Can we get a comfy lit thread going? What makes a book comfy? Suggestions?
Read pic related recently and felt quite comfy.
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robert walser, bohumil hrabal
nyrb is basically what's up
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pretty baller viking lit.
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John Irving seems pretty comfy.
Thurber.
Robert Frost.
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Raymond Chandler novels and short stories always got me comfy. Read them with a nice glass of bourbon.
Middlemarch is p comfy
I've got in the habit oftryingreading e e cummings to wind down for fun
Ulysses.
The stories of Raymond Carver, beer, and cigarettes... max comfy
I found white noise to be a really entertaining read. I don't know. Maybe it was because I was reading old translations of Aristotle and Dostoevsky beforehand, or maybe it was just the style or the topics.
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To this day, "The Wind in the Willows" is the comfiest book I've ever read. Pic related.
A runner up is any Homer Price book, though those may be a bit kiddish for you.
Nero Wolfe mysteries are super comfy.
I want to live in a cozy brownstone while solving mysteries based on the clues brought to me by my manservant.
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dyke/numale detected
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Lovecraft's short stories desu
a wizard of earthsea
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I just feel secure.
Oh man The Long Ships is amazing.
If you like comfy historical fiction, try Eiji Yoshikawa's books - either Musashi or Taiko, Musashi has less characters so it's easier to read if you're unfamiliar with Japanese naming (there are so many different names in Taiko).
If you like comfy fantasy, read Wolfgang Moers' 13 1/2 Adventures Of Captain Bluebear and all the books that follow, each one gets more "mature" and meta.
If you like "lost worlds" read Zweig's The World Of Yesterday.
If you want historical fiction but with a US-bent try The Land Breakers.
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that first poldy chapter though, so comfy
