying too hard
>being this pleb tier
>>7657945
i'm guessing you got them at the damaged/display book sale last weekend, which is totally understandable. not bad for a very basic overview.
i do have the XL version of hiroshige 100 views of edo. it's pretty incredible. i hope they start releasing more complete works in general, of any artist. they do an unbelievable job providing very up close and quality detail of each work, plus great information about the artist, the work, etc. all of them were written by various scholars who specialize in them.
here's a few of mine, rest are packed at the moment
Reorganized plus several additions.
Rate?
>>7658068
Yep! I've always felt uncomfortable with how little I know about Western art, so thought, why not. My art readings are almost exclusively Japanese otherwise.
I'm guessing the XL Hiroshige is the one that's $40 MSRP (this one? http://www.amazon.com/Hiroshige-One-Hundred-Famous-Views/dp/3836521202/), or is there a larger one? If that one weighs over four pounds, I can't imagine how heavy Michelangelo & da Vinci are there.
I always feel like it's a crap shoot buying any art books I haven't already read, since I never for certain know if I'm just getting 2 color prints + a book of black and whites or what.
>>7658137
the one i have is out of print. originally printed in 2008. ISBN 978-3822848272
the MSRP was $150 i think. weight about 12 lbs.
the da vinci one weighs like 23 lbs
actually all the books you see there are out of print. they usually release large format XL or even XXL editions, then reprint a few years later smaller. to get a sense of scale, the da vinci book is around 20" x 12", the reprint they have out now is around 14" x 9"
>>7658088
fedora/10
>>7654632
Translation: I've read 2 journal issues and 1 anthology in my life
>>7658771
Btfo
>>7657165
Really nice shelves so far. Nice Japanese classic lit. Some of the titles seem interesting. Krasznahorkai is one of my favourites too.
>>7654077
>Calls people out for having Dante or Kafka
>Has a shit taste
Why am I not surprised?
>>7657522
Amazing collection Anon.
It's like a who's who of modern Japanese literature plus a respectable chunk of America and Europe.
>>7652393
>Galaxy Truckers
Best thing on dem shelves, mad props senpai
Bootin
>>7652391
How's "In the First Circle"? Is it any good?
>>7654077
>calls people tryhard for having Kafka
>has two versions of the Castle, two versions of the metamorphosis
Have you read your own bookshelves, mate?
![IMG_7450[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/n6sGASi.jpg "IMG_7450[1].jpg")
>>7659613
Haven't read it yet :(
Actually of all the books on my shelf I think it's the oldest unread one
>>7660709
beautiful, may i see close ups?
>>7660709
I spy Mailer's Harlot's Ghost, I'm reading that now. Great book.
>>7652300
>kid's books
>up high
what the fuck?
>>7659608
Those bookshelves are so wasted in that room. Should have gone with ikea.
Update on my shelf, just rearranged some things...
>>7661754
AND adding this
>>7661754
>>7661759
Reddit: the shelf. I just came here and heard of the DFW meme Edition
>>7654538
Suttree is there you turd
>>7660709
>>7661927
>>7661943
>>7661946
>>7661959
>all that steinbeck
>papillon top shelf way in back?
>montana
>art
>porsche
>chilton guide on 70s datsuns
i love this guy
>bench vise on plastic folding table
kind of weird but i forgive you if you post more.
>>7661927
This one is cool, but the other shelves are too scattered in interest. What's with the Western/Montana fascination?
>>7660709
this is really cool but what the fuck tho
>>7657522
Yeah that's a great collection. saved all.
>>7658088
maybe im an alien/10
>>7660709
man.. your wife must never see you.
>'I'll just be down in the shop'
>frantically reading and gluing random shit together, trying to piece together reality.
>wife on the phone upstairs
>'you know what claire.. I worry about him. He tries to escape reality down there. I'd honestly rather him escape through alcohol.'
>>7652300
>no Grimm
>not providing your child with the good shit
>shit that builds suspense
How am I doing Lit
Montaigne complete works is top book
Not pictured are bathroom reading books that include
The Tibetian Book of living and Dying
Mortality by Hitch
$30 Dollar Film School
Of what I got now, Ligotti Conspiracy Book was a fun easy read, HST Gonzo book is a cool photography portfolio book of his, Book of Secrets was really fun, Keikegard was interesting, Amery Suicide book is compelling
Same Poster as above with all the montagine book on top, I am really enjoying Cioran's work as well.... I love pessimistic guys with shit outlooks on life.
>>7654662
What are the medications for anon?
>>7652317
nice bait.
>>7663556
dont post retard
>>7663556
I genuinely enjoy Coelho. Wow lit is fucking pretentious today.
>>7663682
>a retard calling "retard" to a retard
interesting
>>7663700
So you admit your a retard?
>>7663697
>i genuinely enjoy coelho
wew lad. how is life as an absolute pleb?
