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What are some good books I can read in a day?

>> No.14170396

>>14170388
no longer human

>> No.14170407

>>14170388
Jesus’ Son - Denis Johnson
Siddharta - Herman Hesse
Ficciones - Borges
The Woman in the Dunes - Kobo Abe
Knut Hamsun - Hunger
The Bell Jar - Plath

>> No.14170490

Notes from Underground

>> No.14170538

Kant's Groundwork To Metaphysics
Any of Shakespeare's plays. You could even watch them in around 3-5 hours,
We (Zamyatin)

>> No.14170551

>>14170388
Stoner

>> No.14170560

>>14170388
I like how the pic demonstrates that if you have your brain outside your body you will be miserable.

>> No.14170608

>>14170388
The Metamorphosis

>> No.14170615

the majority of books

>> No.14170628

Crying of Lot 49

>> No.14170639
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14170639

Attention dies after 3 hours of straight obedience, anything after and you're either not retaining to your full potential or you're just fucking around

>> No.14170669

>>14170560
Yeah, honestly OP's pic shows a brain moving from the foreground, all the way back into the guys head, thus restoring his happiness

>> No.14170696

>>14170669
It reminds me of pseudos (like woody Allen), appear to be sad due to their understanding of life, yet their philosophy crumbles the minute you delve into a more in depth conversation.

>> No.14170703

>>14170388
Candide

>> No.14171135

>>14170388
Waiting for godot

>> No.14171203

Horus Heresy :^)

>> No.14171210

Train Dreams
Woodcutters
The Story of the Eye (only if no fapping)

>> No.14171341

>>14170388
Phenomenology of Spirit
Critique of Pure Reason

>> No.14171359

>>14170560
>>14170669
Wow, I thought it was the dumber you are, the happier you are

>> No.14171510

>>14170388

Any classic novella, obviously.

Any short philosophical treatise.

Any physically broad, but thin, non-fiction book on a subject which interests you, especially if it's mostly photographs with relatively little text.

>>14170639

You have all day. You can do half in the morning, and stop at an interesting part. This is called "setting the hook" (or: baiting yourself) and it's a great way to spur yourself to finish in the given time frame. Then you'll go for the kill (finishing the book) at night.

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>>14170388
Le Silence de la Mer et Autres Récits
Vercors, Jean

Matin brun
Pavloff, Franck (10 pages, literally 20mn)

The Pigeon
Süskind, Patrick

Huis Clos
Sartre, Jean-Paul

The Little Prince
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Le Poids du papillon
De Luca, Erri

>all under 100 pages
find the versions in your language ofc

>> No.14172025

>he can read more than 5 pages a day
boomer

>> No.14172042

>>14170388
Night by Elie Wiesel

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>>14171961
i like that image
such peace

>> No.14172083

>>14172059
Yeah, such piece of ass. Would love to have it.

>> No.14172084

What are books that will make me look smart if I pretend to have read them?

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>>14172059
ty i love grainy Japan

>> No.14173441

bump

>> No.14173451

Welcome to the NHK.

>> No.14173512

>>14173451
it's on my reading list, not OP, but isn't it like 300 pages?
it's an average length book

>> No.14173727

>>14172088
I bet you listen to vaporwave faggot

>> No.14173773

>>14170490
I second this.

>> No.14173805

>>14173727
I bet you don’t listen to vaporwave, faggot

>> No.14173841

>>14173805
Of course I don't because I don't feel sexually attracted to males, unlike you enormous faggot

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>>14173841

>> No.14173973

>>14173512
Manga takes no time at all. 300 pages are a breeze

>> No.14173995

>>14171359
No, it even shows how the dumb and the smart are both completely miserable, but the absolute brainlets are the only ones enjoying life.

There problem here is addiction to thoughts.

>> No.14174073

>>14173973
wait I thought it was a light novel, at worst, and a book at best?

>> No.14174096

>>14171359
Well, obviously. It's suppose to represent the old saying "Ignorance is bliss".

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>>14173973
>>14174073
I checked and it is indeed a real book, not a manga

>> No.14174252

>>14173995
No like >>14170560
>>14170669 said if you act smart (if you have your brain outside- showing off how smart you are), you will be miserable. I’ve met a lot of people that I thought how Stupid they are, but once I have a conversation with those exact people they are incredibly insightful and interesting.

>> No.14174334

A Diamond as Big as the Ritz by f scott fitzgerald

>> No.14174350

>fathers and sons
>the gambler
>notes
Easy as fuck to read, I read the first two in two days. Something like 440 pages.