ITT: You say a theme/subject and anon recommends you books relationed with it.
I'm looking for:
>historical fiction of non-western civilizations
>novels that are almost devoid of plot
>non-fiction about everyday life
Quran.
>>8110702
>>novels that are almost devoid of plot
they're called essays
>>8110738
>Historical fiction, not religious texts.
Oxymoron.
safety pins
Romanticism.
>>8111411
A Room With A View
A Western Novel with the same lyricism as Blood Meridian or Warlock please
>>8110742
kek
Retrofuturism. The gleaming optimistic kind, preferably.
>historical fiction of non-western civilizations
Shogun, The Long Ships, The Egyptian (Waltari), King Jesus (Graves), The Captain's Daughter
>non-fiction about everyday life
Philippe Aries, Alltagsgeschichte, Annales stuff
>>8111426
A Room w/ a View is romantic/a love story but it's modernist in style. Still v good. Quite an underrated novelist.
What are some entry level books about purpose that maybe correlate with music and art
>>8112003
Not entry level, but Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.
>>8110702
>>novels that are almost devoid of plot
The Tunnel.
>>8110702
>>novels that are almost devoid of plot
Three men in a boat
>>8110702
>non-fiction about everyday life
My struggle, kind of
>>8113465
t. Ahmed "taqiyya" Al-Ahmoud Ibn-Mohammad
>>8113979
t. Joshua Baker McSanders
Looking for something about pirates.
Motivation / Achievements
>>8114421
captain blood
>>8110702
>novels that are almost devoid of plot
The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett
>Science FictionWritten in 1st person perspective
a book that turns you into a girl when you read it
Cool thread! I'm looking for books about redemption. Or characters who are changed forever by the book's end.