>>7663550
differential geomerty
my nigga
i just got schutz and have been working through forms. still not convinced about the usefulness but its sure interesting.
>>7653374
Good and Spooky/10
Deberias leerlos en ingles tambien
>>7663697
How does it feel to be such a big pussy?
>>7663277
thoughts on Jung?
>>7658068
Nice. Do you like that copy of Hiroshige? It's on my amazon wishlist but I'm not totally sold on it. Can you show me a pic or two from inside, maybe your favorite page?
>>7658184
>House of Leaves on ereader
how'd that work out for you?
>>7663519
Vyvanse 60mg for ADHD (I only take it when I'm very busy with school work, usually no more than twice a week)
And Propanolol, its a beta blocker that prevents me from sperging out. I have a fear of presentations and without it my heart would be pounding and my hands would be shaking. I'm looking into some way to get over my public speaking anxiety, it really gets in the way of my success.
>>7665560
That's a low bar
>inb4 b8
>>7663251
>Those Black's Readers service
I've never seen any besides the two I have. What are the other two besides Shakespeare?
>>7663258
>myst and riven
fucking BASED
>>7665556
sure, stick around i'll get something soon
>>7655850
Kek'd, best of thread.
>>7667881
Will do. Thanks!
>>7652393
>those huge sherlock holmes books
is there just 1 word printed per page?
>>7668235
They do have illustrations, but they're all still around the same length as usual, ~300 pages.
>>7668154
>>7665556
here you go. remember, this copy is out of print. it's the XL version currently at $270 used on amazon. the edition selling for $30 is a reprint in a smaller size, and then there is an even smaller edition for $18.
cover
>>7668580
half title
>>7668586
example of one of the prints with a description. the book is multilingual.
there is also a history about how they were made, the time period, the artist, and so on inside as well. it's pretty comprehensive
>>7668580
You do now used amazon prices are no indication of true value.
It's just a big Taschen, not Jumbo or limited.
Don't have a proper bookcase yet.
>>7654662
What's the edition of lotr and the hobbit?
>>7670082
Are those all library discards?
>>7670104
It's an old box set I found from the 70s at an estate sale.
>>7652652
Nice shelf, I like it.
>>7667660
You keep it neat, I'll give you that.
>>7657382
>dfw and murakami are despicable and the sign of someone who has been brainwashed by /lit/
They were both critically acclaimed and popular before 4chan existed.
>>7667660
>reading manga in english
>all these tiny collections
>all these new editions
>very few books not in English, only a few people with sections devoted to other languages
>only a few people with sections dedicated to subjects that pertain to their metier
>people "just getting into reading"
>>7670784
This is one of the few iterations of this thread where the majority of posters have multiple bookshelves filled with books. I think it's nice.
>>7670795
That doesn't address what I just said.
>>7670803
It does address the tiny collections part.
>>7670784
It seems (dear god) that people in English speaking countries tend to.....tend to.....speak English!
I know! Shocking!
People reading in their own language! How fucking plebeian!
>>7670846
Do you seriously not speak, or at least read in, one other language?
>>7670852
I'm not him, but I read most of my other-language literature as ebooks, since it's much easier to look up words I haven't learned yet.
>>7670864
I don't think you remember the definition of a word as well when you look it up that way. I've got a notebook in which I write down the definition of every word I have to look up, regardless of language.
>>7670852
Sounds like a waste of time
I've travelled around the world and English is all I need.
>>7670894
Reminder that people hate people like you.
Also it's not about what you NEED. All I NEED is to put food pieces in my mouth and water in my dumb hole and sleep on a warmish rock, but I read because I enjoy it and it feels like it improves the quality of my life.
>>7670852
Yes. Scottish Gaelic.
Your point being?
>>7670903
If you already speak the global lingua franca, any time spent learning some dying language is a waste, since you can just read translations.
And if it hasn't been translated to English it's not relevant.
>>7670910
My point being that people who don't are invidious little worms who aren't very interesting at all.
>>7670916
Bait.
>>7652317
kek
>>7652650
>all that kierkegaard
>de tocqueville
>oswald spengler
>motherfucking anselm
>based translation of kafka's "the castle"
you're alright in my book, anon
>>7655436
Best bookshelf ever.
Reminds me of Benno von Archimboldi.
Carry on, anon.
>>7653435
>not reading ebooks while keeping your own mint
>>7658926
>having incest supporting chinese cartoon photos stored on your computer
get off /lit/
>>7652650
Are you the guy who went to St. Johns?
>>7652650
What did you think of Manliness?
>>7658184
Fantastic meme.
>>7670017
Yes, I realize that. I only mentioned it because anon said he had it in his cart and was considering buying it, but the one I have is out of print, so I wanted to point out the differences between them since anon probably didn't have the same edition in his cart.
>>7671325
>This meme bugs me every time i see it
not a meme thats my life u bitch
