What is the best kind of book to read on public transport?
>>7733374
Something small and light.
A book of poems or short stories is ideal.
>>7733374
Someone posted a guide to reading in public once. I remember it talked about how you shouldn't pick books that are known for their difficulty because then you'll seem pretentious, but it should be difficult enough so that you seem like a mature adult reading it. Make sure the cover has something classy, like an old painting, and not a shitty stock photo or some crappy design. And only begin reading it in public if you're a good deal through it, because if you're just at the start, people will think you're just reading it to get attention.
I read the book in the pic, same edition, in public, and was admired by strangers and had some nice discussions about James and his contributions to literature.
Kindle desu
>>7733430
>And only begin reading it in public if you're a good deal through it
Great advice, for the reason you posted and I've always found it difficult to start a book on a bus/train. I like to look around too much
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>>7733419
Don't listen to this pleb, OP.
>>7733440
>using an e-reader
kys desu
>>7733446
It seems that the most obvious way to look like you want people to notice you reading is to lug around and read a massive tome in public.
>>7733480
Massive tones in public are okay if they're relatively accessible. No one is going to fault you for reading The Count of Monte Cristo or Don Quixote in public. However picking something that's long and difficult, like Critique of Pure Reason, will only inspire others to laugh and make comments at you behind your back.
>>7733419
How much does this doll cost? Is it latex? Did you buy it online or a sex shop? Does it blink its eyes and squirt tears of joy from its vagina?
>>7733446
I was reading a book on Hegel on the subway yesterday and got into a convo about him with a woman who recognized him.
>>7733548
Did yougive her the Absolute D?
>tfw reading IJ in public
Why do people keep staring at me?
>>7733497
>caring this much what others think about you
>>7733573
She was aa disgusting femaleand I absolutelyam indifferent to thembutshe was nice to chat with. She hated Rousseau for some reason I couldn't figure out.
>>7733497
>something that's long and difficult, like Critique of Pure Reason, will only inspire others to laugh and make comments at you behind your back.
Really?
People will point at you and laugh?
Laugh out loud? Hysterically?
>>7733591
They're just jealous. Big Dave would be proud.
>caring about what books you read in public
jesus christ you sound like an insecure, attention-seeking faggot
read whatever you want
No one's looking at what you're reading.
>>7733649
Actually, I always try to find out which books people are reading when I'm on public transportIt's usually shit though
>>7733644
Did you even read the thread? Attention is precisely what they don't want, foo'!
>young female student in sitting in row in front of me
>50 shades
>>7733670
>be on the metro
>on a scale from one to ten, the metro car is crowded at 7
>some guy comes and stand in front and to the side of me with his back to me
>I'm taller than hime
>he pulls out a book and holds it at face level
>I start to read from behind his shoulder
>we read a couple of pages
>I try to avoid breathing down his neck
>he shows visible tension
>he knows
>at a metro stop he looks at me while he checks what station it is
>goes back to reading
>the metro car is getting more crowded and he can't escape
>read the rest of the chapter
>he's visibly unnerved
>metro finally reaches his station
>he births himself out of the fully packed metro car
>shoots me a "what the fuck?" look on the way
>smile at him
the book was by Primo Levi and we were in a crowded train so it makes for a good story
no regrets.
>>7733374
Whatever you want.
>>7733716
best answer
>>7733713
I like you.
>>7733713
lol
>>7733713
>>he births himself out of the fully packed metro car
Beautiful
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>>7733591
I wonder
I get dizzy trying to read books in transit. Did you all just get used to it or is this a unique super power of mine?
>>7733894
It's called motion sickness, how you've never heard of it before is the real superpower here.
>>7733693
>middle aged women reading 50 Shades of Grey in the break room at work
I only read classical texts in Greek and Latin on the tube but i can't actually understand it
>>7733374
something with cute anime girls on the cover
>>7733430
I read the Portrait of a Lady on public transport and never got anyone talking to me.
Did see a girl reading Anna Karenina one time though.
>>7733374
>>7734364
haha! because reading about gay sex might not be as socially acceptable and therefore this answer is less than idea causing it to be the exact opposite of what op actually asked for! LOLZ!
>>7733894
grill? Chloë or this Cara Delevingne?
Also, why are they looking the same?
>>7734423
You know face blindness is a sign of autism.
>>7733452
But Kindle IS best for public transport, desufampai
>>7733430
>And only begin reading it in public if you're a good deal through it, because if you're just at the start, people will think you're just reading it to get attention.
No they won't
what the fuck lol
>>7733430
Who the fuck needs to read a guide on how to read in public?
Unless you're being a nuisance nobody is going to care.
>>7733678
you're right, but I'd argue that attention-fearing is just as self-obsessed and silly as attention-seeking
let people judge you for the book you read, and pay them no mind
>>7734540
everything is a sign of autism you fuck
>>7733430
>>7733445
That's nonsense, why the fuck would you care? I read IJ commuting, and I keep reading other stuff, short novels, massive ones, nobody cares if I'm at the start or not, most wouldn't recognise the book. Most people I see in transportation do nothing but stare at their phones, they don't around them. I get a jolt when I see someone reading and I always try to see what it is, but it's always either shitty genre fiction like GoT, college paperwork or ghastly romantic novellas.
There this one guy I see sometimes that does nothing all day but ride the trains annotating his Bible, every passage is marked over in a colour scheme, he's probably the only guy I've seen around with anything lit-worthy.
I don't like reading poetry or plays on the move, but everything else is fine.
>>7734540
Stop pointing out the obvious and answer my question
Sade or Lolita
you should read this book in public just for the looks you get
>>7733713
Best regards sir.
>>7734696
It's Chloe Moretz, dear anon.
Something that's not unwieldy that you'll be able to control in cramped situations. Saw some poor fucker trying to read some massive hardback with the dust cover still - barely - attached on the tube the other week. It was a disaster. Cover ripped, he could barely hold the thing up, it was a complete cringe-fest.
Best thing is something with aphorisms.
Like Marcus Aurelius - Meditations.
>>7734388
pls leave
>>7733713
>Primo Levi
>crowded train
Too soon, you arrogant fuck.
saw a fat girl reading the little prince on the bus today.
I wanted to read Schopenhauer during my philosophy classes.
I read Schopenhauer before the beginning of said classes.
One week in uni was all I needed.
This is like the 3rd time i have ever been on /lit/
Just skimming over a few threads and posts i was pleasantly surprised. I thought this was a pretty great board until i saw this thread.
You guys are a mixture between the biggest self-hating aspies from /r9k/ and the most pretentious cunts from /tv/.
What a sad board
>>7735242
I actually first read Lolita in its entirety across a number of commute trips on the underground
Infinite Jest, it makes a good weapon if you're using American public transport
>>7738998
The book isn't that big, and if you don't have the hardcover the book would probably be destroyed after the first strike desu.
>>7738604
It's always the little prince with them isnt it
>>7738757
its not a race anon
